Oosterhout, luglio 2017
– For fifteen years that Q.I. Press Controls
- Engineering Automation Electronics (QIPC-EAE) has been active in India, The
Printers House (TPH) has been one of its most highly valued partners. QIPC-EAE,
specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry, and
TPH, an Indian constructor of printing presses, recently celebrated this
long-stranding partnership. To mark the occasion, TPH was presented with a
commemorative figure by QIPC-EAE.
Stalwart support
The presentation provided
a fitting moment to reflect on the achievements of the past years. “TPH has
always given us stalwart support in India,” Vijay Pandya, managing director of
QIPC-EAE India, eulogises. “At trade fairs, for example, they’ve allowed us to
demonstrate our automation systems on their presses. What’s more, they’ve
always put in a good word for QIPC-EAE among their customers.”
Bridge-building
L.K. Sharma, the CEO of TPH underlined that
view: “We have a very special working relationship with QIPC-EAE. In the beginning,
the collaboration of course, was with QIPC, with the later addition of the
newly acquired EAE. Our job was to build bridges between the needs of typical
Indian customers and QIPC-EAE. We have always tried to convince clients of the
quality inspections carried out by QIPC-EAE, because we are convinced of their
value too. In turn, QIPC-EAE always tries to meet the expectations of the
client as well as constantly seek out new innovations.”
Reliability at an affordable price
Vijay Pandya makes reference
to several of the projects that QIPC-EAE has carried out with TPH - both inside
and outside India - which give him abiding satisfaction. “For example, our
installation at the National Media Group in Kuwait, the largest printing press
that TPH has ever sold, complete with our automation systems. There have also
been numerous installations at Lokmat
Publications, as well as the system we installed on the seven-tower TPH Orient
45000 at Amar Ujala. There have been more recent projects too, such as for Deshabhimani,
with the installation of our automation systems on TPH’s Orient 36000 and 50000
presses.” L.K. Sharma, like Vijay Pandya, can also look back with immense
satisfaction at the fully automated installation at Punch Nigeria Ltd in
Nigeria. “Nevertheless, the key highlight for both of us has been our continued
ability to provide reliable quality, whilst at the same time reducing
operational costs for our clients,” adds L.K. Sharma.
Joint innovation
Both companies are full of confidence looking towards the future.
“Trust is an important basis for sustaining an intensive collaboration such as
the one between QIPC-EAE and TPH,” muses L.K. Sharma. “That trust is enshrined
in a reliable product, optimum costs for the user and excellent after-service support.
Furthermore, the constant quest for product improvements plays a vital role.”
Vijay Pandya agrees: “You have to have a good understanding of each other’s
products. In addition, there must be mutual respect and trust, from senior
management level right down to the shop floor. Last but not least, you have to
be ready and willing to respond to the needs of clients and innovate together.
Our relationship has been built in this fashion and we both see a bright future
together.”
F.l.t.r.: Mr. Netrapal (Sr. Service Engineer TPH), Mr. Dixit (Design Manager TPH), Mr. Jagdeep Singh (Sr. V.P. Domestic Sales TPH), Mr. L.K. Sharma (CEO TPH), Mr. Vijay Pandya (M.D. QIPC EAE India), Mr. Dabhas (G.M. Production TPH), Mr. Pawan Tyagi (V.P. International Sales TPH) and Mr. N.D. Pandey (G.M. Design & Development TPH)