RIPTAA at PrintPack 2025
The 16th edition of PRINTPACK INDIA, was held from 1 – 5 Feb 2025, at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, NCR Delhi. This PrintPack India saw 17 Halls covering 80,000 sq meter exhibition space, hosted over 600 exhibitors representing 84 countries from around the world, presenting state-of-the-art printing and packaging technology with a special emphasis on cost-efficiency and import substitution. Building on previous successes, the 2025 edition attracted a massive 1,41,101 visitors. The Indian Printing, Packaging, and Allied Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (IPAMA) has gone to great lengths to accommodate this unprecedented interest, including the reservation of two additional Hangars, to accommodate companies on the waiting list. Buses ran frequently from Noida Botanical Garden Metro station to the venue, ensuring convenient transportation for visitors. Additionally, IPAMA organised a series of seminars to engage the attendees as part of PRINTPACK India 2025. Organized by the Association for PRINT Technologies in collaboration with IPAMA, Delhi Printers Association (DPA), and WhatTheyThink.com, these seminars featured cutting-edge discussions on topics, such as, ‘The Current State of the Corrugated Packaging Market and Future Projections’, ‘Data Management for Print and Packaging’, ‘AI and the New Age of Creative Collaboration’, ‘Branding and Beyond’, ‘Exploring the Future of Digital Printing’, ‘Moulded Fiber Packaging’, ‘Packaging in the E-Commerce Era’, ‘Reducing Environmental Impact’ and ‘Sustainable Innovation in Printing and Packaging’.
National and international companies were present. Mention may be made of Acme Machinery (India), Acme Rolltech, Beautiful Advertising Agency, Bobst India, Canon India, Fujifilm India, Gew EC Ltd, Komori India, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India, Megabound (India), Monotech Systems, Westland Rubber, Xerox India, Zenith Rubber, Zhongke India, Ronald Web Offset, Huber Group India, Heidelberg India, Webtech Machineries, DIC India, Sona Paper, Pratham Technologies, Hp-Redington, UV Graphics, Vinsak India and numerous others.
They presented a wide variety of state-of-the-art technologies. Displayed were Auto platen Die Cutter, High Speed Folder Gluer; Digital Copiers; Multi-functional Printing Peripherals; Inkjet and Laser Printers; Graphic Arts and High-tech Optical devices; Arc and UV LED Curing Systems, Coating and Converting applications; Printing Presses and Printing equipment; Ceramic Anilox Rolls and Sleeves; Digital Printing; Printing Pre-Press and Software Solutions; Print & Packaging solutions; Wide & Large Format Printing, Inkjet Products; Scanning and 3D Printing; Post Press, Rigid Box Making equipment; Offset Printing Machines with the state- of-the-art technology; Carton Folder Gluer, Exercise Notebook Making, Automatic Ruling, Automatic Paper Cutting & Folding, Book Stitching & Corrugated Box Making Machines; Cobalt free Printing Inks; Safe Inks for Food Packaging; Press Chemicals; Textile & Paper Screen Printing inks; Web offset Printing and Paper Bag making machines, High precision Packaging Machineries, Printing Rollers and Roller Manufacturing Machines etc. RIPTAA had its presence felt in the exhibition with a stall visited by a wide range of people representing Press Owners, Business Proprietors, general public, visiting RIPTAA members. Notable among them were Dr Rajendra Kumar Anayath, Representatives from DIC Noida, Webtech Machineries, Sona Papers, Vishal Scan, Assam Printer’s Association, Kapoor Imaging, Epson, Mr Arijit Chakraborty of Huber Group, Polyplex team,Shri Anand Srivastav of Mark Ad, Mr. Krasimir Bonchev of Polycraft Bulgaria, Mr. Ekramul Kabir from Premier Print, Kolkata, Shri Ashis Chakraborty of Transpacks Technologies, Dr. N Sharatchandra Singh, G C Member AIFMP, Lokenath Printers team, Mr Sukumar Pore, Mr Sumanta Chowdhury of DGM, Shri Puspendu Dey of Miracle Group, Shri Dipankar Samanta, CEO of DBS International, Mr. Prabodh Pattanaik, Dy Director of Odisha Govt. Press, Mr. Daniel Sangma (Life member of RIPTAA from Manipur) and many others.
For the visiting RIPTAA members, our stall was a meeting place for exchange of experience about this mega fair, their work experience in different fields of printing throughout India, their current positions in company and the help they can extend for RIPT pass-outs. The response was noteworthy as numerous enquiries are now received and students of RIPT are getting placements.
A group of five final year students of RIPT, Kolkata visited PrintPack 2025. Their expenses for visiting this mega event was partially sponsored by RIPTAA as part of its ‘Student Exposure’ commitment. They visited RIPTAA stall during their stay and tried to cover most of the halls containing hundreds of exhibits.
Mr Biswaranjan Nayak 1990 of Printtech Offset Bhubaneswar republished the winter issue 2024 and Mr. Sanjay Surekha of Vanshika Graphics formally inaugurated the new spring issue 2025 of PrintOut, the quarterly mouth piece of RIPTAA in front of numerous visiting publics and dignitaries. Both the issues were widely distributed among all the visitors to RIPTAA stall as well as among the other important exhibitors and visitors at PrintPack 2025.
Team RIPTAA visited hundreds of exhibitors during the five exhibition days at Print Pack 2025, like Technova, Konica Minolta, Fuji, Xerox, Canon, The Printers House, Toyo Ink Arets, UV Graphic Technologies, Vinsak, Zenith Rubber, Alpna Visual Packaging Aids, APL Machinery, Avery Dennison, BOBST, DGM Automation, Electromech Machinery, Epson, Print week, Heidelberg, Komori, Impel Services, Jay Engineering, Kodak, Pratham Technologies, Printers Club of India, Printers Supply, Provin Technos, HP Redington, Ronald Web Offset, Suba Solutions, Kwality Chemical, Mega bound, Minosha, Monotech, NBG Printographics, Nulith,to increase fellowship as well as to establish its presence. Prospective advertisers were contacted. New connections were made with interested companies for association with RIPTAA activities & programmes. Old bonds with friendly companies were rekindled to make sure that their support continues in future.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to IPAMA for providing us with all logistic support with the free stall area of 12 sq. meter at PrintPack 2025. Hopefully, we shall be present in PrintPack 17 in January 2027.
All in all, the visit of team RIPTAA to PrintPack 2025 is expected pay good dividends in near future.
