Flex printing in Katraj serves Pune’s southern gateway. Katraj sits where the Mumbai–Bengaluru highway bypass meets Satara Road and the road towards Kondhwa, with the Katraj ghat beyond, so a large share of traffic entering or leaving Pune from the south passes through. 3 Red Media prints hoardings, banners and boards for Katraj at its Chandni Chowk unit, further north on the same bypass, and delivers them south.
Katraj is also known for the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park and Katraj Lake, and for the large education campus around Bharati Vidyapeeth towards Dhankawadi. Between the highway, the campus and dense residential areas, the demand here is varied.
Highway hoardings and big boards
Hotels, dhabas, showrooms, petrol-pump shops and real estate projects near the Katraj junction all want to be seen by drivers. The rules for this are simple and unforgiving: large letters, very few words, strong contrast, and a structure that stays tight in the wind.
Checklist for a Katraj highway hoarding
- Confirm that the site and the structure have the required permission from the PMC (or the relevant authority if the site is outside its limits) before ordering the print.
- Measure the frame exactly, including the edges where the flex wraps or is laced.
- Limit the copy to a name, one benefit and one direction or number; drivers have only a few seconds.
- Use main letters of at least 10 inches for a board read from 100 feet away, and bigger for faster traffic.
- Choose a flex weight suited to the size, and plan for lacing or a tension frame so it does not balloon in the wind.
- Plan who will replace the flex and when; sun on a south or west face fades colours over time.
Our page on hoarding printing explains frame types and materials, and builders can look at real estate hoardings for project layouts.
Students, hostels and the campus side
The campus area near Katraj and Dhankawadi draws students from across India, which supports hostels, PGs, mess services, stationery shops and coaching institutes. They need name boards that are easy to spot, rules boards inside hostels and offer banners at the start of each academic year. Colleges and student groups need event backdrops, standees and fest banners.
| Customer | Common print | Best timing |
|---|---|---|
| Hostel or PG | Name board, rules boards, room signs | Before the new academic year |
| Mess or tiffin service | Menu board, monthly plan banner | Start of each semester |
| Student group or fest committee | Stage backdrop, standees, sponsor banners | As soon as sponsors are confirmed |
| Coaching institute | Admission flex, result banners | Around results and batch starts |
Wedding halls, hotels and events
Katraj and the roads towards Kondhwa and Satara Road have many lawns, banquet halls and hotels. Events there need entrance boards, stage backdrops and direction banners from the main road. For weddings, see wedding banner printing; for receptions and corporate events, the same flex and frame approach works.
Vans, tempos and buses based in Katraj
As a transport hub on the southern edge of the city, Katraj is home to many delivery tempos, travel operators and school vans. Branding them with printed vinyl turns each vehicle into a moving board. Vehicle branding explains how panels are measured and covered.
Political and greeting banners are common at Katraj’s chowks, which makes unauthorised ones a frequent target for removal drives. Get permission first or your print may come down within days.
Weekend crowds near the zoo and the lake
The zoo and the lake bring families on weekends and holidays, and the eateries, juice centres, toy stalls and parking areas around them get a burst of footfall at those times. Shops there benefit from simple, colourful boards that children and parents can spot from the gate, plus a menu or price board that can be read while standing in a queue. Keep it cheerful and big, and put the most popular item first.
Delivery from Chandni Chowk to Katraj
Katraj is where the highway bypass begins at its southern end, and our unit sits further north on it, so most deliveries run straight down the bypass past Warje and Vadgaon to the Katraj junction. For addresses deeper inside Katraj or towards Dhankawadi, we take the local roads from there. Hoardings can be delivered to the site, and fixing can be arranged. To start, send the size, site photo and design.