GMG-Percept Print Solutions will sponsor the Pre-Press Printer of the Year Award while AGS will sponsor the Catalogue and Brochure Printer of the Year.

The other companies which have confirmed sponsorships are Canon India - the main title sponsor; Welbound Worldwide for Book Printer of the Year Award, GMC Software Technology for Personal-isation, VDP and Transpromo Printer of the Year Award, Bobst India for Packaging Printer of the Year and Apsom Infotex for Wide-format Printer of the Year.

"Our goal is a print industry in India that achieves higher quality, productivity and reliability and these competitions drive printers to work towards them," said Afsal M Kottal, the business director of Percept Printing Solutions India about sponsoring the Pre-Press Printer Award.

Vishnu Kamat of AGS stated: "We have been associated with PrintWeek India for a long time. The association with this Award would be a feather in the cap of the AGS-X-Rite venture." AGS is the master distributor for the X-Rite range of products. The company has tried to create awareness about the importance of colour measurement in the print industry. "Catalogue and Brochure Award helps us reach out to the industry," added Kamat.