Est. 2005 · Pune, Maharashtra
Since 2005, Orchid Digitals has been Pune’s trusted partner for digital printing, signage, and brand identity. From a single black-and-white printer to a full-service powerhouse, all under one roof.
Hi. My name is Mitesh Sanghani.
And if you are reading this, you are probably curious about the people and the philosophy powering Orchid Digitals. Our history, how we got to where we currently are and what we see in our future.
Before Orchid, I wore many hats. I worked in finance, helped my father in the paper business, taught IT, worked at a paper mill in Saharanpur, and even washed cars briefly at a garage in Mumbai.
It was a stint at a packaging unit and an offset press in Pune that planted the seed of this business in my mind.
I started Orchid Digitals in 2005 with the strong conviction that digital printing in Pune was about to take off.
“Digital printing in India was fairly nascent at the dawn of the millennium — and I felt making my mark here should be fairly easy. I was both right and wrong.“
Running a digital print bureau demands a rare mix: printing technology know-how, computer skills, design sensibility, the willingness to maintain complex equipment and of course, a working knowledge of business administration.
I had some of these skill sets. The rest, I learned on the fly. And Orchid grew with every lesson.
The journey of Orchid Digitals (and with it, my own) has gone through several important milestones that got us where we are today. Let me take you on a quick stroll through this long and eventful journey that changed the City of Poona, and with it, Orchid Digitals and me.
General Manager, Projects
With us since our cyber café days. Knows every machine and every corner of Orchid. Call: +91 90494 78011
General Manager, Projects
Sachin was one of Mitesh’s very first colleagues, back in our cyber café days more than 25 years ago, and he has run every machine we have owned since. After a few years running his own print and sign shop, he came back to Orchid, and now sees every job through an owner’s eyes.
He plans our signage projects from the first site visit to the final fitting, works out what each board needs, and keeps every department on schedule. Ask him about lit letters and his first question will be how the wiring runs, so nothing untidy shows on your wall.
Sales & Print Production
Goes out of his way to help you meet your deadline. Quotes, invoices and any print job.
Sales & Print Production
Nilesh looks after sales and print production. He prepares quotes and pro-forma invoices, and runs print jobs of every kind himself.
He is also an all-rounder who excels in all our departments. Be it digital printing, wide-format printing, or signboard fabrication.
So if you need a quote, a pro-forma invoice or an update on a print job, he is the right person to ask.
When not at work, you’ll find Nilesh hitting the local gym hard.
Signage Projects
Everyone’s darling. At your site, at the laser, or building your sign board.
Signage Projects
The darling of everyone at Orchid, Pritam handles our signage projects. He visits your site, takes the measurements, talks you through the options and prepares a detailed proposal with layouts, materials and costs. He then helps fabricate and install the glow sign boards, acrylic boards and LED boards himself.
But he is equally comfortable in the flex room, eco-solvent, digital, and lamination sections.
Pritam is also a hands-on kind of guy who can maintain and repair equipment as well as most certified engineers.
Print Production Lead
15+ years with us. Your go-to person for prototypes of digital print jobs.
Print Production Lead
Laxman is our ideas guy. He understands customer needs and makes prototypes for them to approve. You can rely on him to find the right solution for your print job.
He also attacks with gusto, complex jobs that others would shy away from. Jobs as varied as brochures, parking stickers or even shape-cut standees, fall in his domain.
Accounts & Dispatch
Two decades with our family. Accounts and dispatch, and good-humoured through all the office leg-pulling. Call: +91 98810 04693
Accounts & Dispatch
Suresh Kaka has been a part of the Sanghani family businesses for more than 2 decades. At Orchid his primary function is accounting.
He sits at our front desk and also looks after dispatch, so he is your go-to person for invoices, payments and getting your finished job to you.
Front Desk & Express Printing
Our newest member. Need a print urgently? Walk in and Lakhan prints it while you wait.
Front Desk & Express Printing
Lakhan is the first face you’ll see when you walk into our studio. Bring your file on a pen drive or mail it from the desk, and he will work out what you need, set the file up and send quick jobs straight to print while you wait.
Digital prints, banners, standees, flyers and stickers: think of him as our express counter.
Signage Fabrication (Laser & CNC)
Our youngest, and everyone’s favourite. Laser, CNC and fitting boards at your site.
Signage Fabrication (Laser & CNC)
Somnath does two things really well. One – he looks at you with soulful eyes, and two – he runs our CNC and laser cutting machines. When it comes to laser-cutting your stencils and fabricating glow signboards, you can’t do better than Somnath. Need a logo rendered in a weird shape? Somnath will guide you through the ins and outs of the same.
Out-of-the-ordinary, one-off custom jobs are par for the course for him.
Finishing & Packing
Every print passes through his hands: laminated, mounted, framed and packed with your name on it.
Finishing & Packing
Every print that comes off our machines is raw, and Gade Kaka is the one who turns it into a finished product. He laminates prints and mounts them on sunboard or ACP, trims banners, fixes eyelets, fits banners into standee frames and folds brochures at our big finishing table.
Then he packs your job, writes your name on it and brings it to the front desk, ready to go.
Logistics: Pickups & Local Deliveries
Our storyteller and perhaps our hardest worker. Brings in materials and delivers across Pune.
Logistics: Pickups & Local Deliveries
Kishor is our resident storyteller and anecdotist. And when not imparting a homily, Kishor sees to it that your goods reach you. I would rank him as perhaps the most eager and diligent worker at Orchid.
And while he bears a lot of good natured ribbing from his counterparts, Orchid would not be able to function without his logistics support.
Grand Patriarch
‘Papa’ to all of us. Retired from day-to-day work, but still here every day.
Grand Patriarch
‘Papa’, as he is known to all the boys at Orchid Digitals and to many of our clients, is the patriarch of our family business. For many years his back-end support, especially in taxation and debtor recovery, was invaluable.
Today he is no longer involved in the day-to-day work, but he still comes to the office every day, and his very presence is a comfort to the entire team. Owners of many ad agencies and senior names in Pune’s paper and printing trade still know him personally.
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