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Month: August 2018

 

Mr Roy Thomas

Mr Roy Thomas
Managing Director, Orange Printers Pvt Ltd
Email: roy@orangexpress.com
www.orangexpress.com

 

About: Mr Roy Thomas is the managing director of Orange Printers Private Limited. He has a strong expertise in the printing technology industry.
Orange Printers Pvt Ltd is a commercial printing and packaging company based at Trivandrum Kerala. It started its humble journey in 2008. The company follows the anthem “more than ink on paper” as its vision and is known for its impeccable quality and fast turnaround time.Orange office
We interviewed him regarding his entrepreneurial journey and the excerpts are given below:

1. What made you venture into the business world? By venture, I mean your founding vision behind your organisation?

Venturing into this business was rather a gradual happening and that happening further gained vision and that vision grew into a strong Instinct and that instinct became our passion for printing.

2. Can you tell me about the initial obstacles that you faced while setting up your business? And how did you tackle them?

The day to day management and surviving the tough competition were the initial obstacles we had. We tackled these obstacles with guts, planning and vision.

3. Is your home environment conducive to your entrepreneurial aspirations?

Yes. It is. My family is my primary support system.

4. What are the core values of your organisation and how did it evolve to be a successful establishment?

The Core values of our organisation were and are, to be genuine and honest in whatever we are doing. Based on these core values we have built a strong trust with our customers and that trust is still keeping us move forward successfully.

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5. Did you build your organisation with your own capital or you opted for crowdfunding or partnership?

Our business is based on the partnership model, and we have built our company from scratch using our own bare-minimum capital.

 

6. How was the competition in the market when you were initially setting up the roots for your business? And how did you outshine your competitors?

We had to face extremely tough competition when we started initially, and we faced it with patience and vigour.

7. As you know strong foundations make a strong building and, in this context, according to you, how important is it to have a nurturing work environment for harbouring good talent?

It is highly important to have a strong internal platform to nurture and harbour talent whether it is good or bad.

8. Today’s market is consumer driven, so, how did you build a strong customer base and impeccable brand loyalty?

We render personalized customer service, and we made sure and still make sure that every customer feels like an extraordinary customer, very special for us.

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9. If you want to pick one important factor that played a major role in your success story, what would it be?

‘Speed to market’ – we had the fast turnaround time from work order to processing to completion and to delivery to the customer. This factor played a major role in our success.

 10. Every person craves the fruit of his/her hard work, for you which was the most successful and happy moment in your professional life?

Well. The happiest moment for me was being recognized at the national and international level for our little initiatives.

11. There are moments in life when you feel that you are completely drained out. In this context, what energises you to get up and move forward?

My daily responsibilities and challenges always keep me on my toes and energise me, when I feel drained out sometimes.

12. We know that the latest marketing technique when successfully adopted brings in more business, so what are you doing to market your products and services?

Ok. We have used the same modern-day marketing tools and technology everyone and everybody uses, and they have given good results for us.

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13. In the modern-day scenario, evolving technology is considered to be the backbone of any business, then how would you predict the effects of technology on your business in the next 10 years?

Well. I think it is going to have a major effect. In fact, the technology is going to transform the whole of the printing industry and take it to a new level and this has not happened in the last 500 years.

14. You are a successful entrepreneur and with this expertise, what would you suggest to others to make the best use of their time?
I would suggest them to be genuine and put an honest effort without thinking about success or failure.

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15.‘To grow beyond stars’ is something that literally everyone wants for their business, but can you just tell me about your near future business goals?

Well, for me, my near future goals are sustaining the momentum and settling in with future technology as it evolves.

 16.Your business clients are the ones giving bread and butter to you. In this context, have you turned down any of your clients?

Yes. I have turned down a few of them sometimes due to genuine reasons and unavoidable circumstances.

17. Now that you are successful and happy, would you like to be a mentor and give a single success mantra for the newbies in your field?

“When the window of opportunity is open, that’s when you work twice as hard”, this would be my success mantra for newbies.

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The Evolution Of Printing

How printing evolved through the ages!

Evolution of print

“Call us biased if you want, but printing is evergreen!”

The process of printing dates back 400 years from today. The first kind of prints to be developed were label prints, book prints, letter and seal prints using pressure and image-cut wooden blocks. Then with time, wood started getting replaced by metal for a cleaner finish and better precision. Printing is the mother of all media as it has been the only means of communicating culture and religion for a very long time.

Milestones:

Woodblock Printing- A special type of printing that used a wooden block upon which designs were crafted and ink was used to get prints.

Movable Type- this technique allowed individual letters to be configured and placed together in any order.

The Printing Press- Johann Gutenberg invented the Printing Press, an innovative method that was built on techniques such as Movable Type, but consolidated into one hand-operated device. It rapidly increased the speed of producing printed materials.

Lithography- It is a technique which is still commonly used today. It revolves around the relationship between oil and water, which repel each other.

The Rotary Press- Invented by Richard March Hoe, It worked by using cylinders which the images to be printed were curved around. This was a lot faster than the older printing press and allowed for paper to be continuously fed through the press.

Offset Printing- It works by transferring the inked from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface.

Screen Printing- The technique involves pushing ink through a mesh stencil onto textiles or paper.

Inkjet Printing- Direct contact with paper is no longer required due to this process of printing. Ink can now be applied by spraying it through jets.

