The 2008 edition of largest industry event breaks all records
Dubbed
as the ‘Total’ Packaging Exhibition, the one-stop industry event, organised
by Print-Packaging.Com had equal focus on various niche segments in the bouquet
of shows- India Packaging Show, India Converting Show, India Flexo Show, India
Corrugated Show, Food Technology Show, Pharma Technology Show, India Automation
Show and India AIDC Show. The event that took place from 7-10 August, 2008 at
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi surpassed all previous records.
Spread
wide over 14,000 m2 gross area and accommodating 351 exhibitors across 6,000
m2 of net exhibition area, the show witnessed a total number of 13,534 visitors.
Adding value to the main event were the concurrently held Converting School
and the PackAge Conference. The Event saw a large gamut of live demonstrations,
running machineries and product launches making it a total packaging experience
for all. Product Platter
The previous editions of the exhibition have witnessed several companies using this platform to launch their new products, and this year it was not different. In the packaging segment Shrink Packaging Systems displayed the Robotic Palletizer Fuji-Ace EC-201. Packolabel packed a punch with its high speed shrink wrap spread over two parallel stalls and Markem Imaje launched the 8000 series thermal transfer over printer. Where ACG World Wide launched candy wrapping and VFFS machine, Fabcon came up with the big bag dischargers. Markjet thermal inkjet printer from Bakshi Enterprises, Alpha jet printers from Control Print, and Sutherland type rub tester from Rohit Instruments were also seen for the first time in the country
Mona Equipments successfully launched its ‘Doctor Blades’, striking many a deals during the four days of the event. “Given the serious nature of the visitors and a business like atmosphere, the event is a wonderful platform to showcase latest products. This year we have been able to establish many new deals and contacts,” said Dinesh Tiwari, Manager-Sales from the company. Displaying the Inspection systems form SMAG Grafique and roll to roll screen printing machines Global Graphics received a lot of queries at the show. It was the rising sun in more than one ways at Subha Technical who displayed the Japanese double headed paper high speed counting machine.
Also marking a presence were Naman Enterprises with the pad printers and Lohmann with its wide range of plate mounting tapes. Uflex (Chemical Division) with its eco-friendly inks had most printers tread the green path. “Lots of visitors came up with queries related to our eco-friendly inks and it was a good chance for us to give them a complete picture of our products,” said C Devnath, Executive Manager-Marketing, Uflex Ltd.
In the automation segment, Bosch Rexroth displayed its newly launched AC drives and servo systems. “The launch of our products found a right platform in the India Packaging Show. We have been most impressed with the quality of visitors, which is apt for doing business,” concluded Ankit Kashyap, Sales Engineer of the company.
On The Run
“True measure of any exhibition is the number of running equipment on display. In that
sense
the event is a huge success. I can find various components of an entire packaging
line on demonstration here, which is quite commendable,” said Roopak Jaiswal,
Sungro Seeds, a visitor to the show. The packaging segment saw process packaging solutions for customers in the food, pharma, cosmetic, chemical, and specialty industries. Bosch Ltd, Uflex Ltd, Hassia, V S International, E C Packaging, ACG Worldwide, Fabcon, Atco, Nichrome and Heat & Control demonstrated high speed continuous FFS machines. Hilda Automation showcased the cup filling and sealing machine at the event. “We have received a very good response at the packaging show and the live demonstrations of our machines have really added to the number of queries from the visitors,” said Manoj Sharma, Technical Head of the company.
Nordson, Robatech and Uptodate Plastics presented the precision adhesive dispensing systems. Markem Imaje, Domino, Control Print, Forbes, Condot, Packomark displayed their latest range of inkjet printers at the show. Ace Products, Compak, Ezeeflex, Ganik, Global Packaging Systems, P K Enterprises, Packolabel, Shri Vinayak, Shrink Packaging Systems, Millenium Packaging, Vibgyor International showcased shrink packaging machines. Flexlink’s XK pallet conveyor rig solution increasing process efficiencies was a major attraction at the event with varied conveying solutions from MCON, Bakshi, Fabcon, S V Modular, Habasit and Vega Conveyors made this into an important segment in the exhibition
The
converting segment focused on machines and ancillary equipments for the flexible
packaging industry. AKR Industry displayed the paper cup forming machine ‘PC
1000’. “We have received lot of queries and several companies are interested
in taking the deals ahead. The event has been satisfying,” said Rajesh Kadwe,
Marketing Executive, AKR Industry. “Participating in a huge event like this
gives an idea of the latest technologies and developments in the converting
industry. It helps us to plan for the future in the field of innovation or application
of new methods at our plants,” said I D Singh, General Manager-Sales, BST Sayona.
