Sanraj Box and Brahma Printpack in Rajkot upgrade converting to Bobst Ambition folder gluers

Rajesh Patel of Sanraj Box Manufacturer and Printers

In the last one year, a few of Gujarat-based carton printers take strengthened their converting section by upgrading from locally made folder gluers to brand new Ambition folder gluers past Bobst. Rajkot'south Sanraj Box Manufacturer and Printers final year bought the Ambition to supersede an Indian-made one. In the process Sanraj became the first carton printer in Rajkot to opt for a Bobst binder gluer.

"Customers are now looking for convertors who have quality equipment in their finishing section. In fact, a lot of times they insist on certain make of equipment. Plus, we were likewise facing a lot of issue with our older folder gluer, especially for side pasting of cartons. This resulted in a lot of wastage. Taking all this into account, nosotros decided to opt for the Bobst Ambition folder gluer," says Rajesh Patel of Sanraj.

Sanraj supplies cartons to brand owners in nutrient industry, hardware industry, cosmetics industry, auto parts industry and agribusiness industry. In the press section, Sanraj has two Heidelberg offset press, one five-color printing and one 2-color press. Sanraj consumes virtually lxx-75 tons of paperboard every month and produces on an average 5 lakh cartons of various sizes every twenty-four hours.

With the new Bobst Appetite folder gluer Sanraj has managed to up its productivity significantly and has reduced wastage to the minimum. "Not just are nosotros producing more cartons due to productivity increase just are besides supplying those cartons on time. Earlier, with the older folder gluer, there were delays in deliveries. And so, nosotros knew this investment would help us accost these pain areas," Patel says.

Considering of the Ambition folder gluer, Sanraj is now finishing a lot of lock bottom cartons, which it was unable to exercise earlier. "Earlier, we did non have the technology to finish lock bottom carton jobs. Now we are doing a big amount of lock bottom jobs," Patel says. Autonomously from the Bobst Appetite, Sanraj has equipment like laminator and automobile punching machine, among others in its finishing department.

50 to R: Suraj Sharma of Bobst, Rajesh Patel and Harshvadan Patel of Brahma Printpack

Sanraj to ready up a bigger plant

With volumes now growing and infinite at its 1000 foursquare meter plant running short, Sanraj is looking for a bigger space. With the ground as well as the first floor now fully occupied, at that place is non plenty space for any other piece of machinery at Sanraj.

"We are running short of space and will wait at adding more machinery merely when we are able to find a suitable place. We desire a place significantly bigger that what we have at nowadays; at to the lowest degree 3,000 square meter in size. There we will expect to add together more presses and more than converting equipment," he says.

Ambition binder gluer at Ahmedabad'southward Brahma Printpack

This is Brahma'south first make new Bobst equipment in his factory. The Ambition folder gluer at Brahma was installed in Jan 2018.

Similar Sanraj, Brahma likewise was facing problems in the converting department, especially when finishing slightly complex work such as lock bottom cartons. The visitor services customers in the nutrient, pharma and tobacco industries and therefore needed to convert a variety of cartons, both mono cartons and corrugated cartons.

"With the Bobst Ambition nosotros have a much faster changeover time. Also, in that location has been a marked rise in productivity, which has led to meaning reduction in wastages and rejections," says Rajesh Patel of Brahma Printpack. In addition to the Ambition, Brahma has a five-color plus coater Heidelberg press and a 2-color Heidelberg press, two Maxima die-cut machines, and two BoxTech folder-gluers.

Venturing into food processing

The promoters of Brahma are working on setting upwards a food processing venture, which will produce irish potato flakes. The found will be located near Gandhinagar and will process near 80 tons of potato every twenty-four hours. Spud supplies will come up from Gujarat and the potato flakes will be supplied to snacks brands such as Balaji and Haldiram, among others.

"Nutrient processing is a fast-growing manufacture, and this volition be a way to diversify. The new venture volition accept a unlike name. We volition starting time with only one line. Processing equipment will be from Netherlands," shares Patel.

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