Fujifilm expands Indian footprint

Fujifilm India expands with new office in Bangalore; to better serve its customers.

Imaging technologies pioneer Fujifilm has recently announced its new office in India in Bengaluru. This new set-up will help the company further expand its presence in southern India, better serve its existing customers, and also provide an exciting and fun working environment to its workforce.

“The energetic, contemporary and distinctive culture of the new office reflects Fujifilm’s vision and efforts of empowering the local management to bring the best of products and services for our consumers and focus on India as well as new growth area.” – Mr. Haruto Iwata, MD, Fujifilm India.

The new office, located on Infantry Road, comes equipped with best-in-class amenities and service capabilities. With multi-coloured workstations along with Wi-Fi meeting rooms with HDCOM facility, collapsible training rooms, it will also offer endoscopy and DSC camera service centers to serve its everincreasing customer base in the region. “With this we will able to provide better customer service to our customers in the Bangalore region,” says Mr. Haruto Iwata, Managing Director, Fujifilm India.

With the new workplace, Fujifilm plans to increase workforce by 30% in the city across functions like Electronic Imaging Division, Instax, Industrial Products and Medical Systems. The Bengaluru team will work closely with the Gurugram head office and other offices in India and around the world to drive value from collaborative innovation.

Speaking at the launch of the new Bengaluru set-up, Mr. Haruto Iwata said, “India is the most important

market for us in the Asia-Pacific region, and we see huge potential in the country from a market, innovation, and talent point. Our new office is reflection of our commitment and trust in the promise that the country holds. Our vision has always been to provide an open, fair and clear workplace culture that allows individuals to ascertain their objectives sincerely, make rational decisions, and continuously take on challenges with courage. With this new set-up, we are offering a collaborative and efficient workspace that reflect our style of business, boost

> State of art Fujifilm office in Bangalore. > Reflecting the company’s philosophy of bringing Value from Innovation. > Will also offer

endoscopy and DSC camera service centers.

productivity and helping themselves and firm grow.”

Speaking at the launch Mr. Navneet Kumar Ahluwalia, Head – Human Resources & Administration, Fujifilm India said, “At Fujifilm India, we ensure that we are equally committed towards our customers and workforce. The new space in Bangalore is an ergonomically designed workspace, with open and collaborative work environment, and a capacity for different teams to work together, driving synergies and contributing to business outcomes. We are focused on offering a dynamic workplace with immense growth potential to all our employees.”

Sharing his views on the new office, Mr. Sanjeev Kohli, Project coordinator and Senior Manager, Admin at Fujifilm India said, “The setup of the new office was completed in around 70 days. We have designed this new office keeping in mind the vibrant colours defines the setting of a workplace and influences an employee’s mood and the entire office environment. With the Endoscopy and Camera Service center established in our Bangalore office we want to provide full support to our customers in and around the city of Bangalore.”

offices located in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and with its head office in Gurugram. “The energetic, contemporary and distinctive culture of the new office reflects Fujifilm’s vision and efforts of empowering the local management to bring the best of products and services for our consumers and focus on India as well as new growth area,” concludes Mr. Haruto.

Mr. Ritesh Gandotra, Director, Xerox Business Services, comments on the latest Union Budget.

If this budget had to be known for one thing, it would be the length and breadth of technology infusion across all aspects. Technology and data are changing the world and the latest Union Budget rightly makes these its mainstay. The focus on data, digital records, connectivity and data security across key citizen services underlines the government’s faith in technology to deliver better governance, a safer society and a more competitive economy. The proposals for building data centre parks and setting up the ambitious National Mission of Quantum Technology and Application are significant announcements to put the technology intent into practice.

The 14th Edition of Pamex is the most successful one yet!

