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It is my pleasure to share with you about my experience at the recently concluded Screen Print Sri Lanka expo (1-3 December 2016) in Colombo. I came to know that this was the first ever exhibition in Sri Lanka exclusively for screen printing with special focus on garment printing.

Here I had a wonderful experience of conducting a houseful textile screen printing seminar on the sidelines of the exhibition on 2nd December'16. This was my first technical seminar in Sri Lanka. It was busy production season in Sri Lankan garment industry, yet there was a good attendance. The 'learning' interest of garment

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printers in Sri Lanka was such that despite limited seats, many of them did not mind 'standing and listening' for more than two hours.

In my presentation, I touched upon the entire pre press and screen making process following which I briefly revealed the technique of producing digital like quality prints in textile screen printing. At the end I invited the Sri Lankan garment printers to attend my free workshop at DMI since it was not possible to show the practical aspects of advanced textile screen printing in just 2 hours of the seminar.

I was also present at our stall from day one, and I could interact with so many garment printers including our valued customers. I enjoyed sharing my knowledge and experience with them. They could not believe that our DMI's highly

creative samples on display were all screen printed!

I have understood that the Sri Lankan garment printers give top priority to quality, of course within the available resources and technology. As such my seminar and our live demo of direct to garment screen printing during the 3-day exhibition gave them a knowledgeful insights.

Back at DMI, I have had a last workshop of this year which was attended by over 30 professionals. In this workshop, I touched upon the core topics such as the Secret of making creative and attractive

designs for t-shirt printing. Importance of Pre Press/Color separation/Color Management / Positive Output, Correct method of Screen Making, and latest trends in garment screen printing. And of course, all these were not a mere theory; I demonstrated everything during the practical sessions.

I will meet you at the forthcoming two exhibitions in 2017 – PrintPack at Noida and GMMSA at Ludhiana.

Happy New Year 2017 and wish you a progressive year ahead.

Bhargav Mistry.

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Participants' feedbackBhargav is a knowledgeable speaker and I have improved my knowledge about advanced screen printing even by listening just for 2 hours during his seminarChamindi Nedra, Silver Circle (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka

I was eager to know about the FM screening technique.Priyanga Perera, Screenline (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka

I learnt color separation technique in garment printing.H.S. PriyadarshanaVTX, Sri Lanka.

I have now understood that to become an excellent textile screen printer you need knowledge.B.L.G. Perera, Rantex (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka

Since I am new to screen printing I just wanted to learn little bit more. But I got much more insights about garment screen printing, than what I expected. The Q&A session after his session, was also very informative.P. de Silva, Silver Circle (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka

I got to know about spot color process separation and tips to

On the sidelines of the exhibition, on 2nd December'16, Bhargav Mistry, Director of DMI and MD of Grafica conducted a houseful textile screen

printing seminar which gave a delightful learning experience for over 50 attendees. He was also present in the expo all 3-days to share knowledge and guide the Sri Lankan printers in the application of advanced screen

printing and benefits of automation, et al.

Garment printersSri Lanka

churn knowledge in Bhargav Mistry's seminar on advanced garment printing in

improve quality in halftone garment printing.C. Jayakody, JPL Lanka Pvt Lt, Sri Lanka

To upgrade such a vast knowledge, the seminar time was too short. Yet I got to know about advanced textile screen printing machinery and new techniques in printing.G. Kamala ChandraLucki Cards, Sri Lanka

Bhargav was an exceptional speaker. I gained knowledge about digital like quality printing by screen printing process. I also learnt about the technical aspects of DTG screen printing. D. T. RanasingheRantex (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka

I learnt some useful techniques in screen printing and also about the creative designing aspects.Indika Attygalle,S&D Association, Sri Lanka

“Bhargav's seminar was a great help to get ourselves updated in both knowledge & technology in screen printing as a whole. This could be the first step of hard working friends of a neighboring country who attempted to bring the Sri Lankan Screen Printing Experience to a new direction. It created an immense opportunity for us Sri Lankans where we are warming up to face new production economy.” Ireasha DharmasenaIreasha Graphics, Sri Lanka.

