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Grafica appoints T.T.S as
representative for Egypt
With Grafica touches 30% export14 overseas distributors,Indeed a wow factor in Indian screen printing!
prefers nano-prinTex
Shree Jagdambay
nano-prinTag plus at SGI'16 Dubai
nano-prinTag plus @ Printwear & Promo UK
nano-prinTex @ Kolkata GarKnit-X,
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Come to Learn
the Technique of Producing
Digital like Quality Prints
by Screen Printing Process
Contact: Ankur Gupta, Shori Chemicals. Mobile: 9814078818 Email: [email protected]
Venue:
Grafica stall at GMMSA Expo, Dana Mandi, Ludhiana
To an Open House Technical Session on
Advanced Direct to Garment Screen Printing
by Bhargav Mistry, Director, DMI
Garment Printers in Ludhiana
Inviting
19-22 February 2016
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As we entered the New Year - 2016, in this issue I have many good news to share with you all. Recently we have appointed T.T.S. as our Representative for Egypt. It’s indeed one more feather in Grafica’s Export Cap! Because with 14 overseas distributors and our aggressive international presence, my company has touched 30% export. I am excited about Egypt market as T.T.S. will be showcasing our nano-prinTex at Egy Stitch & Tex expo in Cairo next month. I am also pleased to inform you that our UK Representative is all set to showcase nano-prinTag plus at PrintWear & Promotion Live expo in Bermingham. This is in addition to our success at SGI-Dubai where nano-prinTag plus was showcased by Al Mahir Print Equip., our UAE Representative. I am being invited to conduct an INTERACTIVE OPEN TECHNICAL SESSIONS right at Grafica’s Stall in the forthcoming GMMSA expo to be held on 19-22 February 2016 in Ludhiana. Apart from pre press, screen making, I would teach the technique of producing digital like quality by screen printing using Stochastic dots for the first time in India. Meanwhile, gone are the days when garment printers in India had to depend on costly imported Direct To Garment screen printing machines which require a compressor. However, by designing and manufacturing nano-prinTex and other automatic direct to garment screen printing machines, my company has given a fantastic choice to garment printers. That’s the belief of Rakesh Jain of Shree Jagdambay Screen Printers, Ludhiana. I thank him for his faith in brand Grafica. Finally, join me in welcoming Atila Güney, Ýstanbul, Turkey who will be writing technical article pertaining to textile/garment screen printing. Have a great season ahead Bhargav Mistry
Grafica has recently appointed Cairo based El Masria For Trade & Technical Services (popularly known as T.T.S) as its Representative for Egypt, located within the famous Nile Valley. “Egypt is a fast growing textile hub. So, our interest is to market and sell Grafica's nano-prinTex, an
automatic all electrical-mechanical direct to garment screen printing machine,” said Abdel Moneim Zaghloul, Director of T.T.S, who was on a two-day visit to Grafica and DMI recently. “I was quite impressed with Grafica's range of textile screen printing machines which were on
display at Fespa-Eurasia, Turkey, in 2014 and 2015. Some of my friends in the industry also gave me very positive feedback about the quality of Grafica's machinery and their educational initiative through DMI Institute,” says Abdel.
Interestingly, Abdel had air dashed to India for a visit to Grafica's factory at Vasai near Mumbai, following his visit to Fespa Eurasia recently. During the very first meeting, he expressed his interest to become Grafica's Representative for Egypt as he saw a good potential for nano-prinTex. And without making any delay, he also took an immediate decision to exhibit nano-prinTex at EgyStitch expo to be held on 22-25 February 2016 in Cairo.
One more feather in Grafica's Export Cap! Grafica appoints T.T.S as Representative for Egypt
At the recently concluded SGI Dubai exhibition (formerly known as Sign & Graphic Imaging Middle East), the new nano-prinTag plus (4 colour/8 pallet) machines received tremendous response, as reported by Dilawar Dalwai of Al Mahir Printing Equipment Trading LLC, Grafica's UAE distributor.
Besides some spot order bookings, many serious enquiries were also received. SGI Dubai, an annual event, was held on 10-12, January 2016 at Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE. Al Mahir Printing Equipment had also showcased Grafica's Nano-Print plus and nano-prinTag, besides pictorial display of other screen printing machines and allied products.