“We surpassed all the numbers of PAMEX 2017 with a record 10,000 unique visitors on Day 3. We are sure that the next edition in March 2022 will be even bigger.” – Kamal Chopra, Chairman – PAMEX

> The Show featured

375+ exhibitors who presented latest innovations and developments from the industry. > 100+ product

launches, 250+ running machines and many more attractions. > Bucking the perceived trend of slowdown, it was deals galore @ PAMEX 2020.

If there’s a slowdown, it did not show at PAMEX 2020. As the curtains came down to the most successful edition of the four-day PAMEX 2020 on 9 January, the industry is bullish on the growth of Printing & Packaging in India. The show saw more than 32,000 visitors, with Day 3 seeing, for the first time, more than 10,000 unique visitors in a day. Several deals were being reported from the venue itself.

Spread across 2 halls, 1 & 2, PAMEX 2020 opened its doors with a never-before-seen inaugural function consisting of 25 chief guests. The ceremony was attended by several dignitaries from the printing

industry, including Mr. Falit Pandya (Ahmedabad Printing Press Association), Mr. Surendra Dhote (All Bengal Printers Association), Mr. Prakash Joshi (Aurangabad Mudrak Sangh), Mr. Ashok Gupta (Bhopal Master Printers Association), Mr. Nitin Shah (Bombay Master Printers Assocation), Mr. Dalip Tuli (Greater Delhi Master Printers Association), Mr. Avadesh Awasthi (Kanpur Press Owners Association), Mr. BalasahebAmbekar ( Maharashtra Mudran Parishad), Mr. Tushar Dhote (Mumbai Mudrak Sangh), Mr. Raveendra Joshi (Poona Press Owners Association), Mr. Sandeep Kumar Sanyal (West Bengal Master Printers Association), Dr.

Ravindra Gandhi (AIPIMA), Mr. Dilip Bhise ( Screen Printer Association of India), Mr. DibyajoytiKalita (All India Federation of Master Printers) Mrs. Neetu Arora ( PrintPackaging. Com Pvt Ltd), Mr. Puskal Gautam (Federation of Nepal Printers Association), Mr. Delan F. Silva( Sri-Lanka Association of Printers), Ms Sabine Geidermann (Drupa), Ms. Jennifer Chen (China Academy of Printing Technology), Prof. Kamal Chopra ( All India Federation of Master Printers), Mr. Dayakar Reddy (IPAMA) and Mr. K. Rajendran (All India Federation of Master Printers)

The Show featured 375+ exhibitors who presented latest innovations and developments from the industry with 100+ product launches, 250+ running machines and several other attractions.

The exhibition started in the shadows of a much talked about economic slowdown accentuating the negative sentiments shared by the industry worldwide facing challenges from customers moving to digital medium. Also, the exhibition was coming just a few months before Drupa and the expectations were that customers would like to wait to see the new technologies unveiled at the world’s greatest Show before making their investment decisions. However, as PAMEX got underway, even on the first day itself, several reports of deals being made at the grounds started surfacing. As visitors thronged the venue on all the four days and by the time the show shut its doors, it was evident that an unprecedented amount of business had been recorded in this edition.

Zhongke India sold fifteen machines at the exhibition… On the first day of PAMEX 2020 itself,

Zhongke India sold its Yongshun YS KC 108 automatic speed window lamination machine to Chennai-based RS Graphics. “This will mark the machine’s first installation in India,” said Rohit Rajpal, Director, Zhongke India on the adoption of the new window lamination machine. VB Sridharan, Managing Partner, RS Graphics, was fully impressed with the high-end features of dry lamination with glue that is applied to the pre-cut sheets and the curing done by infrared devices.

Udaipur-based Miraj Multicolour also finalised an order for the same machine while the Bengaluru-based Asha Sweets Center bought an automatic rigid box-making machine.

Vadodara-based Concord Printing invested in a Wenhong 1050 SF automatic die-cutting and hot-foil stamping machine and a LC-740 automatic corner cutting and line pressing

window patching machine.

“More than 3600 visitors visited our stall During the 4 days and we booked orders for over 15 machines and have many inquiries in the process that we expect to finalise soon,” added Rajpal.