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At the recently concluded Screen Print Sri Lanka exhibition (1-3 December 2016) in Colombo, Grafica's stall was a centre of attraction. Immediately after registration, scores of printers from garment and commercial printing sectors straight walked into Grafica's stall which was in the forefront of the show. Many of the printers spent quality time in Grafica stall by keenly watching live demo of nano-prinTag plus and Nano-Print plus and seeking knowledge with Grafica's team.

During the live demo of nano-prinTag plus (6 col /10 pallet), two

10” x 12” jobs were screen printed. Job-1 was with girl's design involving 6 spot process colors which was printed using water

based inks. Job-2 involved printing of orange color, metallic, grey and black.

On Nano-Print plus and Nano-UV, a live demo of applying various UV special effects was showed. It included printing of 3D reflective UV over a duly offset printed job (Taj Mahal poster) as a substitute for costly micro emboss. For scores of offset printers/commercial screen printers it was an eye opener as many of them were not aware of the application of UV special effects for value addition. What they knew was only the simple spot UV (gloss and matt).

Grafica has received few orders for nano-prinTag and other DTG screen printing machines, Nano-Print plus, Nano-UV and also for Nano-Screen Maker 5-in-1 which was also on display.

Grafica's success in the exhibition was also due to the extensive support from Silver Circle, Colombo, who is the company's Representative in Sri Lanka. Their entire team was present to establish smooth rapport with the prospective customers and knowledge seeking printers.

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Participants' Feedback

“I learnt the advanced textile screen printing especially the screen making technique and special room for screen making set up.”Arindan Roy, Radha Govinda Textile, Kolkata

“After attending DMI workshop I have a reason to believe that if India is lacking in garment printing, it is only because of lack of proper knowledge in pre press, screen making and also lack of interest to update knowledge among garment printers.”Shubham Arora, JSR Garments, Ludhiana

“As a designer I would like to thank you for imparting me such a rich knowledge. I feel everybody in our industry should attend DMI workshop.”Manik Arora, Moda Creations, Ludhiana

“We are attending DMI workshop for the second time. I learnt a lot and we look forward to attend more such training.”Charles A, Pratibha Syntex, Indore

“DMI is the best training facility to learn color separation techniques and the knowledge will help me to improve my work efficiency.”Dinesh Chouhan, Pratibha Syntex Ltd, Indore

“Until we attended DMI workshop, we were not aware of the FM screening to achieve digital like quality in textile screen printing.”Ajay Pasari/ Shagun Sharma/ S.B. Singh, Papcon Indore, Indore

“I salute Bhargav Mistry for making such a great effort of imparting knowledge being a Managing Director of Grafica.”Jinay Vora, IDSC, Mumbai

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“All the training facilities were excellent.”Chandrashekar Bangale, Aksharshilp, Nagpur

“We will certainly put DMI's knowledge into practice wherever applicable”Manoj Kumar/Pushpendra Kumar, Shingora Textile Ltd, Ludhiana

“It is one of the best experiences I ever had in our professional life.”Manoj Deshpande, Shramasafalya Screen Printers, Nashik

“DMI is a disciplinary institute and Bhargav Mistry is a good speaker and trainer”Rohit More, Copper Bird, Mumbai

“Please continue the good work for the betterment of screen printing in India.”Mahesh Panchal, Packer's, Indore

“As I want to start screen printing business, I attended DMI's workshop to gain all the required knowledge.”Juhi Panchal, Packer's, Indore

“I gained knowledge in the entire screen printing process with minute details.”Suresh Rathod, Trendsbay, Mangalore

“I got to know new techniques in garment printing including tips on Photoshop.”Hrishikesh Umrotkar, Sanskrity, Thane

“DMI's knowledge is practical, relevant and useful.”Akshat Jain/Gurcharan Singh, V.S. Jain Oswal, Ludhiana

“I came to know about right technique of garment printing.”Lilesh Pednekar, Shadow Fashion Feast, Vasai

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MSME Development Institute, Indore. The Jury board selected Shiv Offset for the award after overall evaluation of financial and non-financial parameters. “It surely is a great honor to be chosen amongst all over the state and we are delighted to share our happiness. This selection has filled us with a strong sense of pride,” says Vicky Shadija.

