The new team of office bearers was reelected unanimously by the General Body for another term of two years up to November 2019 with C. Ravinder Reddy as President and team leader. Click here to see New Executive Council. TOPA members congratulate the executive council on re-election.
From global perspective, printing industry in general has been the second largest industry after automobile industry. The Indian Print Industry has undergone a revolutionary change in the last 15 years. In 1990, India initiated a process of reforms aimed at shedding protectionism and embracing liberalization of the economy. Privatization was initiated with the aim of integrating the [[Indian economy]] with the world economy. This change opened the doors for the Indian Print Industry to modernize, by investing in the latest of technology and machinery. The average compound annual growth rate has been higher than 12% over the last 15 years. Our packaging industry is currently growing at a rate of more than 16% a year. Prior to 1990, most printers found it easy to invest in East German and Czechoslovakian machines. Post 1990, the trend has been to acquire the latest and the…
Thanks to formation of the new state of Telangana, the offset printers in the ten districts have come under one umbrella and formed the Telangana Offset Printers Association (TOPA). Hyderabad and Secunderabad share the highest density of printing industry while small to medium presses are scattered few and far in the remaining nine districts. In pre bifurcation scenario, the next biggest printing industry segment used to be in Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam. By virtue of Hyderabad being the capital, hundreds of crores of rupees were invested in establishing reputed presses catering to printing and packaging sectors. While most of the reputed press owners originally hail from places other than Telangana, the fact remains that having settled here they very much belong to Telangana. It is with this philosophy that the TOPA…
