In the recently held event, Prof. Kamal Chopra has been elected as the President of All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP). AIFMP is the apex body of 250,000 Indian printers and President is the highest seat of this body. Prof. Kamal Chopra has served as the President of AIFMP in past in the year…
MMS has announced its new Management Committee, elected during the Association’s annual general meeting on 30th September, 2020. The Committee will serve a two-year mandate until the next elections which are due in September 2022. Outgoing President, Mr. Tushar Dhote extended a warm welcome to the members at the 56th Annual General Meeting and announced…
A brief discussion with Mr. Pankaj Poddar, CEO of Cosmo Films Ltd. on challenges during pandemic and the way ahead! Q. How is the company fairing in these challenging times of Covid-19? A. The demand for Packaging & Label films has been high due to increased consumption for packaged foods, liquid soaps, bathing soaps and…
Post Unlock 1.0, REBOOT-RESTART-RESURGE has become the prime focus of businesses as they prepare to resume operations. Lockdown has brought to the forefront the hitherto unknown challenge of revival of business affected not due to fiscal or market demands but a scenario where the disruption has happened due to natural force. Even the best of…
Prof. Kamal Chopra, General Secretary- OPA, Past President- AIFMP and Chairman- PAMEX, shares his views on the present scenario of the Indian Printing Industry and ways to overcome Covid-19 challenges! https://youtu.be/q38NC2u8myo SUBSCRIBE to the PAMEX Youtube Channel to stay updated with more news and interviews…!
Offset Printers’ Association (OPA) decided to help the industry learn and benefit during the difficult times of lockdown. The association utilised the expertise of its team and started educating the printers through a series of daily Webinars and other activities. During the entire period of lockdown (till date), OPA organized 27 Webinars and 7 Web…
How BOBST and Packages Limited got a crucial printing press back up and running during COVID-19… When the COVID-19 lockdown struck mid-way through a major reassembly of a company’s printing presses, BOBST went the extra mile to resolve the problem. Imagine the situation. You are a major packaging converter and business is on the up….
Payment of wages during lockdown has been a contentious issue especially since the order passed by the Ministry of Home Affairs under Disaster Management Act 2005 dated March 29, 2020. This order had been challenged in the Supreme Court by a number of organizations since there has been confusion regarding the responsibility of employers to…
The lockdown and its subsequent challenge of restarting business in the new normal have set many printers thinking. The last couple of months have been a period of introspection for small or big business alike. The emphasis now is on ‘controlling the controllable’ and then effectively reducing cost. This has made many printers go back…