It may be noted that Shiv Offset uses Grafica Nano-Print plus and Nano-UV (24”) to offer value addition for the last few years.

Team Grafica congratulates Shiv Offset for their achievement!

Indore based Shiv Offset (I) Pvt Ltd has received an award from the Association of Industries Madhya Pradesh, for its “outstanding contribution, efforts, services and achievements in the Industrial sector.” The award was presented by Paras Chandra Jain, Energy Minister, Govt of Madhya Pradesh, to Shrichand Shadija, the founder-director of Shiv Offset, at a function held on 20th Nov'2016.

Also present on the occasion were: Santosh Kumar Singh, DIG of Police; Kumar Purushottam, Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam Ltd; VP Sharma, Director,

Shiv Offset Awarded by Association of Industries Madhya Pradesh

garment printing technology. It is meant for industrial use, visà- vis, bulk production with a print speed of up to 950 T-Shirts per hour (A4 print size, depending on image and resolution). One can print just one single piece of t-shirt as well. The machine is available with 4 or 8 print heads that can be configured according to your needs. With Digital press you can print spot and CMYK colors even with big quantity.

Grafica Flextronica is an exclusive Representative of Aeoon Technologies GmbH, Austria. Aeoon Technologies is a leading manufacturer of digital direct to garment (DTG) printing machines. They offer Kyo series and Compact series digital printing machines.

Aeoon's Compact series digital DTG printing press is a versatile inkjet

Fatih Tekstil, Grafica's Turkey Representative, showcased nano-prinTag at the recently concluded FESPA Eurasia expo in Istanbul (8-11 Dec 2016). Fatih Tekstil had also pictorially displayed Grafica's range of Automatic Direct to Garment screen printing machines and allied products.As reported by Fatih Tekstil officials few confirmed orders were received for nano-prinTag and other machines. Most of the visitors were familiar with Grafica's machines since Fatih Tekstil regularly participates in various exhibitions in Turkey.

R-L (left side) Shrichand Shadija (flanked by Jiten Shadija, Vicky Shadija & others)

receiving the award from Paras Chandra Jain, Minister.

Grafica's nano-prinTag successfully showcased at Fespa-Eurasia, Turkey

Aeoon's Compact series digital garment printing machine

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garment screen printing machine.

What about their service?

We are fully satisfied as Grafica's

team provide excellent after sales

service and technical support.

What about speed factor?

We are quite are satisfied with the

speed of Grafica's machines. I

don't understand the so called

'speed factor'. How much speed

one needs when it comes to

garment screen printing? The

garment printing machine should

have a reasonable speed, but high

speed, like offset printing, is of no

use. Because in a given mass print

production with constant jobs

coming, you cannot burden the

workmen to work like a robot; they

need to take some breath. I am

satisfied if workman is able to take

out 300-400 jobs per hour on an

automatic machine. Quality output

is important than speed in

garment printing especially when

it comes to high density and CMYK

printing.

By the way, being engineers

and belonging to a jeweler

family why did you venture

into garment printing

business?

We wanted to do something

different than our family business

and we liked creative work such as

t-shirt printing. Also, our dad,

Shyam Sundar Soni, gave us a

freedom to choose our profession.

Garment decoration (both printing

and embroidery) one such area

where there is no limitation for

creativity.

quality prints. So, we need correct technical knowledge with regard to pre press, Color separation, et al.

Digital vs. screen printing –

your views:

Both Digital and screen printing

are here to stay in garment

decoration as both the

technologies have their own

specific role in garment printing.