SGI Dubai is one of the largest shows in the MENA region and one of the most respected shows in the industry. It may noted Al Mahir Printing Equipment has sold several sets of nano-prinTag, nano-prinTex, Nano-Print and Nano-
Print plus in the Middle East, in addition to large format flat bed screen printing machines and Cylinder Press with inline UV, ¾ automatic large format screen printing machine, CamShell and complete screen making set up.
Al Mahir Printing Equip showcases the new nano-prinTag plus at SGI'16 Dubai
nano-prinTag plus to be showcased @ Printwear & Promotion LIVE 2016, UK Grafica's UK representative – Sanco Technology Ltd, is all set showcase the new nano-prinTag plus (4 col/8 pallet) at the forthcoming Printwear & Promotion LIVE 2016 exhibition to be held from 28 Feb to 1st March 2016 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Under the banner of Yorkshire-based Global Print Solutions (GPS), Sanco Technology team will hold live demo of nano-prinTag plus on Stand No.H-40. Sanco will also display Grafica Nano-Print plus and will demonstrate heat transfer printing.
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Grafica will showcase its nano-prinTex with 8 colour/12 pallet configuration (Print Area 20” x 28”) at the forthcoming GMMSA expo to be held on 19-22 February 2016 in Ludhiana.
The exhibition is being organized by Garments Machinery Manufacturers & Suppliers Association (GMMSA) at Dana Mandi, Bahadur ke Road, Ludhiana.
Good News for garment printers in Ludhiana!
Inviting Garment Printers in LudhianaTo an Open House Technical Session
On Advanced Direct to Garment Screen PrintingBy Bhargav Mistry, Director, DMI
Venue Grafica stall at GMMSA Expo, Dana Mandi, Ludhiana
Date
Some of the core topics covered will include*Secret of making creative and attractive designs for t-shirt printing.
Pre Press/Color separation/Color Management / Positive Output*Correct method of Screen Making
*Direct to Garment screen printing with different inks, viz, water based, plastisol and high density/special effects.
*Latest trends in garment screen printing.… And many more.
Entry by prior REGISTRATION ONLY
Limited seats 'First Come, First Served' basis.
Contact Ankur Gupta, Shori Chemicals.
Mobile: 9814078818Email: [email protected]
COME TO LEARN THE TECHNIQUE OF PRODUCING DIGITAL LIKE QUALITY PRINTS
BY SCREEN PRINTING PROCESS
19-22 February 2016
Only Garment Printers are eligible to attend this Workshop.
Grafica to showcase nano-prinTex
@ GMMSA Expo, Ludhiana
nano-prinTex to be exhibited @ Egy Stitch & Tex, Egypt
Now, nano-prinTex travels to Nile Valley!Following their appointment as Grafica's Representative for Egypt, T.T.S. will showcase nano-prinTex in the forthcoming Egy Stitch & Tex to be held on 25-28 February 2016 at Cairo Intl Conference Centre in Cairo, Egypt. “We have been participating in this expo since 1994 and this is the right opportunity to showcase Grafica nano-prinTex and thereby make an entry into Egypt market,” says Abdel Moneim Zaghloul, Director of T.T.S.
The exhibition machine kit, comprising nano-prinTex, Model GF-1518 NPT (10 color /18 pallet - Double Index – Premium) with Honey Comb Silicon Pallets (22"x35"); nano-Texdryer (24”) and six nano-flashTex (16” x 20 & 20” x 28”), is already being shipped to Cairo. Grafica will also depute its technical experts to
assist T.T.S. officials during the exhibition and thereafter training of their technical personnel.Egy Stitch & Tex is the International Exhibition for Textile, Weaving, Spinning, Sewing, Embroidery, Knitting, Dyeing and Finishing Machinery and their Accessories. The exhibition will attract Buyers & Seller, Garment Factory and Store owners, Importers & Exporters, Industry Specialists & Professionals, Manufacturers, among others.
It may be noted that in the past Grafica's textile screen printing machines such as nano-prinTex, nano-prinTag, nano-prinTag plus were successfully showcased at various international exhibitions in markets such as USA, UK, Russia, Turkey, Bangladesh, South Africa, UAE, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, etc.
