FOR PRINT EDUCATION, RESEARCH & TRAINING

D M IHIRUBHAI ISTRY NSTITUTE

A unique educational & training institute with a professional touch

Enriching educational experience for print technology students. A destination of choice for customers. A strategic platform for industry associates

A fitting tribute tolate Shri Dhirubhai Mistry

The founder of Grafica group of companies (1952).

As a genius in printing technology,

he himself was a student of Fine Arts & Design

from Mumbai's famous Sir J J School of Applied Arts.

It was his vision to set up an institute like DMI to

provide full fledged education and training to students

in screen printing and make them finest screen

printing technologists rather than machine operators.

Grafica took up the initiative to make his dream a

reality. In just two years, the seed sowed by him

has transformed into a beautiful tree - DMI.

The present Grafica Management pays a rich tribute

to late Shri Dhirubhai Mistry for his noble vision

FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK

Bhargav Dhirubhai Mistry

Director

Dear friends

Welcome to DMI - Dhirubhai Mistry Institute for Print Education, Research & Training.

The establishment of DMI is indeed a historic moment in the Indian screen printing. It is

an initiative of Grafica Flextronica which is specialized in the manufacture of high quality

screen printing / UV curing / screen making machines and equipment since 1989. DMI is

located within Grafica premises.

Late Shri Dhirubhai Mistry, founder of Grafica Group of Companies had a great vision to

set up a unique institute to impart training and education in screen printing to students.

Many of our customers and industry associates feel that an institute like DMI was a long

due. To transform his VISION into a reality, Grafica's core management team made

every effort by spending enormous time and resources.

DMI received a real sustenance from one great guru from printing industry, Michel Caza,

Chairman of Academy of Screen Printing Technology (ASPT) and ex-president of FESPA.

I specially thank Michel Caza for all the support he has extended to DMI's establishment

right from evolution to completion. I express my high gratitude to the entire FESPA team

for their support. I am also thankful to Michael Robertson, President, SGIA; Dawn M

Hohl, Technical Training Manager, SPTF and their team for technical inputs.

I am also grateful to all our customers, industry associates and other well wishers who

were a constant support for the setting up of DMI. In turn, DMI is committed to give back

to all its supporters by offering various educational and training programmes, courses,

seminars, workshops, experts' lectures, technical consulting, etc. Grafica management

also acknowledges its employees for their cooperation for the successful completion of

this noble project.

These programmes are being conducted by experienced team of faculties. Also,

renowned international speakers, namely, Michel Caza, Mike Young, Charlie Taulieb,

Scott Fresener, Bill Hood and many others will also come to DMI from time to time, to

share their rich experience and provide deeper insights into advanced yet practical

techniques. This way, DMI is committed to help Grafica customers in every possible way

in terms of knowledge and technological expertise. For our industry associates, DMI will

be a strategic platform. And for students, the training at DMI will be an educational

experience!

I heartily invite Grafica customers, printing professionals, students of print education

institutes and Grafica industry associates to register for DMI's various training

programmes. This brochure gives you an overview of DMI, its curriculum, modern

facilities, infrastructure, etc. For further details on DMI and its activities, please log on to

www.graficaindia.com

Please do visit DMI at least once and feel the difference. We eagerly look forward to

welcome you.

Thanking you,

Bhargav Mistry

DMI is aimed at teaching the

same sound fundamentals and

advanced techniques that are

used world wide by successful

entrepreneurs in screen printing.

Its training programmes are

meant for cost effective yet

quality print solutions so that

screen printers are able to

increase productivity and

profitability.

MICHEL CAZAmichelcaza@aol.com

Dear Bhargav

Today is my Birthday! and that's a double occasion of this beautiful school we so highly wished, both you and me!

I remember a few years ago when I gave, at your demand, an unexpected conference at the Govt. Institute of Printing

Technology (GIPT), Mumbai, I told you that it was a real need and demand in India for a School to teach not the old

obsolete silkscreen technology, but the really modern high tech Screen -printing in a dedicated College and

Training Centre.

You did it by creating DMI in the honour of your father! And I can only say Bravo and to be glad if the support of the so

called Guru of Screen-printing as some of my Indian friends name me to my honour my modest contribution to the

development and improvement of screen-printing in the world and mostly in a country dear at my heart, I mean India.