When it comes to garment

decoration, we have to decide

whether to print a particular job

by digital (DTG), sublimation, heat

transfer, or screen printing

(manual table & automatic

machine) or even embroidery.

What about Digital

sublimation?

Out of our total jobs, 60-70% has

all over printing, mainly for

women wear, involving different

types of fabric other than cotton.

For such jobs, we use digital

sublimation. For cotton fabric we

go for screen printing only.

About Addonz:

What was started off as a small

garment printing unit with manual

tables to print about 300 t-shirts

per day, Addonz has a capacity to

print about 8000-9000 t-shirts

per day.

Addonz's mammoth 15750 sq.ft

production facility houses

Garment Printing, Embroidery,

Digital (Sublimation), and Heat

transfer printing, complete screen

making set up, 4 manual carousal

machines, and table printing units.

Tell us your capabilities:

We undertake multi color garment

printing jobs upto 6-7 colors. We

have facility to print upto 54 cm

size. About 60% jobs involve multi

color printing. About 30% of our

customers are catering to export.

Also, we have a design team to

make designs of choice to

customers although some of the

customers send their own designs.

We print all types of jobs - spot

color, CMYK, high density, etc.

Your views on Quality:

We use only internationally

approved (GOTs, REACH, etc) inks

and chemicals.

The quality aspect is being

personally monitored by me and

my brother. We personally keep

full control over QC, printing,

design, pre press, screen making

etc, as a result our rejections are

not more than 0.5%! We also have

our R&D department where we

check and experiment on various

parameters, take trials for

ink/fabric behavior, design and

print result.

What's the importance of

screen making?

Whether you print by manual method or on automatic machine, it does not make any difference if we do not have proper knowledge in screen making and pre press. Even if we take out correct positive output, but still do not make proper screen, what is the use of an automatic machine? You will never be able to get better

Two brothers, Abhishek Soni and

Hitesh Mehra, belonging to a

jeweler family, rather preferred to

venture into garment printing after

their graduation in engineering

(B.Tech, Tex).

And now their garment printing

company, Addonz is successful, so

to say, recently they have invested

in Grafica DTG screen printing

machine (8 color/14 pallet

configuration - 20” x 30” print

area) to jack up production. This is

in addition to Grafica's DTG screen

printing machine (8 colour/14

pallet - 16” x 20” configuration)

already successfully working since

2013.

Interview with Abhishek Soni:

Why did you buy second DTG

screen printing machine from

Grafica?

We have been using Grafica

garment screen printing machine

and complete screen making set up

for more than 3 years and we did

not find any drawback in it. Their

machines are fantastic with

satisfactory performance. The

advantage is that their garment

screen printing machine requires

low maintenance cost. And that is

why we have bought another

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These days, print 'embellishment' or value addition is the buzzword of many leading commercial and packaging print service providers. The value addition concept has now caught the imagination of several small and big offset printers. By the way, we are NOT talking about the age old print finishing technique, viz, spot UV (matt and gloss).

Value addition is mainly done by screen printing which involves application of various UV special effects to transform normal offset job into a special work of creativity. With the advanced screen printing and UV technology, screen printers are now able to offer decorative/luxury print service to complement commercial and packaging jobs.

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Screen printing vis-à-vis UV special effects create big wave across commercial & packaging printing sectorIn the following pages we have profiled some of the screen printers/offset printers who offer value addition, vis-à-vis, UV special effect treatment on commercial and packaging jobs. These printers were greatly inspired by the

kind of UV special effects that can be used creatively to enhance the ultimate look of the printed products.

Grafica will hold live demo of screen printing various UV special effects on its screen printing machines, during the forthcoming Printpack India expo (4-8 Feb 2017) at Greater Noida. Printers can experience highly tactile touch and feel effects of DMI's creative samples treated with various UV special effects such as Crystal UV, 3D reflective (to give micro emboss effect, texture, abrasive (rough),etc.

