Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 21: Arun Gupta from Arun Art Printers and Pankaj Sethi from Sethi Art Printers were conferred National Awards for Excellence in Printing at 12th NAEP edition, organized by All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) at Hotel JW Marriot, Sahara, Mumbai.
The award was conferred to Arun Gupta for maintaining proficiency and quality excellence in the field of printing consistently over a period of past three decades. This was the second National Award for Excellence in Printing for Arun Art Printers, which prints fortnightly newspapers “Eight A.M.” and “Jammu Links”. Pankaj Sethi of Sethi Art Printers conferred Gold in Catalog Category at National Award for Excellence in Printing.
In the award function, AIFMP received entries in different categories including newspapers, book printing, posters, calenders, catalogue, diaries, packaging material, digital printing, etc which were divided into small, medium and big categories. This time the new editions of the award were kept for small printers also.
The main categories included offset, screen printing, flexography, gravure, small offset and digital printing. During the function attended by stalwarts of printing media, 350 entries were awarded. The highest number of entries was received from Mumbai, followed by Nagpur and New Delhi.
This is one of the most prestigious awards in the print industry recognized by Government of India, which was hosted by The Printer’s Guild, Nagpur. This 12th edition of National Awards for Excellence in Printing witnessed a Pan-Indian participation as entries poured in from Jammu in the North to Cochin in the South, from Surat in the West to Imphal in the East, as also from places like Dimapur, Viradhu.
Members of Jammu and Kashmir Offset Printers Association also attended the function.
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