Ambica Traders
Gearing up for sun-board manufacturing plant
PC Shrivastav with S Goswami
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What Ambica Traders is known for? Material supply!
Yes, but this is not the complete answer. This Patnaheadquartered
signage mogul is now segregated its
activities 50:50 in material supply and printing. “After decades
of experience in the industry, we finally decided to bring whole
gamut of activities under our roof. So, we are expanding towards
new verticals,” puts in PC Shrivastav, managing director, Ambica
Traders. This Rs 24 crore signage major has branches in Ranchi,
Raipur and Nagpur, covering the northern and western regions in
both aspects of material supply and printing.
Production facility of Ambica Traders in Patna is equipped with
a comprehensive portfolio of high-end printers viz. EFI VUTEk,
HP 4500, Jeti, Mutoh, AXYZ CNC router, laser engravers
and a line of finishing equipments. Collectively, more than 20
machines are installed in the company’s four different branches.
All major telecom companies (except Aircel) are in the client
list of Ambica Traders and a number of landmark projects have
been completed across Bihar, Jharkhand and neighbouring
regions. A team of 65 interchangeable professionals in all four
branches of the company handles everything to the fullest
satisfactory level of customers.
LED displays are very much an imperative part of Ambica Traders’
job profile. The company has accomplished a number of glow-sign
projects around Bihar. “Remarkable among the projects we have
done so far was the making of an LED-board of 20x10 ft for the
Public Relations Department, Government of Bihar. The whole
project, which included fabrication and installation tasks, was
completed in 20 days and we received applause from different
directions,” mentions PC Shrivastav. He adds, “Challenge was
not only the deadline but the quality we delivered to the utmost
satisfaction of customers.”
In addition to all, Ambica Traders is still slotting in its material
supply tradition in which PSPs around Bihar are satisfactorily
supplied brands of their choices. SRF, Pioneer, Starflex, among
other brands, are some of the popular printing materials procured
currently in the company’s stockrooms. Materials with a total
of around 6-8 containers are supplied all around every month.
Ambica Traders is also a 3M convertor. The company’s big plan
in pipeline is opening of a ‘sun-board manufacturing plant’ to be
situated in Ranchi. This mega move of the company, according to
PC Shrivastav, is Ambica Traders’ long cherished dream, which is
coming true soon.
Vaishnav Graphics Digital Imaging
Holder of big machines portfolio
Prabhat Kumar
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Extensive footprints of Vaishnav Graphics Digital Imaging
can be traced all around Bihar and Jharkhand as the
company is a widely acclaimed PSP and an authorised
dealer of Apsom Infotex (a sole supplier of Roland and ColorJet
printers in India). Incepted in the year 2007 as a mere acrylic
sheet dealer, subsequent expansion in printing, dealership and
client service of the company eventually gained them a new
stature attaining a radical level of growth over the last few years.
As on today, Vaishnav Graphics Digital Imaging boasts of being
a PSP having one of the biggest machine portfolios in Patna.
“Constant update on machines is vital for every PSP longing to
linger successful in the market,” says Prabhat Kumar, proprietor,
Vaishnav Graphics Digital Imaging.
Currently the
production facility
of Vaishnav
Graphics
Digital Imaging
is equipped
with a line of
two ColorJet
Neptunes (42
pico litre),
ColorJet
Neptune (35 pico
litre), Roland
VersaCAMM,
Roland cutting
plotter and a
set of finishing
equipments. A
dedicated team of
dozen experienced
sign making
professionals, who handle every assigned project under any given
circumstance, is behind the brilliance in print outputs, installation
and fabrication jobs of the company. Till date, Vaishnav Graphics
Digital Imaging is known for a number of landmark projects
carried out across all length and breadth of Bihar and Jharkhand,
covering major cities across the states.
In the current client list of Vaishnav Graphics are some of the
leading tyre majors, namely, Apollo, Bridgestone, Good Year, to
name a few, and some big names in telecom and FMCG segments.
