Why DPCC Approval Matters for Thermal Transfer Ribbon Manufacturing

Codewell Image's factory in Badli, New Delhi operates with DPCC approval: the Delhi Pollution Control Committee's consent to operate under the Air and Water Acts. To check any ribbon supplier, ask them to show the current consent for the factory address, then compare its name, address and validity dates with DPCC's published consent records.

The factory is at A-16, First Floor, Phase 3, Badli Industrial Area, New Delhi 110042, where Codewell slits and packs ribbon. The three checks are set out below, and they apply to any supplier.

DPCC stands for Delhi Pollution Control Committee, the statutory body under the Delhi government that enforces environmental protection law in the National Capital Territory.

Under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, an industrial unit in Delhi needs DPCC's consent to establish and then its consent to operate. DPCC's consent policy page states that no consent to operate is granted until the unit has obtained consent to establish. In everyday trade talk, "DPCC approval" means a factory's consent to operate.

The consent is issued to a unit at an address, so check that the address on it is the factory where the ribbon is made, not an office.

A valid consent to operate tells you the factory has the pollution-control permission that Delhi law requires. Buyers with supplier-compliance checks can ask for it, and a supplier that cannot show it is a risk you can see before you place an order.

It does not tell you how well the ribbon prints. DPCC approval concerns the factory's permission to operate, not the ribbon's grade, label compatibility or print durability. For that, test a sample on your own labels. Codewell sends a free sample roll.

Codewell Image slits ribbon at its Badli factory in custom widths from 25mm to 160mm and lengths from 50m to 600m.

Use these three steps on every supplier you shortlist, whether it is a factory, a trader or a reseller.

1. Ask the supplier to show its current DPCC consent to operate. Read the unit name, the factory address, the industry category and the validity dates, and check that the validity has not run out. The address should be the place where the ribbon is made or slit, not an office.
2. Look the unit up on DPCC's own website. The Status of Consent page links to searches of consents granted, pending and rejected for applications from 2 November 2018, and to older status lists as PDFs.
3. Compare what you find with what the supplier showed you. If the name, address or dates differ, or the unit does not appear, ask the supplier to explain before you order.

DPCC consent is a pollution-control permission for a factory in Delhi. It is not a quality-management standard such as ISO 9001, and it is not a chemical-safety rule such as RoHS or REACH. Each answers a different question, so ask for each one separately if your buyer needs it. What DPCC, ISO, RoHS and REACH each cover explains the differences.

A factory outside Delhi comes under its own state's pollution control board, not DPCC.

1. DPCC, Consent Policy: consent to establish and consent to operate under the Air Act, 1981 and the Water Act, 1974
2. DPCC, Status of Consent: searches and lists of consents granted, pending and rejected