Tech-ni-Fold looking for manufacturing partner
UK-based Tech-ni-Fold’s managing director and developer of CreaseStream machine, Graham Harris, sees an opportunity to utilise his patented creasing technology in India, but says he is finding his ambition of getting a foothold in the Indian market stymied on three fronts – export prices, custom taxes, and manufacturing costs in Europe.
31 Jul 2014 | By PrintWeek India
Harris: "The demand for faster methods of creasing, perforating and finishing digital prints has grown over the last two years."
“Those are the reasons for the high response of enquiries we receive from Indian companies not equating to many sales,” said Harris.
Tech-ni-Fold has, therefore, decided to produce, market, and sell a version of its CreaseStream machine under licence in India. Harris emphasised that his plan isn’t to bring the manufactured machines back to Europe and that the focus would be on the incredible potential India has to offer.
Harris said, “The demand for faster methods of creasing, perforating and finishing digital prints has grown over the last two years, and the CreaseStream technology is beginning to take a foothold in the market. My vision is to find the right partner in India who can take this opportunity to mass produce the units for sale throughout India and other parts of Asia.”
CreaseStream technology can be utilised throughout a series of standalone machines, which serve the digital sector of the market. Other than the patented rotary creasing devices (Tri-Creaser’s) that are integrated into the CreaseStream products, they also incorporate a unique feeding system that doesn’t require vacuum pumps or air flow. “This reduces noise, pollution and cost to the customer,” said Harris.
The units also harness the special micro-perforating tools that produce fine, flat and almost invisible perfs that enable the sheets to run through printers and copiers trouble-free.
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