Drupa 2024

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Sajith Pallippuram · Managing Director · Bindwel · PrintPack India 2025

At Printpack India 2025, Wayne Beckett speaks with Sajid, Managing Director of Bindwell, South Asia’s largest manufacturer of binding machines. Bindwell plays a crucial role in India's thriving book industry, with seven out of ten books produced in India utilizing their technology. Based in Bengaluru, the company also exports to Africa and Southeast Asia, offering a full range of binding solutions from single-book production to large-scale textbook manufacturing.

The book market in India remains stable and continues to grow, particularly in the educational sector. While the pandemic pushed many institutions toward digital learning, there has been a notable return to printed textbooks, reinforcing the importance of physical books in education. Indian publishers are also expanding their reach, exporting textbooks to Africa, where demand is rising despite challenges like paper availability.

Bindwell is not only focusing on domestic growth but also setting its sights on the global market. With innovations such as their "Book of One" and short-run digital binding solutions, the company is preparing to engage with international partners at Hunkeler Innovation Days. Their goal is to explore collaborations that can help shape the future of digital book production in India and beyond.

Sajid emphasizes that Bindwell’s presence at Hunkeler Innovation Days is more about building an ecosystem than immediate sales. They aim to engage with potential partners, understand global trends, and ensure that India’s digital print market develops in the right direction.

With a strong foundation in India and ambitions for international growth, Bindwell is poised to make an impact in the evolving bookbinding and digital printing landscape.

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Jaiveer Singh · President · IPAMA

At Printpack India 2025, Wayne Beckett from Inkish speaks with Javier Singh, President of IPAMA, about the remarkable growth of the exhibition. With over 600 exhibitors, including 562 offering live demonstrations, this year’s event has surpassed previous editions, reflecting the industry's rapid expansion.

Javier Singh attributes this surge in participation to the team’s dedicated efforts in promoting the exhibition and focusing on future growth. Attendance figures are soaring, with an expected 140,000 to 150,000 visitors, putting Printpack India on par with major global events like Drupa. Notably, international visitors have also increased, with 16,000 attendees from countries across Africa, Latin America, the Gulf, Russia, and Asia.

As demand continues to rise, expansion plans are already in motion. The venue provider is set to construct new permanent halls, adding 42,000 square meters of space by the next edition, with plans for an additional 25,000 square meters. Despite the event's massive scale, organizers had to turn away 86 exhibitors due to space constraints—something they aim to resolve for 2027.

With projections for the next edition targeting 100,000 square meters of exhibition space and up to 200,000 visitors, Printpack India is cementing itself as a premier international printing and packaging trade show. Singh reassures that India is ready to welcome the world, making the event a key destination for global industry professionals.

As the show continues to grow, the future of Printpack India looks brighter than ever, with expectations to reach new milestones in 2027.

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Frank Schaum · EVP Business Segment Print · Heidelberger Druckmaschinen · Reporting from Drupa 2024

In this interview, Pat McGrew talks to Dr. Frank Schaum from Heidelberg about the JetFire. The JetFire is the first Inkjet product launched in collaboration with Canon, and it came as a huge surprise to most at Drupa—even considered the most interesting news at the entire show. Now it's time to listen to Dr. Frank Schaum in his conversation with Pat McGrew!

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Tom Baker · National Sales Specialist · Post-Press Komori UK · Reporting from Drupa 2024

Tom Baker is responsible for selling MBO post-press equipment in the UK, and he explains in this film that things are pretty OK. The Cobo Stack has also been a success in the UK - but dig in and listen for yourself!  

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Brett Stow · Owner · Absolute Printing Equipment Service · Reporting from Drupa 2024

The first time we met Brett Stow was during the planning of our trip to Minneapolis. Still, as there was a snowstorm in Minnesota, we didn't get the chance to meet each other in person, but that changed at Drupa, where we got the chance to meet at two booths of companies represented by Brett Stow—namely KAMA and Perfecta. In this interview, we met with Stow at the Perfecta booth, to discuss how the products fit into an American context—enjoy!  

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Jannik Müller · Head of Sales · MBO · Reporting from Drupa 2024

In this combined interview and walkthrough, Head of Sales Jannik Müller shows the folding opportunities of H+H and explains how water is also used to soften the folds - crazy fast and crazy amazing!  

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Stefan Schülling · Managing Director · MBO · Reporting from Drupa 2024

Stefan Schülling came to MBO with a background from the ink-side of the industry, and the journey he has been on the past year is impressive. Now leading MBO. Along with a new streamlined organization and being integrated with the Komori organization, there is plenty to do, and at drupa, MBO shows new products and updates to existing lines. But listen for yourself :-)  

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Eduard Martin · CEO · Schwabenprint · Reporting from Drupa 2024

Eduard Martin from Schwabenprint is a busy man, and in this interview, we get a chance to talk to him about how a customer almost invited him to set up an operation in the US. Now it's up and running, and we talk about equipment - and Eduard Martin's talk explains why he chose the Hohner solution for his booklets. Speed and setup time are just two parameters, but listen for yourself! Enjoy!  

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Paul Zamfir · Managing Partner · Printman · Reporting from Drupa 2024 #2

Paul Zamfir is Managing Partner with Printman in Romania - a distributor we met at Weilburger Graphics's booth a few days ago. Now we meet him at the Post Press Alliance booth, and of course, I had to ask him whether he has favorite products among all the machines we see - see the film to get the answer :-)  

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Erez Zimerman · CEO · Massivit · Reporting from Drupa 2024

Still among the most impressive 3D printers in the market, and in this combined interview and walkthrough by CEO Erez Zimerman, you get a bit of both - one exciting takeaway is that large format printers delivery instore and outdoor is among the segments Massivit addresses as large 3D printed 'products' can be used in combination and draw traffic - the booth give excellent examples. But also for prototyping and even for mold production, Massivit now has solutions!

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Takefumi Horiguchi · DX Group · Global Marketing Management · Fujifilm · Reporting from Drupa 2024

If you have followed INKISH during Drupa, you know we have reported quite a lot from Fujifilm. The company excels in several product categories, and in this interview with Takefumi Horiguchi, we dig into the understanding of Fujifilm's workflow/software portfolio. Fujifilm is as ambitious in software as with every other segment it operates in, so keep an eye on its software portfolio. Also, off-camera has exciting things in development!  

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Phillip Gaskin · Business Development Channel Manager · XMPie · Reporting from Drupa 2024

Mark's Quest takes him to Hall 7, where he meets with Phillip Gaskin from XMPie. Listen to the interview that, among other things, extends personalization to add a level of relevance and engagement - how far can XMPie bring you :-)

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Mike Herold · Executive VP, Marketing and Sales · EMT International · Reporting from Drupa 2024

With a background from IBM and Ricoh, Mike Herold used to be primarily associated with products around the mentioned companies' ecosystems. Still, in his relatively new role with EMT International, he is suddenly invited to former competitors—and that journey is, of course, interesting. Still, it also gives Herold many new opportunities!  

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Chris Harrington · VP Sales · Graphic Whizard · Reporting from Drupa 2024

Chris Harrington shows a couple of new products delivered by Canadian-based Graphic Whizard. Dig in :-)

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Dean Haertel · Senior Sales Manager · Fujifilm · Reporting from Drupa 2024

Mark's Quest for American Exhibitors took him to Fujifilm's booth, where he met with Dean Haertel. Heartel has a broad background in the industry but now works for Fujifilm. Here, he presents print bars that can be added to analog equipment. It's interesting how more and more companies offer inkjet print opportunities to make analog machines true hybrids!