Overall for Water Business
There was an exhibition at Coimbatore, organised by Synergy Exposures & Events. The dates were 2nd to 4th July 2025. There were 5 Halls in all. However, Hall D was the hall about machinery & which happened to be the important of all of these. As far as the Bottled Water is concerned, I did not find much more stalls, however, here’s a list of what I could find of note :-
- The organisation of the event was satisafcatory
- There were many stalls from the Batch Coding Suppliers :- I found out CIJ, TIJ & Lasor Printers’ stalls.
- Bottling Machinery : There was just 1 stall from Filling-Capping, Labelling Machinery Supplier; 1 from Sticker Labelling Manufacturer, who happens to be a local guy. Besides this, no machinery fellow at all.
- Others : There were PET Preforms suppliers, both local. But no PET Bottle Manufacturer. There was a Hot Melt Adhesives supplier. 1-2 Shrink Sleeves suppliers, but they were mainly offering the Digital Prints , which is not feasible for larger quantities.
Fssai Workshop Review
In addition to the exhibition, I was also very much keen to attend the workshop conducted on Fssai, organized by FICSI. Some major important learnings from the same are here :-
- Fssai Number should be printed on every Invoice.
- Primary Packaging Materials :- This is the packaging that directly contains the product. It’s what the consumer sees and opens first. In our case, the PET Preforms, from which the Bottles are blown.The Bottle Caps & Labels as well. All these form Primary Packaging. Even Printing Ink through which the Labels are printed, should be of Food Grade in addition to the Material of labels. This may also include the Batch Printing Ink, Solvents etc.
- Secondary Packaging Materials :- This packaging groups together multiple primary packages. It provides additional protection and is often used for branding, display, and easier handling in retail. In our case, it can be the Corrugated Boxes, or the shrink film for 12/24/48 bottles packing.
- Tertiary Packaging :- I could not make out what can this be for Bottled Water.
- All Materials should be Food Grade. Suppliers should produce certificates for these.
- Labels have to bear a particular format. So, before approving the graphic design, do not leave it entirely to the designer, check yourself whether it meets the printing norms.
- Labels should not be removable from Bottles. There will be a little confusion as many Water Bottles have Shrink Sleeves, Many have BOPP which has glue just at 1 line. If this rule is applied, then water bottles can go only with Sticker Labels.
Besides these, the trainer Ms Shyla Ravi spoke on many points. The training was truly fantastic.
Next Exhibition/s
Next Synergy Exhibition will be in January 2026, at Bangalore. Kindly contact organizers.