Like in 2010, the screen print and UV press manufacturers are sponsoring the Screen Printer of the Year Award. "The objective of sponsoring PrintWeek India Awards is to promote and encourage screen printing process within the offset printing industry. And by presenting the Grafica's Nano-Print we wanted to inspire manual screen printers towards automation," stated Bhargav Mistry, the managing director of Grafica Flextronic.

In 2010 Nikhil Ahuja of NBA Studio in Pune, won Grafica’s Nano Print as a ‘Special Award in Screen Printing’ at the PrintWeek India Award 2010.

Established in December 2007, NBA Studios is a specialty screen printing solution provider. Its 1500 sq/ft unit provides solutions which range from concept/idea to designing, printing, binding, etc. Its product range includes luxury wedding cards, special effect sweet boxes, packaging, calendars (both paper and plastic substrate), corporate brochures.

The Screen Printer of the Year Award was bagged by Spectrum Scan for a fantastic body of work which included outstanding creativity and special effects with screen printing.

Mistry and his team said, "the response to the Awards have been terrific, and we are seeing a healthy rate of participation."

Meanwhile Grafica is gearing up for a three-day workshop on the advanced screen printing process. The dates are 23 to 25 June at the Grafica institute in Vasai. This will be followed by another workshop from 28 to 30 July.