Product launches and live demos
to be main attractions at PAMEX 2015
As everything starts moving in full pace for PAMEX 2015, one of the greatest
expos on the printing and allied machinery industries, overall excitement is palpable
as the core group members recently gathered for its second meeting in New Delhi.
The gathering brought out brainstorming sessions and drew roadmap
for the successful hosting of the trade exhibition and the concurrent conference.
AMSG Ashokan releasing first PAMEX Preview Newsletter
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The pre-exhibition
gathering for
PAMEX 2015
to be held from
December 09-12 at
Bombay Exhibition Centre was
attended by over 30 leading
printers, suppliers and media
persons including representatives
of Cambridge Press, Dewan
Offset Printers, Dhote Offset,
Foil Printers, India Printing
Works, Insight Communication &
Print Solutions, Konica Minolta
Business Solution, Memory
Repro Systems, Monotech
Systems, Nippon Color, NPES,
Paper Bind, Pressline India,
Print & Publishing, Provin
Technos, Sahil Graphics,
Shalimar Offset Press, Sri Durga
Polymers, Sumi Publications and
The Jeyagraham Arts Crafts.
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Spirit of the attendees at the
august gathering was set by an
eloquent welcome address by
Anand Limaye, hony general
secretary of All India Federation
of Master Printers (AIFMP),
in which he briefly traced the
history of PAMEX. He also
shared the rationale of moving
the event to Mumbai in its
10th edition and predicted a closer
co-operation with Indian Printing,
Packaging and Machinery
Manufactures' Association
(IPAMA) that would benefit their
respective events as well as the
exhibitors and visitors of both
the exhibitions – PRINTPACK
INDIA and PAMEX.
Opening of the meeting was
marked with the release of the
PAMEX Preview Newsletter
(first of the three series) by
AMSG Ashokan, chairman,
PAMEX Organising Committee,
as he presented the first copy of
the newsletter to Satish Bajwa,
vice president, IPAMA. Further
in the follow-up session, Tushar
Dhote, co-chairman of PAMEX
Organising Committee presented
updated details on the stall
booking status and promotional
campaigns successfully carried
out till date. He also outlined
the international conference
planned on the second day of
PAMEX 2015 at the exhibition
venue itself before opening the
forum to a freewheel discussion.
The core group was
overwhelmingly buoyed by
the decision of shifting the
exhibition venue to Mumbai.
In a moving recount of his
regular participations in various
editions of PAMEX, Bal Krishan
Khindria, managing director,
Memory Repro, spoke of
how the entire industry was
enthused with the move. The
group recommended a series of
grassroots level campaigns to be
carried out across Maharashtra,
Goa and Gujarat to attract larger
number of visitors this year. Also
suggested during the meeting
was a systematic campaign to be
carried out by covering B-towns
all over the country, especially
in the south and outreaching to
international visitors from Gulf,
East Africa and the neighbouring
countries. “Mumbai is ideally
located to draw visitors from
these regions and efforts should
be made to get the largest pull,”
suggested Anuj Mehta from Paper
Bind International Pte Ltd.
“Running machinery or live
demo is the life of a printing
exhibition. The prime locations
in the hall should be reserved
for the exhibitors that commit
to display live running machines
and newly launched products,”
opined Kishore from Monotech
Systems and it was a view shared
by almost all present at the
gathering. It was discussed that
as a corollary, tight monitoring
of procedures for octroi and
hassle-free movement of exhibits
through the border check posts
and on site handling should be
ensured by the event managers.
In his closing remarks, Ashokan
thanked the gathering for its
contribution in providing an
insight into the concerns of the
industry and promised to design
a promotional campaign and a
conference that would take into
account all the inputs received
from the core group. He also
expected this interaction to be
an ongoing process and continue
through a WhatsApp group on
social media network. For further
details contact Varsha Pal at:
varsha@print-packaging.com