Indo-American Print Summit 2008

September 11-12, 2008

New Delhi, India
Industry perspective
• Print industry growth outpaces GDP growth since 1989.

• Printing and Packaging Industry compound annual growth over

14%.

• More than 150,000 printing presses in operation

• Capital investment of over $2 billion

• Employs directly / indirectly over 1.5 million people.

• India will witness as many as 300 brand new sheetfed units

installations in 2007-2008 and 400 units in 2008-2009. *excludes
imports of second machines.
Industry perspective

• The Indian digital printing industry is projected to grow to $17

billion by 2010. *excludes imports of second machines
• In India digital print market share estimated to more than triple
– from 3% in 2005 to 9% in 2010. *excludes imports of second
machines
• While global market share may be smaller, India’s rapid growth
rate makes India the digital market for the future.
• Imports of printing machinery more than doubled, from $41
million to $84 million during 2001 -2005.

“The Indian Print Industry with a turnover of $ 6 billion is poised to turn global”.
- Ole S Rasmussen, MD, Heidelberg India Pvt. Ltd.
Why pursue business opportunities with Indian companies?

• The Indian Packaging Industry worth $2 billion.

• Indian packaging output grew by around 18% in 2003. Today,

most basic raw materials required for packaging Industry i.e.
Paper, Board, Plastic, Glass, Metal etc. are easily available.

• Growth rate varies - 5% in some sectors to 20% in sectors like

Flexible Packaging (Developed Countries average 3%).

• Over 40% of Export by Small / Medium Sector where Packaging

industry has major presence.
Why pursue business opportunities with Indian companies?

• More than 150 million people read a newspaper every day.

• Newspaper circulation is up by 33% from 2001 to 2005 (59.1 m to

78.6 m

• Print media market is currently valued at US$ 3.2 billion and is

projected to reach US $5.8 billion by 2011.

• Print Media-reach in India has increased to 222 million people

• Vast potential to grow market still larger; 369 million literate

people in India still not tapped by any publication
NPES objectives

• To provide a forum for the promotion of partnerships between

NPES members and Indian companies.

• To foster potential alliances and business relationships through:

• better understanding of respective business operating
environments
• comprehensive knowledge of respective industries
• optimizing face-to-face interaction between Indian
companies and NPES members
• promoting trade and business opportunities for NPES
members
Indo-American Print Summit 2008

• The inaugural Indo-American Print Summit 2008 is a forum for

participants to learn first hand about the opportunities and
challenges in the Digital Print Market.
• Everyone who is involved in printing and the graphic arts is
invited and encouraged to take participate in this premier
industry-wide event.
• The program is designed specifically for those who purchase or
influence purchase of printing.
• The event is supported by U.S. Department of Commercial
Service , local chambers of commerce and associations.
Day 1
• Welcome remarks and keynote address
• Indian Print Industry Overview
• Government Policy Investment Initiatives
• Tariffs and duties and objectives

• Technical sessions
• Color Management
• Digital Printing
• Quality - Essence of Brand Building presented by a panel of successful top
printers from India & US
• Management Information System (MIS) for Profitable Printing Business

• Networking reception
Day 2

• Boom in Newspaper Publishing

• Trends in Newspaper Technology
• Total Production Maintenance (TPM)
• Top Printing Machine Manufacturers from India & USA
• Stress Management
• Packaging & Label Printing
• Inks for Printing
• Environmental issues on Printing & Publishing
 For more information

• Participating in NPES Indo-American Print Summit 2008 will

enable you to generate direct sales leads, promote your brand, do
invaluable networking and set up robust regional sales and
distribution channels.

For more information contact V. Vinod at:

+91 11 41654714 or e-mail: vinod@npes.in