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.
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,...
The ECG breakthrough at ALFT
The ALFT plant near Colombo was committed to defect-free production even earlier when it was running the Bobst 9-color gravure press with AVT’s 100%...
Sri Lanka’s ALFT Packaging builds new flexo force in South Asia
For ALFT Packaging Company chairman Lakshman De Fonseka, the official opening of the company’s new state-of-the-art flexo packaging production plant in August in Kotugoda,...
SB Packagings, Premji Invest, and Constantia announce India joint venture
SB Packagings and Premji Invest which is the private equity firm that invested in SB Packagings in August 2021Â have signed a joint venture agreement...
Cheese packaging on a strong footing in India and South Asia
According to the International Dairy Foods Association, dairy per capita consumption across products has been increasing each year, up by 6% over the past...
Elba shows enhanced SA-V pouching line for Doypacks at K 2022
At the K 2022 in Dusseldorf Elba demonstrated its SA-V line forming Doypack stand-up pouches from recyclable and digitally printable mono-material PE films. Elba’s...
