Good sales at the event – significant investment in new Noida plant

New Delhi-based UV Graphics, in postpress solutions for the printing and graphic arts industries, participated at PrintPack India for the second time. The company’s stand was even bigger than the last Printpack where it won the IppGroup award for the best stand. The stand this year, again stood out for its comfortable spaciousness, bright signage, lighting, ambiance, and hospitality.

“PrintPack India is returning after a three-year gap, and the market has finally opened up to fulfill the industry’s needs, so exhibitors anticipate a strong turnout. This year’s event will bring together printers and converters from India and beyond. Because of the pandemic, this expo is expected to attract mainly serious buyers and investors. We also anticipate serious visitors and investors during this event,” said Abhay Datta, director of UV Graphics even before the event. The exhibition’s strong turnout including serious buyers from across the country and overseas proved Dutta’s forecast to be correct. UV Graphics said it sold seven label presses, three slitter rewinders, and four in-mold label machines at the show. 

At its stand, UV Graphics demonstrated the Ultraflex UFO-450 10-color dual servo LED UV combo film and label press with 42 servo drivers. The company also highlighted its range of products, including converting, hot foil stamping, and rotogravure units, as well as its slitter rewinders, plate mounting systems, cylinder storage, in-mold label punching, UV curing systems, screen printing, and other technology and finishing options. 

“If you ask me about the future of the label industry, I would simply answer that it is booming,” said Dutta at the show. “Customers are seeking high-quality labels for a variety of uses. Print and print-related gear are also in high demand, with a double-digit increase expected in the coming years.”

“Everybody is moving toward labels, and companies are discouraging the use of cartons, so when the product comes without the carton, definitely the carton will be replaced by labels. So, the label market will undoubtedly grow,” said Datta.

“UV Graphics is set to move forward for positive growth. It is expanding the plant and constructing a new facility of about 2,00,000 square feet in Noida adjacent to our old facility, which will start in January 2023. It is also looking forward to the Labelexpo India in Greater Noida in November 2022,” Dutta concluded.

The Covid-19 pandemic led to the country-wide lockdown on 25 March 2020. It will be two years tomorrow as I write this. What have we learned in this time? Maybe the meaning of resilience since small companies like us have had to rely on our resources and the forbearance of our employees as we have struggled to produce our trade platforms.

The print and packaging industries have been fortunate, although the commercial printing industry is still to recover. We have learned more about the digital transformation that affects commercial printing and packaging. Ultimately digital will help print grow in a country where we are still far behind in our paper and print consumption and where digital is a leapfrog technology that will only increase the demand for print in the foreseeable future.

Web analytics show that we now have readership in North America and Europe amongst the 90 countries where our five platforms reach. Our traffic which more than doubled in 2020, has at times gone up by another 50% in 2021. And advertising which had fallen to pieces in 2020 and 2021, has started its return since January 2022.

As the economy approaches real growth with unevenness and shortages a given, we are looking forward to the PrintPack India exhibition in Greater Noida. We are again appointed to produce the Show Daily on all five days of the show from 26 to 30 May 2022.

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