Product Development and Research Center
The Product Development and Research Centre, the creative wing of Srinivas Fine Arts (P) Ltd. aims to convert an idea into reality. The work begins with conceptualizing and carries on to it logical end (final product). More than 50 professionals are engaged in Research and Development which includes sourcing, creativity, conceptualizing, art work, designing, content development, content research, product development, cover material selection, application of new technologies, etc.

Customer Support
The Customer Support service takes care of all customer related issues. With the aim of providing solutions, addressing needs of all clients, dealing with customer queries and needs, the Customer Support service functions for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It extends maximum help to clients by providing them with everything from quotations, schedules and technical specifications, art works, files to solutions to after sales services to coordinating dispatches.

The Customer Support service is a one-point communication centre, acting as a step-by-step guide to realizing your print job needs. Online job tracking services are also available.

Costing
For the best use of options on paper and board a well trained costing department provides economical solutions for our clients. All costs are made with relation to product requirements.

Prepress
From high-resolution four colour reproduction to duotones and special quadratones, the prepress is well equipped and manned by highly skilled people. The Prepress uses G5 and G4 Macintosh machines, IBM PCs, Iris Realist proofers, Iris 43" wide imposition proofers, Scitex Dolev 800V image setters, online film processors from Proteck, printing down frame from Proteck Quatalux I, Proteck XPD-85HD plate processors and plate scanning system from DPM Elektomat Systems. Prepress also employs flat bed scanners, transparencies, bromides with copy dot facility, Preps imposition software for imposition, Brisque rip for ripping the output files for film output.

Planning, Materials and Sourcing
Enormous sourcing and detail go into the development of each product. To maintain an international platform we scout the market for the latest trends and test it - whatever proves to be successful we pursue that line. Our sourcing team keeps up with changes in the market and sources the best quality materials from well reputed manufactures from US, Japan, Europe and from other parts of the world.

SFA's sister concern is one of the biggest paper trader in India which represents top paper mills in the country. We have a special warehouse facility which spans 3 floors with 30,500 sq. ft. per floor. This provides ample space for selected materials as well as for cold storage facility for the preservation of highly sensitive films, plates, glues, blankets and electronic components. This facility is monitored by an advanced computer controls. Froklifts and stackers ensure safe and organized handling of materials.

We are an ERP-driven (Enterprise Resource Planning) material management system which takes care of availability of all materials.

Our Planning Department plans the availability of materials for products and availability of machines and manpower. They work on the Integrated ERP systems which make them efficient and which allow quick decision making.

Printing
With one of the most diverse printing options available, such as digital printing, offset printing and screen printing, SFA's state-of-the art technology helps meet all consumer needs. Our sophisticated equipment includes machines from Heidelberg, Komori, Planeta etc.

SFA's digital printing press from Xeikon, Belgium is the only facility of its type available in India, thereby enabling SFA to have the fastest production capacity making a wide variety of short run print jobs possible.

SFA has a huge capacity for sheet feed jobs comprising single colour, two colours, four colours and five colours CPC (Computerised Print Control) technologies. SFA has specially trained supervisors to oversee all jobs.

Print Finish and Binding
A world class print finish provider, Srinivas Fine Arts (P) Ltd. offers one of the best print finishing and binding technologies in the world. For the purpose of print finish and book binding, we use numerous international technologies and machinery.

Machines from Wen Chyuan Machines for lamination and UV varnishing, Ochsner for edge gilding and corner rounding, Kolbus for compact lining and case making, Muller Martini and Sulby for perfect binding, Kludge and Heidelberg for foiling, Durrer for index cutting and Hugo Beck for shrink wrapping are just some of the technologies that are used.

Quality Control
Quality Control Assessments are done after each stage of production, to ensure and maintain durability and reliability. These Quality Control Assessments and Checks are done as per Product Development and Research Center's guidelines. These guidelines are the result of years of industry presence and experience. They are ERP driven which ensures that no step in quality checking is left out. Products are packaged keeping in mind the stack norms, and the quality control assessment system is also applied to the final product.

Logistics
All products are shrink-wrapped with imported virgin BOPP film using fully automatic machines so that none of the products are damaged in transit, which is done through air, sea and land.

Road Transport
All surface cargo is moved through reputed transporters who are committed to deliveries with minimum trans-shipment for safe delivery of the cargo.

Air Shipment
More care is taken in handling the air shipments. Cartons will be palletized to avoid damage to the edges/pilferage while handling at the terminal. The pallets are stretch-wrapped with BOPP film to protect from water damage, and also strapped with metal belts over the wooden lid to arrest the movement of the cargo inside the pallets. Pallets are constructed as per the requirements of the customer. Reputed airlines are used for fast and safe delivery of cargo.

Sea Cargo
Sea cargo is containerized in 20 or 40 ft General Purpose (GP) containers confirming to ISO norms. Containers are filled with cargo at our factory premises under our direct supervision, avoiding transit and handling damages by moving the cargo to ports through trucks. To meet the customer's requirements cargo is also palletized in EURO size.

Cartons/Pallets are planned in advance based on the cubic meter (CBM) of container, and trained personnel are engaged in stacking cargo into the container.

Additional safety precautions such as dunnage and wooden frames are fixed into the container to avoid movement of cargo, during voyage and also while unloading. World reputed shipping companies with global tracking facilities are engaged for the safe delivery of our cargo. With firm sailing schedule of the vessels vendors are informed in advance to plan inventory without and thereby ensures smooth transit.