An MoU was signed between Iqbal Singh, General Secretary, Indian Printing Packaging & Allied Machinery Manufacturers; (IPAMA) and Sudhanshu Mittal, Head – Gurugram Center & Director – Technical Solutions, National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) Center of Excellence – IOT & AI to impart training to IPAMA Members in the emerging areas of IT based technology and to help them with digital technology adopt in their operations.

Dayaker Reddy, President, IPAMA stated that “This agreement will strengthen the Indian Printing and Packaging Machine manufacturers in upgrading their machines. In India, the emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and advance printing and packaging are user-friendly for end-customers and ensuring widespread use in different sectors of the industry. The situation will change more in the coming years and more and more companies will come forward to make investments in automation of machines for quality enhancement, increase the production, make economical etc. We are encouraging the companies for adoption of new technologies in the printing and packaging sector”.

Under the arrangement, Members of IPAMA will have access to the latest innovative products and solutions from the startups incubated by NASSCOM CoE and from the extended startup ecosystem. The two organisations will also organize joint events and workshops to build awareness about the implementation of technology in printing and packaging machine manufacturing segments. It will also make members aware of existing and new use-cases as they get created to drive adoption of deep-tech within the industry ecosystem.

Sudhanshu Mittal stated,“we are committed to helping Indian manufacturing sector with digital technology adoption to improve their quality, productivity, worker safety and any other area where they need help. Indian ecosystem has variety of solutions available to meet the requirements of manufacturing companies”.