Compiled by  Mohan Kaikini COO ‐ SPAI

SPAI – Screen printers’ association of India

SPAI – Screen Printers’ Association of India,

- Established in 1980, as Screen Printing Association of India &

- Got reshaped as Screen Printers’ Association of India (SPAI) in 2001

- Today it has more than 475 members (Printers & Manufacturers/Suppliers)

-With the motto “Together we serve better and longer” the association was formed

a. To promote and protect screen printing industry, b. To stimulate and promote the development of screen printing in India

through various programmes.

SPAI takes prides in noting that many of its members regularly bag, top awards in National and International Competitions

SPAI – FESPA Association

SPAI is an associate member of FESPA.

SPAI was officially voted as an associate member of FESPA during its General Assembly held in Sweden in 2004.

As a result of this, besides many other benefits, SPAI members:

- Were made eligible to receive issues of FESPA WORLD,

- Get access to technical information in Screen Printing Industry

- Get discounts on various products such as Sensation & other events/exhibitions

- Arrange for Projects & Events with assistance from FESPA

SPAI – FESPA Association

SPAI actively associated with FESPA for its 4 international events in India –FESPA India 2005,

2007, 2009 in New Delhi

& FESPA Digital India 2009 in Mumbai

SPAI initiated Awards Competition in the 3 Delhi events and many of the members won awards. This way SPAI also encourages excellence in screen printing.

SPAI members could send their entries to FESPA’s international award competitions – Munich 2005, Berlin 2007, Geneva (Digital) 2008 & Munich 2010 and SPAI members, by bagging awards in these competitions, proved that Indian screen printers can match international standards

Past Scenario of Screen Printing in India

Earlier, screen printing was done through manual processes, using conventional modes. Indian printers were wary to shift to mechanization, either due to high costs compared to the manual costs, or ignorance or lack of knowledge as to how the usage could be optimized.

Due to these conventional modes the applications of screen printing were limited.

To add to it, different brands of Digital Machines came into India in large numbers and Digital Printing gave faster deliveries, they became more popular, with Screen Printing taking back seat.

Recent Scenario of Screen Printing in India ‐ 1

In recent years, scope for Industrial applications of Screen Printing grew:

- Indian Economy opened up for Manufacturing sector, - More and more International companies willing to invest directly or on Joint ventures,set their manufacturing units in India,

- Automotive, Computers & peripherals, Electronic consumer durables, MedicalEquipments, Mobile/Telecom Industries etc.,

- Outsourcing of Textile manufacturing for International brands opened up, - Most printers, dependant totally on Solvent Inks, started shifting to UV inks(more versatile & environment friendly).

- Manufacturing companies, set up their own Screen Printing units or encouraged Screen Printing ancillaries.

- Research and Development processes took place to provide variety of finishes on different substrates, which were hitherto not tried out.

Recent Scenario of Screen Printing in India ‐ 2

To keep pace with the requirements to the Manufacturing & Screen Printing Industry,

- Ink manufacturers established/expanded their own set-ups – DIC India, Colors, Fuji Sericol, Jainco and Micro Inks providing a variety of Solvent & UV inks.

- Machinery Manufacturers introduced smaller machines fitting within lower budgets, bringing mechanization, within reach of small/medium enterprises, enabling shift from Manual to Mechanized processes, providing better quality, value addition & faster delivery schedules than earlier.

-Encouraged Offset printers to add on Screen Printing Machines in-house, to render value addition to their customers by providing quality special effects, in print finish and that too within the committed time schedules, with better bottom lines.

SPAI Activities since April 2009

Though SPAI cannot take credit for all these changes that have been taking place, within the limitations it has, though small in contribution, in its own ways, it has been stimulating the growth of the Screen Printing Industry.

In the last one year, SPAI has undertaken various activities, which follow in the coming slides.

27 June 2009 – SPAI Board met with SLAP – Sri Lanka Association of Printers during their visit to Mumbai, to discuss working jointly on the PRINT 2010 show to be held in Srilanka from 19-20 Feb 2010.

07 July 2009 - SPAI Launched Dynamic website (converted from a static site launched in Jan 2009), integrated with email & SMS services to all members

29 Aug 2009 – SPAI/FESPA tie up with PrintWeek Magazine for special section on Screen Printing marked SPAI/FESPA Section

06 Sep 2009 – SPAI e-Newsletter was launched and sent out to all its members by email

30 Sep 2009 – SPAI AGM was conducted followed by music night, cocktail and dinner with lucky draw prizes. This AGM had the highest attendance ever in SPAI’s existence, with over 100 members participating, networking and enjoying the evening.

