IPP produces a wide range of commercial products, books and magazines and is also a major supplier of packaging to FMCG companies. Within 12 months of launch, Paperisto, its retail stationery brand, is now sold at over 500 outlets across India.

The new installations include the latest Ultracoat 1040 flexo coater from Graphic Technologies in March, a Polar 137 autotrim guillotine, an Albo board pile turner, a Winkler + Dunnebier Poem hydraulic die-cutter, a Stahl folder and two automatic six-feeder saddle stitching machines imported from Germany.

A Heiber & Schroeder WPS 1100 window-patching and liner pasting machine has been shipped from Germany and when commissioned will be the third machine of its kind at IPP. It will then produce over one million lined cartons each day.  

Rishabh Singhvi, director at IPP, said: "To meet the growing demand for books and journals, IPP has imported four Aster section-sewing machines in the last few months. We have seven section-sewing machines. Our perfect binding section has also been upgraded. A Wohlenberg perfect binder and a three-knife trimmer have been added along with a Welbound perfect binder for short-run jobs. These equipments are an addition to the existing 18-clamp Kolbus perfect binder and three-knife trimmer."

IPP's strength lies in its pre-press and repro. The company had booked the Registar optical plate punch system during PrintPack which is now functional. This enhances the precision of the plate punch and is useful for high-end packaging jobs and coffee-table books where enhanced print registration is necessary, said Singhvi.