Legacy of imagination, built for tomorrow

Narendra Dadia founded N.D. Corporation with no capital, from a rented table. He worked tirelessly, but never took shortcuts. Doing what was right mattered more than growing fast. His commitment earned customers’ trust, and their referrals built the business. Our first product and earliest customers remain with us today.

N.D. Corporation became Dhaval Colour Chem (DCC) Pvt Ltd. Experiments in sustainable printing led to creating eco-friendly water-based inks, binders and discharge inks.

As India opened up, DCC partnered with leading international manufacturers, starting with HIX Corporation. Over time, 20+ brands joined one vision: delivering complete, end-to-end solutions.

The first Xperience Center opened, helping printers experience the technology, receive hands-on training, test applications, and create real samples — turning technology into practical knowledge.

A. Sabbarchem was acquired, adding specialist binder expertise and deeper chemical knowledge to strengthen ink formulation, quality and technical capability.

Dhaval Dadia joined DCC, building on Narendra Dadia’s foundation of trust and values. He brought systems and ERP, expanded sales, entered digital, saved the way for Graphics acquisition, and international expansion, transforming it from a family enterprise into a professionally driven global organization.

The 100-employee mark was crossed, bringing the growing team together under a shared values, commitment and the belief that meaningful businesses are built together.

Industrial roll-to-roll digital textile equipment, inks, and paper were launched — bringing them together as a complete digital-printing ecosystem.

A 50-50 joint venture was formed with Rutland USA (now part of Avient), establishing a state-of-the-art ink facility in India to manufacture proprietary H&A water-based and plastisol inks for global markets.

Narendra Dadia received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Screen Printing India, recognizing his contribution to printing, industry development, and generations of printers who became lifelong customers.

When Epson entered sublimation printing, it chose DCC as its exclusive partner for India and Bangladesh, recognizing DCC’s unique strength in providing end-to-end solutions.

Fresh Print, a world-class commercial facility producing up to 100,000 shirts daily, was co-created. Addressing real production challenges helped build practical knowledge and share it with the industry.

An industry-first Xperience Center was pioneered, featuring real-life spaces and digital print applications. Customers could explore possibilities, experience the technology, and learn how to bring their ideas to life.

A Bangladesh branch and first International Xperience Center opened, extending the hands-on learning philosophy beyond India through a fashion show featuring garments created with these print technologies.

Grafica Flextronica was acquired, adding three decades of engineering, manufacturing, research, and innovation. That year, it rebranded as 3Q Printing Technologies, enabling world-class printing technology to be engineered and manufactured in-house.

A strategic alliance was formed with M&R in the United States to bring on-board and distribute these technologies globally, marking international recognition of technology engineered and manufactured in India.

Equipment manufacturing expanded into a state-of-the-art, 120,000-square-foot facility in India, bringing critical processes under one roof while integrating manufacturing with customer experience through the Xperience Center.

A U.S. company was established, marking entry into the American market and a major step in the global journey — laying the foundation for a local team, infrastructure, sales, service and long-term customer support.

Cotiqo was established to manufacture coated sublimation paper, bringing paper coating in-house and strengthening control over quality, consistency, and performance across the sublimation process.

The milestone of 500 team members globally was crossed, growing a family of engineers, innovators, technicians, specialists and professionals united by a shared commitment to customers and the future of printing.

After four years of R&D, DCC combined 3Q’s engineering strength with 20+ years of digital printing expertise to create NeoChroma and NeoFlex, reimagining dye sublimation and DTF with innovations that would go on to earn four Pinnacle Awards.

Ink manufacturing capacity expanded to 5,000 metric tons annually, upgraded with advanced automation, modern equipment, an R&D center and laboratory for greater quality, consistency and innovation.

Four PRINTING United Alliance Pinnacle Awards were won for technology and product innovation. 2026 marked the distinction of becoming the world’s only company recognized across both screen and DTF garment printing, validating a unique ecosystem for garment decoration.

An Xperience Center opened in Orlando, bringing the complete portfolio, expertise, service and support directly to customers across the United States, giving customers a destination to experience, compare garment-decoration technologies and choose the right solution for their business.