An interview from Ms.Jothi Venkat, Director, Dove Inks & Chemicals
Dove Inks & Chemicals works to color the packaging Industry, Produces water base inks to pamper the environment and helps your packaging to deliver your ideas.
PRINT 3 : We would like to know more about Dove Inks & Chemicals and Could you brief?
Jothi Venkat: Dove inks & Chemicals is basically a Waterbase flexo inks manufacturers based in Chennai, India. In earlier stage we had a tie-up with Swan Coatings, Malaysia. The company engages in the manufacturing of Water based flexographic Inks & Varnishes for graphic-art industries. In year 2003, it has emerged as the largest supplier of water based inks & OPVs in Malaysia, surpassing many multi-national companies operating in the region.
Currently Dove Inks is spreading its wings all over the world by the own brand Dove Inks to serve many new customers. The product we manufacture and supply to each country is something unique which are specially formulated by considering the temperature and other climate conditions of the country.
P3 : What are your company’s vision & mission?
JV : Dove Inks & Chemicals has a clear vision of making the company to every customer’s reach and mission is that to make all our customers satisfied with our quality products.
P3 : What kind of inks manufactured by Dove Inks?
JV : We provide water based flexo and gravure printing inks, covering all common types of paper andboard packaging such as kraft corrugated board, white top liner, coated board, cement paper, plastic bags, synthetic paper and many more base materials. Fine Graphic can also be printed with our coating inks with excellent results.
“As far as customer service is a concern, it is our main concern which we do not want to compromise and we are always at client’s door whenever they require our support”
P3 : What is your production and delivery capacity?
JV : We could produce about 100 tons of inks per month and extended capacity can go up to 150 tons a month.
P3 : What about your quality parameters and how do you assure the quality?
JV : Our production facility is an ISO 9001 certified. It has invested in many advance technologies and has two decades of experience with the operation of CNC Ink Dispensing System. Hence the quality of our inks is much superior to any international producers and we have proven track records of our quality which is always consistent and high consumption output.
P3 : May we know about your manufacturing facility & its infrastructure?
JV : We have a highly equipped manufacturing unit with imported machinery to manufacture the high quality inks & coatings. Sophisticated quality lab for quality analysis & color management. We carry-out regular tests and analysis on colorants, dyes, pigments and their formulation to find out the required one. We are equipped with well R&D facilities for new products development. Any new color or coatings for existing or new applications are formulated by us according to customer’s specifications and requirements.
P3 : What about your supply chain to various places?
JV : Over the years, we have grown to an export oriented company. Currently our products are exported and widely used in all major asian countries. We are engaging many dealers network to reach out each corner of the world which assures our products are available to any customers worldwide.
We have set-up our own large warehouses in Malaysia and India from where we transit our products throughout the Asian countries and setting up many leased-out warehouses in various countries to enable our timely dispatches to our clients. We are regularly appointing dealers & distributors in every country which will help us to establish our brand worldwide and benefit our clients to get the best quality products in reasonable pricing.
“Our technical sales team and customer service team engage themselves to monitor our clients round the clock and make sure we offer our best services without any deviation”
P3 : Being a Inks manufacturer what is your corporate social responsibility?
JV : We at are committed to maintain environment conservation and the control of environment aspects of our activities and serve customers eco-friendly products to save our nature. We produce only water base products which are eco-friendly. We do not deal with solvent based inks.
P3 : Do you see the technology advancements of corrugation industry in India improved?
JV : Yes of course. Indian corrugation industry is a fast-developing industry and its technology advancements and upgradations are high which is competent to any other International market. We could see many new machines with hi-features which produces very high quality cartons.
P3 : What is your idea on growth of Indian corrugation industry?
JV : Indian corrugation industry is growing in faster mode since the packaging requirements are continuously increasing due to India is an economically fast growing country and also migration of plastic packaging to paper packaging helps the industry to grow much faster.
P3 : How to deal the paper sustainability?
JV : Paper itself is recyclable, but in countries like India we should create sufficient awareness to public about disposing of used paper in organized practice which will help the paper industry to become more sustainable. Cutting tree will get minimized only when recycling gets maximized. Also the energy usage to be green based which surely makes the paper sustainable.
“Dove ink’s customer service policy is that to educate, train & support clients at all times”