As you know, for me, screen-printing is not an industry, but a fantastic technology that is used by many industries with

so many old, new and not yet discovered applications. In future, as well in graphic, as in textile and industrial

applications, depends essentially of the quality of image or any other use of screen-printing and this result can only

be achieved by going through an exceptional level of education.

That is my total belief, and I also believe that DMI is exactly the ideal tool that can be used to achieve goal which,

if I look to the fantastic potential of our dear technology in India, will need not only your own efforts, the ones of DMI as

an "Institute and Institution" = even better than a "Simple School", but also the help of all the Indian Institutions

and of the FESPA, are deeply concerned by the success of such and initiative that we support, encourage and help

with all our power and all our possibilities.

As you know, again, a big part of my heart belongs to India and also to you, my spiritual son and pupil in screen-

printing and you can then understand that I shall continue to make, in the limits of my possibilities and power of course,

all the efforts, all the efforts to push DMI to the top!

Your friend and Guru

Michel Caza

FESPA ex-president and member of the Board,

ASPT Chairman and GPSF Vice-president

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Screen printingScreen Printing Process

Silk screen printing is a name first used when a mesh or screen was made of natural silk.

It is also known as "Serigraphy" particularly when used for creating or reproducing fine

art.

Screen Printing - Advantages:

High rub and scratch resistance which is mainly required in industrial printing

Vibrant color

• High quality screen printing inks with better light fast pigments delivers 3~5 years of

outdoor life for any kind of applications

• Good ink film and mechanical stability allows to screen print on float glass, ceramic

tiles, metal and many other complicated substrates

• Knowledge and process calibration provides high dimensional stability which is

required for industrial printing like printed circuits, instrumentation for medical

appliances, aerospace, communications etc.

• Screen printing enables us to achieve a degree of flexibility that is unavailable in

other printing process

• In this process film thickness from points of micron to 300 microns and above is

easily achievable

• Wide range of substrates of various thickness, size and shapes can be printed

easily

• Flexibility of short runs to large industrial volumes

• Many kinds of ink are available

• Thick coating is possible. (General stencil: 10-30 microns, Special stencil: more

than 100 microns)

• Thick coating makes colors more vivid, finish more opaque and light fastness better

• As printing pressure is small, it is possible to print on fragile matters

• As the stencil is soft, it is possible to print on hard materials such as glass and

metal as well as soft materials such as paper and fabrics

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The stencil is cheap, which is the advantage in case of production of small quantity

Applications : Screen printing process is still considered a 'cottage industry' with a

wrong belief that it is meant for printing small and odd jobs such as visiting cards,

invitation cards and letter heads. But in reality it is not so, One needs to understand

deeply as to what creative wonders screen printing can do.

With phenomenal growth sweeping across India and GDP nudging north, towards the

double-digit realm, application of screen printing process is all set to spread widely by

leap and bounds. Screen printing process is now being used for various substrates in

numerous fields because ink does not adhere in some substrates when printed through

other printing process.

Commercial Applications :

Posters, Billboards, POP, Displays, Stickers, Signs, Flags and many more...

Consumer Products :

Toys, Stationery, Sports goods, Bags, Art (Serigraphy), T-shirts, Cosmetic containers ,

Toiletry containers, Packaging, Wooden products, Glass & ceramics, Plastic Cards,

Credit Cards, Foot wear and many more...

Industrial applications :

Indian Screen Printing scenario

Is there any threat from other printing process?

Each process is more suitable for certain specific applications. Therefore, it is not just

enough for us to understand the technicalities of the print processes, we must also see

the opportunities it can bring through our customers' eyes.

It would be inappropriate if we categorise markets as being digital or screen printing...

We are not anymore “printers”, we are “image makers”, and, the final and sole purpose of

these images, in our world of “visual communication” is to help the customer to sell his

product or anything else he has to promote. With the advancement of technology, the

distinguishing benefits between different processes are diminishing. For eg. computerised

screen printing machines can substantially improve quality and reduce set up costs.

For jobs which need special effects and spot

colours, screen printing could still be the best

option. There is a certain technical limitations to

a perpetual expansion of digital printing

technology, plus a certain relation carefully

hidden between “speed and quality”.

