IPAMA elections for Governing Council completed

Bringing an end to the contentious last few months at IPAMA, the results of the Governing Council were announced on the 10 October. Facilitated by postal ballots, the election saw a very enthusiastic participation by the members in the voting. The team that was elected to  serve the term of 2016- 2018 is as below: Sl….

Kamal Chopra Designated as Honorary Professor at BIGC, China

In recognition of his services towards printing industry, especially International Print Education, the Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, China designated Mr Kamal Chopra as Honorary Professor of BIGC for 3 years. Speaking on the occasion, Prof. (Ms) Zhang Sheru, Dean of Studies and Director of International Cooperation & Exchange, BIGC said, “Mr. Kamal Chopra, an…

Printing Associations @ PAMEX

A host of printing and allied machineries participated at PAMEX ’15, including Bombay Masters Printers Association (BMPA); Indian Printing, Packaging & Allied Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (IPAMA); Mumbai MudrakSangh (MMS); Screen Printers Association of  India; South India Printers Association; West Bengal Master Printers Association, etc. A host of printing and allied machineries participated at PAMEX ’15,…

Best Research Paper to be rewarded at Romancing Print 2015

With technologies changing fast, it is difficult to foresee where exactly the print market is heading. How printing units will survive the onslaught of internet? How will they fight the increasing global competition? These are but a few questions that every printer should understand and answer, for future survival. This is one of the objective…

Parveen Aggarwal Nominated as President of OPA for Another Term

During the General Body meeting of Offset Printers’ Association (OPA), held at South City recently, Parveen Aggarwal was unanimously nominated as the President of OPA for yet another term of 2 years. Kamal Chopra was nominated as the General Secretary for another term. The Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) of OPA was held at South…

PEIAC & AIFMP hold talks for mutual co-operation

The next edition of Print China 2015 organised by the Printing and Printing Equipment Industries Association of China (PEIAC) will be held in Guangdong (China) in April 2015. Several printers including International and Chinese companies visit this exhibition. The President of All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) met Mr. Lu Chang’an, Secretary General of PEIAC and…

New President For AIFMP!

The Annual General Body meeting of All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) was held on September 21, 2014 at Hotel The Ashok, New Delhi. At the event Dev Nair took over the reins of AIFMP as its President. The other dignitaries elected as Office Bearers of AIFMP, Printing Times and for all other Projects…

Indian Plastics Sector Seeks More Tariffs

The Indian plastics sector is increasingly asking for higher tariffs and more government support against imports, particularly from competitors in Southeast Asia and China, as it copes with the country’s slowest economic growth rates in a decade. One of the country’s largest polymer trade associations, the All India Plastics Manufacturers’ Association, for example, used public…

Provin Technos Represents Ryobi MHI Joint Venture In India

Delhi-based Provin Technos has been appointed as a pan-India Indian representative of the Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology (RMGTL), a joint venture between the two Japanese press manufacturing giants, Ryobi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging for implementation of business integration in the field of sheetfed offset printing presses. The joint venture is implemented from…