Ample Graphics sold rigid box manufacturing line to Tholasi Print India and finalised many other deals… Again, on the first day of PAMEX 2020, Ample Graphics sold its fully integrated Lishunyuan line of rigid box making machine to Bengaluru-based Tholasi Prints India. The machine features robotic arm positioning system, in-line case making system, etc.

The compact high-speed Chengling Tech folder-gluer was bought by Ruchipack from Rajasthan and the AOER fully automatic

foil stamping machine on display at the exhibition was bought by Mumbai-based Award Offset Printers & Packaging.

Ample was also showcasing Tiancen’s latest high-speed lamination machine, KFM106MC at the exhibition and bagged an order from three companies including Manohar Filament from Sonipat, Azure Press from Bahadurgarh and Dimple Packaging of Ludhiana.

Canon imagePRESS C8000 sold during PAMEX 2020… Canon India, during PAMEX 2020, sold its imagePRESS C8000 to Mumbai-based Commercial Art Engravers. The press is equipped with Fiery B4100 software for VDP personalisation and it is designed for VDP, photo, barcode and QR code.

KOMORI sold two Machines… Delhi-based Advantage Offset booked a KOMORI Lithrone G437 during PAMEX 2020 on the first day of the exhibition. The machine can run at the maximum speed up to 15000 sph with online coater. Advantage Offset is aiming at doubling their volume of production with the new KOMORI press.

Later, Polykam Offset booked a five-colour Komori GL 537 plus online coater printing press.

NBG sold rigid box making machine to Kala Jyoti… NBG Printographic Machinery sold its rigid box making machine to Hyderabad-based Kala Jyoti, which is an old customers of NBG and satisfied user of rigid box making machines from NBG over the last three years. The new machine is designed for producing boxes for mobile phones, gifts, cosmetics, etc.

16 January 2019 Emerging Graphics sold iECHO speed cutting system to Packaging Ind… Baroda-based Packaging Ind invested in iECHO high speed digital cutting system from Emerging Graphics. Mujahid Sulemani, General Manager of Emerging Graphics says the machine is for proofing and other shortrun jobs. They chose the machine after an extensive R&D over a long period of time.

confirmed selling at least six CTP Machines by the end of the second day and was expecting to sell more before the exhibition closed.

Robus sold five Machines… Prem Vishwakarma, Director, Robus India, reported selling two die-cutting machines and three folder-gluer machines at the exhibition.

Hitech Systems signed over 50 deals for its machines… Mumbai-based print finishing equipment specialist Hitech sold over 50 Machines worth over Rs 2.3 crore. The key highlight among the range of flagship products the company was showing at the expo was its widely popular iECHO PK 0640 & PK 0604 Plus automatic intelligent cutting system.

“We greeted more than 1,500 visitors during the four-day long exhibition,” said Parag Shah from Hitech.

Nippon Color reported six orders for Insun CTP Machines by second day… Akshat Pardiwala, CEO, Nippon Color

Alpana sold to Nepal and Algeria… “We booked 8 machines including the RHINO DEXA TWIN DECK Coater during PAMEX for orders totalling around Rs. 5 Crore. We got orders from Algeria and Nepal,” said Kapil Dev, General Manager, Alpana Visual Packaging Aids.

Megabound sold over 70 postpress machines… The Bangalore based Case Making and Book Binding machine supplier sold more than 70 machines and expects many more conversions from the active enquiries in the coming days.

Acme Machinery received five orders during PAMEX 2020… Mumbai-based Acme Machinery Company has bagged five orders of their machines during PAMEX 2020. Key highlights at the stand of the company consisted of corrugation machines, mini effluent treatment plant (ETP) and others.