The print industry is fast becoming “multi-

process users” with processors now owning a

wide range of equipments in screen-printing,

offset, digital printing, etc. We can choose most

suited process to fulfil the customers' needs. It

is should not be a question anymore “to kill” screen-printing but, to build an interesting

and profitable combination of “joined forces”.

Market is fast expanding and so is the screen printing. Industry is also expanding.

Simultaneously there is a good scope for industry, provided the technology is properly

used. Screen Printing technology can not be outdated it is unique in itself. There are

certain jobs which cannot be printed through any other process than screen printing. For

some jobs, screen printing has the upper hand. Each print processing technology has its

own specialty. Therefore I see really a good future for screen printing. Considering the

boom in India, screen printing has to grow and it will grow if we work hard for best quality

and be competitive at the same time.

With globalisation of the economy, there is a wide spread consumer boom. There is a

greater need for printed articles in the form of POP materials, billboards, packaging,

garment, textile, industrial, consumer applications and advertising. In short, for Indian

screen printers the future is looking brighter than the moon! At the same time the industry

need to gear up itself by producing a plenty of skilled human resources - the screen

printing technologists.

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In India less than 1 per cent of all printers have had any recognised training.

99 per cent learned through trial and error.

Screen operators use only 10 per cent of the available technical knowledge or skills

that are essential for quality screen printing.

Estimated no of screen printers in India: more than 90,000

Screen Printing Technology is more alive than ever.

Two processes screen and digital

printing - are complementary to

each other rather than competing

with each other. We are not

anymore “printers”, we are “image

makers”,

Michel Caza FESPA ex-president and member of the Board,

ASPT Chairman and GPSF Vice-president

Why DMI?

The Challenge

DMI offers training programmes,

on-the-hand-experience,

workshops and seminars so that

the participants from the

industry will learn skills that

would otherwise take years at

the shopfloor.

• SCREEN printing technology is getting

updated too fast!

• And your existing knowledge getting

outdated!

• Know more about the screen printing

process and master the trade

• Train your supervisors and operators,

to learn more and earn more!

• Your challenge to increase productivity

and profitability

• Training your marketing personnel to

keep himself updated on the latest

screen printing technology.

• Students from printing institutes desire

to update with the latest technology

The Real Challenge is Lack of Education, Training & Research.

DMI Solution:

FOR WHOM?

The lack of knowledge and training is what separates profitable screen printers from

those who go out of business during the first two years. While most equipment

manufacturers and suppliers give initial training to their customers upon installation of a

new machine, only few would bother to help the customer. Without a superior training, it

is possible that a state of the art technology machine bought by the owner, will not be

exploited to its fullest capacities and capabilities.

The need of the hour therefore is to train/retrain and educate all the technical personnel

at the shopfloor. Only few entrepreneurs undertake research and development while

trying to meet the demands of the customers. The establishment of DMI - Dhirubhai

Mistry Institute for Print Education, Research & Training, is a timely one, feel many

screen printers. DMI is a unique educational institute with a professional approach for the

SCREEN printing. It is a provider of skilled and trained personnel - screen printing

technologists through world class education & training.

DMI is an initiative of Grafica. By virtue of its leadership position in the screen-printing

industry, Grafica acquired superior domain knowledge through technological and market

research, continuous interaction with its valued customers and feedback, participation in

national and international exhibitions for many years. Grafica has made substantial

investments in realising its mission: to partner with its customers and industry associates

in order to provide holistic techno-solutions by setting up DMI for Screen Printing.

DMI seeks co-operation on an on-going basis from Grafica customers, printing institutes

and industry associates, who have a stake in the screen-printing industry. DMI is very

keen and positive in partnering with Grafica customers to undertake the routine

production of their commercial print jobs. Any job from the regular to the most challenging

ones, Grafica will assist its partners realize a larger production, higher turnover ensuring

time bound deliveries that would delight the clients.

Salient features:

Students from print education institutes

Customers of Grafica Flextronica

Industry Associates (raw material suppliers to screen printing)

• Gateway to employment for students from printing education institutes.

• One-stop training centre for the customers of Grafica.

• A strategic partnership with the industry associates of Grafica

• Consultation for improving existing workshop and floor plans for new workshop.

• Bring Grafica's Customers face-to-face with students through industrial visits.