Citing as one of the landmark projects they have so far been
accomplished, Prabhat points out an in-shop display project
they did for TATA Indicom across three cities of Bihar and he
identifies retail sector as a sunshine domain of growth for signage
players. A team of around ten professionals, who are experts in
their respective sign making professions, controls whole lot of the
company’s activities.
What’s trending in the signage industry? There are certain spheres
that Prabhat predicts them to be gaining growth in near future,
which include cut letter signs and LED displays. However, he wisely
preaches that sign makers who are engaging in these activities
must play with a little bit of creativity. “In fact, router-cut signs,
LED glow displays are more laborious and time consuming jobs,
unlike the way of making flex boards or something related to that
category,” explains Prabhat, conclusively adding that ‘creativity
mixed with innovation’ is the key to this prerequisite.
Ashra
Caterer of everything under one roof
GS Prasad
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For those in pursuit of a corner
where everything, which holds
signage and whatever related
jobs, may wind up their search at the
doorstep of Ashra—a flamboyant
printing spot catering A-Z of customers’
requirements. Billboards, glow sign
boards, smart cards, posters, entry
cards and more are some of the items
that Ashra caters to meet the needs of
their customers. The company has been
successfully serving its clients from all
walks of life over the last 15 years. “Be
it student community, event management
companies, corporate biggies, our client
list is a sort of a mixed bag and we are
happy to handle such diversity,” says GS
Prasad, founder, Ashra.
Underlining the company’s activities
on signage, GS Prasad states that they
use ColorJet (with Konica printhead)
for printing and what they further do is
‘tie-up’ with some of the leading PSPs in
the city for any additional requirement
of CNC routing, engraving or others.
Ashra is backed by a strong team of
20 professionals who are experienced
in their respective fields—it could be in
designing, printing, fabrication, etc. Some
of the big corporate clients who have
been regular clients of Ashra for years
include Hindustan Lever, Airtel, Reliance
Communications, among others from
different industrial strata.
“Our staff strength is not limited to the
in-house employees as we tie up with
some third parties who help us when
execution of big projects in out-ofcity
destinations,” shares GS Prasad.
When asked about the company’s secret
mantra in delivering quality in outputs, he
simply mentions that the right selection
of printing media and technology serve
the purpose. “We don’t choose any
conventional media. Starflex is one
such brand we always opt for standard
graphics and the rest depends on
customers’ demands,” he explains.
Landmark projects that have been
accredited to be timeless impression
of Ashra include the mass outdoor
campaign of Idea they executed across
Patna city. “It was when the cell-phone
service giant hit the city for the first
time. We prepared more than 500
roadside totem signs and display items
installed all around. In addition, we also
helped the company in special branding
of its dealer outlets in the city,” says GS
Prasad. Ashra is now gearing up for some
fresh development, which they zero in on
adoption of a set of eco-solvent printers,
in near future to meet the increasing
demands of their customers.
DTP World
Planning for big way expansion
Arvind Kumar and Anil Kumar
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The name reveals half the story
of what DTP is all about. This
print corner has been into
desktop printing since its establishment
in the year 1998. Blowing up along the
changes in market trend from time to
time, around five years back DTP started
engaging in large-format printing with
the adoption of a Gongzheng printer
(with Nova printhead) from Mehta Cad
Cam Systems. Arvind Kumar, proprietor,
DTP still feels they need to take on
further expansion towards newer printing
domains. “I think the era has come for
printing firms to adopt a complete range
of machines that can fulfill whatever
requirement of clients,” he explains,
adding “Our main aim is to make
ourselves a complete solution provider in
near future.”
Xerox J75 press and a line of finishing
equipments are well lined up in a
separate division
at DTP. This
division is not
totally truncated
from the
company’s signage
production unit.
Those customers
who come down
to DTP’s lobby
are impressed
to find whole
gamut of printing
activities under
one roof. “Our
speciality in largeformat
printing
in combination
with digital
(commercial) jobs attracts customers,”
says Anil Kumar, business head, DTP. He
further mentions that the concept of onestop-
shop has been bustling up rapidly
in the printing industry and this is what
DTP keeps looking ahead.
