Vinyl 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 vehicle vinyl, signs, stickers 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.
Vehicle vinyl for tempos, school vans and travel operators
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, and vinyl is the right material because it follows the panels and survives washing and sun. Read vehicle branding for how panels are measured and covered, or car wrap for full-colour changes.
- Measure each side panel separately and note windows, handles and fuel caps.
- Send photos from both sides, the front and the back, in daylight.
- Keep the number and the business name big; the rest can be small.
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 and room signs inside hostels, and stickers and offer panels at the start of each academic year. Colleges and student groups need direction signs and sponsor panels for fests.
| Customer | Common vinyl print | Best timing |
|---|---|---|
| Hostel or PG | Name board, rules boards, room number stickers | Before the new academic year |
| Mess or tiffin service | Menu panel, monthly plan sticker | Start of each semester |
| Student group or fest committee | Direction signs, sponsor panels, photo frame | As soon as sponsors are confirmed |
| Coaching institute | Door and batch panels, reception logo | 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, direction signs from the main road and stage backdrops. For weddings, see wedding banner printing; hotels also order glass lettering for lobby doors and room-number stickers.
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 and glass stickers that children and parents can spot from the gate, plus a menu or price panel that can be read while standing in a queue. Keep it cheerful and big, and put the most popular item first.
Highway hoardings and big boards: where flex comes in
Hotels, dhabas, showrooms and real estate projects near the Katraj junction want to be seen by drivers. For very large boards, flex on a frame is the usual material, and the rules are simple and unforgiving: large letters, very few words, strong contrast, and a structure that stays tight in the wind. See hoarding printing for frame types.
- 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.
- Use main letters of at least 10 inches for a board read from 100 feet away, and bigger for faster traffic.
- Plan who will replace the face and when; sun on a south or west face fades colours over time.
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.
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. Nearby, work on Sinhagad Road is delivered the same way. Fixing can be arranged. To start, send the size, a photo of the spot and the design through the quote form.