Naresh Khanna
Editor of Indian Printer and Publisher since 1979 and Packaging South Asia since 2007. Trained as an offset printer and IBM 360 computer programmer. Active in the movement to implement Indian scripts for computer-aided typesetting. Worked as a consultant and trainer to the Indian print and newspaper industry. Visiting faculty of IDC at IIT Powai in the 1990s. Also founder of IPP Services, Training and Research and has worked as its principal industry researcher since 1999. Author of book: Miracle of Indian Democracy.
Modernization of the Perfect Containers Group
Founded almost 40 years ago, the Perfect Containers Group is a family-owned and managed business, headquartered in Mumbai with seven manufacturing plants for tubes in Palghar and Silvassa which are both about two hours...
HP ties up with TechNova for digital cartons & labels in India
In a bid to expand its distribution network in India for the digital printing business, HP today (17 December 2021) announced a strategic association with TechNova Imaging Systems – the largest offset Indian offset...
Parksons Packaging acquires Manohar Packaging – premium alcobev cartonmaker
As was rumored in the industry for the past several days, and as announced in the financial press on 29 November 2021, Warburg Pincus-owned Parksons Packaging has acquired a 100% stake in Manohar Packaging....
Indian potato wholesale prices, cold storage, and rain
The Indian potato is facing a glut in some states and a shortage in others while the release of stocks from cold storage can depress prices. Indian potato prices wholesale which dropped by Rs...
Disruption of new food projects and changes in direction
Although the supply of food and food products in India has not been disrupted in the past 19 months of the pandemic, the industry has. Many growth plans and new projects for food processing...
Volpak’s sustainable & flexible pack for coffee
Volpak, a Barcelona-based Coesia group company, is specialized in the designing and marketing of flexible packaging solutions. Coffee is one of the fastest growing markets among the industries covered by the Spanish company. Working...
Apatin Brewery’s modernization with with KHS
Founded in 1756, Apatin is the oldest brewery in the Balkans and the Molson Coors Group. The Serbian plant run by Molson's subsidiary Apatinska Pivara Apatin has relied on KHS technology for over four...
Trying Beyond Meat or the Beyond Burger in Delhi
As Bhairavi Singh of CNBC TV wrote on 6 October 2021, the global alternative meat market is projected to reach between US$ 350 to 400 billion by 2035. In India where contrary to common...
Premji Invest acquires significant stake in SB Packagings
A press release received on 12 August 2021, says that Delhi-based SB Packagings (SBP) has received investment from Premji Invest for a significant stake in the company. The transaction primarily involves partial stake sale...
Echaar builds CI Flexo presses for all Indian segments
Kirti Panchal, the managing director of Echaar and the person behind the engineering of the CI Flexo project, talks about the company’s experience in building CI Flexo presses over the last several years. He...