A staff of 30 employees maintains
all activities at DTP right from frontdesk
to machine operations, field jobs
and other related tasks. In addition, a
contractual third party team of 15 is
always in active mode to provide helping
hands to DTP, in case of handling big
projects. DTP engages in outdoor
displays, standies, interior decors and
many others. The company has been
working for only agencies till date
but set to go for direct marketing soon
in near future.
DTP’s plan for infrastructure expansion
is towards adoption of high-end
machines. In this respect, Arvind
reveals that they are set to adopt latex
technology along with CNC routing
machines and laser engravers. “We
don’t want to confine only around flex
printing as the market is now changing
rapidly towards high-end printing and
innovative sign making,” he remarks
with a vision of expandsion.
Art & Artist
All in arts of sign making
Munna
|
Munna is an artist known by one
name, but customers who drop
in at his signage shop located
on Kamal Ashraf Lane in Patna lovingly
address him ‘Munna Artist’. Munna
started his career as an artist, painting
ads, hoardings, store-front displays for
local customers in and around Patna.
Ever since its inception in the year 1989,
Art & Artist keeps transforming from one
stage to another, upgrading from manual
brush work activities of painting signage
to digital (large-format) printing. A big
turn took place in the company’s overall
activities in the year 2008. It was when
they adopted a Nutek Prime printer to
engage in flex printing (digitally), putting
the company’s traditional manual job a
bit on sideway.
“Today, we have two Caldron CJ printers
(with XAAR and Seiko printheads) and
managing everything to the best of our
clients’ satisfactory levels,” mentions
Munna adding that they will keep
updating the infrastructure as per the
demand from their customers as well as
the trends picking up in the market. Some
of the major and regular clients of Art &
Artist in their current
roaster include a list
of reputed ice cream
firms, like Wayss,
Vanilla, Treat, among
others.
It must be the case of
the proverbial saying
‘Old habits die hard’
for Munna; when
enquired him about
his current affection
to hand painting job,
he flashes his eyes to
say, “Of course, that’s
very much a part of
my life,” pointing
to his business card
where mentioned ‘wall
painting’ clearly. He humbly remarks
that hand-painting jobs at Art & Artist
is still alive as some old customers of
the company once in a while demand
it in order to carve a difference amid
conventional ways.
Munna Artist is, in fact, a man having
possessed a split profession dividing
between the traditional and modern
technique. Today, he is guiding a team of
12 sign making professionals who are
now gearing up to take on new paradigm
shift. In this respect, Munna reveals that
their infrastructure will be updated to a
new grade soon by adding an eco-solvent
printer in the portfolio, with which they
hopefully grab some fresh projects from
corporate biggies.
Grand Graphics
Ready to be on multiple roads
Md Shabbar
|
Painter-turned signage
professionals are not uncommon
among those being tapped on
the radar of Sign & Graphics in ‘Region
Exclusive’ tours. Grand Graphics is yet
another company whose proprietor Md
Razi Uddin was a popular painter in
Patna and he was on the go with full of
life in business around 45 years back.
Changes through times in the signage
industry take its share on Md Razi Uddin
over the last few years as he recently
changed its direction towards modern
way of sign making and his son Md
Shabbar Ali joined the business as a new
kid in the venture.
“Ever since I joined my father, we have
been looking at new verticals that can
bring fresh novelties to the region’s
signage market,” remarks Md Shabbar.
He agrees to the fact that their foray into
the use of digital sign making machines,
such as cutting plotter, is quite new and
at a very nascent stage. “But the need of
the hour is the ‘creativity’ and ‘ideas’ to
sprinkle some originality and innovation,
which I think we have,” he
mentions. Currently, Grand
Graphics is a one-machine
facility company (cutting
plotter from Mehta Cad
Cam), but they have been
closely tied-up with some
of the leading PSPs to
outsource their print jobs.
However, by the time
readers read this article,
Grand Graphics must have
installed a brand new
printer in their production facility as Md
Shabbar ordered for it two months back.
That is just a beginning! Grand Graphics
has a big vision ahead to adopt more
for different applications, such as rigid
material printing, tile graphics, glass
works, among others. Job profile of the
company exclusively includes cut-letter
(glow sign) making which they have been
doing for hotels, restaurants and others
around the city.
