The introduction of AM Varityper phototypesetting machine changed paradigm from hand-setting of lead type to computerized typesetting.
It was the first such machine in South India – bringing a spurt of growth to the company.

First 4 colour machine purchased from Miller, Germany, followed by the first fully computer controlled 5-colour machine in India (from Komori, Japan) in 1988.
Started Pragati’s growth from local Hyderabad company to one serving a pan-India customer base – starting with advertising agencies from Bombay.

Pragati wins big at the All India Federation of Master Printers Awards 1991.
It wins the maximum number of awards and is adjudged the Best in India

Pragati is honoured with National Award for Excellence for 1992-93, awarded by the President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma at Rashtrapathi Bhavan, New Delhi.

Pragati moves to a larger 40,000 sq.ft. facility in Red Hills, and also introduces new technologies such as Spot UV varnishing.

Pragati Pack established in 2000 to serve burgeoning packaging market. Initial products were cartons and blister-packs – later expanded to labels and rigid boxes in 2007.
Pragati also wins its first SAPPI Asian Printer of the Year award in 2000 – the first of many.

Pragati wins the SAPPI International Printer of the Year award for the first time in 2006, a feat repeated in 2008 and 2010.
It marks the first time that a printer outside North America and Europe wins this award.

The Balanagar unit expanded to a 150,000 sq.ft. building, followed few years later by doubling of area of the Offset printing unit in Red Hills to 80,000 sq.ft by leasing adjacent plot of land.

A new unit with 300,000 sq.ft. area started in Raviryala (On Outer Ring Road, a 15 minute drive from Hyderabad airport). Rigid box and pharma leaflet production units shifted to the new facility.

The Noida unit was set up for production of rigid boxes, mainly to cater to the mobile phone and electronics industry.