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.
Rajoo & Kohli Extrusion, Coating and Laminating line demo on 29 July
About two years ago, we went to Rajkot to see the Rajoo Engineers and Kohli Industries extrusion coater laminator (ECL) when it was new. The demonstration was impressive, and as the flexible packaging industry...
Bobst OneBarrier webinar suggests new sustainable PE structure
At its OneBarrier webinar on 8 June 2021, Dennis Hughill, the regional sales director of Bobst Manchester, introduced senior research scientist Dr Carolin Struller from the company’s R&D at Manchester. Struller began by explaining...
Apex International’s FlexoKITE Asia Pacific demo centre in Nashik
Nashik, India – with the recent installation of a full-featured Bobst M5 430 flexo label press along with to complement the DuPont Cyrel FAST plate-making system and a full Esko packaging software suite, Apex...
Penn Color explores expansion opportunities in Asia
In June 2021, Penn Color announced plans to increase its presence in Asia. The decision by the Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA, company is based on its strategy to support global customers around the world and...
Bühler unveils game-changing 4-in-1 optical sorter for PET recyclers
On 24 June 2021, Bühler launched its Sortex A Glow Vision optical sorting solution for PET recyclers with a digital launch event with attendees from more than 40 countries. With increasing demand for bottle-to-bottle...
DS Group’s Pulse rPET packaging introduced on World Environment Day
On 5 June 2021, this year’s world environment day, the DS Group headquartered in Noida in the Delhi NCR, introduced its rPET jar using a combination of virgin and recycled PET granules for its...
TechnoServe gets Award for role in sustainable guar initiative
Solvay’s partner in the Sustainable Guar Initiative, non-profit organization TechnoServe, received the American Chemistry Council’s External Collaborator Award for its commitment to working with ACC members and others throughout the guar supply chain to...
Steve Shifman is passing the baton to Rick Michelman
Founded in 1949, Michelman is a coating company that describes itself as a developer and application specialist of sustainable and water-based surface technology. With a turnover estimated at below US$ .5 billion and about...
Shifman to become Michelman executive chairman next January
On 9 June 2021, Cincinnati-based Michelman announced that Dr. Richard (Rick) I Michelman will become the organization’s next president and CEO, effective 1 January 2022. At that time, longtime leader Steven J. Shifman, president...
Libako in Kolkata installs Gallus ECS 340 label press
Libako Packaging, a print, packaging, and branding specialist has commissioned its first narrow-web flexo label press – a highly configured Gallus ECS 340. Apart from the complement of print units with UV curing, the...