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As a print technology professional, having worked in two leading printing presses for over two decades, Venugopal Pisharody of Post Press Solutions was quite aware of the need and importance of advanced screen printing process.

“Out of our total post press work, 40-50% involves UV special effects,” reveals Venugopal, adding “Our 25-30% turnover comes from UV jobs with nearly 25 loyal customers. We have registered 30-35 % growth in post press business after started offering specialty UV screen printing,” he adds.

Established in 2010, Post Press Solutions' 450 sq. yard facility has complete post press facilities that includes Grafica Nano-Print plus, screen making set up, lamination, foil, cutting, finishing, binding, back to back binding, conventional lamination, thermal lamination, centre pin binding, creasing.

The company's major post press job (70%) is Laminate catalog which includes binding, UV special effects, lamination, back to back binding with hard case, with average order of 5000 which have to be delivered with utmost perfection. They also undertake value addition on visiting cards and other commercial jobs.

Post Press Solutions, Ahmedabad Value addition - Product catalog

Screen printing is the best way to create a 'feel good factor'

Explaining the advantages of advanced screen printing, Venu says: “Various UV special effects such as Glitter, emboss, crystal UV, abrasive, etc are possible to print only by advanced screen printing. We could achieve 10-15 micron high raise (emboss) effect only by screen printing, and not by any other printing process.”

He adds: “Earlier my knowledge was limited only to normal spot UV (gloss and matt). But after investing in Nano-Print plus, I got lot tips from Grafica's technical experts as well as from ink suppliers about the innovative use of UV special effects. We also have Grafica Nano-Screen Maker 5-in-1 which is a real boon as we are able to make good screens for UV effects printing. We have realized that to achieve perfection in value addition, screen making has to be perfect. Because different UV effects require different mesh and it is critical to get perfect result.”

He concludes: “Advanced Screen printing is all about creating a feel good factor by transforming a normal offset printed job into very special, give that exotic touch and feel sensation!”

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Thanks to screen printing technology, Excel Printers Pvt Ltd offers excellent Security printing service. “Screen printing technology is rather a necessity as certain jobs cannot be printed by other print technologies,” says Padam Jain, one of the directors of Excel Printers, Manesar near New Delhi.

The Rs. 25 crore plus company was established in 1998 by Paraskumar Jain, its CEO. The company is now managed by Paramveer Jain and Padam Jain. Built on a 2000 sq. m. plot, the new 40000 sq. ft. production facility boasts of a full-fledged pre and post press facilities, offset presses along with the screen printing unit.

The company, employing around 130 people, mainly caters to big corporate and has a product portfolio spanning catalogs,

danglers, labels, re-charge coupons, publication of books, posters, packaging, advertising material, etc. They have invested

in advanced screen printing technology, especially for security printing jobs and recharge coupons.

“Screen printing is a fantastic technology, but one needs proper knowledge to use it profitably. I must say Grafica is a supportive machine supplier who has guided us with right knowledge. In fact, we were recommended to choose Grafica's machine by one of our industry friends who also happens to be their customer” says Padam Jain.

Old is gold. Manish Sureka, proprietor of Kolkata-based Sureka Print Pack decided to revisit screen printing business started many decades ago by his father Sajan Sureka.

“Instead of wasting time in petty commercial screen printing, we diverted to offset printing and packaging, but somewhere we felt the need to adopt screen printing again, of course in its advance form to offer value addition,” says Manish.

Sureka Print Pack's product

portfolio include: sweet and fancy garment boxes, garment tags, labels & stickers. They cater to markets in Kolkata, Guwahati, etc. Besides Grafica's Nano-Print plus and Nano-UV, their post press facility includes: lamination, punching, pasting machine, etc.

“Screen printing is the most economical way to apply spot UV and other UV special effects over offset printed commercial and packaging jobs, as other technologies are costly,” says Manish.


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Om Offset, Ahmedabad: Value addition - commercial & packagingOm Offset, Ahmedabad, is a complete post press service provider, catering to many offset printers and print canvassers in and around Ahmedabad and Gujarat. The company's 20% clientele are from packaging sector and rest commercial printers.

