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.
Recapping SIG’s recent acquisitions and significant Indian expansion
On 5 January 2022, SIG agreed to acquire Pactiv Evergreen’s carton packaging and filling machinery businesses known as Evergreen Asia. The Lake Forest Illinois...
The need to invest in evidence-based research and numbers
As the printing industry is well aware, our sister organization IppStar (IPP Services, Training, and Research Pvt Ltd), www.ippstar.org, has been researching the Indian...
Hinterkopf’s sustainable and alternative packaging for wine
Light, unbreakable and sustainable – with its aluminum bottles, Hinterkopf talked about and demonstrated alternative packaging for wine at the recent Metpack exhibition in...
Metpack speaks of the resurgence of the metal packaging industry
Visiting Metpack for the third time after a gap of six years reveals a new perspective for an industry that has become niche (read...
The growth of leading food brands in India
Our associate research company Ipp Services, Training and Research PL (www.ippstar.org) has done a quick snapshot study of fifteen known food brands from FY...
The Michelman water-based coating barrier solution
While discussing the EVOH seminar with a new flexible packaging converter who wants to build a sustainable packaging plant, we were informed that another...
Recyclable laminates with barriers for food packaging in India
We attended the National Conference on New Generation Polymeric Barrier Material at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on 10 March 2023 organized...
FAO, Duke, and WorldFish report on Illuminating Hidden Harvests
The recently published report by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) based in Rome Illuminating Hidden Harvests is subtitled – Illuminating Hidden...
Surya Global Flexifilms purchases three Bobst K5 Expert metalizers
The Surya Food and Agro group is well known for its snacks and juices and especially for Priyagold biscuits. An extensive user of BOPP...
Shubham Automation – mastering the art of pick and place
Cosmetics and medical drugs have become part of our daily lives, with everyone carrying little boxes in their pockets, purses, or bags. No doubt,...