Laser Printing- This advanced method produces high quality images by passing a laser beam back and forth over a negatively charged cylinder within the printer. It then collects electrically charged powdered ink to transfer the image to the paper.

Digital Printing- Finally, the dawn of the most modern era of printing. Digital Printing made it possible to print anything straight from a digital file.

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Your business surely needs a corporate video! Let us tell you why?

corporate video

Ever considered investing in a corporate video? Maybe not because you thought, “it’s a waste!”
But that’s where we would like to guide you! Today, we’re going to discuss 5 key reasons why your business needs a corporate video. A corporate video does the following and a lot more:

  1. Highlights your company: A video gives your clients or viewer a glimpse of your company and products. If you feel that just writing has the same impact, then it’s a misconception. In a 3-5 min video, you get your client’s attention towards the highlights and main features of your firm. It is a great way to pack together your most important information along with any relevant images or music which will help attract any visitor on your website.
  2. Attracts prospective clients: Your corporate video can be your company’s voice across all social media platforms, be it, youtube, vimeo, facebook, instagram, etc. When any viewer sees the video and it catches their attention, they will definitely put in an enquiry about your product. But do remember to keep your video up-to-date with time. An old looking video may fail to grab attention of the newer generation!
  3. Increases SEO: Did you know, Google absolutely adores videos? It does. To rank higher on a google search, your corporate video has an important role to play. The more traffic you generated because of a video, helps you climb the ladder to the top position on google search and that in turn helps you get more customer. So, investing in a good video, helps you stay on top of your game.
  4. Simple to share: Word-of-mouth is now outdated! The recent in time trend is “Sharing”. You see a video, you like it, you share it! Simple! A video is easy to share and within maybe a very short period of time, your product or company becomes a top-ace thing because people are sharing it, tweeting it, liking it, commenting on it! And mind you, a lot of conversions are sure to happen!
  5. Be one in a million: Your uniqueness is your best thing! If a person goes through several similar sites, they read very similar content and can be confused easily. A video on the other hand with good content can be very appealing, easy-to-understand and creates more engagement.

So, why get a new Corporate Video?
It’s easy, quick, accessible, drives traffic to your website and business and finally it brings you in more money! So don’t delay that all important corporate video to showcase your talents.

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Fine Art Printing and Canvas Printing – The Two Sides of The Same Coin

We have many creative agencies and printing consultants who provide both fine art printing services and canvas printing services. But the question arises in your mind, What is fine art printing? And what is canvas printing?

Canvas printing is the process of printing a photo onto a canvas and it is stretched and gallery wrapped using a frame and finally rendered. On the other hand, fine art printing is the process of printing old or new paintings (artwork) onto a canvas for preserving these relics for a long time. Both the printing techniques result in products which are long-lasting.

Quality fine art prints catch the eye of the onlooker and prove to be the best examples of quality canvas printing. Today a large number of professional photographers and artists in metro cities like Bangalore and Mumbai are always on the lookout for best fine art printing and canvas printing services.

With the advent of giclee printing, all historic pieces of fine art can be printed detail by detail and preserved. Even modern digital photographs can be given a timeless touch with giclee printing to capture sweet memories for a long time.

Coating canvas prints or fine art prints will increase the longevity of the prints by protecting them from dust, dirt, moisture and insects. Even the museums all over the world are adopting fine art printing techniques to make the art relics immortal.

You can get different textured canvas paper to suit your digital photo printing or fine art printing projects. If you want a glossy look or a matte finish, you must choose the suitable canvas paper that serves your purpose.

Young photographers often resort to making stunning portfolios with their digital canvas prints. Similarly, young artists transform their artwork into timeless fine art prints and display them in their art exhibitions to get accolades from the audience.

Even the tech-dummies like us can go for canvas printing services to usher in a new lease of long life into our sweetest memories of our friends and family. You can always hire a printing agency who provide both high-quality fine art printing and canvas printing services.

With more and more people turning to fine art prints to adorn their homes and offices, creative agencies are cashing on the situation by providing the latest fine art printing technology. India is a cradle of all civilizations and aptly called as the birthplace of many fine arts. So, the fine art prints and canvas prints are adding luster to our age-old culture and our patronage for fine arts.

Bangalore and Mumbai have become the hubs for fine art printing and canvas printing, producing lakhs of fine art prints and canvas prints year after year. Hundreds of creative agencies are operating in Bangalore and Mumbai offering high-quality fine art printing and canvas printing services. Photostop – an online initiative by Honeycomb Creative Support is one of the top canvas printing and fine art printing services provider with branches in both Bangalore and Mumbai.

Fine-Art-Printing & Canvas Printing is not just a photographic reproduction of artworks and painting. Rather, it is a printing, which captures and imbibes the originality of paintings and artworks. Hence Fine-Art-Printing & Canvas Printing has been the most admired printing works. Earlier, about two decades back, Fine-Art-Prints & Canvas Prints were done using inkjets. Kodak and 3M were some of the popular manufactures of earlier inkjets.

As the technology elevated to new heights, the Fine-art-printing & Canvas Printing industry saw the arrival of effective and wider printing and scanning devices. Epson 9900, the eleven color printer, is one of the best devices which can reproduce artworks and paintings.

Photostop, the Fine-Art-Printing division of Honeycomb Creative Support located in Koramangala, Bangalore & Andheri West, Mumbai is one of the leading present day’s Fine-Art-Printing Services & Canvas Printing Services agency which has gained popularity.

Source – Honeycomb Creative Support (Parent Company of Photostop).

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