Another big move that Grand Graphics
keeps in pipeline is their penetration
into tile printing. “I know it may take
some time to absorb into this domain
as it requires high-end machines. But
it has been decided from our end to
surely go for this new venture,” shares
Md Shabbar referring Balajee Marble,
a marble import firm run by a close
friend of his, will be partner in the new
initiative. One of the long-term plans of
the company in pipeline is to draw chart
for footprint expansion and strategy
including opening of branches in some big
cities beyond Patna.
Super Arts
Generations of sign making
Ravi Kumar
|
Exactly 45 years ago painter Shiv
Jee in Patna dreamt of a big future
plan to open a popular signage
firm. He is fulfilled with his dream today
as he opens Super Arts, so strategically,
on Frazer Road. Professionally brought up
as a painter painting murals and outdoor
ads, Shiv Jee has steadily been hooking
to technological revolution sweeping in
due course of time in the signage/display
market of Patna. In the progression, he
introduced his son Ravi Kumar to the
business, or the world of signage, in precise.
And over the last four decades, activities of
Super Arts have incarnated into a totally
different avatar.
Today, Super Arts has a production
facility equipped with a Gongzheng
(Polaris printhead) and Mehta CNC
router, both from Mehta Cad Cam
Systems. Ravi Kumar, who is taking full
responsibility of the company and leading
a team of 12 sign making professionals, is
looking forward to expanding the portfolio
further to meet the
increasing demands for
newer applications in the
market. Customers in the
current client list of the
company include some
leading corporate majors
from different industrial
clusters, such as Elf,
Gold’s Gym, Royal Stag,
Seagram, for them
Super Arts has executed projects all over
Bihar and Jharkhand.
Glow signs and cut letter displays of
different textures, styles and models are
considered to be growing up in demand.
“These days, trends of cut-signs and
illuminated displays have been picking up
in the market. We pay full attention on
magnifying this part of our activities to
a newer level, catering quality outputs,”
explains Ravi, adding, “We choose highend
components/materials, for example,
StarTek LEDs for backlit signs or glowed
cut letters, in order not to let down the
expectation of our customers.”
“We are regular visitors to popular signage
expos in India and abroad. This is how
we keep checking the trends in terms of
machines and technologies surfacing in the
market,” says Ravi, elucidating that they
are now ready to update their portfolio
and looking for the right machines to be
added. He further mentions that they will
probably decide what has to be added to
their infrastructure after visiting an expo in
China soon.
Micro Graphics
Keeps taking on expansion paths
Dhananjay Kumar
|
Micro Graphics is one among those
PSPs in Patna taking serious
R&D on what customers want.
Dhananjay Kumar, founder-partner of this
signage firm, believes in understanding
they can develop with their customers
for sustainable business. “We do things a
bit differently from what others do in the
market. Our main motive is to deliver the
right quality on right time,” he remarks.
Micro Graphics keeps checking constantly
on infrastructure and manpower in order
to authenticate whether they do justice to
the demands of customers. In this respect,
Dhananjay says they foresee nothing but
satisfactory nods of customers.
The current production facility of Micro
Graphics is equipped with a couple of
printers from VK Enterprises (E-Jet and
Infiniti) and a laser engraver. “We manage
everything with the existing machines,
but we sense the need of a new machine
as volume of demand in the market is
seemed to be escalated soon in near
future,” mentions Dhananjay, adding,
“In our client list, some political parties
occupy a permanent position and
we work for them throughout the
year, but in bulk during specific
seasons.” BJP, RJD, LJP are
some of the political groups for
which Micro Graphics has been
closely associated in preparation
of signage and outdoor campaigns
for years.
Apart from the political parties,
Micro Graphics has a roster of
multinational companies in their
clientele. Central Mall, Big Bazaar,
Tata Indicom, Airtel, Reliance
Communications, Aircel and others are
some of the major customers for them. A
Micro Graphics team of 20 members has
dedicatedly been working by maintaining
strict deadlines to the utmost control of
quality in both prints and services. “We don’t
tie-up with any third party for installation
and fabrication works, even when we handle
projects outside Patna or Bihar, everything
is maintained in-house,” says Dhananjay.
