Oosterhout, enero 2018
– Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), the Dutch
specialist in optical measurement and control systems for the printing
industry, has found a new partner in the Iran-based printing concern of Arta
Taraz Niavaran. Its owner, Babak Soukhakian is to represent QIPC and EAE in the
up-and-coming Iranian market.
Solutions
Babak Soukhakian founded
Arta Taraz Niavaran at the end of 2015, after having been in the offset market
for the previous 12 years. “During that period I was involved in selling
equipment to the printing industry, to the tune of around twenty million
euros,” explains Babak Soukhakian. He knows the Iranian market like the back of
his hand. “Because of our background, many Iranian printing firms are seeking
us out so that we can help meet their needs. We supply them not only with
equipment and machinery, but first and foremost we offer them solutions.”
Enormous potential
In the past, QIPC had
dabbled in the Iranian market, but that was usually directly with the
manufacturers of the printing presses. “To outsiders, the Iranian market is not
an easy one to penetrate,” says Erwin van Rossem, head of sales at QIPC. “But
the potential is enormous. It has always been our aim to gain a foothold
there.” Babak Soukhakian: “QIPC has the technical know-how and we know what the
market wants. In total there are more than 200 web-offset presses in the
country. Most of these have become outdated and require upgrades or retrofits.
For those kinds of projects, who could be better than QIPC?”
Bridge-building
In Arta Taraz Niavaran,
Erwin van Rossem sees a key bridge-builder between QIPC-EAE and the Iranian
market. “Babak Soukhakian enjoys a good relationship with all his partners.
That doesn’t mean on the ground in Iran, but with us too. It brings the two
diverse cultures of the West and the Middle East much closer.” Babak Soukhakian
underlines this: “I’ve never been just a salesman. I learn a great deal from
both printing plants and suppliers. My first mission is to introduce new
technologies to Iran, such as those offered by QIPC and EAE. At the same time,
I’m keen to let printers know what the benefits of QIPC for them are.”
Iranian Bookprinting
The first joint Iranian
project is now on the order books. In the printing workshop of Iranian
Bookprinting, two mRC-3D cameras for colour register and two mRC-3D
cameras for cut-off control have been installed. Iranian Bookprinting is the
only official printer of schoolbooks in the country and turnover of printed
copies each year is enormous.
