Printing Times (May-June 2021)

OPA’s Print Buy-Sell Group at Telegram
OPA is determined for the service of printers, taking a
further leap in this direction, OPA recently created ‘Print
Buy-Sell’ App at Telegram platform. Taking in notice of the
popular demand of the printers to find suitable buyer for
selling machinery/equipment lying unused in the Print
Shops and to register, this group is created. This platform
will be giving free service to the printers of any region to
avoid middleman and to find suitable and needy buyer.
This is a free platform and the group members are allowed
to negotiate within themselves. At the same time printers
can also register for their requirement of any printing
and/or allied machinery. Data of this platform will always
be confidential and will not be used for any other purpose.
Speaking on the reason of choosing Telegram platform
instead of WhatsApp, Mr. Parveen Aggarwal, President
OPA said, it is due to restriction on number of group
members at WhatsApp we preferred Telegram because it
contains more social networking functions. This will allow
Offset Printers Association (OPA) recently launched its
refabricated and most interactive new website:
https://opaindia.in. The website is user friendly with new
and unique features. Launching the website, Mr. Parveen
Aggarwal, President OPA said, necessity for this kind of
user friendly portal was always felt. The new web portal of
OPA has many facilities and features. In the library section,
besides technical literature, the rules and notifications
relating to the printing and packaging industry are readily
available.
The list of available mechanics/engineers/electrical
engineers is provided for the repair and maintenance of
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our 2,00,000+ members to directly interact with one
another through live chat and more.
The group is free to use and for joining the group only two
steps are required:
• Step1: download ‘TELEGRAM’ App if it is not already
available in your device (Phone/Tab etc.) For Android
(Google Play) https://telegram.org/android and For
Apple (IOS): https://telegram.org/ios
• Step 2: Use the following link to join this most important
group: https://t.me/joinchat/LCICxaCJxio3OGE1
printing and allied machines. In case of problem the OPA
member can upload his requirement for the repair of his
machine.
At job board the job seekers and job providers/printers can
upload their requirements. At the same time list of raw
material (Paper/Ink/Chemical etc) dealers is also available
at this website.
In case of any technical, financial or other queries separate
link ‘Question Bank’ is provided where experts will be
available to sort-out the challenges being faced by the
printing and packaging entrepreneurs.
A unique feature provided only for the members of OPA is
networking between the members for their out sourced
work or to share the available spare capacity with the
member.
Besides, latest news, thought of the day, informative videos
on many subjects link to various other sites, such as GST
Portal, MSME Portal, Important news magazines and many
more are provided for the reference and use of the visitor.
One can reach the website in many ways because it is closely
associated with all the social Medias. Thus making it one
stop solutions of all the problems/challenges of the printing
and packaging sector.
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