Founded in 1976, Kapoor Imaging started manufacturing in 2015. Its sisterconcern, Apollo Poly Vinyl, manufactures and sells digital media vinyls, one way vision, foam boards and PVC sheets. Kapoor Imaging closed three deals at the Printpack show, selling its CtP machine to a customer based in Chennai. Apart from this, the company sold its CtP to Amber Press in Lucknow and Ankita Communications based in Okhla, New Delhi.
Kapoor Imaging displayed its UV-CtP the Topaz 64LD, and launched two new products at Printpack. One of these was the Agfa Synaps from Europe, which is used in security applications such as mark-sheets and is also in the photography segment. Synaps is a subsidiary of Agfa with which Kapoor Imaging signed up with the rights to sell in the country.
The second product launched by the company at Printpack was its violet plate PPVG, which is in use at Chennai’s leading dailies Dinamalar and Dinakaran while trials are on at The Hindu. “This is a good sign for our company. We are going to be the second alternate supplier of this product in the country for violet,” said Giridharan S, chief executive officer of Kapoor Imaging.
The company also launched packaging adhesives at its stand in Printpack. “We are already into offset in a full-fledged manner. Adhesives are going to help us get into the packaging segment. To be frank, we see the offset segment shrinking and that is the reason why we have gone into packaging. It is not just mainstream commercial offset segment that’s shrinking, the newspaper segment is shrinking as well. In the next few months we are going to aggressively market our adhesives and varnishes for the packaging industry,” Giridharan added.
According to him, the day proprietary inks go away from digital printing segment and the market for inks opens up, digital will become more viable compared to offset. He also believes that commercial printing in India will be cannibalized and digital will take it over in the years to come.