Their 200 sq.yard post press facility houses Screen printing for Spot UV (Grafica Nano-Print plus, Nano-UV and Nano-Screen Maker 5-in-1), lamination, varnish, punching, binding, foil, creasing equipment. “Since we are a post press service provider, screen printing was necessary to offer value addition. Besides normal

spot UV (gloss and matt), we also offer screen printing of UV special effects such as crystal UV, abrasive, sensation, etc, as per customer's job requirement. Ultimately Screen printing makes a big difference,” says Navin Patel, one of the partners of OM Offset, others being Jayesh Patel, Ajay Patel and Bhavesh Patel.

“As of now, value addition by Digital process is costly affair. Screen printing is the only economic way of doing value addition. And Grafica Nano-Print plus is perfect screen printing machine for carrying out value addition,” he concludes.

Sureka Print Pack, Kolkata: Value addition - Packaging

Padam Jain (R)

Navin Patel extreme right

Manish Sureka (R)

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The value addition concept has now caught the imagination of several small and big offset printers. Value addition is mainly done by screen printing which involves application of various UV special effects to transform normal offset job into a special work of creativity. “Screen printing is a small investment big return proposition,” says Rohit Kuthari, Executive Director, Antarctica Limited, Kolkata.

Antarctica Ltd, one of the few 'limited' companies in the Indian printing industry, was originally promoted in 1982 by Ranjan Kuthari (CMD), an electrical engineer and a post graduate in management studies. He was also the past president of AIFMP (2012).

The company has 4 and 5 colour offset printing presses, in addition to complete pre press and post press facilities. They have also invested in Grafica's complete screen printing set up (Nano-Print, Nano-UV, Nano-Screen Maker 5-in-1). Being fully established in the pre-press sector, this ISO-2002 certified public limited printing company is now diversified into Packaging Printing. The Company is engaged in carton box manufacturing, book printing, labels, etc. Antarctica's Packaging / Printing Unit is located at Falta Export Processing Zone about 50 K.M. from the city of Kolkata. It exports to countries like Sri Lanka, Middle-East, UAE, Russia, Nepal, etc.

Interview with Rohit Kuthari:

Your views about value addition vis a vis screen printing:I would say value addition done by Screen printing process is rather a necessity than a luxury especially when commercial printing is witnessing tremendous competition. Screen printing is required to make offset jobs special. Certain UV special effects such as glow-in-dark, glitter, crystal UV, abrasive, reflective, etc, can only be done by screen printing process. Other printing technology cannot give such

exclusivity. Customers are now well aware of all these effects and expect us to do it differently. With screen printing we can fulfill our customers' 'special' needs.

However, value addition by Screen printing is easier said than done. It requires skills as each job involving different UV special effects has different parameter to be followed. 'Half knowledge is dangerous'; Value addition involves screen printing various UV special effects over duly offset printed commercial and packaging job. So, if you do not know the proper technique in screen

printing, you may end up spoiling the job.

Benefit of having inhouse screen printing set up:At the back of our mind we had plan to outsource our print finishing, but we decided to setup the screen printing unit inhouse as it gives complete freedom and quality control under our supervision. These days, customers expect us to have all post press/print finishing works to be done within our press instead of sending out for job work for want of job secrecy.

Grafica connection:Our Chairman & MD, Ranjan Kuthari, and myself always make it a point to visit Grafica stall during our tour to major print exhibitions. After seeing several samples of packaging and commercial jobs, treated with UV Special effects, we came to know how a simple offset job can be transformed into a work of great creativity to delight customers.

Grafica offers complete solution – screen printing technology, technique, refer to raw material suppliers, they have experience and expertise being machine manufacturer. Thanks to them, we got introduced to advanced screen printing.

Value addition- PackagingAntarctica Ltd, Kolkata:

With Grafica's Nano-Print plus, Bengaluru based Sri Sharadha Printers offers specialized screen printing service to over dozen offset printers who require value addition. Besides offering Spot UV on job work basis, they also print labels and stickers for battery industries.