• Help to increase productivity and profitability of customers through a unique model:

See it yourself Specify Order-Fabricate-Test-Trial-Train- Delivery.

• Courses / training conducted through out the year

• Learn best practical in all aspects of screen printing

• Lectures by international speakers

• 90% hands-on-practical and only 10% theory.

• Industrial visits for students

• Training institute located just within the premises of a manufacturer of screen

printing machines

Advantage Students Helping the students, a Goodwill gesture

Many printing institutes in India are unable to impart effective knowledge through

advanced technical know-how except 'touching' little on the subject. The core aim of DMI

is to impart modern and sophisticated training covering all the aspects of screen-printing.

An overview of Course contents

During this period students would be trained in commercial jobs under strict supervision

and able guidance of DMI instructors. DMI would demonstrate the full potential of the

screen-printing process. DMI will undertake toughest of the tough jobs.

DMI invites applications from students for its structured syllabus and contemporary

curriculum. Final year students from various Printing Institutes are also invited to DMI.

DMI plays the role of a self-supporting catalyst - to transform the screen-printing process

which till now is seen in the light of a cottage industry. DMI will offer crash course to its

alumni (ex-students) who can periodically sign-up for refresher programmes.

Employment opportunity: If the printer is satisfied and if the students wish, they

(students) can get absorbed as a permanent employee.

Course Duration

The length of most training programmes would be between 2-3 months having a 8-hour

routine on a weekly basis. A cycle of 6 days will involve 4 days practical training on in line-

jobs; 1 day industrial visit to screen printing press and 1 day theory and revision.

Industrial visits

Students will be sent to various screen printing press periodically so that they get

exposure to the real actions taking place in the screen printing. This way, the students also

get an opportunity to interact with entrepreneurs and technical experts.

Grafica customers can come forward to encourage the young DMI students for the

growth and benefit of our industry by inviting them for plant visits.

Benefits from DMI

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Students can update technique and technology quotient, build a resume that is full

of experience at DMI.

Can come to DMI for refresher programmes periodically.

Develop skills and handle challenging job parameters printing project work

One year compulsory apprenticeship at Grafica customer's press.

Modern and sophisticated training in the field of screen-printing and other

processes.

With the added facility of a well-stocked and comprehensive library with broadband

internet facilities, updating the knowledge is a click away

The students will make their

exit from DMI as screen

printing technologists rather

than just machine operators

and will become the torch

bearers for other students in

the days to come

Advantages Grafica Customers

The Grafica's manufacturing set up and DMI training facilities are advantageously located

in the same building. The entire range of machines of Grafica are displayed at DMI and

would be made available for live demonstration and trial run..

DMI will present advanced technical knowledge, information, training and skills in screen

printing process necessary to conceive, plan and implement customer's orders

successfully. The intensive training programme can help eliminate months of traditional

learning process, allowing you to save money wasted in supplies and time. The

combination of lectures and hands on training programme is effective, down to the basics.

It is also possible that Grafica customers can bring their 'not so' urgent printing jobs to

DMI as part of a collaboration for the cause so that the students get lot of practical training

on a regular basis and customers can get the print job done at DMI.

Since such trained students will be required to undergo a year's apprenticeship in a

SCREEN printing press, DMI would send these trained students to its customers ONLY as

part of Grafica's commitment to help its customers. The advantage for Grafica Customers

is that they can absorb such highly trained young screen printing technologists in their

own press.

Further, customers can also periodically

depute their personnel to the Institute for

training and refresher programmes under

the able guidance of specialists and

experts from Grafica who are highly skilled

in screen printing.

This is something ONLY possible at DMI

since it provides an ideal platform. On the

one hand the customer sees a product

demonstration and on the other, at

Grafica's shop floor, he gets customised solutions (modifications) as per requirements.

• All programmes would be offered on an on-going basis through out the year

• Live demos of applications and training the operators at DMI, prior to the delivery of

the customized machinery.

• Chance to recruit fully trained personnel (students) from DMI

• Retrain existing staff to handle efficient production and learn new age technology

• Can fetch his own commercial jobs for the purpose of execution, machine testing

and trial runs.

• Customisation of machines and solutions to suit customer's individual requirement

and specifications.

Advantage Customers

Since the students will be

required to undergo a year's

apprenticeship in a screen

printing press, DMI would

send these trained students

to its customers only as part

of Grafica's commitment to

support its customers.

