KBA Rapida 7-color press with a battery of Bobsts spices up the East

A few samples of cartons printed at the new Kolkata unit of measurement of Nextgen Printers. Photograph PSA

Nextgen Printers, based in Kolkata, is a rise packaging converter. In 2008 information technology decided to bring packag-ing solutions to the Eastern part of the country equipped with experience and expertise from its sister business organisation, Avail Printers, based in Kolkata. Nexgen's showtime packaging unit of measurement was set up in the year 2010 in the hills of Majhitar, near Rangpo in Due east Sikkim. Already ISO 9001:2008 certified, the Sikkim plant is a supplier to major pharmaceutical companies, the local liquor industry, state cooperative and other local human being-ufacturers. Nextgen's constitute in Rangpo has been extremely successful – information technology is busy 24×7 every 24-hour interval of the yr

A couple of years ago, Nextgen took another major step in building its position every bit a major packaging converter in Eastern India. It prepare Kolkata's first fully integrated UV multicolor sheefed press specializing in packaging solutions with a new 60,000 foursquare foot plant on two.five acres of land in Howrah commune, around 30 kilometres from Kolkata. A highly configured KBA Rapida 105 seven-colour plus coater full UV press is the eye-piece of the just commissioned monocarton plant. The raised combination printing is equipped with UV inter-deck, as well as finish of the press dryers with full flexibility in curing that will permit Nextgen to handle the most complicated jobs in the market. The machine has a foil package to handle foils and plastics, automatic camera annals. Additionally there are sensors in the UV modules that assure completely safe and consummate curing of low migration inks for nutrient packaging.

While discussing the company's upcoming plans and ideas Bijay Agarwal, director of Nextgen Printers in Kolkata says, "The general perception is that the market in and around Kolkata is lethargic and slow to pick up compared to another parts of Bharat. Nevertheless, at Nextgen, we feel that the marketplace over here has been waiting for the change to come. We have come up upward with this setup which can attend to whatsoever and every segment that requires value-addition. Co-ordinate to our initial survey, we plant that many of our target customers do have specialized requirements only at that place was no i to supply and encounter their needs. These customers had to get their jobs done in far-abroad states. We shall exist addressing this void and plan to run into these kinds of requirements."

Bijay Agarwal, director of Nextgen Printers. Photo PSA

Nextgen has besides purchased two Bobst Novacut 106 ER diecutters of which ane is already installed while the other volition be shipped in April. The new Novacut ER provides blanking functions for double-cutting cartons that were previously only available with Bobst's superlative-of-the-line Expertcut, says Agarwal. There is a Bobst Expertfold 110 folder-gluer and also i Bobst Visionfoil foil stamper, a beginning for Eastern India, says Agarwal. Other special machines at the new plant are a rotary window patching and lining arrangement from Heiber Schroder and a Zund cut table for carton prototyping and samplemaking. Apart from the 7-color KBA Rapida, Nextgen is also putting in a refurbished vi-color get-go printing from Roland. The packaging prepress workflow is based on software from Esko.

The new found is partly operational at the moment and by the stop of the current financial twelvemonth in March 2022, it should be fully operational, says Agarwal. "We have invested a lot of money in these projects as we have got specialized equipments and machines which is why are confident that nosotros can really make a positive change in the market here. The corporeality of value addition that we would be able to provide in the market at the moment is something that nosotros are proud of and we hope our efforts will be recognized and appreciated by our customers. There are challenges of form equally the market remains a bit soft over here, but with the right tools, right skills and right attitude nosotros should be able to encounter and attend to the needs of our customers," Agarwal concludes.

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