“We had manual screen printing facility for spot UV. The main problem with manual screen printing was production restriction. Manual screen printing is very laborious. It was virtually

Sri Sharadha Printers, Bengaluru: Value addition – spot UVdifficult to manually print big size sheet of 22” x 28” and registration was also difficult,” says H.S. Chandrashekar, Incharge of Production.

“The benefit of automation is immense. Machine operation is very comfortable for our staff. Once screens are made properly, any layman can operate it. There is also productivity advantage. E.g. now we finish over 4000 sheets per day of spot UV jobs as against about 2000 sheets by manual screen printing.”

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H.S. Chandrashekar

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Baroda based YS Computer, have invested in Grafica's Nano Print Plus, Nano UV, Nano-Screen Maker 5-in-1 to offer high-end value addition (spot UV and special effects).

“Besides inhouse use, about 70% of our screen printing capacity is used for undertaking job work,” says Vipul Desai, who holds a diploma in textile designing and printing. “Value addition or Post print beautification which involves application of UV special effect is a sure shot of capturing the attention of potential customers,” he adds.

YS Computer is a single-source print solution provider – right from Graphic Designing to printing (offset and screen printing) to post press/print

Referring to the benefits of associating with Grafica, Vipul says: “You will never get the kind of technical support and DMI's inhouse training facility. Three of our staff had underwent special training at DMI. We have also taken video of this training for future study and reference.”

YS Computer, Baroda: Value addition - Packaging

PrintWorks Graphics & Print Production, Bengaluru: Value addition - commercial T.M. Venkatesh who is in the printing business for nearly two decades surely knows the advantages of screen printing as a cost effective method to offer value addition. His company, PrintWorks Graphics & Print Production, caters to more than 25-30 offset printers who regularly send their offset printed commercial job for application of spot UV and other new generation UV special effects on job work basis. Besides Grafica's Nano-

“Recently I had the fortune of attending DMI's workshop where I could explore new avenues for revenue generation. The best technology of Grafica and DMI's advanced knowledge is a great combination,” says Venkatesh.

"I feel, having just advanced machine is not enough, at the same time equal knowledge is most important when you undertake tricky jobs, such as value addition. One should never try UV special effects if he does not know the proper technique,” he concludes.

Sericulture to Serigraphy! Born in a family who are engaged in sericulture, Basavaraju A.C, the proprietor of Mudranalaya, Bengaluru, found a big Moolah in serigraphy.

“Screen printing gives 50% of revenue,” asserts Basavaraju as he recalls his tryst with screen printing. “I started off my screen printing business in 1995 after graduation. During my study also (evening college), I was working part time in a screen printing press.” Their new print facility houses Grafica Nano-Print plus, Nano-UV besides single color offset and finishing equipment.

The company undertakes screen printing jobs such as visiting cards, letterheads, garment tags besides the major job of spot UV. They also undertake commercial printing

such as office stationery, catalogs, brochure, etc.

“Screen printing is the seed of my printing business tree which has grown many folds since I started

my business, so much so that we moved from our 1000 sq.ft facility to 2350 sq.ft new unit,” says Basavaraju who is assisted by his better half Usha Rani. “We live with screen printing,” he asserts.

Mudranalaya, Bengaluru: Value addition - commercial

finishing. Their 2000 sq.ft production facility has screen printing, offset and complete post press facilities. The company also follows TQM (Total Quality Management). Besides catering to customers in Gujarat, the company also exports printed jobs such has calendars, religious books etc, to

USA, UK, Canada. The company offers both commercial and packaging printing service with high end value addition to Banks, electrical industry, health care sector (labs and hospitals), pharma, engineering and food sectors.

Print plus and Nano-Screen Maker 5-in-1, their 2000 sq.ft print

facility also has wide format digital printing unit.

