TCPL Named Company of the Year at PrintWeek Awards 2023
03 November 2023: Mumbai-based TCPL Packaging edged out last year’s winner Manipal Technologies to take home the coveted PrintWeek Printing Company of Year Prism at the PrintWeek Awards 2023 gala ceremony held at The Westin Mumbai Powai Lake on 30 October.
In its 13th year and considered to be the industry benchmark, PrintWeek Awards is the flagship of PrintWeek and WhatPackaging? magazines (under the aegis of Haymarket SAC). In all, 48 Prisms were handed out in the course of the evening, in 33 categories. There are 11 Performance Awards, 18 Quality Awards and four Special Industry Awards.
Addressing the gathering via a pre-recorded video, Saket Kanoria of TCPL said, “I am profoundly honoured and humbled to accept on behalf of TCPL Packaging the prestigious PrintWeek Company of the Year Award. This recognition holds immense significance in the world of print and packaging, and it’s a moment that fills us at TCPL with pride. Acknowledging the hard work, dedication, and commitment of our entire team at TCPL. This award is a testament to the resolute efforts and tireless pursuit of excellence by every member of our organisation.”
For the 13th edition of the PrintWeek Awards, this year, the Awards received submissions from 100 printing and packaging leaders. More than 700 print and packaging samples were evaluated by 23 Jury members comprising industry experts, brand representatives and print buyers during the Jury Week held on 4-6 October.
On the Awards night, Manipal Technologies, of course, did not go empty-handed. The company won the Book Printer of the Year (Specialty and Trade) jointly with Nutech. TCPL Packaging also won the Innovative Printer of the Year (PET, LDPE, HDPE, PVC, PP, PS, metal / glass) category, for creating a sustainable all-PE stand-up pouch for Whey chocolate one-kg pouch, along with Pune-based Sai Paks.
This year, there were 14 first-time winners, including multi-locational behemoth and boutique converters based in tier-II cities – TCPL Packaging; Quarterfold Printabilities; EPL; Multivista; Kwality Offset; Lipi International; Nisarga Works; Sain Packaging; Print Vision; iMS Group; Holostik; Afflatus; Hitech Print Systems and Yarbal Print-Pack.
Highlighting how the industry has collectively proven itself in delivering innovative, eye-catching products, joint winners were declared in 15 categories. Some of the prominent categories were Most Challenging Project of the Year (Afflatus Gravure and Holostik India); Customer Service Company of the Year (DCD Printers and S Kumar Multiproducts); Green Company of the Year (EPL and Multivista); Export Company of the Year (Brilliant Printers and Quarterfold Printabilities); Innovative Printer of the Year (paper / paperboard / corrugated) (Perfect Packaging and ITC Packaging and Printing Business); Label Printer of the Year (Any Graphics and Kwality Offset); Packaging Converter of the Year (F&B) (ITC and Lipi International); Packaging Converter of the Year (Letra Graphix and Sain Packaging).
Other major winners of the evening were Avantika Printers (Digital Photo Album Printer of the Year); Prodon Enterprise (Fine Art Printer of the Year); ABP (Newspaper Printer of the Year); Ocean’s Deep Printers (Packaging Converter of the Year (FMCG)); Spectrum Scan (POS / POP Printer of the Year); Manjushree Technopack (Packaging Company of the Year – Rigid Packaging (Metal / PET / Plastic)); Parakh Flexipacks (Packaging Company of the Year – Flexible Packaging); Printmann Group (Packaging Company of the Year – Folding Cartons (Boutique)); Parksons Packaging (Packaging Company of the Year – Folding Cartons (Large volumes); Khetan Corru Case (MSME Company of the Year).
Earlier in the evening, Hormazd Sorabjee, Managing Director of Haymarket Sac India and editor of Autocar in India welcomed 300 print delegates. Hormazd Sorabjee thanked the print and packaging industry for the overwhelming response. Later, Sorabjee shared the feedback from the Award auditors, JK Doshi. He said, “India Book Market Report 2022 prophesies Rs.98,920 crore for the print book market by 2024-25. It was Rs.30,660-crore ten years ago.”
Manabu Yamazaki, President and CEO of Canon India, was the chief guest of the PrintWeek Awards. Yamazaki said, “Despite the pandemic-induced slowdown, the industry was quick to pick up, especially with the increased adoption of digital across industries. The printing industry has undergone rapid transformation in the last couple of years augmented by advanced innovations and a rise in customers adopting digital experiences.”
Then, Manabu Yamazaki highlighted some of the key trends which he has discerned. He said, “In India, volume growth of commercial printing, decentralisation of digital printing, and its expansion in tier-II and III cities is driving new applications for industry.
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