Labelexpo India 2012, which was held in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
between 29 October and 1 November, has enjoyed its most successful edition in
its 10 year history. Underlining the show’s importance in the region’s fast
growing label and package printing industry, Labelexpo India 2012 exceeded all
previous visitor and exhibitor numbers.
Attracting 8,049 show
visitors, attendance figures were up 33% on 2010’s event total of 6,054.
Occupying its largest footprint since being founded in 2002, Labelexpo India
2012 featured over 200 local and international exhibitors including 49 first
time participants; up from just over 150 in 2010. In addition, the show
organizers also reported that 53% of exhibitors had already confirmed their
participation at Labelexpo India 2014 before the show closed. Many have
committed to bigger stalls at the next edition.
A
significant platform for new product launches, Labelexpo India 2012 saw the
unveiling of over 20 new presses which were demonstrated live on the show
floor. Business was brisk across the show’s four days with many exhibitors
reporting on-site sales including Nilpeter and Mark Andy each selling two
machines and Epson also reporting strong sales.
Again
playing host to the LMAI Avery Dennison Label Awards, Labelexpo India was also
supported by the Label Manufacturers Association of India (LMAI), All India
Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP), Hologram Manufacturers Association of
India (HOMAI), Delhi Printers' Association and all of the country’s key
printing and packaging magazines.
Jade
Grace, event director, Labelexpo India commented: “We would like to thank
everyone involved including our association and media partners with Labelexpo
India for their unfailing support and contribution in making 2012’s show the
largest and best yet. The show’s four full days have been exceptional and the
atmosphere in the venue was vibrant and upbeat as the aisles were packed.”
She
continues: “The Indian label industry has made substantial advances in adopting
new technology and investing in innovation, training and sustainable growth
since we were last here in 2010. With label and package printing converters
spending wisely on top quality machines, materials and ancillaries, the future
of India’s label industry is undeniably strong with so many opportunities to
benefit from. With new prospects emerging for label and packaging printers as
the retail sector opens up through FDI and a growing interest in digital
technologies, we look forward to returning in 2014 to see how much more this
exciting market place has developed and grown.”
Quotes from Labelexpo India 2012:
Chris Chappel, sales engineer, Edale: “Edale exhibited
alongside our Indian agent Printers Supply Co and report it to be the ‘best
show of the Indian series so far’. Over the four show days, visitor numbers were
consistently high and visits to the Edale stand exceeded prior expectations;
the level of enquiries were up by 37% compared to the Labelexpo India 2010 show. We
received a high volume of machine enquiries and quotes requested and I am
confident that we will convert a good majority of these enquiries into sales
and future partnerships in the coming months.”
Ajay
Mehta, SMI Coated Products Pvt Ltd: “SMI Coated
Products has been participating at Labelexpo India from the very beginning. The
show is improving every time and it was bigger, better and very well organized
with purposeful delegates attending the show. Our friends from the Industry
were clear in their requirements and confident in the discussions. With the
clearance of FDI in retail segment by the Indian Government, the industry’s
future is indeed very bright and Labelexpo has been a key motivator towards the
growth of this sector. Our participation has always been very fruitful and this
year was no exception. The LMAI awards night was a fitting finale to the show.
We will all miss Mike Fairley at future shows. A respectful bow, from all of
us, to the Label Guru!”
Ram
Prasad S M, deputy general manager, Epson India Pvt Ltd: “Epson India was
present for the first time at Labelexpo India 2012 and we are very glad with
the experience gained through this event. We were able to showcase our digital
Sure Press – L4033AW for the first time in India and the excitement the product
elicited among converters was really amazing. The high point for us was the
sale of our first Sure Press L4033AW to Sai Packaging for its Bangalore Unit.
Making our first sale to one of the most respected pioneers, who are considered
the benchmark for quality in the packaging industry, was extremely gratifying
for us. Labelexpo India helped us to introduce the future of label printing to
the industry with the requisite impact.”