Kandalaa Prints invested in BOBST Ambition A1 and Novacut 106 3.0 die-cutter… To strengthen their new venture into packaging domain, Bengaluru-based Kandalaa Prints invested in a Bobst Ambition A1 and Novacut 106 3.0 die-cutter. The company sealed the deal with Bobst during

PAMEX 2020 presented the face of a vibrant industry with a grand show at Mumbai’s Bombay Exhibition Centre. The optimism shown by the industry was quite obvious and the 14th edition of the event saw a 15 percent growth in exhibitor area and a whopping 20 percent higher visitor turnout. The economy has been going through a bad face and PAMEX outcome was under some serious doubt with investment decisions generally being postponed and technology adaptation being timid. Belying all apprehensions of the perceived slowdown in the economy in general and the Printing Industry in particular, the real success story of PAMEX was “not in the increased numbers alone but also in the quality and the geographical range of visitors that it attracted,” opined Deepak Chawla, GM-Marketing, Technova. The event concluded on 9 January 2020 on an enthusiastic note.

Several exhibitors reported many serious enquiries and also significant sales on the ground. The visitor enthusiasm seen a few months before the major Industry event – Drupa, held great portends for the International industry players that are looking to India to provide an even greater footfall to the International event than the 19000 printers that it sent in the last edition. The world thought leaders converged in the parallel WPCF conference to brief the printers on new industry trends and opportunities as they gear themselves to meet the growing challenges posed by shrinking traditional business and changing customer expectations. The industry also found time to honour its stalwarts at the VCLA award and celebrate the excellence of its printers at the NAEP Awards in glittering functions that added a lot of allure to the ongoing exhibition.

“The success of an event of this magnitude does not happen as a co-incidence. A lot of meticulous planning and hard work goes into the promotion and organising of the event. I congratulate the entire AIFMP and Print-Packaging team for pulling off a great exhibition with such élan,” said Kamal Chopra, Chairman, PAMEX who had spearheaded an International Outreach Program and a grassroots Print Odyssey in the months leading to the exhibition.

The next edition of the PAMEX will be held from 23 to 26 March 2022 at the same venue and will include a separate hall for the Label Industry Suppliers.

PAMEX 2020. The new machines will be installed at the company’s facility in Harohalli Industrial Area.

All displayed equipment sold by Intergraphic Sales… “We sold all the machines that we displayed at the exhibition and have several enquiries that should convert to orders soon, The PULSI 100 % inspection system that we showed was sold to a leading label converter from Maharashtra and will be installed in their factory next month. The WEIGANG Die Cutting Machine with Hot Stamping was bought by Target Foils of Faridabad and the WEIGANG Slitter Rewinder went to a Mumbai based Converting Press,” shared Amit Sheth from Intergraphic Sales and Services.

DGM India received eight orders during PAMEX 2020… DGM India received eight orders for its foil stamping machines, die-cutters and folder-gluers during PAMEX 2020. Machines demonstrated by the company at the expo consisted of SmartFold 1100 folder-gluer and others. The machine is designed to produce around one lakh boxes per hour.

Vijaya Grafiks sealed two deals for Veenine 65 carton folder gluer… During PAMEX 2020, Vijaya Grafiks bagged two orders for its Vijaya Veenine 65 carton folder gluer from JP Print N Pack (Sahibabad) and Shri Balaji Industries (Parwanoo). The machine has a speed of 300 m/min with optional features such as third bottom track and top track final folding unit, plasma curing system, etc.

Citi Digital Press signed deal with Monotech for advanced Scodix Ultra Pro with Foil… New Delhi-based photo-album specialists Citi Digital Press signed a deal with Monotech for replacing their existing four-year-old Scodix S75 with the advanced Scodix Ultra Pro with Foil. The company is equipped with a Scodix S75 which will be replaced with the higher Scodix model.

Prakash Offset Machinery automated box making machine to Pune based company… At PAMEX 2020, Prakash Offset Machinery demonstrates its fully automated PBM 2BM PC1117 box making machine. The machine can make V-Box. A Pune-based packaging company has booked the machine during the expo.