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There was virtually unmanageable visitors flow to Grafica's stall at the GarKnit-Expo held on 8-10 January 2016 in Kolkata. Grafica was the only company to hold live demo of direct to garment (DTG) screen printing machine – nano-prinTex, (8 color/12 pallet).
Scores of visitors cheered as Grafica team produced digital like
quality prints by screen printing.
“Unbelievable,” yelled many of the visitors who thrillingly moved around the machine as live demo of screen printing CMYK and special effects on white garments was in progress. Two glamorous designs were printed using stochastic dot technology. A number of professionals were
curious to know the technique of dot less halftone screen printing.
Stunning digital like quality samples produced in DMI's past DTG screen printing workshop, were put on display. Several knowledge and technology seeking entrepreneurs virtually surrounded the Grafica's team of experts, and Nilesh Enterprises
(Kolkata Representative).
Grafica had also pictorially displayed its entire range of textile screen printing machinery and allied products. The Kyo series DTG digital printing machine of Aeoon Technologies, Austria, represented in India by Grafica, was also pictorially displayed.
Unbelievable! Grafica team produces digital like quality prints by screen printing at in KolkataGarKnit-X expo
The exhibition machine (nano-prinTex) is now being installed at G.K. Printco, Howrah by Grafica's
engineers. A DMI's technical expert is also stationed there to streamline their production.
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In an interview, Abdel Moneim Zaghloul, Director of T.T.S., the newly appointed Representative for Egypt speaks at length about his company's plans and strategy to promote Grafica's textile screen printing machines in the Nile Valley. Here we go: Your connection with Grafica:During my visit to Fespa Eurasia in 2014 and 2015 in Turkey I had seen live demo of their direct to garment screen printing machines with fine quality print results. Back in office, I evaluated Grafica's informative website and was quite impressed with their technology offering. I also got positive feedback from Aeoon Technologies which is represented in India by Grafica. Upon my visit to Grafica factory I observed that their machine is robust with good components, easy to operate as compared to other automatic machines. Considering the kind of labour that we have in Egypt, their nano-prinTex is less complicated. The print samples produced in front me were excellent.
Finally, I decided to join hands with Grafica to promote their machines in Egypt right away and we will be showcasing their machine in the forthcoming Egy Stitch & Tex expo in Cairo in February 2016.
Tell us about the DTG printing scenario in Egypt:Although Egypt has predominantly manual screen printing culture with long tables and manual carousel screen printing machines, now automatic machines are fast getting dominated the printing market. Although I do not have a reliable data, I can assume that there is about 40% YoY growth in DTG printing market (woven and knitted garments).
What's the market potential for Grafica's DTG screen printing machines?As a textile engineer with over 4 decades of experience in textile manufacturing, I have made a thorough evaluation, and I see a lot of potential for Grafica's direct to garment textile screen printing
machines. There is a ready market.
What's your strategy?We are just entering the Egypt market… but with Grafica's reliable machines and good intention behind machine making and knowledge sharing, we will make good effort to present their machine in the market with a positive note. We want the very first machine coming to Egypt to be the first and best testimonial to other customers in the market.
Yes we need patience. But we will provide full technical support (with
regard to design, pre press, color separation, color management, printing etc) to our very first customer in their production, train their personnel, and make a powerful impact.
What is your key strength as a dealer in machinery and materials?Our key strength is our domain knowledge in textile industry. We offer technical support to our customers. Moreover, spare parts are available anytime as we have a huge warehouse. We are into textile machinery such as knitting, but we also sell digital printing machines. We are currently selling direct to garment digital printing machines – for roll to roll fabric printing as well as t-shirt piece printing. We also provide machines for sublimation/heat transfers printing. We also supply all required materials – inks and papers/media for digital printing.
So, with the addition of Grafica's textile printing machinery into our product portfolio, we have now a wide range of technology to offer to
our customers – knitting, printing, finishing machinery and all related materials such as inks, chemicals, yarn, etc.
Do you think imparting knowledge is important?Yes. We have a different approach in our business model. We are not interested in just selling machines like a typical machine dealers. Machines can be bought by customers by online enquiries. But the real task is to provide training, knowledge and technical support so that customers grow year after year in such a way that they make repeat investment after their success.
