Printing Speed catches Speed Technology innovation waves transcend global horizon

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Printing Speed catches Speed Technology innovation waves transcend global horizon

Printing age has descended. Each year technological innovations add new depth to existing solutions. In the process, it ensures higher output repeatability and reliability of the processes, reduce wastages and manpower. Since automation Improves efficiency; to remain competitive, professionals need to be innovative, stay tuned to new technologies with a zest for training updates while imbibing trends.

Technology in speed
The upswing in Indicators of Indian Economy especially manufacturing and services sector activities together with bullish stock market suggests that the recent growth momentum of the India Economic Indicators is likely to be maintained further. In any economy, every sector uses paper, the raw of print. The Indian printing market is expanding rapidly. Valued at $12.6 billion in 2006, the market is forecast to reach $25.1 billion by 2012.

The Indian economy is growing as a result of increase in per capita income. Industrial growth, FIIs and FDIs, Balance-of-Payments, Merchandise Exports, and Foreign-Exchange-Reserves had substantial contribution toward growth of Indian Economy. There is cut throat competition among press manufacturers. The foreign investments in terms of money and machines, alliance and co-operation have become medium for successful business. India is experiencing international presence in innovations through fairs and events, thrust of new technology and increase in quality oriented jobs in printing field.

Events surge
Conferences and exhibitions provide edge to new emerging opportunities to promote business and enable view technology in action. The events as PAMEX 2006, IND PACK '06 IPAMA are creating awareness in printing and packaging trends. IPAMA and MMS signed MoU for upcoming Printech 2007 in Mumbai.
Printech, the Printing, Packaging and Allied Machinery Exhibition during September in India aims for rising competition in the digital media, the print and media industry. The happening of IPEX South Asia 2007 event in New Delhi is getting into being live during October with official support from All India Federation of Masters Printers.
IPEX South Asia a mini version of IPEX U.K. It is launched in India for the very first time, as first of its kind event in South Asia, to be held bi-annually in this region. The next one is slated for the year 2009. This exhibition in India aims to the exact needs of the Printing industry within the sub continent by bringing together the biggest manufacturers and suppliers and all aspects of graphic arts industry from across the world under one roof, allowing them to share information, technology and data.
Display and demonstration of products indicate exchange of interests, ideas and marketing technology. FESPA is targeted for December in India.

drupa 2008 ascending to descend at Dusseldorf is a truly global event in print. The events taking place in India in the past, have almost been readying India for upcoming four yearly drupa 2008. The drupa the print products ocean is awaiting those from India who want to draw success in printing ventures and catch up with the latest in technology in media production and processing in action.

Emerging trends
The upstaging of conferences, awards, seminars have become the anchor for all sort of knowledge. India is witnessing most of it on its own turf. Printing industry assumes significance for on demand jobs, quality and speed, economic and profitable investments owing to innovative ways. This provides stimulation for progressing technological aspects and sharing of data. Today digital is on the mind of printers who are advancing in matters of capturing business. The sectors are going ahead for new installation. Obviously, expenses may appear heavy but today’s investments covers up tomorrows cost.
It was good news for India that at Ifra Asia media Awards 2007 in Manila, an Indian English daily bagged six awards. Obviously the trends on printing, photography and the newspaper techniques are evolving. Unlimited possibilities on print decoration are evolving, innovation and new techniques are giving way to development and trends.

Newspaper industry
The increase in global paper consumption is an indicator of print media's continued existence. India has the potential to become the third largest economy. Print future depends on a well balanced media mix. Much of automation is also visible in the newspaper industry to keep pace with speed, quality and productivity. New machine installations are thriving.
Increase has become commodity in this communication era. Increasing number of newspapers, increasing supplement, variety of information, add on value and color publishing creates impact on readers. It is propelling competition and growth in almost all states of India.
On an average, one can see a new newspaper or a new edition launched everyday. The readers are being pushed to subscribe to another newspaper at an attractive cover price Paper is the most widely-used packaging material in India with packaging industry accounting for around 40% of domestic paper consumption and it is rising.

Today, web is attracting younger and newspaper readership is on downward trend. Since 'Mass' is focus for newspapers, they have to inculcate versatility and grasp capacity with wider focus on younger future and so to embrace innovation besides business growth. To compete effectively with electronic media, newspapers need to supplement their traditional product with a new approach to approach readers and advertisers.

Speed catches up speed
Speed and quality in demand the printing industry is coming out of its traditional processes. To remain competitive, professionals need to be open-minded and stay tuned to new technologies. Adoption and implementing new technology reflects key to growth. Dynamic changes are being reflected by institutional awards in every sphere to encourage potentiality in innovations.

