REPORT
Industry puts a strong foot forward at Pamex 2017
Shedding the months of gloom due to the problems related to adoption of the new tax regime, Pamex 2017 portends a bullish industry in the New Year as the curtains came down on a successful event with unprecedented footfall of over 25,223 visitors and several deals being reported at the venue itself. Pamex was held from 18 to 21 December at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai. Spread across two halls, 1 and 5, Pamex 2017 was inaugurated by AMSG Ashokan, President, AIFMP; S. Dayaker Reddy, President, IPAMA; Tushar Dhote, President, MMS; Mehul Desai, President, BMPA; Chang Xiaoxia, General Manager, CAPT (China Academy); Neetu Arora, Director, Print-Packaging. Com (P) Ltd.; Pernilla Jonsson, Senior Director, Global Programs, NPES; Balasaheb, Maharashtra Mudran Parishad;
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Yasuhito Nagai, Auditor, JPMA (Japan), and Mustafa Kapadia, Director& President, SPAI. The organizers started sharing reports of onsite deals right from the first day itself. According to the press statement issued by the organisers, the show featured 350+ exhibitors who presented latest innovations and developments from the industry with 75+ product launches, 200+ running machines and several other attractions. Among the several deals closed, Zhongke India sold its ZK-5540OWL paper box making machine to Ma Prints Bengaluru. Mototech Systems sold Scodix Ultra Pro Digital Enhancement Press with Foil Station to United Multiclour Printers (P) Ltd. Autoprint Machinery, which often has a packed house at the exhibitions,
booked an order for Blankmatic 108 2H, an offline stripping machine at Pamex 2017. EFI Vutek, also announced the sale of EFI Vutek GS3250LX Pro wide-format kit. Pratham reported that it booked orders for six paper folding kit of varying configurations. New Delhi-based NBG Tech announced the sale of two machines from Hongming, its Chinese principal. Several events were also happening on the sidelines where parallel meetings and conferences were scheduled. Exhibitors were occupied with the steady flow of visitors throughout the four days. “The show was fantastic. There were many queries for our range of products, especially for the plastic sheets. We are working on closing the deals and converting the leads now,” said Nilesh Savla of AND Global. “It was a good platform to exhibit the products. A steady flow of visitors was encouraging. In fact, the quality of visitors and enquiries too have seen an uptick. We launched a creasing machine at the show, which received a warm response. There was good response for our half-cutting machines. ” added Rohit of Ratan Industrial Engineering. “Printing shows should be about quality. Pamex stood by that commitment. We could see strong signs of revival and optimism in the industry. Since this was one of the last printing show of the year, it was necessary to check the pulse of the industry,” said Mustafa Kapadia, Director& President, SPAI. The next edition of Pamex is scheduled to be held from 6 to 9 January, 2020 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.