The Indian Printing Packaging and Allied Machinery Manufacturers Association (IPAMA) started functioning from October 9, 1991 with 50 members. Today there are more than 200 members.

The main objective of the Association is to focus on the latest technological development and equipment related, with the Industry. This is promoted by way of organising National and International Exhibitions. Every three years IPAMA organises Printpack India, an international event, in collaboration with ITPO.

The 7th edition of Printpack India is going, to be organised from 5th to 8th February, 2003 on a grand scale, with 300 participants representing both Indian and Foreign companies. The exhibition is likely to be visited by over a hundred thousand visitors.

Apart from the exhibition, the Association also organises seminars and workshops on subjects of interest to the Industry.

NPES, The association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and converting Technologies, has had the pleasure of working with the All India Federation of Master Printers for a decade now, since the AIFMP hosted NPES's first trade mission to India in 1993. The goal of NPES is to help its member companies identify and serve Indian customers. As in may other regions of the world NPES has sought out cooperative relationships with other organisations and has worked to reduce or eliminate barriers of free trade.

Link In The Packaging Chain

The Indian Packaging Industry is a heterogeneous mix of industrial units in the organised and unorganised sectors comprising manufacturers of raw materials, packages, machinery and ancillary materials and equipments.

Packaging has permeated every field of business activity and is considered a vital element in the distribution and marketing of not only manufactured goods but also farm grown produce. The importance of packaging for export was given due recognition in early 1960s, when the government and industry joined hands to create the Indian Institute of Packaging in 1966 with the specific objective of improving packaging standards.

Activities of the Institute, today, are in line with those of the premier packaging institutes the world over: training and education, consultancy and projects, laboratory testing, Q.C. schemes, exhibition and design, information and publications, library, database and internet services, besides promotional activities.

The Institute is closely linked with international organisations. It is recognised by the UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation) and the ITC (International Trading Centre) for consultancy and training. The IIP is a member of the Asian Packaging Federation (APF); The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IOPP), USA; the Institute of Packaging (IOP), UK; Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), USA and World Packaging Organisation (WPO).

Services Offered:
1. Training and education
2. Consultancy and projects
3. Laboratories
4. Exhibition and design
5. Information and publications

The Indian & Eastern Newspaper Society now known as the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) was founded in 1939.

The Society has 709 members with an aggregate circulation of 5,34,32,3390.

The major objectives of the Society are:

1. To act as a central organisation primarily of the press of India, and of any other country in Asia, which desires to     associate itself with the Society.
2. To promote and safeguard the business interests of its members incidental to the production of their publications.
3. To hold periodical conferences of its members to discuss and determine action on matters of common business     interest.
4. One of the key functions performed by the Society, is to give a platform for an interface between member     publications and advertising agencies.

Project Press

With a view to projecting the advantages of the press to advertisers, media managers and the public, the Society is launching a campaign titled 'Project Press', financed entirely through voluntary contributions from member publications.

The Society annually brings out the 'INS Press Handbook" which is one of the most prestigious publications in the field of print media in India.