Packaging South Asia will be at Ipack-Ima in Milan again. Exhibitors and visitors can meet editors Naresh Khanna and Ron Augustin at our stand in Hall 24P Stand 12A at the show. Drupa, the printing industry’s biggest show is approaching fast and is likely to have a larger proportion of Asian exhibitors and visitors than four years ago. Our shared stand at drupa is the same as last time — Hall 9 Stand A39. For many drupa exhibitors such as KBA, the drupa year actually began with new machines being shown at All in Print in Shanghai in November 2011. Inx international like many other exhibitors this tme, are looking at drupa as a showplace for products and technologies that are environment friendly.

IppStar’s Arti Sharma has another update on local polymer prices. In addition, this newsletter contains two stories from the PSA February Review issue of Plastindia — APL and Cosmo Films. Meanwhile Brenntag, a chemical manufacturer already operating at six locations in India has opened a new office in Mumbai. Linpac has launched a new film for food packaging, and UPM Raflatac has launched a new heat resistant PET Matt White 60.

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