India makes most of the equipment needed by the converting industry, including rotogravure printing[printing?:printing cutting finishing solution] presses, laminators, slitters, and pouching machines. A full range of semi-automatic to fully automated filling, sealing and wrapping machines is manufactured in India. These machines are of high quality and are very competitive in price and are exported in a big way to developed countries as well. There are some 600 to 700 packaging[packaging?:DCP-H series packaging sample cutter plotter] machine manufacturers, 95% of which are in small and medium sector and located all over the country.
The Indian market for food packaging equipment amounts to about US$ 80 million. Currently, a mere 2 per cent of India’s food production is being processed, and there are plans in place to increase the food processing level to 10 per cent over a period of ten years thereby increasing the demand for packaging equipment manifold. Another sector with a large demand for packaging machinery is the Indian cosmetic packaging segment that is expected to grow at a rate of over 20 per cent in the next few years.
