Noida-based Leap Digiprint installed an HP Indigo WS6800 webfed digital press in November 2017. The new press can handle substrates from 0.1 to 6.3 mm thickness for printing labels, flexible packaging, sleeves, IML, wrap-around labels or folding cartons. The press also comes with an inline priming unit. “Our setup includes an HP Indigo 6800, with label and sleeve converting equipment. We have tied up with partners for pouches, tubes and cartons,” said Honey Vazirani, director of Leap Digiprint.
Vazirani and the other director of the company, Vikram Prasad, are veterans in the packaging industry, both having worked for Huhtamaki PPL for close to 25 years. “Between the two of us, our experience covers sales, marketing, new product development, operations and HR,” said Vazirani.
“The experience at Huhtamaki has given us a sound base in packaging technology, helped us understand customer needs, and taught us how to run a successful business. We are confident this experience will come in handy. One big difference though is in our previous organization, we had sound financial standing and a dedicated customer base. Here, we are starting on a blank slate and without the same financial muscle – almost as newbees again. But that makes us even more determined, focused and creative,” added Vazirani.
“Our basic plan was simple; get back into a market that we already know, but with something futuristic and environment friendly. HP Indigo fits this plan quite well,” said Vikram Prasad. HP Indigo WS6800 makes business more environmentally responsible offering reduced production waste, energy efficiency, and carbon-neutral manufacturing. The press has the Green Leaf Mark from Intertek, one of the world’s leading independent certification and testing companies.
Prasad said that they are currently in the experimental stage and are not looking to restrict themselves to any specific industry, though it may happen in the future. “Our plans going forward will be to stay agile and opt for complimentary, quick turn around, short run technologies and equipment. We don’t see ourselves going back to conventional formats.”
Vazirani said, “The Indian label industry is highly price sensitive and there’s too much capacity in the market. Fighting for a piece of this regular market was what we wanted to get away from. Break-even is the first logical target for us and then, as per what we see as a market opportunity.”
— Anwesh Koley