The Company showcased its Premius digital 3 Chip at the exhibition. KK Graphics
displayed its brand new paper folding and envelope mailing system. Other machines
on demonstration were thermal laminating machines from Sheth Printograph and
Macro prints, slitter and rewinders from Tidland Web Accessories and Jangir
Co, reflection embossing machine from Atlas Industrial Corporations, paper plate
making machines from Ace Automation Engineers and bag converting and sealing
machines from Rajoo EngineersIndia Flexo Show had leading players in label printing, wide web printing and photopolymer plates displaying their equipment. Windmoeller & Hoelscher, Kodak India, Expert Industries, Polygraph Printing Technologies and Exor India were some of the leading names making their presence felt at the event. Global Graphics displayed the Chinese 5 colour Flexo label printing press from Donghai, Flexon displayed its plate making equipment and Colordot showcased the Laser Engraved Ceramic Anilox Rolls & Sleeves. Many international brands were present at the event through their agents. Flexo Image Graphics represented MarkAndy while MPS was represented byGenius, Rotatek by Creed Engineers, Focus, Orthotec, Cartes and Agria by Label Planet, Gidue by Reifenhauser India and Omet by Autoprint Machinery Manufacturers.
The
corrugated box manufacturers had seen for the first time a semi automatic gluer
from China displayed by One World Inc., and the die punching machine from Sidhartha
Machinery.The automation segment saw Siemens presenting its state-of-the-art motion control systems for the packaging, printing and converting machinery. The show was a one stop solution for machinery manufacturers as well as users who saw the most advanced solutions in the automation industry by companies like ABB, Messung, Bosch Rexroth, L&T, Leuze electronics and Osna Electronics. Elixir, Global Engineering, Linux, Polytech, Presto Stantest, Rohit Instruments and Instron displayed a wide range of testing equipments. ‘Safety through Automation’ was the keyword at Schmersal India.
The live range of several machines under one roof was well summarised by Kiran Aneja, an engineering student, who said, “I was surprised when one of the lecturers at my college said that for the practical session of our course, we must visit the India Packaging Show. But now that I have explored the event myself, I am glad he gave this suggestion. The running machineries at display and satisfying answers of our queries by the exhibitors have really added to our knowledge of the packaging industry. ”
Amidst the buzz of running machines the event showcases exhibitors across the entire value chain of packaging industry including flexible packaging converters like Paharpur 3P, Katyani Industries, Kaane Packaging and Jenith Laminaters. The other products on display were rolls and cylinders from Acuprint Systems, Indian Rubber, Krishna Gravure, Shilp Gravure, Resource Engimech, Shree Raj Roto and Singla Engravures, Blister packaging solutions from Clear Packaging, Navnit Blisterpacks and Royal Packers, Tin Packaging solutions from Hindustan Tin, Shiv Pooja Metal and J J Enterprises, Aluminium Foils from Hindalco and hot stamping foils fromKurz and Swati Aluminium.
AIDC technologies had a notable representation with companies like Brothers Pharmamach, Control Print, Great Eastern Impex, Pac Edge, Stallion Systems, Kunshan Global, Subha Technical, Jain Transfer Products, Dash International, Shipra Technology, United Enterprises, Propix Technologies and Weldon Celloplast demonstrating various products and capabilities having application in Barcodes and RFID.
Converting
Convent “If it is long, it is thin and it is flexible, it is a web,” Dr. David Roisum commenced the two day Converting School on web handling and converting with this significant statement. The School was organised by Association of Industrial Mettalizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL), USA and Print Packaging .Com (P) Ltd for second year running from 6-7 August 2008.