Main customers of Micro Graphics are
based all across Bihar and Jharkhand.
What is going to be new at Micro Graphics
in near future? A new machine from
VK Enterprises! “Yes, we are adopting
another new six feet E-Jet printer from the
company which we trust for their timely
servicing and cordial support,” mentions
Dhananjay. He asserts that the addition
of the new quality printer is not merely a
cyclic update to make their portfolio bigger
but to boost the quality echelon in their
print outputs in response to the demands
of customers.
Color Park
Venturing for best quality
Rajeev Kumar
|
Who else would remain silent when
opportunity knocks on the front
door? This is how Color Park
sparked in the first place when they
found the umbilical cord connecting
to the flamboyant signage market of
the region. Rajeev Kumar, the main
architect behind the creation of Color
Park way back around two decades, is a
man of vast experiences in the printing
industry. After working at the processing
department of Bhargava Bhusan Press
in Varanasi, perhaps the largest Hindi
dictionary publishers in Asia, Rajeev
diagonally noticed the growth intensifying
in the sign-making market around Uttar
Pradesh and Bihar.
“Basically I was born and brought up
in Dhanbad district of Bihar. It was my
jijaji (brother-in-law) who guided me
to start business in Patna as market
environment in state capitals is something
advantageous
over other cities
or towns,”
recollects Rajeev,
adding, “It was
in the year 2004
we invested in
Spectra SkyWalker
(supplied by Mehta
Cad Cam Systems),
followed by Allwyn
printer (with
Konica printheads),
Gongzheng ecosolvent
and rest is
our plan to boost
for the next level
development of
infrastructure.”
Rajeev defines Color Park as a corner
where colours get combined. What he
attempts to mention here is the way
they do R&D for the best methodology
and tactics to churn quality graphic
prints. As on today, the company is
now on a progression path heading
towards delivering unique outputs and
versatility in productions. In this respect,
Rajeev feels that the completeness of
varied machines and technologies in the
company’s machine portfolio is vital.
As of now, just a team of half dozen
professionals is behind the overall
activities at Color Park. And Rajeev is
planning to enhance the size sooner than
later with fresh recruitments.
Next machine to be added in the
infrastructure of Color Park will be a
Canon Oce large-format printer, which
is designed for CAD/GIS jobs as well as
others related to poster graphics and all
in vivid inkjet texture. So far, Color Park
is working for agencies based in different
cities and towns of Bihar and Jharkhand.
When inquired about the company’s
strategy to go directly down the market
to handle customers first hand, Rajeev
mentions things will be nurtured step by
step soon.
Vaishnavi Creatives
Where innovative creations cater
Lalan Kumar Dixit
|
After jangling sometime in different
print segments in the market,
Vaishnavi Creatives ticked the
box of signage and display art business
around six years back and rest remains
escalating since then. Lalan Kumar
Dixit, who is the big hand behind all that
progression, remembers that did not
properly stick to the signage domain in
their first move. “Signage had been an
extended activity on the sidelines
of our commercial printing jobs,” he
narrates, adding further, “In a reverse
way, today we keep commercial
printing on the sidelines of large-format
graphic print.”
The large-format printing division of
Vaishnavi Creatives is equipped with
SkyWalker and Jaguar cutting plotter
purchased from Mehta Cad Cam Systems.
In addition, a separate commercial
printing division of the company is
where installed a Konica Minolta bizhub
Press. The company’s versatility in
machine portfolio helps them serve their
customers in a wider prospect. “Now
that the age of single
technology print shop is
almost over, PSPs are
changing tracks towards
one-stop solution
strategies in which they
are fully equipped with
commercial, offset and
flex printers, all together
under one roof,” opines
Lalan.
He further mentions, “Our customers,
particularly those who come down for
signage projects, are in several cases
in demand for related prints, such as
business cards, leaflets, brochures,
pamphlets, etc, which we manage
in parallel at out end.” Some of the
corporate biggies that have been regular
customers of Vaishnavi Creatives
and carried out mega projects across
the major cities of Bihar include Hero
MotoCorp, HDFC Bank.” Beyond
Bihar, signage projects of Vaishnavi
Creatives can be traced in some parts of
Jharkhand.