As technical person with deep interest in academic activity, I believe in teaching and spreading knowledge, sharing information … this is fruitful for both customers and suppliers. I share the same thought with Grafica, and together we can make a greater impact in Egypt market.
What's your impression about DMI Institute?During my visit to Grafica I was equally impressed with their DMI institute. I came to the conclusion that we are in a same boat. We consider providing knowledge in screen printing, of course in association with DMI Institute, is our main responsibility while selling Grafica machines. I think this is the great way of doing business; it is a concept that I had seen in Germany some 30 years ago where industrial equipment manufacturers run training centres to impart knowledge to users.
Tell us about your Academic connection:Teaching is in my blood and it is indeed our forte. I am into teaching for the last 20 years in flat knitting, DTG digital printing and screen printing will be our future endeavour. I conduct training programme for customers in knitting technology besides lectures in Universities for Textile designing under Applied Arts course module. I am also visiting faculty to some of the textile institutes besides a speaker at various seminars and industry forums. Although education is the responsibility of governments, industry cannot neglect it. Our company invites students to take up some practical projects in knitting and textile printing at our showroom cum training centre.
About T.T.S.T.T.S (El-Masria For Trade and Technical Services Company) was founded in 1994 by Abdel Moneim Zaghloul, a textile engineer with academic interest. T.T.S. is the distributor for knitting and printing machinery and also materials - Yarn, chemicals, inks, etc. They market of Knitting, finishing, DTG printing (digital) machinery (and now onwards screen printing machinery). T.T.S. has two offices covering about 800 sq.m space in Cairo and a 4000 sq. m warehouse in Alexendria to stock materials and machinery besides a show room cum demo entre / training facilities. They have a team of 20 skilled personnel including 8 technical support engineers.
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With Grafica touches 30% export14 overseas distributors,With the recent appointment of Cairo based T.T.S, as representative for Egypt, Grafica's global network of Distributors has now touched to 14. It may be noted that Grafica has Representatives in UAE, USA, UK, France, Russia, Turkey (two), Chile, South Africa, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Jordan, Vietnam. And more will be appointed in the coming months.
Recently, nano-prinTag plus and nano-prinTag, automatic all electrical-mechanical Direct to Garment tagless label screen
printing machines were showcased at Fespa-Euarsia, Istanbul, in association with Fatih Tekstil, Grafica's Turkey Representative. At Fespa Eursia, Grafica's Turkey Representative Anka had also showcased Nano-Print plus. Grafica's UAE Representative, Al Mahir Print Equip. had showcased nano-prinTag plus at the recently held SGI expo in Dubai on 10-12 January 2016. And Grafica's UK Representative is all set to showcase nano-prinTag plus at PrintWear & Promotion Live expo in Bermingham.
What else, Grafica nano-prinTex, nano-prinTag, nano-prinTag plus, Nano-Print, Nano-Print plus, Fully automatic cylinder press, Camshell, screen making set up, post press equipments have been exported and working in many countries such as USA, UK, UAE, Africa, Europe, Russia, Egypt, Australia, Bagladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Chile, Mexico, Canada, France, South Africa, etc.
So, brand Grafica is now gaining recognition and acceptance in the international market for its range of textile screen printing
machinery. Grafica has already established as a quality manufacturer of flat bed screen printing machines and allied products for graphics, commercial, and industrial screen printing applications. Besides a large number of satisfied customer base in India, Grafica has exported these machines worldwide. It is but natural that Grafica's export has touched 30%. “Surely Grafica has created a WOW factor in the Indian screen printing at a time when the Government of India has mission 'Make in India,” says Bhargav Mistry, MD, Grafica.
With the kind of fantastic features, Grafica Nano-Print plus now a day gets a lot attention in Turkey market and most people liked it. Many
of our customers said that they have never seen such machine which is plug-n-play with unique feature. Most of our clients searhed Grafica
on the internet and also from our web page. As a result of that we are getting lot of enquiries. We expect the sales would increase further in
the near future. As a supplier of screen printing materials, adding Nano-Print plus into our product portfolio was very beneficial to increase
our business. We thank Mr. Bhargav and Grafica team for giving us their support all the time.
