Hyderabad-based Pragati Offset Pvt. Ltd., India's leading printer, has earned
the distinction of being honoured as world's number one printer for the second
time when the company was conferred the prestigious "SAPPI International Printer
of the Year 2008" award.
It was in 2006 that Pragati created history by
being the first printing company from
India as well as from the entire Asian,
Australian and South/Central
American region to ever win this award,
which had so far gone only to printers from North
America, Europe and
South Africa.
At a function held recently in
Cape Town, South
Africa, Mr.
Narendra Paruchuri, CEO of Pragati Offset received the
award for Pragati's own
2008 calendar.
The calendar was printed on SAPPI Magno paper, with multiple
3-dimensional embossing, foiling with overprinting, gloss,
textured and glitter UV varnishes and new technologies such as
holographic
UV coatings.
The jury's comments in judging the calendar were "A great
balance between print techniques and design. Excellent use of
colour, Perfect even on overlays. A perfect example of what a
Printer's own Promotion piece should be."
SAPPI -
South African Pulp and Paper Inc., is the largest
producer of Art paper in the world with mills in
Europe, US
and
Africa. A global company with production facilities in 9
countries, SAPPI has over 15000 employees world over. The
International competition encompassing all five continents was
started in 2001.
Pragati has won 10 Golds, 20 Silvers and 6 Bronzes at the
SAPPI competition in the past eight years, a feat unsurpassed by
any printer in the world. Pragati also won numerous national
awards including Best Printer in India and SAARC regions. Mr.
Narendra Paruchuri said "Thanks to our efficient and motivated
workforce who is proficient to handle the latest technologies,
Pragati has achieved such unique distinctions, which restate the
fact that we have taken the Indian printing quality to
world-class level" .
Pragati Offset P. Ltd., has its
state-of-the-art printing press in Hyderbad and is the
first press in India to use many a technology for the first time
in the printing industry - Computerized Phototypesetting System,
Computer Controlled Printing System and highly automated,
high-quality binding machinery. Equipped with an unmatched
infrastructure, Pragati provides cutting-edge service to its
worldwide clients from its offices located in
Bangalore,
Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai,
New Delhi,
Pune and its subsidiary company in USA headquartered in New
York.
