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.
UFlex to double Asepto capacity in Sanand
On 21 December 2020 UFlex, announced the doubling of its Asepto liquid packaging plant capacity in Sanand in Gujarat. UFlex is India’s largest multinational...
DIC extends support to packaging on the impending toluene ban
In a move towards ensuring a safe packaging environment in the country, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) recently prohibited toluene-based inks for food...
Smart Packaging Solutions for India and South Asia – 19 March 2021
AIPIA and Packaging South Asia are pleased to announce a new virtual Smart Packaging event for India and South Asia. The stand-alone event will focus...
PopPack & PPi Tech launch sustainable flexible packs
PPi Technologies Group, a leader in flexible packaging, launches a cooperation agreement with PopPack, offering what are being called ‘Air-Powered Package’ design technologies to...
Digital label presses deliver more than smiles during the pandemic
In our overview of the label industry from April to the end of August in our previous print issue, we wrote that although there...
Manjushree Technopack acquires Pearl Polymers
Bangaluru based Manjushree Technopack (MTL), India’s largest rigid plastics packaging company backed by Advent International, announced entering into a Business Transfer Agreement with Pearl...
Labelexpo/Brand Print India 2020 postponed
15 September 2020. The Tarsus Group, organizer of Labelexpo India 2020 and Brand Print India 2020, has today confirmed that the upcoming editions of...
The Indian label industry from April to August 2020
In April, May, and June, we spoke with anxiety to both label converters and label equipment and consumable suppliers. We received various responses from...
ppi Media online hype-regional online ad project
27 August 2020. Team Beverage is the leading procurement, distribution, marketing, and service platform for Germany's beverage industry. ppi Media has developed an innovative...
Rovema takes over Hassia Packaging India from Ima
On 16 July 2020, Germany-based Rovema signed an agreement to acquire Hassia Packaging in Pune in Western India. Hassia was previously part of the...