Erdogan Altunok, ANKA Serigrafi, Istanbul, Turkey
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TechnicalTechnical
STRETCHING AND DEVELOPING SCREENS:
1. FRAME PROPERTIES:
Preparing a good screen is essential to obtain a satisfactory result in printing.
The necessary materials and stages of screen making are written below: 1. Frame properties.2. Mesh properties and selections.3. Stretching recommendation
and procedures.4. Mesh Adhesive and Gluing.5. De-greasing6. Coating and Drying.7. Exposing Timing 8. Washing and developing9. Drying10. Retouching drying and
exposing.11. Hardening the emulsion and
procedure.12. Stripping and reusing.
Wooden, Iron, Steel and aluminium frames are widely used in textile T-Shirt Printing.
For machine printing aluminium frames are preferred as they have better properties and advantages. ! Aluminium is light and doesn't
get rust. ! It is appropriate to stretch all
kinds of mesh.! There are many different types
to select.! Not very expensive.! Good resistance to stretching.! Easy to handle.! Easy to clean.
Appropriate Aluminium Frame Dimension: Up to outer frame size 72 x 90 cm, 4x4 cm profile dimension and 3mm thickness is enough for a stable frame. Above this size the profile should be 4x5 cm in dimension. with same thickness.If the frame size go to over 85x
120cm the dimension of aluminium should be 4x6cm with the same thickness of 3mm.Before the usage of the new screens careful attention should be paid to have rounded corners not to tear the mesh during stretching process.
Also the frame must be cleaned with solvent (Aseton) to remove the oil from the surface.
a) Monofilament Polyester fabrics are used in serigraphy and garment (panel) printing.
The Properties of Polyester fabric written below: ! Good Stretchability, less
elongation.! Good release after printing.! Good registration.! High Capacity of long runs.! Good resistance to mechanical
abrasion.! Good resistance to chemicals.! Good formation fo details.
(Halftone prints)! High Speed printability capacity.! High Ink flow property/Ink
transition.! Good resistance to eliminate
differences. (Heat & Humidity)! Good Property of drying after
emulsioning and developing.
b) The Geometry of Polyester fabrics :The Main factors are, thread diameter and number of thread in one cm or Inch. e.g. 120-31, means in one cm 120 threads and the diameter of the thread is 31
New Old Display Display120-31 120-S (Fine Thread)120-34 120-T (Thick Thread)120-40 120-HD (Very Thick
/Heavy Duty)150-27 150-SL (Very Fine Thread)
2. MESH PROPERTIES:
Since its inception, Grafica News India has been publishing technical articles from various international screen printing experts
and consultants. Let's welcome Atilla Güney, Ýstanbul, Turkey who will be writing technical article pertaining to textile/garment
screen printing. Atila is a textile/garment screen printing consultant. Earlier he worked as Printing Manager in various textile
companies from 1981 to 2012. He is a Postgraduate Licence for Printing Technologies from Leeds University; besides course in
Textile printing from Fine Arts Academy, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Garment screen printers or garment manufacturers
having inhouse DTG screen printing department with automatic machine may consult Atila for inhouse Training & Consultancy to
improve quality of DTG screen printing and over all efficiency thereby impress your customers at large. He is already a consultant
to many garment printers worldwide. Atila may be contacted at: e-mail: [email protected]
Screen Making Fundamentals- Part I(With special focus on Direct-to-Garment Screen Printing) By Atila Güney
c) Definition of Mesh Type: W = WhiteY = YellowPW = Plain WeaveTW = Twin WeaveOSC = One Side Calendered.
D = Mesh Thickness.d = Thread DiameterFK = Warp Threads.FS = Weft Threads.N= Number of threadsF = FrequencyW = Mesh Opening
d) Colored Meshes: Yellow dyed meshes have outstanding properties being indispensable for demanding .... jobs or high resolution detail.
Yellow mesh with its light undercutting protection ensures sharp, saw tooth-free reproduction-extended exposure latitude compensates minor deviations in exposure time, illumination intensity and distance So, fine raster, Halftone gradations and sharp edges can be obtained.
When an ultraviolet light strikes yellow color only yellow color reflects and this has no influence on emulsion. Emulsions only sensitive to blue ultraviolet lights. As a result in white meshes the blue ultraviolet light which reflects to underneath of the black part of the film where the design is, causes irregular outlines.
