Skanem Interlabels expands aggressively in India

Skanem Interlabels is undergoing an impressive expansion in its facilities and capabilities as it fits into the wider global Skanem group. The company opened its third plant in India in the historic city of Kolkata in February 2014. Spread across an area of 20,000 sq. ft., the factory houses a Nuova Gidue press that has been shifted from the company’s Vasai plant in Maharashtra. A fully loaded 10-color Nilpeter FA-4 was installed in its Baddi unit in October 2013 and another Nilpeter FA-4 is installed in Vasai. Both these Nilpeter presses have been imported from Europe. The company also has a small office in Delhi where it does special barcode variable data printing.

Looking at changing label industry technologies, Kothari, managing director of Skanem Interlabels, says, ‘Digital had a lot of challenges in India till now. It cannot replace flexo in the short to mid-term, but I see it becoming dominant in the next three to five years.’