Starting off the Web handling session on the first day of the training, Dr. Roisum gave an insight into the mechanical parts of machines, which revolve around the rollers. Tension, drives, load control and the nip mechanisms were the main topics of discussion. With the graphical and textual presentation of his valuable notes, Dr. Roisum an atmosphere of a complete classroom session.
Even the participants from the non-technical background were benefited by the lessons of Converting School. “Dr. Roisum had in-depth knowledge of every topic related to converting. Even though I am not directly related to the converting industry, the sessions were easy to grasp and very useful,” said Rackesh Langer, Chief Technical Officer, CoulorJet India Ltd. Suvriti Rajbanshi, Director, Mrideep Impex Pvt. Ltd. felt the same. “Though not being from a technical background, I feel I reached the right place to gain technical knowledge related to the converting industry. Dr. Roisun explained things with examples that made the session easily understandable,” she said.
The
second day session started with the most discussed problem of web handling and
converting- ‘wrinkling’. “Wrinkling is a major cause of waste, delay and customer
complaints. Misalignment and tension are the basic reasons behind it,” said
Dr. Roisum. He then moved onto explaining the importance of keeping the web
flat and the essence of alignment in rollers. Further sessions covered the various aspects of baggy web troubleshooting, process fault and spreading. Dr Roisum explained that one should never over bow the rollers, as that brings spreading problems. Giving an example of Spiral Grooving to explain the spreading further he said “Spiral grooving has the quality of fooling thousands of people with its appearance. It appears to be spreading but the fact is that it does not spread. It just creates an illusion of spreading. So, it is important to observe things than just see and believe.”
The last segment covered all the essential components of slitting and winding followed by a question and answer session. “Some of the problems discussed here were exactly what I was facing at our plant. I am sure going back I will be able to identify the cause and tackle most of them,” said T. Shankar Basu, Mechanical Engineer, Morgan Industries Ltd.
Commenting on the venue and presentation of the School, Gavin Lunt, Sales Executive, Bobst Group said, “The auditorium and the arrangement of the School have been quite favourable for us. The attendees could easily interact with Dr. Roisum and take his suggestions on the problems they were facing. Dr. Roisum explained difficult topics with his self-explanatory presentation and examples. Everyone could relate to the topics discussed.” For Tressa Joy, Executive-Marketing, Motion Control Systems Production Machine, Siemens Ltd., the discussions on defects were very informative. “It was a great experience to learn from a true veteran of web-handling. The two-day session covered almost every component related to the web mechanism. The defects were discussed at length and the troubleshooting methods were explained with practical examples. The training could not be better,” she asserted.
The
Complete ‘PackAge’ With its theme ‘Improving efficiencies with technology and innovation’, the two-day PackAge Conference held concurrently with the Total Packaging Event from 8- 9 August 2008 equated for more than 100 delegates each session.
The first day session started with a key note address from Arunava Guva from Reliance Industries Ltd. This was followed by the presentations from Nand Lal Tiwari, Glaxo Smithkline Consumer Healthcare Ltd on the latest trends in food and pharma packaging followed by Avinash Bangale, Bosch Ltd speaking on the trends in retail packaging. Vikas Pathak, Nichrome, gave a brief on the recent advances in machines to suit new packaging requirements; Pradeep Shah, Uflex Ltd. presented a paper on the eco friendly inks for food flexible packaging and UK Saroop, Reliance Industries Ltd. gave an insight into Polypropylene - trends and development in packaging.
The afternoon session carried practical presentations from Peter Gyger, Robatech India on the improving line efficiencies and productivities through innovation in glueing application technology. Joerg Schreiber, Schmersal India gave a presentation on safety in packaging and print machines and Krishna Prashanth, ABB Ltd. briefed on the increased productivity with latest drives.
PC Jain, Great Eastern Impex Pvt. Ltd. spoke on barcode and RFID standards, Bhupinder Singh, Hewlett Packard, notified on the thermal inkjet for package coding and Harveer Sahni, Weldon Celloplast Ltd. shared his knowledge on countering pilferage with tamper evident labels. At the end of the session, Ashish Bhutani, Barcode India talked about RFID tags and their applications and MS Bagla, Hindustan Adhesives gave a brief on the innovation in multipacks for promotion in modern retail.
