All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) is leading a 114 members, largest delegation ever, under the leadership of Mr. Dev Nair, President AIFMP to visit All in Print China (AiP) exhibition going to be held at Shanghai on 14-17 November, 2014. Giving details about the visit, Mr. Kamal Chopra, Chairman International Relations, AIFMP said, ‘Printing and Print- Packaging industry in India is growing at a rapid pace. Growth of the Printing coupled with Packaging Printing industry in India since 1989 has been estimated to be over 14%. India is expected to become the sixth largest market in the world by 2015, according to a study by ICD Research. The growth is expected to continue its momentum on account of rising economic standards and improvement in global economic situation. While everyone thinks printing is adding ink on paper, the scenario is changing rapidly with printing becoming an integral part of manufacturing with the use of cutting edge ink-jet technology with modern material science. It is therefore essential to visit such trade show to take note and learn about the latest technologies and the things to come, Mr. Chopra added. Mr. Chopra further added that this visit to AiP is supported by the Government of India, Ministry of MSME under international cooperation scheme.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Dev Nair, President AIFMP said, ‘Economic cooperation between India and China in the last decade has been a remarkable story. From very modest beginnings, China has become India’s largest trade partner and India is China’s seventh largest export destination. Trade last year was USD 67 billion and is steadily growing. The relations are now maturing, moving from trade to investments. We need to seek more avenues for increasing bilateral commercial engagement and printing sector can be targeted as one of the potential sectors.’ Mr. Nair further said, that during this show on 16th of November AIFMP is going to celebrate INDIA DAY.



The objective of India day celebrations, Mr. Nair said, is to further strengthen cooperation between Indian and Chinese companies in this sector by organizing B2B meeting between Chinese machinery manufacturers and suppliers of various international brands and Indian printers to exchange expertise and seek more avenues of business cooperation. There is a two-way flow between the two countries in this sector, marked by good synergy and potential for further cooperation, including mutual investments. It is my earnest wish that this event enhances India-China trade and investment in printing and allied sectors and help in technological collaboration to bring about greater value add in Indian printing industry.

Kamal Chopra
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