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Greencore provides customized honeycomb packaging solutions in India. With a presence in Bhiwadi, Jodhpur, Jaipur, New Delhi, Faridabad, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Saudi Arabia, the paper honeycomb manufacturer showcased its eco-friendly and recyclable product range at the Intrapac exhibition in Greater Noida's India Expo Centre in March.

With exports making up 90% of the company's production, Greencore supplies paper honeycomb to textile, automotive, and handicraft companies. At the IntraPac exhibition, the company showcased its products for marble and mirror packaging and display racks, separators, boxes, lamp packaging and chairs, which are known for their strength despite being lightweight.

The reduced weight of the packaging makes it ideal for shipping and transportation purposes, said Rajesh Yadav from Greencore's marketing and sales division. He said the packaging material is made from renewable materials such as paper and cardboard, which makes it sustainable.

Vinsak promoted its range of flexo presses from Lombardi, offset presses from Rotatek and Iwasaki, and Vinsak USAR finishing systems for labels at the IntraPac exhibition in Greater Noida in March. The company ran a live display of its tabletop rewinder, including a camera system used for track-and-trace applications.

On the Lomardi front, the company is all set to install its first 870 mm at a customer's site in Ahmedabad, Ranesh Bajaj, director of Vinsak, informed Packaging South Asia. The company also struck a deal for its first Rotatek offset press with a customer in Western India. The press is coming in June, he said, adding the company is installing 4 – 5 slitter rewinders per month. On the digital finishing side, Vinsak has launched a semi-rotary flexo and semi-rotary die-cutting machine, for which the first installation has already happened in Gurgaon.

The self-adhesive label industry in India is getting very crowded, and more competitive, he said, adding there is a need to keep pushing label converters to go into newer businesses such as shrink sleeves and in-mold labels.

The company installed six of its in-mold die-cutting machines in 2023. In 2024, it has ordered around 10 in-mold die-cutting machines, which will be installed soon. “We have also built an in-mold die-cutting machine at Vinsak,” he said. While the in-mold labels segment is growing, heat transfer labels are also set to grow, he said.

Delhi-based Asian Organics – a manufacturer and supplier of high-grade pigment paste, pigment color paste, pigment textiles, fluorescent pigment inks, water-based inks, and flexography inks – showcased its products at the IntraPac show. The Delhi-based provider is focusing on sustainable packaging — trying to decrease the carbon footprint in inks with water-based solutions.

According to Sanjay Mishra, managing director of Asian Organics, the company provides full consultation to manufacturers of flexible packaging (using PVC or LDPE) or paper packaging. “We are a one-stop solution for all water-based inks and coatings. We advocate the use of water-based inks instead of solvent-based as a more sustainable approach,” Mishra says.

Asian Organics has two factories to manufacture its inks and coatings — one in Delhi's Bawana industrial area and another in Haryana. The Rohini-headquartered company, which has an annual turnover of Rs 25 crore, is a pan-India provider. It also supplies to Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.