Installation data in centres like Gorakhpur and Jalandhar shows signs of a pick up. Other than packaging majors like TCPL notching up 24 Bobst folder gluers across all its plants, to pre-press specialist Trigon installing Asia’s first HP Indigo 25K,...

Podcast #14 looks at the world’s six biggest suppliers of printing inks - along with their global sales numbers and production numbers in India. Despite the unprecedented market dynamics and significant inflationary pressure, the factories in India have...

Print media saw a de-growth in 2020 as per the FICCI-EY report. In all this, the print CEO is being asked to do more with less. Most of them are asking what next for commercial printing. Podcast #13 looks at how CEOs can streamline their ops in a simple...

On 22 March, a Black Day call was given by the All India Federation of Master Printers. Why so? Simultaneously, the corrugated box industry is upping its ante. Why so? Also, a quick snapshot about the newspaper industry. Are the theories being floated...

Episode 11:Four associations, the BMPA, MMS, MMP and PPOA highlighted "the indiscriminate and unfair price hike of paper and raw materials." They have sought government intervention to include paper and paperboard in the Essential Commodities Act. The...

The kraft paper price hike has created a crisis. Podcast #10 looks at why the corrugated box manufacturers' associations are saying they are getting closer and closer to the edge of the cliff

Episode 9:This podcast celebrates printed books and popular publications in India in the 1800s. Test your knowledge about how the print superstars of the 19th century retrieved the old and combined it with the technological advantages of the printing...

Podcast #8 goes behind the scene and examines the WPO awards won by Asian Paints, Alpla India, Cosmo Films, Huhtamaki (two awards), ITC and Max Speciality Films.

Episode 7:A raft of price hikes from paper manufacturers is being attributed to rising costs of raw materials, energy and unavailability of ocean freight. What will be the impact on a print firm's balance sheet?

Episode 6:The Rs 10,000-crore metal packaging industry in India is poised for growth. But right now, the industry in India faces a 2.5-lakh MT per annum demand-supply gap. Will it be able to overcome the insurmountable hurdles?

Episode #5The print and packaging industry is optimistic about the Budget 2021-22. Although there were was no relief for print or packaging, industry leaders believe that infra spend bodes well for the industry even though the struggle with paper price...

India is investing. Podcast #4 looks at the influx of Bobst and DGM, Canon and Duplo, Esko and Thermoflexx, QIPC and Indus Analytics. An overview of how the print and packaging is rising to the challenges of the pandemic and, eyeing the longer term, by...

If current trends continue, the amount of plastic waste polluting the oceans will grow to 29 million metric tonnes a year by 2040, the equivalent of 50kg for every metre of coastline in the world. Podcast #3 looks at plastic packaging and wonders if we...

What is the status of the printed book especially during the pandemic? Podcast #2 explains the importance of 46 volumes of the Dastan-e Amir Hamza and then, it travels to book print firms in Jalhander and Faridabad and Meerut to the fact that Amazon...

Speak Up With Ramu - Podcast #1 looks at packaging trends; and the significance of PE giant Blackstone. Plus how the brands' focus on small towns and rural markets has led to consumption of small and affordable packs. And above all, the X factor: China.