As we march into the Drupa year, the industry CEOs advocate the importance of a skilled taskforce in the industry, plus the difficulty in pulling off profits with or without digitisation and supply chain logistics.
Volatility is set to resurface and remains a concern for investment. Some manufacturers bet on educating the customers, others bet on smart growth; while most bet on Drupa and digital print.
Packaging major TCPL has recently invested in an eight-colour plus double coater Koenig & Bauer printing press, RA 106. Supplied by Polygraph Machinery, the Indian representative of Koenig & Bauer, the machine will be installed at the company’s Silvassa plant.
Parksons Packaging recently invested in four high-performance Rapida 106 presses for the extended medium format. The presses — for the most part six-colour coater presses, comprising a total of 29 printing and finishing units — will be used in several production locations spread across the Indian subcontinent.