Print inspection systems for pharma and commercial printing

L â€" R: Sham Desai, marketing manager and Yogeshwar Kumawat, marketing manager, print inspection, Pratham Technologies at IndiaCorr Expo. Photograph PSA

MPS EB 370 8-colour on its way to Hyderabad plantKBA Rapida 105 7-colour plus UV at PragatiHyderabad-based Pragati Pack has ordered a KBA Rapida 105 seven-color plus UV press which volition be installed before the end of the financial year 2015-16. "The new KBA printing has regular UV features – interdeck and terminate-of-press UV – with analog coater," says Narendra Paruchuri of Pragati. "The new press will provide us with the capability to print on the thickest board in the industry – up to 1.2 mm – which no other printing can do. Nosotros will employ this printing mainly to meet the demands of the liquor, cosmetics and sweets industries which utilise higher gsm boards. The in-line UV capability of the press volition give us the ability to produce dazzling high-gloss UV applications as well as apace coating and sealing the job." The new press apart from printing on substrates upwards to 1.2 mm gsm, is besides capable of fulfilling a lot of new printing techniques. The Sail Guidance Arrangement of the press allows sophisticated air control for an optimum sheet transport as well as individual sheet guiding.Narendra Paruchuri of Pragati. Photo PSAAccording to Paruchuri, the new KBA 105 would assistance the company in fulfilling sudden demands and urgent requirements from clients. "We always believe in keeping 20% of our capability in reserve for emergencies while 80% is being used for regular jobs. So, in case the market grows, we always have 20% of our capability as backup to not permit get of opportunities." Paruchuri is quite opportunistic when it comes to borer futurity markets and this becomes quite conspicuous when he says, "Any fourth dimension when you lot order for a new machine of this kind, it takes a minimum of v to six months to get shipped and installed. So, if opportunities come knocking at your door, y'all cannot wait for five to six months and lose the deal. It is smart to be ready for the future. That is the reason why we bought this press. Our new KBA Rapida 105 will allow us to movement into new markets."

Tertiary MPS and HP Indigo
Pragati has another press, the MPS EB 370 viii-color press, on its way from Netherlands to the Hyderabad plant, and will exist installed by November 2022 – well before the KBA 105 printing. The printing will be the third MPS for Pragati which already has 2 MPS presses running as well as one Omet Variflex meeting the requirements of the label printing. "Pharma companies and other industries are growing at a good stride. This press is again to keep ourselves ready for the growing chapters – some of the companies we know are expanding, which is going to create extra demands for us," says Paruchuri.

For brusque-run characterization press, Pragati employs its HP Indigo characterization printer which was installed last yr. "The indicate is when there are 200 or 300 labels to exist produced, or something which is very urgent which needs to be printed past evening and sent, HP Indigo is the all-time pick. Nosotros don't do long run on the Indigo unless there is variable data, because so you have no choice but to impress on it. Sometimes especially when in that location are two,000 labels of 10 variations, information technology is easier to print on the HP than on a flexo printing because HP turns out to be much more cheaper without requiring plate change and thus saving machine hours as well. Then it depends, and we are finding our feet on it. Right now, nosotros are going with 40-50% capacity of the Indigo," says Paruchuri.

Cold foil demands yet to take off in India
Pragati has been using cold foil – although offline – for over four years now. According to Paruchuri, cold foil is probably too early for the Indian market and will accept some more fourth dimension to gain prominence. "If there is an society to print something on cold foil, nosotros are set up – not since today but since the final four years. However, nosotros have non made much business out of cold foil withal with just ten% of the capacity being used," says Paruchuri. "Whatever online cold foil tin can do, our offline foil can exercise it too. Only the question is how many customers do you lot have for common cold foil? Not many. First, considering it is more than expensive than metpack; and 2d, it is a very different concept and a customer needs to empathize what design information technology can produce – unless he understands the concept, he volition not bear witness interest. And because information technology is expensive, the question is whether he is willing to pay? If he is not, then I cannot practise it."

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