Printing industry everywhere is connecting itself globally with respect to new machinery installations. Producing high quality economically is the challenge today for printing companies and printing press manufacturers. This means innovative press technology, shorter make-readies and inline finishing capabilities. Higher quality, great speed and enhanced efficiency are getting translated into requirement driven print age but keeping up is not the end.

Dynamics of change
The broad trends impacting market are shorter runs, shorter turnarounds, personalization and unusual design. And communication through text and picture is more emphasizing than advertising. When we look around, newspaper industry is going through transformations. Now a days four color printing is common and in demand with CtP as modern technique. Label Printers have grown all over the country. Today printers have switched from their initial flatbed letterpress machines to flexo rotary, waterless offset and combination presses.
Dynamics of change mean exponential growth. Indian printing industry growth had a compound annual growth rate of over 16.2% since 1989. The double digit growth is around twice the GDP growth rate. The printing industry, the biggest and fastest growing sectors in India encompasses more than 1,50,000 printing presses in operation all over India, capital investment of over Rs.83,000 million and employment strength around 1.5 million. With 12.5% growth per annum, the Indian Printing Industry is poised to achieve 60% growth by the year 2010. The requirement driven print age but keeping up is not the end.

Dynamics of change
The broad trends impacting market are shorter runs, shorter turnarounds, personalization and unusual design. And communication through text and picture is more emphasizing than advertising. When we look around, newspaper industry is going through transformations. Now a days four color printing is common and in demand with CtP as modern technique. Label Printers have grown all over the country. Today printers have switched from their initial flatbed letterpress machines to flexo rotary, waterless offset and combination presses.
Dynamics of change mean exponential growth. Indian printing industry growth had a compound annual growth rate of over 16.2% since 1989. The double digit growth is around twice the GDP growth rate. The printing industry, the biggest and fastest growing sectors in India encompasses more than 1,50,000 printing presses in operation all over India, capital investment of over Rs.83,000 million and employment strength around 1.5 million. With 12.5% growth per annum, the Indian Printing Industry is poised to achieve 60% growth by the year 2010. Therequirement driven print age but keeping up is not the end.

Dynamics of change
The broad trends impacting market are shorter runs, shorter turnarounds, personalization and unusual design. And communication through text and picture is more emphasizing than advertising. When we look around, newspaper industry is going through transformations. Now a days four color printing is common and in demand with CtP as modern technique. Label Printers have grown all over the country. Today printers have switched from their initial flatbed letterpress machines to flexo rotary, waterless offset and combination presses.
Dynamics of change mean exponential growth. Indian printing industry growth had a compound annual growth rate of over 16.2% since 1989. The double digit growth is around twice the GDP growth rate. The printing industry, the biggest and fastest growing sectors in India encompasses more than 1,50,000 printing presses in operation all over India, capital investment of over Rs.83,000 million and employment strength around 1.5 million. With 12.5% growth per annum, the Indian Printing Industry is poised to achieve 60% growth by the year 2010. Therequirement driven print age but keeping up is not the end.

Dynamics of change
The broad trends impacting market are shorter runs, shorter turnarounds, personalization and unusual design. And communication through text and picture is more emphasizing than advertising. When we look around, newspaper industry is going through transformations. Now a days four color printing is common and in demand with CtP as modern technique. Label Printers have grown all over the country. Today printers have switched from their initial flatbed letterpress machines to flexo rotary, waterless offset and combination presses.
Dynamics of change mean exponential growth. Indian printing industry growth had a compound annual growth rate of over 16.2% since 1989. The double digit growth is around twice the GDP growth rate. The printing industry, the biggest and fastest growing sectors in India encompasses more than 1,50,000 printing presses in operation all over India, capital investment of over Rs.83,000 million and employment strength around 1.5 million. With 12.5% growth per annum, the Indian Printing Industry is poised to achieve 60% growth by the year 2010. The Industry has enough potential to attract technology generating phenomenal employment opportunities.

Indian printing industry is experiencing a surge with influx of new technologies which are not only cost saving but time saving processes too. A need is arising for printers to adopt more innovation and creative thinking in offering services to their customers. Print buyers need to be aware of just what is possible in printing. It indicates India’s economy is on a particular course to advance.
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Personal detail if required…..mentioned below with picture Goupal Krishna Anand opines Printing is the Immediate Dimension in world, boosting speed with technology specialization. It is end result of each process, effort and technique translated into black, white and colour on chosen substrate and media. He was appointed as Editor since 2005 for PrintCom India (monthly) and PrintCom Asia (bi-monthly) magazines and has credentials in M.Sc.(Org.Chemistry), CAIIB, MBA (finance) and PG Diploma in Journalism. Prior to it, he brings experience from science, research, finance and intelligence fields.
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PrintCom India magazine is the IPEX South Asia 2007 media partner and drupa 2008 Premium Media Partner.