What are the recent world trends in printing industry?
What we sense and what we get confirmed from the international research institutes is the supra-dimensional growth of the print media industry in India and, consequently, into Nepal. News in January showed increase of paper consumption per capita of approximately 10 percent in the region. We know that packaging industry is prospering approximately 18 percent per year. This is actually a good sign that we have a good business environment despite the current global economic slowdown. As the print buyers in Nepal have not many options for good quality printing, do you think that world quality printing is possible in Nepal? Of course Nepali printers can. However, there are still miles to go. We need skilled operators, investment in printing infrastructure like modern prepress components, efficient offset presses that can produce consistent quality on minimum material wastage and state-of-the-art finishing devices. We need top-class reference printers that can satisfy the quality desire of
