28 Oct 2024 | By  Ramu Ramanathan

PackMan’s weekly highlights: Urban blues for FMCG

This week's highlights reflect on the FMCG performance of companies in the wake of quarterly results being out, and the ...

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12 Sep 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Exclusive Profile: Easy Openends

S Sreenatha of Easy Openends speaks to Ramu Ramanathan about the history of cans and the company's e...

08 Aug 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Coatings that give your packaging a sustainable upgrade

The Indian packaging coating market is expected to grow to USD 3.98 billion by 2030. This means grow...

08 Aug 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Coating ensures a sustainable packaging structure for easy recyclability

DIC-Sun Chemical is at the forefront of innovative coatings solutions across the globe. The global b...

08 Aug 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Shailesh Nema: Regulation should advocate water-based coatings

“In terms of performance, the sealing abilities of PE is unmatchable. But water-based coatings provi...

30 Jul 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

The benefits of water-based coatings over PE-based

Ashwini Sonar, the strategic marketing specialist at HB Fuller in a conversation with Abhay Avadhani...

02 Jul 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Dr Sameer Joshi's ten commandments for plastic waste management

Dr Sameer Joshi confronts the plastic waste problem with ten simple steps. Joshi says, "We need to f...

21 May 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

ITC's Sanjiv Puri is president of CII

Sanjiv Puri, the chairman of ITC has been elected the president of Confederation of Indian Industry ...

29 Apr 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Fibre Foils: A stakeholder in the Rs 1,000-cr consumer packaging segment

Diwakar Shetty, chairman, Fibre Foils in a conversation with Ramu Ramanathan of WhatPackaging? talks...

13 Mar 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

With Somerset as investor, Printmann aims to double revenue

Printmann who bagged the Packaging Company of the Year - Folding Cartons (Boutique) during the Print...

15 Feb 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Loot, and the industry's feeble attempts to fight back

India "imports" adhesives at half the price of the top brands. Many local manufacturers repack them ...

14 Feb 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Printmann gains Somerset funding for growth

Printmann who bagged the Packaging Company of the Year - Folding Cartons (Boutique) during the Print...

14 Feb 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Prabhakar Venneti outlines ITC PSPD's plan for 2024

WhatPackaging? magazine catches up with ITC's Prabhakar Venneti on the sidelines of Print Summit 24 ...

30 Jan 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Five takeaways from Sumant Bhargavan at PS 24

ITC's executive director Sumant Bhargavan, the man known for setting-up 'Bingo!', the snack food cat...

18 Jan 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Sumant Bhargavans masterclass on how to understand the consumer; and create a wow product

ITC's executive director Sumant Bhargavan, the man known for setting-up 'Bingo!', the snack food cat...

16 Jan 2024 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Faheem Agboatwala: Five reasons to attend BMPA summit on 18 January

On 18 January 2024, all eyes will be on BMPA's Print Summit 2024 (PS24). The reason: An impressive l...

29 Nov 2023 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Spotlight on Anant Gadre, managing director of 3D Technopack

Anant Gadre speaks to the WhatPackaging? team about how the year (2023) was; what the learnings were...

14 Nov 2023 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Flexo exhibits a higher sustainability quotient

Creating a comparison chart for flexo against other methods can be beneficial to illustrate the adva...

14 Nov 2023 | By Ramu Ramanathan

Narrow-web flexo has reached maturity, and saturation

Despite this, many players are now looking beyond labels for growth opportunities, says Sethunath Pa...

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