Question and answer sessions gave an opportunity to the participating delegates to raise their doubts and problems. Sharing his thoughts on the knowledge gained from the first day of the conference, Somesh Barot, Director, Web02 Solutions, said, “The conference was informative and interesting. We got a chance to interact with the experienced and renowned speakers and share our doubts.”
Gaurav Swarup, Pahapur 3P, initiated the second day on the conference focussing on ‘Recent Advances in Converting Technologies with his keynote address. Suhas Kulkarni, Kodak Graphic Communications came up with the first presentation of the day on digit flexo and Amit Ray, Uflex Ltd., gave his view on the recent advances in converting technologies.
The second part of the session carried an extensive detailing on the latest global trends in conversion of folding cartons by Venugopal Menon, Bobst Group and availability, cost movements and new developments in polymeric films by Samir Banerjee, Jindal Polyfilms Ltd. Shilip Kumar, Rohm & Haas gave an insight into new generation, fast curing, high performance, environment friendly adhesive systems and Milind Gandhi, M-Tech Marketing spoke about the latest development in rotogravure printing extrusion lamination technologies.
The afternoon session started with a key note address from P Dasgupta, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Kirti Modi gave an extensive presentation on reducing costs and improving quality using automatic plants – myths and reality.
This gave the genesis to the first panel discussion on ‘Should the buyer pay more for better quality?’ The guests at the panel discussion included leading end users like Olivier Wuthrich from Nestle India, P Dasgupta from Hindustan Unilever, S Ainain from Moser Baer, Sunil Oberoi from Radico Khaitan and Mahesh Madan from LG Electronics on one side. The other side of the panel included guests from leading corrugated box manufacturers like Ashish Khemka from Khemka Containers, Nitin Wadhwa from Securipax, Sanjay Rajgarhia from Perfectpac, Anil Gulati from Empire Packages and Kirit Modi from Horizon Pack. The discussion revolved around the quality of paper provided by the paper mills and the problems faced by both the paper and the corrugated industry.
Ram
Kumar Sunkara, Brown Kraft Industries, implanted the seed of the second panel
discussion with a remarkable presentation on the changing requirement of raw
materials for automatic plants. He started with an out of the ordinary formula
of PAM and MAP (where P = paper, A= adhesive and M = machine). In PAM, the paper
is of high quality, followed by a medium quality of adhesive and a low quality
of machine and MAP is vice-versa. The second panel discussion included leading
raw material suppliers like R C Rastogi from Khatema Fibres, Neeraj Goel from
Tehri Pulp & Paper, Kailash Agarwal from Genus Paper, Manish Patel from South
India Paper Mills and Umesh Garg from Ruchira Papers. The other side of the
panel included leading corrugated box manufacturers like Harish Madan from SNS
Containers, Pankaj Wadhwa from Wadco Group, Vikas Goyal from TGI Packaging,
Ram Kumar Sunkara and Rajesh Bhugra from Supra Craft.The discussion initiated with the raw material providers claiming to carry the capability of meeting all sort of demands from the corrugated industry and ended with the box manufacturers requesting the paper mills to provide the best of the quality. The interactive session summed up with the decision of having a regular get together of raw material providers and users. As Rastogi concluded, “The conference has shown us the importance of such discussions. We will arrange for regular meetings now to improve our efficiencies. This is just a beginning.”
The Summing Seal
Where India’s Total Packaging Show wraps up, the buzz around PackPlus 2009- the next edition of the show is already on the rise. More than 50 exhibitors had signed up for the next year’s event on the last day of the show.
“It is gratifying to see the bookings for the next year’s event happening at this pace. Significantly, there are several new companies in the list and all the existing exhibitors are returning with larger stands,’ said Anil Arora on behalf of Print-Packaging.com.
The 2009 show repositions the total packaging event as ‘the total packaging, processing and supply chain event under the brand of PackPlus.
Date :- 01/09/2008
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