Advantage Industry Product Display Gallery

Advantage Industry Assocaites

DMI is a strategic platform for Grafica business associates with a difference.

Industry associates such as Manufacturers, Distributors, Dealers of Inks, Screen Fabric,

Squeegee, Emulsions/Films, Substrates and other products can take benefit from DMI.

This partnership will leverage the expertise and resource of Grafica and its business

partners and associates.

When a new product is introduced to any printers, either they do not have time to try the

products or they are not able to understand that the products are beneficial to them. But

with a credible institute like DMI suppliers of raw materials to screen printers can take the

benefit of our institute to display your products and try it with the sample jobs or trial runs

that our students undertake as part of their project work. And your products can also

undergo testing. DMI is a neutral testing facility for various raw materials manufacturers

and suppliers like a certification agency. At DMI the testing can be done with proof of

performance of the product.

DMI is well equipped with such a wide ranging modern infrastructure such as 50-seat

conference hall with multi-media (audio/video) presentation set up and a 150” wide

screen, two speakers' cabins (for holding technological discussion with the customers),

14 product display galleries, library, telecommunication and internet facilities, lunch rooms,

complete workshops for screen printing, escort and transport to and fro to the hotel nearby

for the participants and speakers.

Key Benefits :

Ideal platform to strategise and implement Grafica's customers' marketing and

training programme needs under one roof.

DMI can be shared as a two-in-one-showroom and application center for Grafica as

well for its business associates.

Use the galleries to display their products on monthly basis with cost effectiveness.

Vendors and providers of consumables and raw materials can partner with Grafica

for all their marketing and product promotion campaigns

Customers who regularly visit DMI/Grafica get exposed to these products.

DMI will make the arrangements to promote their products such as distribution of

leaflets/catalogues, collection of customers' data and sending back to suppliers, etc.

DMI would use standardized and renowned raw supplies for execution of the

partner's commercial jobs or alternatively the same can be supplied.

The production would be executed under the able guidance and strict supervision of

expert team of Graifca while giving hands on training to students.

Hold promotional/awareness workshops and seminars for Grafica customers

Use all the available conference facilities, boarding/lodging nearby,

Bring their products to DMI to carry out trial run through Grafica machines so that

the customers are properly educated about the use of 'right' products in a right way.

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This is sort of a win-win

partnership wherein our

industry associates are able to

demonstrate their products at

the same time Grafica is able to

give a live demo of its

machines through the use of

proper raw materials.

Topics at a glance :

Three Day Hands-On - School of Screen printing

Two Day Lecture Only - School of Screen printing

Advanced Printing on Darks

Advanced Process Color

Color Matching: The Basics

Color Process Steps with PhotoShop

Consistency, Predictability, Repeatability in Screen printing

Critical Factors in Screen printing

Dealing with Digital Files: Advanced Level

Digital File Preparation: Advanced Level

Engineering Artwork to be Production Friendly

Flash Curing Techniques

Index Color Separations

Making Heat Transfers

Managing Quality

Maximizing Print Production

Multi-Color Printing on Darks

Multi-Color Separations

Nylon Jacket Printing

Polyester Printing without the Bleed

Pricing Your Printing: Formulas

Printing on Dark Garments: Masters Level

Process Color Fundamentals

Production & Quality Control in the Small Shop

Shop Safety

Special Effects Printing

Taking Conventional Process Color to the Max

Digital Pre Press

Screen Making Basics Flash Units

Mesh Selection Types of Printing

The Screen Frame Achieving One Stroke Printing

Tension Press Techniques

Fabric Tensioning Troubleshooting

The Stencil Test Devices

Screen Reclaiming Environmental Issues

Stencil Troubleshooting Setting Up a Shop

Reducing Moiré

Floodbar - Squeegee Selling Techniques

The above topics are short listed based on the feed back from Grafica

customers and international speakers, who are associated with DMI. To

know more about the programme schedules of these topics contact DMI or

visit www.graficaindia.com

Curriculum

Facilities

DMI has a complete infrastructure - from hi-tech Audio-Visual gadgetry

and equipment to catering and transportation facilities. Companies

(suppliers) and professionals from the screen-printing industries can

undertake lecture seminars and practically demonstrate their solutions

and products - under one comfort zone provided by DMI.

