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Sohil Singh, Vice President of Business Development at StratoJet, is an accomplished Head of Operations with a distinguished career in the printing industry. With a rich history of over 10 years with StratoJet, Sohil has been an integral part of the company, realizing his dream project. Over the course of his 5-year tenure at StratoJet USA, he has overseen operations globally, contributing to the successful installation of more than 300 printing solutions.
Sohil brings a wealth of expertise to his role, showcasing proficiency in Strategic Planning, Business Development, Marketing Strategy, and Wide Format Printing Technologies. His academic background includes a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) with a focus on International Business/Trade/Commerce from Delhi University, providing a solid foundation for his strategic contributions to the printing industry. As the Vice President of Business Development, Sohil continues to drive StratoJet’s success, leveraging his extensive experience and commitment to excellence.
Since 1995, StratoJet has earned a reputation as a formidable and innovative tech development company and boutique manufacturer, specializing in crafting its own innovative and cutting-edge printers. With a commitment to continuous improvement, StratoJet’s printing solutions are meticulously developed from the ground up, incorporating direct feedback from industry needs and a dedicated customer base. Utilizing high-end servo motors and an inventive ink delivery system, StratoJet’s printers feature straightforward designs with intuitive workflow simplifications, ensuring rapid and high-quality printing while effectively addressing market demands.
Chris: I’m your host, Chris Santomassimo from OGC Solutions. You can see us on the web at OGCSolutions.com, and I thank you for joining the podcast. So I’m here today with Sohil Singh from Stratojet. Thanks for joining us today, Sohil.
Sohil: Thanks again for having me.
Chris: You know, Sohil, one of the many interesting things that we saw at the recent trade show, where we met or where you met our team is to get introduced to companies like yours that are really a success story in terms of family owned businesses. You know, the Stratojet story I think is a really interesting one. We’d love to share it with folks that listen to the podcast, but we’d also love to, you know, do a little bit of learning from it and then talk about all the exciting things that you’re involved in Stratojet.
Sohil: Thank you so much. I mean, I feel we still have a very long road to take, but we are passionate about what we do and we love what we do. So that was the reason we you know, we started this brand and we started this solutions. And it’s it’s been that’s the aim that we we are still focusing on. So for us, it’s always been technology being the first part of it and making sure our products and our solutions can actually, you know, help end users and help life of, you know, people using this in our industry. So and we hope to keep on doing this in the coming future as well.
Chris: Well, you’re a humble guy, because some of the things we saw from your portfolio are pretty interesting and really at the cutting edge of inkjet technology. So tell us a little bit about the Stratojet story. You know, how you started, how your your dad started the company and how you got to where you are today.
Sohil: Well, it started as a project, I would say. You know, it was identifying a solution in a very problematic situation. I think that’s how it all kind of got together. As you know, as we started as a very small sign shop, pretty much you would say that, you know, we used to just do printing and use other products colors. And one was one of our products that we used to use back then. And, you know, my father himself used to deal with brands like HP and Epson. And, you know, there were a couple of brands that we had available in India. And initially, we started off with a, you know, my side, which I was just starting out in school, you know, as a 14-year old boy trying to tennis being my first priority, and then this being the second one. And we started to develop our own solution, which was our first ever solvent printer. It was kind of manufactured from old frames of color. And that’s how we first integrated our, you know, first prototype printer, which was produced for, you know, my dad to use in his printing. It had nothing to do with selling or anything. And, you know, our focus was just, okay, maybe this would help him. And we learned a lot. I mean, we learned how the technology would work. We traveled to see what people are doing and, you know, what they can use and what cannot be used. And it worked really well back then. You know, solvent printing was all there was when it came to large formats. And a lot of people didn’t even understand what large format was. People were still using offset printers. So for us, that was our first product that we, you know, came together, we learned, we evolved and we, you know, when we produced a unit and it worked really well, it even worked better than what we had from well-known brands.
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