Plain Weave 1:1= PW Twin Weave 1:2= TW
To be cont'd in the next issue
Atila Güney, Ýstanbul, Turkey
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Based on his experience with Grafica's nano-prinTex, Rakesh Kumar of Shree Jagdambay Screen Printers, Ludhiana, tells that there is no need to buy costly imported automatic DTG screen printing machines. Why? Read on …!
Your view about nano-prinTex?I had attended the launch party of nano-prinTex at Grafica's factory few years ago. After attentively listening to a convincing presentation by Bhargav Mistry, and a live demonstration of the nano-prinTex, then and there only I decided to buy their machine.
I appreciate Bhargav and his team in Grafica for indigenously designing such a fabulous textile screen printing machine which has no problem in terms of its speed or quality of print. Commendably, they have improvised their machine since its launch and that shows their technical capabilities.
As a patriot, I felt we should encourage Grafica who designed such a fantastic automatic DTG screen printing machine, thus giving us a right choice over a costly imported machine. While our Prime Minister has a powerful a vision of 'Making in India', why not we then support an innovative company which is making a quality textile screen printing machine in India? I am happy to say that we also enjoyed cost advantage as against the imported machine.
I think 'imported machine' is a mindset fuelled by inferiority /superiority complex; and I believe quality is within your mind, if there is no quality attitude what is the use of investing even in the world's best machine? Never ever my customers ask whether I am printing on an imported machine
Over to Rakesh Jain:
CustomerCustomer
"Nano-prinTex efficiently meets our production and quality requirement, there is no need to depend on costly imported machine"
Rakesh Kumar, , LudhianaShree Jagdambay Screen Printers
or Indian machine. They are simply interested in getting quality prints done, and timely delivery with competitive price.
What about performance of nano-prinTex?The best! With the automatic nano-prinTex, we are able to please our customers with quality prints. Our production has increased tremendously; we deliver jobs on time and customers are now quite satisfied leading to repeat orders. Grafica's nano-prinTex has simple to use and beneficial features. Our operators enjoy silently working
with nano-prinTex since there is no noise. Moreover, as a knowledge-based company, Grafica's extends the best technical support.
What about the speed?It's good. When it comes to 'speed' and 'quality of print' we do not have anything to complaint. In fact when one machine supplier approached me with a sale gimmick that they have a machine which is faster than Grafica. I told him that we do not have any problem with regard to the speed
of nano-prinTex which sufficiently and efficiently meets our production and quality requirement. I asked him 'what is the use of speed if it is beyond the capacity of operators? Because even in an automatic DTG screen printing machine, sufficient lead time is required to load and unload the fabric before and after printing especially when you print special effects/high density, etc on large sizes.
What's your production capacity?We mainly undertake printing of kids wears. I started off my garment printing unit (900 sq.ft) in 1994 with 4 manual printing tables with a capacity to print 300-400 pc per day. Today, our 7000 sq.ft production facility houses one Grafica automatic DTG screen printing machine - nano-prinTex (8 color/12 pallet), complete screen making set up, 5 manual screen printing machines and 15 long manual printing tables (for cut piece and roll to roll fabric printing). In all we have a capacity to print around 2000 pcs per day. In all now we have a production capacity of 3000-5000 pieces per day or more depending on no. of colors. We have wider choice for our customers when it comes to garment decoration. Today the trend is that 80-90% of the jobs have mix of screen printing and embroidery. Since we have computerized embroidery facility, it's an advantage to our customers. We undertake -Spot color jobs
upto 6 colors, CMYK/photoprint, High density/special effects, and Embroidery/print combo. We also undertake Roll to roll screen printing - all over.
Who's your mentor?In my quest for knowledge in garment printing, I found a mentorship in Rakesh Jain of Ambi Hosiery who motivated me in various aspects such as color of fabric, fundamentals of garment printing and use of design elements, spot colors/CMYK, depth of printing. He guided me about the management aspect of running a factory. I am proud to say that today my own Mentor is my customer.
What's your Success mantra?! We believe in team work. I do
not believe in working all alone, and instead I delegate right work to right staff as per their skill.