Facilities at a glance

Conference Theater (1500 Sq. Ft.)

Workshop (2500 Sq. Ft.)

Library (350 Sq. Ft.)

1. Provisions:

a. Multi Media Projector

b. OH Projector

c. Desktop Computer

d. Stereo Sound System with Wire-less Microphone

e. Seating Capacity 50 people

f. Tabloid Chairs

g. Fully Air-conditioned

2. Cafeteria for 50 people

3. Separate two air-conditioned private office cabins fully speakers with

Internet connection and telephone lines

a. This enables speaker(s) to use the cabins as a private room for

business purpose

b. To check their emails and be in touch with their office.

c. Private designer cloak rooms for speakers

4. Nice lush green Hotel/Resort arrangement with suite rooms nearby

for speakers and customers

5. Transport facilities for customers and speakers

6. Qualified staff to operate the machines/demonstrate products

complete arrangements as required by the speakers(s)

• An exclusive floor that houses all the facilities under one roof

• Workshop and Training facility in a ready-to-use hi-tech

environment for one's target group.

• Full fledged auditorium with multimedia to hold conferences,

symposiums, product launches and other events

• Business Center facilities.

• Product display galleries

• Two meeting rooms which can be used by speakers, industry

associates to have a one to one meeting with their customers for

technological discussion.

• Separate fully furnished air-conditioned cubicles with complete

communication infrastructure - telephone, fax, computer, broadband

connectivity and printer, for speakers.

• Workshop with fully operational Grafica equipment

Modern Infrastructure

Facilities

Conference Theater

Speakers Cabins

Cafeteria

Library

Technical back-up

Pre-Press:

The dust free pre-press (screen making room) is arranged in a separate section with

controlled temperature (air-conditioned) and humidity. It also has low yellow lights to

avoid pre-exposures. The room size is designed to accommodate 15-20 people at a time.

1. Image-setter for generating positives (currently outsourced)

2. 50 Aluminum Frames (2" x 1.5" x 3.5mm thick with rounded corners)

3. Fully Automatic Micro Processor based Pneumatic Fabric Stretching System

4. Fully Automatic double sided emulsion coating machine

5. Horizontal Screen Dryer

6. Exposing Machine of Metal Halide Lamp (5 kw) with point source light with

Light integrator and vacuum rubber blanket

7. Dark room storage for coated screen

8. Washing Tank with backlit

9. Imported high pressure pump and gun with adjustable pressure (max.100 bar)

10. Pre-press Instruments:

a. Tension Meter

b. Digital Emulsion Coating Thickness Meter (For Dry Measurements)

c. 20x, 30x, 50x, 100x zoom lens.

d. Light Table for screen inspection & touch-up

e. Transmission Densitometer for film density and dot gain inspection

Press & Dryers:

The dust free press room is designed with forced air ventilation system to remove solvent

laden air with humidity control system.

1. Semi-Automatic Screen Printing Machine (Clam Shell)

2. Four-Gripper Fully Automatic Screen Printing Machine with Feeder & Stacker Both

the machines as mentioned in point 1 & 2 has the following option in-built

a. Multiple (wet-on-wet) print option

b. Adjustable squeegee skew angle

c. Adjustable squeegee angle & speed

d. Adjustable flood angle & speed

e. Adjustable peel-off system

f. Squeegee equalizer for accurate pressure on both sides

g. Micro meter with dial gauges for vacuum bed movement

(for Clam Shell, Screen movement for Four Gripper machine).

This ensures perfect registration for multi-color job

3. UV Curing system with 2-lamps of 300-WPI/each

4. IR Dryer 2 Mtr. Module length with 2 Mtr. cold air module

5. Jet Air Dryer 2.5 Mtr. Module length with 2.5 Mtr. Cold air module

6. Drying Racks

7. Squeegee Sharpener of Diamond wheel & Emery Belt type

8. Press Instruments:

a. Screen off-contact height gauge

b. Reflection Densitometer to check density, dot gain & grey balance

c. 20x, 30x, 50x, 100x zoom lens.

d. Temperature measurement strips (For IR & Jet Air)

e. UV light intensity meter (EIT)

Infrastructure

Color Management System:

1. Spectrophotometer

2. Spectroscan Table of GretagMacbeth

for generating ICC Profiles

3. Monitor calibration meter

(spectrometry based)

4. Software for file corrections and for

pre-press

5. Ink-Jet printer for proofing

Hospitality

Boarding and lodging:

DMI is advantageously located at the outskirt of busy Mumbai far away from all the hustle

and bustle. DMI can to offer complete Boarding-Lodging facilities through a pre-selected

group of hotels within close distance of DMI, in a serene environment.

