Printers Bring Laurels for Ludhiana
11 April 2023: Offset Printers’ Association (OPA) organised felicitation ceremony to honour Printers of Ludhiana at ITC Fortune Select Forest Hill, Mahiya, Solan, Himachal Pradesh recently. It is for the first time that Ludhiana printers bagged 10 awards (4 Gold, 3 Silver and 3 Certificates of Merit) at National Awards for the Excellence in Printing (NAEP) organized by All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP). The glittering award ceremony was held at Hotel JW Marriott, Mumbai recently. This most coveted recognition for Indian Printing fraternity is supported by Government of India and are considered to the highest honour for a printer in India.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Kamal Mohan Chopra, President World Print and Communication Forum (WPCF) said, India represents one of the largest commercial printing markets in the Asia Pacific region. Congratulating the award-winning printers he said, “Over Decades, Ludhiana’s Printing industry has stood the test of time and evolved to become ultra-modern and digitally enabled.” Thanking Government of Punjab Prof. Chopra added, “With the inclusion of Paper Based Packaging units, in Thrust Sector by Government of Punjab, I am sure, that now Ludhiana will become hub for the printing and packaging in northern region of the country.”
Reading out the list of Printers, Gagandeep Singh, Vice President OPA said, the starworts who made OPA proud are: (1) Art World Printers (2) Big Byte (3) Jain Packwell (P) Ltd. – One Gold each, (4) New Sharma Screen Maker – One Gold and One Certificate of Merit, (5) Active Print & Transfers – Two Silvers, (6) Shiva Print Bazzar – One Silver, (7) Swastik Packo Printer and (8) Yuvraaj Enterprises – One Certificate of Merit Each.
Gagandeep Singh also presented memento and siropa on the behalf of OPA to all these printers.