! My principle is to work with intelligence and not to work hard as 'working hard' is harmful. We do not believe in doing so many designs or samples for one job. We tell our team to focus and hit the target at the very first attempt itself as otherwise it will be a waste of time and energy. We believe in the concept: “No time for 'try again' and 'finish it in the very first attempt'.
! We also believe in maximum work in minimum time & 'relax and enjoy work' with 'cool mind.'
Rakesh Kumar with son Manik
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In an online interview, Erdogan Altunok, Anka Serigrafi, Grafica’s Representative in Istanbul, Turkey, says that Grafica’s Nano-Print and Nano-Print plus, both semi automatic screen printing machines, have left a good impact in their market. Over to interview: Why did ANKA choose to become Grafica dealer for Turkey? First reason is the quality of Grafica’s screen printing machines. Grafica keeps improving itself and this affects all of us in good way. Their machines (Nano-Print and Nano-Print plus are very handy, easy to use and modern also. It matches with our market demands. Also the design and mechanical advantages are fantastic. What did you and your customers like in Nano-Print and Nano-Print plus?Many of our customers said that they have never seen such a machine which is plug-n-play with unique feature. Most of our clients searhed Grafica on the internet and also from our web page. As a result of that we are getting lot of enquiries. Moreover, with the kind of fantastic features, Grafica Nano-Print plus now a days gets a lot attention in Turkey market and most people liked it. According to you what is the difference between Nano-Print plus as compared with other machines available in Turkey or global market?As I said it is definitely more practical and has better design than other machines in the market. Also it has a great advantage of maintenance which is very minimum than other machines. I would say Grafica Nano machines are a seamless and hence it's pretty much sell itself. You started with selling Nano-Print and now moved on to Nano-Print plus in last couple of years. So, what is the impact of selling Grafica machine?Actually both Nano-Print and Nano-Print plus have left a
impressive impact in our market. Nano-Print plus was mostly choosed because of printing dimention is bigger and the way it mechanicaly works got more attention. Our regular customers buy machines from us. Also thanks to new customers who buy Grafica machines, they start to get other materials from us such as ink and screen. As a supplier of screen printing materials, adding Nano-Print plus into our product portfolio was very beneficial to increase our business. Since we started selling Grafica machine our sales has gone up by 15%. We expect the sales would increase further in the near future.
So far how many Nano-Print and Nano-Print plus are sold?We have sold 3 Nano-Print and 11 Nano-Print plus in Turkey and we keep receiving enquiries regularly. These machines are mostly used in industrial screen printing such as flat glass. What’s Anka’s USP?Firstly we are a reliable company. We always stand behind our work, products and customers. We improve together with our clients and always we have goals to satisfy them.
Finally, whats your views about Grafica as a technology provider?Grafica has began to be recognized as a reliable brand in Turkey and this makes us happy too. We thank Mr. Bhargav and Grafica team for giving us their support all the time. About Anka:Anka Serigrafi, Grafica’s Representative in Istanbul, Turkey,
deals in screen printing mesh and inks. It aims to be a solution partner of the industry. Established in 2004, Anka supplies paint, screen, ink, screen mesh and machines for screen printing applications such as Label (Etiquette), Decal, Ceramic, Glass and Membrane Switch. Anka caters to around 400 small and big regular customers.
Grafica’s Nano-Print and Nano-Print plus created good impact in marketTurkey
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We have sold 3 Nano-Print and 11 Nano-Print Plus and
we keep receiving enquiries regularly. These machines are
mostly used in industrial screen printing such as flat glass.
Since we started selling Grafica machine our sales
has gone up 15%. We expect the sales would
increase further in the near future.
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Puducherry based Chiqra Screens offers industrial screen printing which include: membrane switches, control panels, facias, key pads, polycarbonate/ vinyl/ polyester stickers, Dome labels, tamper proof stickers, production application labels, silver void stickers, paper stickers, flier, user manuals and brochures, etc. for IT-hardware, electrical and electronic industry.
Established in 1996, Chiqra Screens was initially offering commercial printing service. Later they diversified into industrial screen printing. Their 11000 sq.ft production facility houses Grafica's Nano-Print plus, Nano-UV, Nano-Screen Maker 5-in-1, Nano-Sharpener, thus making it a screen printing firm with complete inhouse set up. They also have all other equipment and machinery required for production of industrial labels and stickers.
