A mingle around Madurai’s magnificent signage market

Madurai in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is an ancient city blended with modern life of beautiful people portraying rich cultural glows. Travellers around the city get easily hooked to the vibrant surroundings and blissful aura of Meenakshi Amman Temple where the skyline is filled with huge colourful gopurams (gateway towers), which are celestial but also appeared as magnificent display arts to the eyes of those moving in a travelling bandwagon of Sign & Graphics. The wagon moves around Madurai, meets with a host of select sign makers, and develops this exclusive story on them.

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Style Flex, A player for all applications

Style Flex is barely a decade old in the industry. Operated from Madurai as main unit, its footprints spread wide as seven other units are dotted widely across Tamil Nadu. A team of 50 staff members, who are taking care of everything from graphic designing, machine operation, sign fabrication, and up to final installations, is the vitality behind the company’s prompt service and on-time deliveries. Nevertheless, overall vividness in the company’s graphic print outputs is an outcome of a raft of six Gongzheng machines, viz. GZH 3206, GZM 3202 Plus and GZC 3202 Plus, supplied all of them by JX Enterprise.

Chandru, Proprietor of Style Flex, remarks, “We are fully satisfied with the line of Gongzheng printers we run, which are production models, capable to handle prints at all levels for outdoor applications. Other than the Gongzheng printers, we run other versatile systems like HP Latex 335 and HP DesignJet Z6 post-script printer specifically for graphic prints and applications for indoor environments.” Style Flex engages in execution of projects in both indoor and outdoor arenas.

Style Digital Media is yet a sister concern of Style Flex, which has extensively been engaging in execution of some turnkey projects for corporate brands. Some of the big clients who have been associated with the company for years include Amaron, Arokya Milk, RR Cables, among others. According to Chandru, both the doors of Style Digital Media and Style Flex are widely open for walk-in customers too, who normally come to them for personal jobs.


Si Digital, A complete solution corner

A one-stop print solution provider in Madurai city, Si Digital is such a printing corner where customers of all backgrounds who anticipate for miscellaneous graphic prints are gathered. Since its inception in the year 2007, overall portfolios of machines and equipment in the company’s six different branches across Tamil Nadu have been constantly upgrading. The company’s printing prowess in all the branches is triggered by 10 highly-versatile UV, inkjet, eco-solvent, and solvent printers among which Gongzheng C3202 SG Plus and GZH 32 KM from JX Enterprise play pivotal parts.

Mohamed Sharfudeen, Proprietor of Si Digital, says, “In addition to signage graphics, we additionally engage in commercial printing to produce items like wedding cards. Our machine portfolios consist of a mini offset too.” A team of 50 printing & production staff members seamlessly handles complete printing solutions to the sheer requirements of our customers from the sectors like banking, healthcare, auto, etc.” Some of the long-term and prominent names or brands in the current client list of Si Digital include Pothys, Muthoot Finance, Toyota, Unimoni, to mention a few, and a host of walk-in individuals are equally welcomed.

A squad of 50 highly-skilled staff is behind Si Digital’s overall productivity and progression in business. When asked about the company’s future expansion plan, specifically for adding newer machines or technologies to their existing product portfolio, Sharfudeen mentions that UV is the next target for them to unfold more innovative and eco-friendly graphic applications. “For expansion towards UV, we will most likely go for the Gongzheng GZF 2008 D hybrid UV printer from JX Enterprise,” he asserts.


DC Flex, A corner for quality prints

Engaging extensively in printing and production of both indoor and outdoor print graphics for projects of all kinds at different levels, DC Flex has been a sign-making corner where those customers looking for high-quality prints usually stop by. “We maintain the quality and consistency in graphic prints using a line of highly versatile and advanced machines and equipment,” mentions Hariskrishan, Proprietor of DC Flex. He adds that they often opt for the best-in-class machines to deliver finest graphics ever demanded by corporate clients currently listed in the company’s clientele.

In the portfolio of machines now running productively and efficiently at the production setup of DC Flex is an HP Latex 335. Other than the printers, a line of machines and associated equipment at the company’s current setup consist of a CNC router, a channel bending machine, and a set of finishing equipment which eventually lend productivity and flexibility to producing and crafting signage solutions of all kinds. Retail sector is one of the vibrant domains where a host of valued customers of DC Flex are dwelled.

Incepted in 2005, DC Flex has so far worked for big brands or companies like Samsung, Zee Tamil, Trends, Ramco, TVS, etc. A team of eight skilled sign making professionals, which is magnified with some third party hiring when needed, has been taking care of the company’s overall activities to meet every bit of their clients’ requirements. About the company’s next plan, Hariskrishan says an advanced UV machine is set to be arrived soon at DC Flex’s production setup.


DC Ads, perfect print partner

With a team of 15 dedicated staff members who engage in printing and production of graphics in unrivalled manner, DC Ads has been a sign making partner for customers from diverse market segments, businesses, and individuals of different walks of life. Since its beginning in the year 2006, major clients of the company are heterogeneously emerged from almost all market sectors. Suresh, Proprietor of DC Ads, states that they are enabled to handle signage printing services at all levels because of their dedicated team and capable machines they own.