Of the landmark projects, which Vaishnavi
Creatives has so far been accomplished
in a challenging and memorable way,
Lalan mentions the Patna campaign of
Hero MotoCorp carried out prior to the
baton rally of 2010 Delhi Commonwealth
Games. “Hero MotoCorp was the sponsor
of the extended leg of the baton rally
in Patna. We were assigned to prepare
around 500 totem signs to be flaunted all
over the city. The project was challenging
for the reason that we had to make
everything ready, from printing to
installation, within a limited period,”
remembers Lalan.
Indian Arts
An exclusive cut sign corner
Tipu Sultan
|
Since market demands for cutletters,
glow signs keep mounting
in big cities and metros, surge
alongside is the league of signage players
engaging in these activities, even in
Patna. Indian Arts is one among them!
This signage company is a legacy of
generations of sign making business that
was established in 1969. “Yes, my father
opened
this shop those days. He was a painter who
painted posters, ad displays and others
for local companies,” recalls Tipu Sultan,
who is now taking charge of the shop in
a lucrative fashion. The company is proud
of being one of the exclusive suppliers of
cut-letter signs to leading restaurants,
showrooms, eating outlets and others.
“It has been just in a matter of ten years
that we have grown from a scratch to
providing some well appreciated glow signs
and cut-letters around Patna,” remarks
Tipu. Vinyl boards, ACP displays, brass/
steel letters, spider glass, are some of the
items Indian Arts caters to its
customers from varied market
clusters. From St Xavier
College to popular eateries,
restaurants and showrooms
across Patna city, cut-letter
signs from Indian Arts have
been installed and face-lifted
storefronts drawing attention
of every passerby. To name
some leading showrooms and
eating outlets in the client list
of the company, it enumerates
Salimar Restaurant, D’lord,
Roop Kala and Bake Bikaner.
Crafted merely using CNC
router and rest with the help
of manual practice, half-dozen member
of the company’s production team is the
vigour behind every piece of creative
work at Indian Arts. In this respect, Tipu
pays his gratitude to the whole team of
the company and he sees enhancement in
the company’s technology and manpower
in near future. Also magnifying at
Indian Arts in near future is its regional
coverage. Tipu mentions that they
once-in-a-while receive project orders
from cross border areas like Bhutan and
Nepal, which he plans to scale
up in future.
Rutba Computer Designing & Printing Centre
Exclusively for cut-letters and glow signs
UK Jain
|
Just a shop, known to many
for designing jobs for signage
graphics and commercial prints,
Rutba Computer Designing & Printing
Centre has branched out its activities to
manufacturing cut-letters and glow signs.
In the current signage market, cut letters
and glow signs find new momentum of
popularity in different industrial clusters,
such as hotels, restaurants, retail outlets,
corporate buildings, etc. Keeping in mind
the persistent demands and requirements
of such specialty display/signage items,
Rutba Computer Designing & Printing
Centre set off its glow sign and cut-letter
making division. UK Jain, prime mover
behind this firm, is a player who loves to
play with quality.
‘Quality’ is the keyword UK Jain often
utters while defining what it makes
the cut letters and glow signs at Rutba
Computer Designing & Printing Centre
different from others. He further explains
that the right selection of raw materials,
brands and a bit of creativity is vital
in delivering standout outputs or end
products. All quality LED modules/
components from
StarTek, LG and
Samsung are used
in the company’s
glow signs,
which they have
manufactured for
a number of big
corporate clients,
namely, Blackberry,
Chivas, Airtel and
other biggies.
According to UK
Jain, cut-letters
and glow signs have
gained popularity
following the
advents of highly
precision cutting,
routing and engraving machines in the
market. The company is now equipped
with just CNC routers, but gearing
up to go for adoption of a series of
advanced technologies to craft channel
letters and others in sophisticated way.