24-27 Oct 2009 – SPAI participated in the IPEX South Asia 2009 with a stall as well as had a joint meeting with FESPA & IPEX.

12 Nov 2009 – SPAI participated in the Road show at Tiruppur, to promote FESPA India 2009 at Delhi, on behalf of FESPA, along with SI

07-09 Dec 2009 - SPAI Arranged FESPA 2009 Awards competition at the FESPA India 2009 Show at Delhi with a stall, as well as an Awards Gallery, displaying over 140 entries from 29 participants across India.

19‐22 Jan 2010 ‐ SPAI participated in the PAMEX 2010 at Delhi.

12 June 2010 ‐ SPAI Road show with Educative Film, sponsored by  FOUR sponsors and around 100 printers attended the show.         ‐ 1

12 June 2010 ‐ SPAI Road show with Educative Film, sponsored by  FOUR Sponsors and around 100 printers attended the show.         ‐ 2

12 June 2010 ‐ SPAI Road show with Educative Film, sponsored by  FOUR Sponsors and around 100 printers attended the show.         ‐ 3

12 June 2010 ‐ SPAI Facilitates a veteran in the Indian Screen Printing Industry – Mr. Madhu Kumar Doshi, who has donated Rs.  1. 00 Lakh, towards creating a Corpus fund, to  Institute an Award to recognize best  Screen Printer, once in two years.

21 – 26 June 2010 ‐ SPAI participation in FESPA 2010 show with a delegation of 32 and over 120 Indian participants at FESPA show.

21 – 26 June 2010 ‐ SPAI arranged for 33 Printers and 2 Institutes to participate with 190 entries (close to 50% of the total entries) for the FESPA 2010 Awards/Youth Competition, winning 1 Special Michel Caza People’s Choice Award, 2 Gold, 6 Silver & 3 Bronze Awards and 1 Silver & 1 Bronze for Youth Competition – In all winning 14 Awards.  ‐ 1

21 – 26 June 2010 ‐ SPAI arranged for 33 Printers and 2 Institutes to participate with 190 entries (close to 50% of the total entries) for the FESPA2010 Awards/Youth Competition, winning 1 Special Michel Caza People’s Choice Award, 2 Gold, 6 Silver & 3 Bronze Awards and 1 Silver & 1 Bronze for Youth Competition – In all winning 14 Awards. ‐ 2

24 June 2010 ‐ SPAI Board Member Mr. Bhargav Mistry participated in a debate with  Mr. Michel Caza on Screen Printing in the East Vs West at FESPA 2010 at Munich.

1 Apr 2009‐31 July 2010 – Added 36 New members, to the SPAIfamily, in a span of 16 months, with 98 % being Printers.

Printers members 287

Manufacturers &Distributors 191

Total members 478

Members as of 31 Mar’09 442

New Members added between 361 Apr 2009 – 31 Jul 2010

Future plans of SPAI – 1

Robust growth of Indian Economy, in 2009-10 & 2010-11 expecting to be over 8.7 % growth large scope for the Manufacturing companies to contribute to the growth.

- Translates into scope for screen printing activities. -SPAI has planned for Road Shows across the country, amongst the non-metro locations, to provide exposure and education to the large number of small and medium enterprises to shift from manual processes, to embrace modern technology, for better results, speedier and consistent delivery.

- First of its Road Shows was conducted in June 2010, with fairly good response and the remaining are planned from September 2010 to March 2011. SPAI will try to get FESPA team to participate in some of these Road shows, if not in all.

Future plans of SPAI – 2

SPAI has been communicating with various Industry Associations (especially the Manufacturing Associations), in the last year, with which it would like to get associated, to promote Screen Printing with the members of these Association by conducting joint awareness programs, as most of these members can use Screen Printing on their products, effectively enhancing the value of their products. This would also enhance the scope of business for screen printing products / printers.

Couple of these Associations have already shown interest in such tie-ups with SPAIand expected to happen soon.

SPAI also plans to commence a Tabloid to share information to all current members and prospective ones too.

With Technical and Financial support from FESPA, planning to commence a SPAI event in a small way, to promote Screen Printing as well as create branding for the SPAI & FESPA brands…..

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