Samir
Patkar, Gallus: “I felt the show was
good, bigger, better and managed to pull some quality customers. The quality of
the show is getting better every two years. Labelexpo India 2012 did well in
projecting new trends and opportunities within the Indian label industry. It
was a good platform to connect with label printers and understand their
requirements and challenges in their daily business. As always our partners
supported us very well. The show gave Gallus a good platform to reinforce our
commitment to the Indian markets especially with our newly formed Gallus India
team. Yes, we did finalize a few orders and have a challenging task ahead of us
to follow up on new projects. I would like to congratulate Labelexpo for a
well-organized show.”
Manish
Hansoti, managing director, S. Kumar Multi Products Pvt.
Ltd - national distributor for Zonten Machinery: “Labelexpo India
2012 was a great show and visitors were serious about their requirements. The
30th and 31st of October were so hectic that I could not take lunch and was
busy for entire duration of the show! I have visited many exhibitions for
labels in other countries but this time everything was very well
done by exhibitors and all the arrangements were just fantastic. We are
expecting great business from the visitors. We were delighted to book
two flexo presses during the exhibition so it was a great event for
us. We wish all success to Labelexpo team for future events.”
Chinmay
Samanta, Inkstream: "Inkstream
received many new leads on UV flexo inks and water based inks at
Labelexpo India 2012. Inkstream has become a strategic channel partner of
Ashland Inc for India. The products of Ashland are well known in global
label market. UV-curable varnishes, adhesives and special effect coatings from
Ashland have received a very good response from narrow web flexo label
printers."
Tilkesh
Jathan, senior manager – marketing, Kaygee Loparex India Private
Limited: “Congratulations
over the success of Labelexpo India 2012. You guys have lived up to our
expectations. Many new sales leads were generated. There could have been no
better opportunity to broadcast our new innovations than at Labelexpo India
2012. Your show was organized very professionally, which is attested by the
fact that you have added another hall for 2014 and the advance bookings
you have received for it already.”
Sandeep
Nahata, marketing director, Khushboo Scientific Pvt. Ltd: “Labelexpo India
2012 was a great show to participate in and enough leads were generated through
visitors from different industries like label, sticker, graphic printing etc
who visited our stall and discussed their requirements which are valuable to
us. We hope to receive worthy response and do good business.”
Abraham
S Prabhakar, Kodak India Private Limited: “Labelexpo India
2012 was an excellent trade show and was well organized. My heartiest
congratulations go to the Labelexpo team for a job well done. We saw a good
quality of footfall and visitors to the show. Labelexpo India 2012 also had a
good range of exhibitors. Relevant and key packaging customers were targeted
and invited, and this made a huge difference to the trade show’s performance.
For Kodak, we had a very good footprint, serious enquiries and order closure
with a pretty good ROI. We are happy to have participated in this show and look
forward to the next Labelexpo venture.”
Anuj
Bhargava, CEO, Kumar Labels: “It was our very
first time participating at Labelexpo India as an exhibitor. Being a label
printer we couldn’t imagine making a machine ourselves, but the success at the
show really encouraged us. Our stall was almost always busy and we had a
tremendous response to “HassleFree Technologies NB-330 Intermittent (semi-rotary)
die-cutting machine”. We thank the Labelexpo team for making this event a great
success for us.”
David
Ho, Martin Automatic: “Martin Automatic
has participated in Labelexpo India from the beginning, and 2012 was the best
show yet. Leaders in the Indian label industry have responded favorably to
Martin’s non-stop unwind and rewind solutions. Leading printers and
converters in this region are modernizing their production models to become
more efficient by reducing material, energy, ink and labor costs. And
sustainable practices are becoming increasingly important in the region. Martin
is pleased to be considered an integral part of the new standards that are
becoming a reality among India’s manufacturing leaders.”
Nilesh
Mehta, director, Maxcess India: “This was the first
time we have participated at Labelexpo India 2012 and there was quite a good
response from the market for our new web guiding system FIFE 500. We have
received enquiries directly from end users directly, instead of OEM. Quality and
services are main concerns regardless of price. We had five positive enquiries,
27 leads will be great for first time participation.”