“We are a 'Green Channel Supplier for many IT-Hardware manufacturing company, that means our products (stickers and labels) are supposed to be 100% accurate and taken into production without checking. And we have inhouse QC system to ensure
With Nano-Print plus offers quality industrial labels & stickers
Chiqra Screens
supply of 100% accuracy products to customers,” says Abubucker J. “This was possible only after we embarked on automation in screen printing. Earlier we had three manual tables; not only production was slow but rejection and wastage was huge. Now with automation not only we are able to offer quality products but also undertake multi colour jobs easily.”
He says that Grafica's screen printing machine and allied equipment are easy to operate with superior performance. “Moreover, we are greatly benefited from their technical support. I was fortunate to attend DMI's workshop where I learnt correct method of screen making including exposing, advantages of UV ink vs solvent ink; and how to achieve registration accuracy in screen printing. In industrial screen printing is all about quality and accuracy. It requires proper knowledge. So, DMI is a great knowledge-sharing initiative of Grafica. In the last two decades I never came across such an institution in India that offers advanced screen printing process,” he concludes.
Nikhil Ranade explains the benefits of automation based on his personal experience. His company, Shree Enterprises, Pune, produces a wide range of industrial labels to automobile, electrical, electronics and engineering companies in Pune and other parts of Maharashtra state, of course using Grafica’s Nano-Print. A BA in Psychology and MA in Economics, Nikhil’s whole family consist of academicians and are into service. He got into screen printing as a passion despite initial friendly resistance from his family. Since 1984 he was trading in screen printing materials which he
“There is monetary in screen printing”benefit of automationstopped in 2001. He got into screen printing in 1994. “Frankly speaking, with my experience in dealing in inks and consumables earlier, I can say that it is impossible to print high end industrial stickers and labels with consistent quality by manual screen printing.
On the other hand with automation our business has increased. There are following benefits with automation: ! Productivity improvement! Variables are controlled easily ! Quality improvement! Automation is profitable.
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SGIA – the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association, USA, is intends to compile and put together an Industry Promotion Kit in the form a complete a video, showing the diverse printing technologies within the printing community.
SGIA is looking for 2–3 minutes of printing footage to add to the compilation, which will be on display at the USA Science and Engineering Festival (Washington, DC, April 16–17, 2016). It will also be available for SGIA Educational Institution Members to incorporate into their lesson plans.
The video will allow students and educators — and the future imaging workforce — to get an inside look at the printing industry, and the impact it has on products we use in everyday life. Footage can include screen printing, digital printing, finished products, final product/installations and more.
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Congrats to students of PVG’s College of Engg, Pune for winning ASPDT award
The Screen Printing Association of India (SPAI) in association with the Federation of European Screen Printers Associations (FESPA) recently flagged-off the second season of its CCTTE (Cross Country Table Top Exhibition). Two such events were successfully organized at Kanpur and Varanasi on 8th and 9th January 2016, respectively.
Grafica Flextronica, being a knowledge based company, had displayed an array of DMI Institute's highly creative screen printed samples with stunning UV special effects vis a vis value addition.
The CCTTE road shows were being organized with the aim of creating awareness about the advanced screen printing technology – machinery and materials - among screen printing community in 2 and 3 tier cities.
A belated congratulation to the students of PVG’s College of Engineering & Technology, Pune, for winning the Award of Excellence and Best of Show in the 2015 ASPDT Tom Frecska Student Printing Competition (Post-Secondary School Div) in USA. A team of three students from Pune based PVG’s College of Engineering & Technology), (Khake Pawan, Kharat Shubham and Khade Ashok), had sent in their entry under the Category Unique Applications, Single/ Multicolor. The entry titled
“Screen Print Sample”, was produced under the guidance of their Instructor, Laxmi D. Sapkal.The entry was a silver car printed using following specifications:• Substrate: Polycarbonate 250
micron• 4 colour process printing
(CMYK)• Special colour- Silver metallic ink• Matt varnish
It may be recollected that DMI Institute, a Division of Grafica Flextronica, was the recipient several top awards in the ASPT (now ASDPT) competitions for four consecutive years, viz, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
Season 2 of successful at Varanasi and Kanpur
CCTTE road shows
