Labelexpo India team hits the road

With Labelexpo India approaching in New Delhi from December 8-11, a team consisting of Roger Pellow, MD of Labelexpo, L&L editor Andy Thomas, Jade Grace, international sales executive, and marketing manager Michael Hatton, recently toured India in a series of roadshows to promote the event.  

The first road show in Chennai was hosted by Nilpeter/Proteck and attendees were treated to a sneak preview of the new Nilpeter FB3300 servo press built by the company in India. The press will be at Labelexpo India. 

The second road show took place in Mumbai and was hosted by SMI Coated Products. The president of the LMAI, Vivek Kapoor, gave a talk during the evening, as did in-coming president of the Bombay Master Printers Association, Hemant Bhotica. 

The third road show took place in Ludhiana. The 180+ printers in attendance heard presentations from the current president of the Offset Printers’ Association, Parveen Agarwal, and general secretary Kamal Chopra, as well as the general manager, directorate of industries from the ministry of small and medium enterprises. 

Commenting on the Ludhiana event, which he helped to organize, Harveer Sahni, managing director of Weldon Celloplast, commented: ‘I personally believe that the big cities have reached a point of saturation and it is now time to move to smaller towns like Ludhiana. The real growth is coming from families of people who once thought that industry was only the forte of those who lived in big cities. A young and literate India is changing all that. They understand the dynamics of business and know that to be successful one does not have to be located in big cities. Even if we look at our label industry, we find big investments happening in towns like Sivakasi, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Bhopal, Indore, Chandigarh and Ludhiana.’ 

Roger Pellow, Labelexpo managing director, said: ‘We believe in developing the labeling industry and growing it globally. Labelexpo India is one of the events that is key to this strategy and reflects our commitment to this important market. Running these road shows before Labelexpo India was a fantastic way to engage with printers across India in the run up to the show and the positive atmosphere at these events truly reflected what a great show we are expecting in New Delhi. I’d like to thank all the associations for the support that they have given us and I look forward to seeing them and their members at Labelexpo India in December.’