NPES TRADE AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
MISSION TO INDIA
NEW DELHI
September 8-12, 2008
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Program of Activities
Monday, September 8
Early Morning—Arrivals from the U.S.
11:00 am
Welcome and Mission Briefing at The Oberoi Hotel
Ralph Nappi and Viren Chhabra
12:00 pm
Business and Market Briefing, American Embassy
Carmine D’Aloisio, Minister-Counselor for Commercial Affair
1:00 pm
Business & Market Briefing-Federation of Indian Industry and Commerce
Ashok Ummat, Asst. Secretary General, American Desk
[The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) was established in 1927 to garner support for India's independence, and to further the interests of the Indian business community starting with 24 memberships in 1927; it has grown to more than 3,000 by the turn of the century. Besides, over 500 Chambers of Commerce, Trade Associations and industry bodies spread over the length and breadth of the country are associated with FICCI. FICCI espouses the shared vision of Indian businesses and speaks directly and indirectly for over 250,000 business units.]
2:00 pm
Lunch hosted by FICCI
7:30 pm
Dinner and Discussion of today’s activities
Tuesday, September 9
10:00 am
Industry Visit to a Commercial/Packaging Printer
International Print-O-Pak
Ravindra Singhvi, Chairman
Amila Singhvi, Managing Director
[1982. International Print-O-Pac (IPP) India started off as a dynamic player in India’s fledgling printing & packaging industry. The plant is spread over 32,500 sq. metres in NOIDA (New Delhi), located in the vicinity of major road and air cargo terminals of the national capital region. It is India’s largest single location integrated plant, housing an infrastructure that’s on par with the leading printing & packaging set-ups of the world.]
12:30 pm
Lunch hosted by International Print-O-Pak
2:00 pm
Industry Visit to a Newspaper Publisher/Printer—the Hindustan Times
HT Media Ltd, founded in 1924, has a combined daily circulation of 2.25 million copies and a readership base of 14.49 million readers. HT Media operates 15 printing facilities across India with an installed capacity of 1.5 million copies per hour.
4:00 pm
Industry Visit to a Digital Printer
A prominent Xerox customer
7:30 pm
Dinner and Discussion of today’s activities
Wednesday, September 10
10:00 am
Industry Visit to an Indian Equipment Manufacturer
The Printers House
11:00 am
Thomson Press
Vinod Kumar, Executive Director
Founded in 1967 by Lord Thomson of Fleet, Founder of Thomson Corporation (one of the biggest publishers in India), in partnership with current owners who are now the majority shareholders. Thomson Press Printing Division comprises of one Prepress and two Printing units in Delhi, one printing unit in Chennai and one printing & Book Bindery unit in Delhi exclusively for exports. Recently they have opened their fourth printing unit in Mumbai, the port city of India.
12:00 pm
Business Lunch
2:00 pm
An Open Afternoon and Evening for Personalized B2B Meetings and/or Sightseeing, Cultural Touring and Socializing
Thursday, September 11
9:30 am – 6:00 pm
INDO-AMERICAN PRINT SUMMIT CONFERENCE
Friday, September 12
9:30am – 5:30 pm
INDO-AMERICAN PRINT SUMMIT CONFERENCE
7:00 pm
Presentation by IPAMA—Indian Printing, Packaging and Allied Machinery Manufacturers Association. Signing of M.O.U, followed by Dinner reception
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Saturday, September 13
Touring and/or travel to attend IFRA India Conference and Pre-Conference Workshops, September 16-18, Marriott Resort, Goa, India—with NPES assistance in making arrangements.