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WhatPackaging India magazine
  • WhatPackaging? is an essential reading for the packaging industry and is a labels and packaging extension of India’s leading printing magazine PrintWeek.
  • WhatPackaging? aspires to deliver relevant content covering all elements of the packaging supply chain – from design to print production and converting to packing and filling to warehousing and logistics, and retail.
  • WhatPackaging?’s target readership includes:packaging technologists at end-user companies, top executives at label, carton and flexible packaging converters, designers at branding agencies and managers at packaging and labeling equipment manufacturers and suppliers.
  • The content focus is packaging trends and innovations; end-user and converter case-studies; industry news, events and debates and new packaging designs and formats. The aim is to offer solutions via a range of industry expert articles from brands, customer and brands case-study covering equipment and technologies.
  • PrintWeek and WhatPackaging? are brands of Haymarket SAC.
Print and Packaging Industry in India: At a glance
  • Packaging is the fifth largest sector in India's economy and is one of the highest growth sectors in the country .
  • According to the Packaging Industry Association of India (PIAI), the sector is growing at a CAGR 22% to 25%.
  • The country’s paper industry needs investments of Rs 90,000 crore by 2030 for adding capacities to meet demand.
  • The Indian packaging industry was about USD31.7 billion in 2015. It has grown at a CAGR of 18% till FY20 – to an estimated USD72.6 billion, according to an ASSOCHAM-EY joint study
  • And in spite of the naysayers saying what they say about ink on paper or paperboard, you will get a sense of the bullishness in this space. - BMPA's Maharashtra survey about print says its is Rs 92,000 cr turnover in Maharashtra; plus 4.5 lakh print employees in Maharashtra; and 13,000 cr print export (6,200 cr direct export + 7,000 cr indirect export)
Latest Poll

What is a top priority for you when you plan a packaging roll-out?

Results

What is a top priority for you when you plan a packaging roll-out?

Material selection

 

25.00%

Over-designing

 

50.0%

Process inefficiency

 

0%

Packaging wastage

 

25.00%

Total Votes : 4

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