Speak Up With Ramu

Installation data in centres like Gorakhpur and Jalandhar shows signs of a pick up. Other than packaging majors like TCPL notching up 24 Bobst folder gluers across all its plants, to pre-press specialist Trigon installing Asia’s first HP Indigo 25K, Podcast #15 celebrates the success of companies such as Solar in Jammu and Rahul in Okhla.  

Podcast #14 looks at the world’s six biggest suppliers of printing inks - along with their global sales numbers and production numbers in India. 

Despite the unprecedented market dynamics and significant inflationary pressure, the factories in India have managed to supply the best-in-class ink solutions

Print media saw a de-growth in 2020 as per the FICCI-EY report. In all this, the print CEO is being asked to do more with less. Most of them are asking what next for commercial printing. Podcast #13 looks at how CEOs can streamline their ops in a simple way...

On 22 March, a Black Day call was given by the All India Federation of Master Printers. Why so? Simultaneously, the corrugated box industry is upping its ante. Why so? Also, a quick snapshot about the newspaper industry. Are the theories being floated by the digital marketers and advertisers true or false? Do listen to Podcast #12.  

Episode 11:

Four associations, the BMPA, MMS, MMP and PPOA highlighted "the indiscriminate and unfair price hike of paper and raw materials." They have sought government intervention to include paper and paperboard in the Essential Commodities Act. The Podcast discusses cost plus what ails the one-man print firm owner?

The kraft paper price hike has created a crisis. Podcast #10 looks at why the corrugated box manufacturers' associations are saying they are getting closer and closer to the edge of the cliff

Episode 9:

This podcast celebrates printed books and popular publications in India in the 1800s. Test your knowledge about how the print superstars of the 19th century retrieved the old and combined it with the technological advantages of the printing press. Discover the words of wisdom - and how they have been produced - between the covers of the humble book

Podcast #8 goes behind the scene and examines the WPO awards won by Asian Paints, Alpla India, Cosmo Films, Huhtamaki (two awards), ITC and Max Speciality Films.

Episode 7:

A raft of price hikes from paper manufacturers is being attributed to rising costs of raw materials, energy and unavailability of ocean freight. What will be the impact on a print firm's balance sheet?

Episode 6:

The Rs 10,000-crore metal packaging industry in India is poised for growth. But right now, the industry in India faces a 2.5-lakh MT per annum demand-supply gap. Will it be able to overcome the insurmountable hurdles?