He continues, “Lines of machines in our facilities are chosen for handling different print applications which our clients from different sectors keep demanding, increasingly and miscellaneously.” A fleet of six key Gongzheng machines, namely, Gongzheng ThunderJet C3202 SG Plus (3 units), AQ 1800 UV (1 unit) and AQ 1602 S (2 units) is the vital force behind the vigour of quality and productivity at DC Ads. All the machines are supplied and installed by JX Enterprise.

Some of the key customers of DC Ads who have been closely associated with the company for years are Bhima Jewellers, Poorvika, Kei, V-Guard Industries, Thangamayil Jewellery, among others. “In addition to these prominent brands, we also take care of what many of our regular walk-in individuals want from us, whether it may be just a single poster and bulk graphics,” says Suresh. On their next plan, he points at the high-speed & high-quality 10-ft Gongzheng GZH 32 KM to be adopted soon, yet another highly capable printer from JX Enterprise.


Fine Ads, A finest print provider

Fine Ads has been one of the cosy print service providers in the signage market of Madurai. Incepted in the year 2009, the company works for a mixed bag of customers from all sectors, which include a host of individuals with different profiles, backgrounds, and from diverse sectors. Balamurugan, Proprietor of Fine Ads, says, “We have an ambition to work for providing finest graphic print outputs or signage solutions to the utmost satisfaction of our customers. Some of our customers are from the corporate domain who are quite quality conscious and yearning for graphics that stand out amid competitors.”

Balamurugan further states that they can control everything to meet the needs and demands of their customers because of the way they continuously upgrade their printing prowess with constant adoptions of machines from reputed brands and sole suppliers. He adds, “Our facility is equipped with an array of advanced machines and equipment for pulling off the finest printing and finishing tasks.” Two key machines in the portfolio are Gongzheng ThunderJet C 3202 SG Plus and AQ 1602S, both bought from JX Enterprise.

Backed by a team of dozen well-trained and skilful staff, Fine Ads over the years has been one of Mudurai’s leading one-stop print service providers where finest signage graphics are not only printed but also fabricated to the utmost satisfactory levels of what their customers want. Some of the key customers in the company’s current clientele consist of HPL, Chennai Silks, Hero Motors, Sree Kumaran Thangamaligai, among others comprising a horde of walk-in individuals from different spheres.


Digital India (DI), A wide network for all needs

With three different branches across Tamil Nadu, Digital India (DI) operates devotedly to meet every bit of demand and desire for finest signage graphics from their customers who are dwelled in different market domains. One of the unique traits of the company is its capability to deliver high-end print applications at all quality levels. Shahul Hameed, Proprietor of Digital India (DI) Madurai unit, says they have been using some highly versatile and capable Gongzheng machines over the years to pull off quality print works and outstanding signage solutions.

Started business in the year 1998, Digital India boasts of its nearly three decades of business and capability to fulfil the demands of big clients from the corporate domain. In this, Shahul states that the company’s dedicated team as well as the line of robust and versatile Gongzheng machines plays a vital role in delivering superb quality graphic prints in vivid colours. He adds, “We have versatile Gongzheng GZH 3206 and GZC 3204 Plus printers, both from JX Enterprise, which are ideally engineered systems for creating stunning graphics.”

Digital India’s team of well-experienced staff in Madurai unit consists of 22 skilful employees with wholesome expertise in graphic designing, machine operation, fabrication of graphic prints, and final installations of signage solutions. The team expansively works for clients across the length and breadth of Tamil Nadu, engaging in execution of turnkey projects for big clients like Himalaya, Oppo, Canara Bank, Hyundai, etc. According to Shahul, they also work for regional brands like Thangamayil Jewellery and horde of regular walk-in customers.


Shree Meenakshi Flex, A sizeable wholesome coverage

A brainchild of two business partner brothers, Muthukumar and Krishnakumar, Shree Meenakshi Flex expansively works for customers of all types across Madurai. They lead a team of 15 well-trained staff who engage in all tasks, right from graphic designing, machine operation, printing, and fabrication, up to final executions or installations of signage solutions around the city. Three branches of Shree Meenakshi Flex are located across Mudurai with which the company makes sizeable wholesome coverage of the city, meeting every bit of requirement of their customers.

Key customers of Shree Meenakshi Flex are dwelled in diverse sectors which primarily include the corporate domain. Muthukumar says they are now gearing up to expand their customer base with more flesh applications and print innovations. In the similar tone, Krishnakumar adds that they are equipped well with the best-in-class and capable machines for delivering finest graphics in the market. Some of the key machines in the company’s production setup are: an HP Latex 335, a Gongzheng from JX Enterprise, and others including a solvent printer with Starfire printhead.

Currently, key customers in Shree Meenakshi Flex’s clientele include Ramco Cements as well as many other regional brands from diverse segments like jewellery and retail. According to Muthukumar, a host of leading local brands like Bhima and Thangamayil which mark strong presence in the jewellery market of Madurai are longstanding customers of Shree Meenakshi Flex. He conclusively mentions that individuals, who are mainly a walk-in horde, with diverse print requirements are also key part of the company’s clientele.