Transport: DMI would provide to and fro transport facilities for the participants.

Package deal : On the specific need of a company from India or overseas, DMI can

conveniently offer a package for multi-day workshop sessions. This feature is of particular

interest to screen print providers from overseas who can plan a proper schedule with

demonstration and the works for a select group of customers or prospects.

GRAFICA FLEXTRONICA

Grafica Flextronica, specialized in the manufacture of a wide range of state of the art

screen printing machines / UV curing machines and allied products, has been serving

the screen-printing industry in India and abroad since 1989. It has exported the 'made in

India' screen printing machines to various countries. It has actively participated in

national and international exhibitions and has won many awards.

Grafica's wide range of new innovative products are mainly designed to enhance the

quality of screen printing jobs and to enhance profitability. These machines are easy to

set up thus saving the time and labour. Grafica is well known in the screen printing

industry for its high quality equipment and products.

Grafica provides one stop solution for any critical screen printing applications. Grafica

machines are designed to give maximum output with high registration accuracy even at

full speed. The company is committed with a motto: deliver high quality machines with

state of the art technology used universally.

The great advantage of being a Grafica customers is that you can take full benefit from

the state-of-the-art one-stop professional educational center, promoted by Grafica to

provide holistic techno-solutions. Named as DMI - Dhirubhai Mistry Institute for Print

Education Technology, Research and Training, it is the only one of its kind in Asia.

DMI is an initiative of Grafica. Only few entrepreneurs do research and development

while trying to meet the demands of the customers. Grafica, by virtue of its leadership

position in the screen-printing industry has obtained superior domain knowledge through

technological and market research, continuous interaction with customers and feedback,

participation in national and international exhibitions.

Grafica has made substantial investments

in realising its mission: to partner with our

customers and vendors in order to

provide holistic techno-solutions.

DMI is ideally located within the premises

of Grafica so that the customers can see

the demonstration and trial run of the

product before taking delivery. Besides

this, customers' 'personnel behind the

machine' will also be fully trained. Grafica

customers can also take benefit from

various training programmes, seminars to

be conducted through out the year by

highly experienced professional team, consisting of renowned international speakers.

Grafica which is the backbone of DMI is committed to provide world class education and

training to students from printing technology institutes. They will be put under

apprenticeship for a period of one year only at Grafica customers shopfloors. It is

possible that Grafica customers may have the advantage of absorbing these trained

manpower later subject to acceptance and availability. By purchasing a Grafica machine,

you are also having the chance of securing a trained human capital without having

required to desperately searching for it.

Grafica at its Core

Founder President

Mr. Dhirubhai Mistry

(Grafica Group of Companies)

Established: 1952

Managing Directors

Mr. Bhargav Mistry

Mr. Ashit Mistry

Grafica is located on a 35,000 sq.ft area

More than 1500 satisfied and trusted

customers all over India.

Grafica has made substantial

investments in realising its

mission: to partner with our

customers and vendors in

order to provide holistic

techno-solutions by setting

up an institute for printing

technology education and

training.

Grafica focuses on customer satisfaction through constant interaction and feedback and

creating a high quality and state of the art screen printing solutions. Its production lines

are constantly receiving and fulfilling orders.

Participation in national and international exhibitions

Screen Print India' 94 / 96 / 98 / 2000 / 02 / 04, Mumbai

Print Pack India' 96 / 98 / 2001 / 2004, New Delhi

Print Ink' 96, Chennai

Pamex 97, Bangalore

Sign Expo 2000, Mumbai

Print Pack 2001, Bangalore

Screen Expo 2001, Hyderabad

SGIA'04, Minneapolis, USA

FESPA 2005, Munich, Germany

FESPA World Expo India 2005, New Delhi

SCREEN PRINTING MACHINE

PRODUCT RANGE:

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Multicolour in line flat-bed screen printing machine (4-6 color)