Vinod
Krishnamurthy Iyer, managing director, Mimaki Kanphor India Pvt Ltd: “Labelexpo India
2012 was a well-organized show. It’s a specialized show targeting a particular
clientele in the packaging industry and makes it quite interesting to find
industry and application specific clients. We have received a good number of
enquiries and we believe this is positive result. For us it’s not about
quantification but quality of leads so we can genuinely generate sales. The
actual outcome will give us confidence to be once again there with label expo
and build the market opportunity.”
T
P Jain , MD, Monotech Systems: “Chennai based Monotech
Systems Limited showcased its own manufactured JETSCI YUV high speed UV
industrial inkjet system for printing variable data information, two another
models were also launched for Aqueous and MICR inks based systems. We
participated for the first time at Labelexpo India 2012 and overall it has been
very successful launch of the JETSCI YUV. Several hundred visitors were given
live demonstrations of the press and we received an overwhelming response. We
have dozens of validated leads from the show and hoping to convert them into
business very soon.”
Jakob
Landberg, sales & marketing director, Nilpeter: “The many visitors
at the Nilpeter stall were impressed with the locally built 10-colour FB-3300S
press. The FB-3300S is recognized in the industry as a robust workhorse
designed to produce labels of superior quality. Nilpeter experienced excellent
business at Labelexpo India 2012 with the sale of two machines. India has
tremendous potential to be one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Both
appearance and attendance improve steadily show on show. Nilpeter is proud to
support the event and the strategic important Indian label industry.”
Federico
d’Annunzio Nuova GIDUE: “The Labelexpo
“brand” worldwide means for GIDUE always well-organized exhibitions, growth of
the industry, quality of the attendance. Labelexpo India 2012 confirms our
expectation: we had crowds of visitors at our demonstrations of our M1 press,
every hour and every day. We could sell two presses at the show, with further
dozens of really interested leads to follow. We have introduced to the Indian
converters the full GIDUE range; seven press lines, eight printing and
converting technologies. And we count on future Labelexpo shows to confirm our
leadership in labels and packaging printing and converting machines.”
Per
Lövgren, international sales manager, Swedev AB: “Swedev AB has
great expectations for sales in the Indian market. Despite all the talk of
economic crises we can see an increase in incoming orders. In Labelexpo India
2012, we had visitors from India, Sri Lanka, U.A.E., Kazakhstan and
Africa. We can see big potential to grow our sales in India and the rest
of the Asian region.”
Nicolai Bisgaard, sales
manager, Vetaphone: “We had a very
successful show at Labelexpo India 2012 and received a great response for the
launch of the Technology Bar with Weldon Celloplast. We closed several orders
for new equipment and received a lot of interesting leads. Overall, it was a
very positive show.”
Kishore
Kumar P S, manager marketing, Webtech Engineering (P) Ltd: “We had a very good
show at Labelexpo India 2012 where we have launched our new generation flexo
printing machine Flexomaster S340. We had good number of visitors and quality
enquires and leads. The visitor profile was also very specific which helped us
exploring more opportunities and all the enquires were related to the planned
industry and product we displayed. The business generated was really good and
we would be looking forward for the next show. The organizers have done a good
job in managing the show very professionally.”
Harveer
Singh, managing director, Weldon Celloplast Limited: “It was an amazing
and vibrant show. One stroll around, left visitors in awe! The quality of the
spread, ambience, and the diverse offerings from a global list of renowned
suppliers of materials, toolings, equipment and printing presses made it a
wholesome treat for the label printing fraternity. Truly a show, that was the
best Labelexpo India so far.Weldon
struck many deals.”
Filip
Weymans, Xeikon: “Recent
developments in the Indian market will accelerate the domestic growth and that
inspired people to attend Labelexpo India 2012. It makes the show the perfect
platform for Indian label printers and we saw great interest in flexo plate
making ThermoFlexX equipment and digital printing, Xeikon 3000 Series.”