Even the company’s team of half dozen
sign-making professionals will also be
Rutba Computer Designing & Printing Centre
Exclusively for cut-letters and glow signs
expanded accordingly. Road safety signs,
radium displays, retro reflective items
are very much a part and parcel of the
activities of Rutba Computer and these
items, according to UK Jain, will be
enhanced to a new standard soon after
the infrastructure of the company gets
overhauled in near future.
Kalakar
Living heritance of signage art
Azam Khan
|
Soft spoken, cool and inviting
Azam Khan, sitting at the tiny
sign making shop in a bylane
connected to bustling SP Verma Road,
is all gestured of an artist. Of course,
he is an artist, an applied artist, who
applies his art in sign making. Products
and services available in his signage shop
called Kalakar are cited on a shopfront
panel: flex print, vinyl plates, glow signs,
steel letters, ACP letter boards. But the
shop doesn’t have any machine room or
production facility. Why? Azam Khan still
believes in the old adage ‘Art for Art’s
Sake’. He ties up with a league of PSPs,
who have facilities well-equipped with
high-end routing, engraving and printing
machines, for all machinery works that
Kalakar needs.
“We have been in signage business
since last 25 years,” recalls Azam
when enquired about the company’s
establishment. Traces and tradition of
hand painted signs and billboards might
have disappeared through changes in
time. But the talent of Azam is still
remained a talk in town and Kalakar
pulls a crowd of regular customers,
among which
some are big
old corporate
biggies like
Scandisk,
Lenovo, etc
in the list. In
addition, many
local hospitals,
educational
institutes are
also regulars
to Kalakar
for a range of
signage items,
such as modular
displays,
name plates,
public utility
(directional
signs) systems, among others.
Though popular of being a painter
over the last two decades, recognition
of Kalakar was dawned just around
six years back when Azam started
making cut letters and glow signs
for multinational companies. Now,
the next move of the company, which
Azam calls it a long-term plan, will be
adoption of some good quality routing
and engraving machines for pulling all
the company’s outsourced jobs down
to in-house level. As part of the move,
the company’s seven-member creative
team will also be expanded with fresh
recruits.
Bihar Traders
Looking at wider aspects
Alok Kumar and Md Eqbal
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Bihar Traders, also known as Sahid
Traders, is yet another one-stop
signage solution provider in
Patna. Right from the inception in the
year 2009, various trading activities
have been the main forte of this firm,
but its stature of being an advertising
agency is rather an undivided recognition
to many. Bihar Traders is considered
to be one of the PSPs having versatile
machine portfolio in Patna. It’s said
to be ‘versatile’ for the reason that all
basic requirements of customers in
terms of machines and services are well
maintained under one roof.
Mehta Cad Cam Systems, one of
the foremost indigenous machine
manufacturers cum suppliers of imported
printers of different configurations in the
Indian signage market, is the messiah
playing a pivotal role in the success of
Bihar Traders. “We appreciate their
(Mehta Cad Cam Systems) support and
dedicated service in our endeavor to
boost business from time to time moving
in rhythm of new market
trends,” says Alok Kumar of
Bihar Traders. His appreciation
is extended to VK Enterprises
too, a sole supplier of versatile
Infiniti printers, wherefrom an
Infiniti (with Konica printhead)
was purchased at the onset of
Bihar Traders and the printer
is still running healthily to the
fullest.
Gongzheng (Seiko head),
SkyWalker, Mehta CNC, Sky
GCC laser engraver and a line
of finishing equipments from
Mehta Cad Cam Systems are
equipped in the production facility of
Bihar Traders. The company has been
associating with a number of big old
customers for years. To mention a few,
Corporation Bank, Central Bank of India,
SBI and UNICEF are in the roster. Bihar
and Jharkhand are two destinations
where Bihar Traders extensively handles
projects and provides exclusive services.
Well-trained 20 professionals, who have
sound knowledge of printing technologies,
sign making, fabrication and installation
jobs, handle the overall activities of
the company in or outside Bihar. In the
company’s next step plan, Alok has set to
increase the staff strength and machine
portfolio for new ventures which he keeps
obscured for time being.