Fully automatic flat-bed screen printing machine with UV curing system

Automatic large format screen printing machine

Fully automatic automotive gasket screen printing machine

CAM shell semi automatic screen printing machine with auto take off & UV dryer

Two post pillar semi automatic screen printing machine (auto take off system

optional)

Mini CAM shell semi automatic screen printing machine (auto take off system

optional)

SCREEN MAKING MACHINES & EQUIPMENT

Pneumatic fabric stretching clamps

Mechanical fabric stretcher

Screen dryer

Galvanized washing tank with back light

High pressure pump

Tension meter

Coating trough

Fully automatic large format emulsion coating machine

Large format manual emulsion coater

Fully automatic emulsion coating machine

Manual emulsion coater

Large format vertical exposing machine

Screen exposing machine

UV CURING MACHINES

Ultra violet curing machine

Table Top Single Phase Ultra violet curing machine (NEW)

Ultra violet curing machine (for offset printing machine)

Awards Won 1) SPECTRUM AWARD (SGIA, USA)

2) THE BEST PRODUCTS (Screen Print

India' 94, Mumbai)

3) THE BEST STALL DISPLAY (Screen

Print' 94, Mumbai)

4) FOR HARD WORK & DEDICATION

TOWARDS THE INDIAN SCREEN

PRINTING INDUSTRY FOR MORE

THE 25 YEARS (Screen Print' 96)

5) THE BEST PRODUCTS/DISPLAY &

SERVICE (Screen Print India' 98/ 2000)

Grafica at its Core OTHER PRODUCTS:

Infra red dryer

JET air dryer

UV/JET air dryer combo

Roller coating machine

Roller coating machine with in-line IR curing system

Squeegee sharpener

Aluminium tubular frames

UV / IR dryer combo

UV/IR dryer combo (for offset printing machine)

APPLICATIONS far and wide:

UV coating, stickers, automobile decals, ceramic transfers, textile transfers, ceramic tiles,

printed circuit boards, flexible printed circuit boards, membrane swtiches, metal labels,

precision dials, graphic overlays, greeting cards, wedding cards, general stationery,

calendars, halftone printing for glow sings on acrylics, advertising and publcity material

like signboard, sunpack, large format screen printing upto 4' x 8' and much more.

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AN APPEAL FOR A CAUSE

Grafica took up the initiative to fulfill the dream of late Shri Dhirubhai Mistry,

founder of Grafica Group of Companies to set up DMI by putting in enormous

amount of time, effort, resources. Grafica, by virtue of its leadership position in

the screen-printing industry has obtained superior domain knowledge. Now,

these treasures of knowledge would be made available to students and Grafica

customers.

The students who are trained at DMI would undertake printing work as part of

their project for six months. These trainees will be undergoing one year's

apprenticeship at Grafica's customers' press. The advantage for Grafica

customers is that they can absorb such highly trained students in their press who

are young and promising 'screen print technologists'.

In order to take DMI further into a greater heights, it would constantly need

support from screen printers, manufacturers and suppliers of raw materials for

screen printing.

We request you to assign some of the small and big printing jobs so that the

students get enough practical to experience and learn a lot along with the theory

on an ongoing basis. This way customers get their print job done at DMI at a

bear minimum cost. These jobs will be executed under the strict supervision and

able guidance of DMI faculties and technical experts from Grafica.

To support further for the cause, we are pleased to inform you that the

students at DMI would also undertake printing job of greetings cards,

gift articles, calendars, diaries, at a nominal charges. You as

entrepreneurs can help DMI by placing orders for your annual

requirement of these articles or divert your valued customers' orders for

these give away requirements.

This is not the end but just a beginning. DMI has a long way to go. Come

forward and help for a cause. This is an APPEAL, close to your heart.

For details log on to

www.graficaindia.com.

DHIRUBHAI MISTRY INSTITUTE

FOR SCREEN PRINTING EDUCATION, RESEARCH & TRAINING

C/o

Grafica Flextronica, Waliv Fata, Vasai East,

Thane Dist - 401208, Maharashtra, India

Tel : +91 250 2480998/9

Fax: +91 250 2480786

Email: info@graficaindia.com,

bhargav@graficaindia.com

www.graficaindia.com

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easily approachable by rail and road

Western Railway and Western

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