Partnership for two of the industry’s best New Jack Printing Press and Vyoma Graphics were contemplating to venture into the packaging space. The pandemic became the moment of truth for the two companies’ diversification plan Vyjack Printpacks’ 50,000 sq-ft plant in Bhiwandi
As they say, it can be brutal out there. It was tough even before the pandemic, but the pandemic has made it just that much tougher. While low margins continue to haunt, and newer ways of life during and even today are the order of the day, businesses in the print sector simply can’t afford to stand still.
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The management of New Jack Printing Press and Vyoma Graphics were contemplating to venture into the packaging space. Then the pandemic came.
“There couldn’t be a better time than this,” says Saubhagyanidhi Seksaria of New Jack. It became the moment of truth for the two companies’ diversification plan.
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As they say, it can be brutal out there. It was tough even before the pandemic, but the pandemic has made it just that much tougher. While low margins continue to haunt, and newer ways of life during and even today are the order of the day, businesses in the print sector simply can’t afford to stand still.
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Just when the textile industry in the city of Surat was preparing for the wedding season, Covid-19 struck. The city, known as the hub of textile printing, which had supplied clothing worth Rs 10,000-crore a couple of months ago before the lockdown, was waiting for the payment to arrive, found close to Rs 9,500-crore stuck, with no possibility of it coming any soon.
“Our primary business is catering to print requirement of textile industry. Since it was severely affected during the pandemic, there was little work,” says Birju Talati, partner at Metro Printers in Surat. “But during Diwali and the subsequent marriage season things have improved, more than expected.”