SAPCO, a commonly known acronym for Shree Arun Packaging Co. P. Ltd., is a family-owned company based in Mumbai with its genesis dated back to the year 1970. Its founder Mr. Narayan Prasad Bhotica, a visionary patriarch who saw the future in the printing & packaging industry, always believed in blowing with the wind of technological changes. From letterpress to ultra-modern machinery, SAPCO’s machine portfolio keeps upgrading from time to time as the latest upgrade being the addition of a KOMORI Lithrone GL-640+C IR.

So far, the second and third generations of the Bhotica Family have evolved in the business, constantly adding their hard work and passion to make SAPCO a name synonymous with excellence and quality in the printing & packaging industry. Current management team at SAPCO consists of Mr. Hemant Bhotica and Mr. Tushar Bhotica as Directors and Mr. Vishwamdev Bhotica as Technical Director. Telling why they have recently invested in the 6-colour Lithrone GL-640 with coater IR, Mr. Vishwamdev states, “We have chosen the brand new KOMORI sheet-fed offset press for boosting our packaging printing.”

Mr Vishwamdev continues, “Brand KOMORI in the market these days is widely acknowledged as an ideal technology for packaging printing with precision. After all, we are happy and satisfied with the way the team KOMORI India is co-operating with us and guiding us to know the core capabilities and features of the brand new Lithrone GL-640 sheet-fed offset press now running at our facility with which we are gearing up to boost our packaging jobs to another level efficiently and productively.”

Lithrone GL-640 is a robust sheet-fed offset press, which promises substantial improvement in efficiency by reducing make-ready times and wastage. SAPCO’s production facility is well equipped with advanced pre-press systems, presses, and post-press & finishing equipment. Likewise, advanced post-press & finishing machines at the facility are for varnishing, foiling, lamination, die-cutting, punching, pasting (carton), folding (pharma inserts) and many others.

Printed cartons, corrugated cartons, plastic cartons, metpet cartons, blister cards, wrappers, to mention a few, are some key products which SAPCO currently caters to its clients dotted across diverse sectors, viz. pharmaceutical, FMCG, food & beverage, ice cream & cold storage, garments, mobiles, stationery, cosmetics, e-commerce packaging, etc. SAPCO boasts of cordially partnering with its clients who are big brands and corporate biggies for years.

“Beyond the domestic market, we export our products to the international market destinations like the US, UK, Middle East, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and many African countries,” tells Mr. Vishwamdev, adding that they could do all this because of the team SAPCO’s commitment and constant updates of the company’s production facility with the most advanced and capable machines, such as the recent installation of the Lithrone GL-640 for pitching packaging printing into a new level.