T.M. Venkatesh (R)

Basavaraju (R) Usha Rani (R)

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Chittranjan Choudhury, Director of Kolkata based CDC Printers Pvt Ltd, a Chartered Accountant turned print entrepreneur and an active cricket player, now bats for screen printing. His view is that without value addition, done by advanced screen printing, survival in commercial printing business is difficult. The dynamic and humble entrepreneur, shares his success story.

Interview with Chittranjan Choudhury:

Being a CA, why did you enter printing business? My entry into printing business was rather accidental. Although I was an established Chartered Accountant, to meet both ends meet, I had to start some other business. So in 1990 I started a computer data centre and then a DTP shop on a 300 sq.ft rented space. Since then I never looked back. Our business grew from strength to strength. We set up CDC Printers in the year 2000 with a 2000 sq.ft production facility with 2 colour press, and one year after 4-colour offset. We had just 10 people and today we have over 250 people working in our two printing units - 20000 sq.ft commercial printing press and 100,000 sq.ft for book printing press. Our company's name 'CDC' is derived from my original business firm, 'Computer Data Centre' (CDC). Today, we have fully computerized system

(estimate to delivery). The fully integrated software is the brainchild of my son Manu.

Why did you invest in screen printing?In our quest for acquisition of new technologies, we found that Screen printing was the missing link as this versatile technology was very much needed to offer value addition. After close interaction with Grafica's experts I attended DMI's workshop and got inspired to buy their screen printing machine, Grafica Nano Print plus. Earlier, we used to outsource our print finishing requirement (spot UV).

Tell us about the trend in Value addition:Now with advanced screen printing we not only apply matt and gloss UV but also use other new generation UV special effects to make the jobs extra ordinary and delight the customers. Print buyers expectation is now increasing; they want some kind of value addition to make their job very special. So, value addition, vis-à-vis, screen printing is the only way to fulfill their desires. We apply UV special effects on duly offset printed catalog, brochure, book covers. Ultimately it enhances aesthetic look. E.g. we had printed invitation cards with an image of coffee mug and other designs; so we had applied coffee fragrance in addition to UV glitter on border, crystal UV on water droplet image.

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It completely got transformed into delightful invitation, and customers were quite impressed.Without screen printing / value addition, an offset printed job would look normal. Hence, I would say, screen printing technology is an essential part of our commercial/book printing business. It's not just screen printing, there are other tools for doing value addition such as foil stamping, emboss, water base UV coating etc. We have to use these tools as per job requirement.

Grafica connection:I know Grafica for many years and make it a point to visit their stall at various exhibitions. Their Nano-Print plus is a fantastic machine with such a low cost. I would say, it is a world class machine with Indian price. It is the best example of 'Make in India' concept.

Your success matra:Our success is due to:1) Hard work2) Sincerity3) Honesty4) Knowledge.

Until now, above 1-3 factors were important for success. But now there is a 4th

dimension, that is, 'knowledge'. Knowledge is most important for growth and success.

We have won NAEP and PrintWeek India Awards; we were the most awards winning company in East India in 5 years.

Your DMI experience:Besides couple of my staff, I had also attended one day training at DMI. I am very much impressed by DMI's activities; their attitude to train and teach printers. Their effort in bringing Indian screen printing to world standard is commendable. Let me tell you, by associating with Grafica I gained immense knowledge in value addition. I thoroughly enjoy 'screen printing' (Screen Printing me bahut maja agaya). I have no words to thank DMI; I express my good wishes to them.

Why knowledge is important?'Knowledge' is the only factor that differentiates 'excellence' from ordinary. Like any other field, in printing too one who has knowledge can excel and deliver the best. When it comes to screen printing, if we apply DMI's knowledge, we can explore plenty of opportunities.

About CDC Printers:CDC Printers, an ISO certified print company caters to many MNCs and big corporate. It has four 4-colour brand new offset, 5 colour web offset, binding line, complete press and post press facilities. CDC Printers export to USA and UK besides pan India market.

CDC Printers founder bats for value addition

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