SPB Machinery sold folding machine… SPB Machinery sold PTF-130 cake trey folding machine to Lucknow-based Shree Shyam Packaging during PAMEX 2020.

Five Star Machinery reported sale of Five Machines… The company sold five of its machines at PAMEX 2020 and was elated with the response.

The Stake Holders Speak Mr. Shakeel Ahmed – Nimbra Printing & Binding, Karnataka (Visitor) – “This is the biggest printing exhibition I have ever seen. I saw several book binding machines, which were of my interest. I am glad I could come and visit the Show.”

Mr. Gesesau – Africa – “ I have come all the way from Africa to attend this exhibition. I could see a large number of printing machines here and my main agenda was to explore the latest developments in the Indian printing industry so that I can explore business opportunities in the area.”

Mr. Himanshu – HS Industry Solutions – Ambernath, Maharashtra – “I have visited PAMEX exhibition for the very first time. Looking at the event I understand that there is a lot of innovation happening in the industry. The Show gives a huge business platform to everyone who exhibits or visits. I look forward to visit next edition as well, in 2022.”

Puneet Agarwal - DGM China (Exhibitor) – “DGM China started its operations in India last year, as DGM India. We have our factory in Noida. As PAMEX 2020, we displayed Smart fold PC, which comes with motorised function. I would say the quality of visitors at PAMEX is very good as they know what they are looking for and it develops a quality discussion.”

Deepak Chawla – Technova (Exhibitor) – “Technova has a full range of printing products and solutions. We have been associated with PAMEX since last many editions and the response has always been good. The printers who come are serious and so I would say that the quality of visitors here is amazing. The Show is well organized.”

Mr. Appadurai – HP Indigo (Exhibitor) – “We have lot of products related to commercial printing and packaging. We displayed severalapplications here as we wanted to show that HP Indigo brings endless possibilities for printers in Digital Printing segment. We also launched a seven eco model in India recently, which was displayed here. The quality of visitors is very good and I would say that this is best edition of the Show as compared to last all editions.”

Concurrent Events @ PAMEX 2020 For the very first time in the country, All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) hosted the World Print & Communication Forum (WPCF) conference. Held on 8 January, 2020 – the topic of the conference was Redefining Printing – Brainstorming with World Leaders. This event saw delegates coming in from all over the world with speakers coming in from India, Japan, South Africa, China, Belgium & USA.

Another concurrent event was the National Awards for Excellence in Printing (NAEP). The celebrated awards attract printing and packaging experts from across the length and breadth of the country, casting the net deep and wide to unearth the industry’s finest. The awards also include the prestigious Viren Chabbra Print Leadership Award. The Award has been instituted to honour Viren Chhabra’s legacy of a lifetime of support and accomplishments for AIFMP. Mr.Narendra Paruchuri of Pragati Offset, Hyderabad won the prestigious award.

Chairman Signs Off “We have received unprecedented response to PAMEX 2020. The show is getting better with each edition. We surpassed all the numbers of PAMEX 2017 with a record 10,000 unique visitors on Day 3. We are sure that the next edition in March 2022 will be even bigger. We have already booked an additional hall to promote the Label Industry. See you all at Bombay Exhibition Centre from 23-26 March 2022,” said a beaming Prof. Kamal Chopra – Past President AIFMP and Chairman PAMEX.

“Pamex should focus on all type of printing especially Industrial Printing so it attracts more visitors from the industry,” believes Ajay Gandhi, President, Kunal Enterprise.

Though he says that Pamex 2020 had a slow start, the pace picked up on later days. Kunal Enterprise sold a Sakurai Glitter Line and two Foiling Machines at the show.

we could see the actual trend going on in Industry,” says Kunal Gandhi, Ex-President of the company.

They had highlighted Sakurai Foiling Machine, SUN SGM Folding and Gluing Machine, Laserack Fully Automatic Blanking Machine and their Material Division at the Mumbai event.