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Dr. David Roisum of Finishing Technologies is a well-known authority on web handling and converting. He has authored several books including the newly published Winding: Machines, Mechanics and Measurements, as well as more than 100 papers and articles such as his monthly Web Works column in Converting magazine. He was in India conducting the AIMCAL converting school. Dr. David Roisum on India, the Indian converter and much more... How has been your experience in India? I love India. This is my second visit here. I had come to the country on a vacation ten years ago. Things have changed a lot since then. On this visit I can see the improvements Delhi has made in terms of infrastructure. I have figured out that the poverty level has also come down. The country has definitely progressed a lot. What made you bring this training school to India? AIMCAL is extending its reach on a fast note and is really doing a good job. After its successful initiatives in USA and Europe, it has now come to Asia. How do you think the school will help the Indian converter? In USA, we see a close relation between the machine builders or suppliers and the user companies of a machine. It helps in the overall understanding of the technology. However, in India, I think there is a lack of co-ordination at certain level and the suppliers don’t give a complete know-how of the machine. In such conditions, this type of training school actually helps the companies in finding answers to their queries. How has your experience been teaching the Indian converter and user? The Indian attendees have appeared to be better than most of my students till date. They are very serious and focused. I could see the participation from all types of industries. There are people from converting, fabrics, print and paper industry. Some people are from the engineering background, while some are from marketing. I could see versatility in my students. What kind of queries were raised at the training session? Were they very basic or in-depth question? To be honest the questions raised were quite tough to be answered. It was not because they did not have an answer, but because they did not have easy and pleasant answers. Even if I tried explaining, the person would feel as if he missed something. People do struggle with some problems and it is quite obvious. Of course the questions which were raised carried in-depth understanding. How is the Indian converter different from his international counterpart? I don’t think there is much of difference. Technology out here is very advanced and improved. If I could visit the plants of some companies, I could have seen their working atmosphere as well. They must be having a wide range of mechanism. I think the technology out here is as good as anywhere in the world. In your opinion what kind of difficulties do the Indian converters face? Will your training be useful in overcoming those problems? I think the main problem with the Indian converters is a bad or off quality of products. The queries raised did not carry topics like machine down time, but the machine quality. The training school would certainly help people overcome their problems. Is AIMCAL initiating this training school in other countries as well? For bringing any such training school to a country, we need sponsors. Like in India, we have Print-Packaging.Com. AIMCAL is spreading its branches everywhere and I can see the benefit such training programmes bring to the people.
Date: 01-Sep-2008
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