Remembering India's first institute for printing education

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Remembering India’s fi rst insti tute for printi ng educati on

Multimedia provides newspapers • opportunities

Winner of prestigious award does IISc • proud

Lenticular print can be useful in • advertising

Set in the midst of fi ve acres of greenery in Taramani, Chennai, almost hidden from public eye, is the Indian Insti tute of Printi ng Technology.

Chicago Tribune• set for landmark installation

Newsprint study throws light on • standards

Being disillusioned with the • newspaper I read

2 March 2012SurveyRIND

Can the passion be brought back to printing?

FROM THE EDITOR

It was last year that I met C.N. Ashok, one of two (K.G. Suresh was the other) who established Autoprint and made it a name to reckon with in the Indian printing business. During the course of the interview some of the things he said were pertinent. “The availability of labour is becoming scarce and I find it becoming acute. Machines are lying idle because there are no operators. People (at the worker level) are not getting attracted to the printing industry due to various reasons. All training institutes have a problem – they are not able to attract people. The entire training mechanism has to be looked at differently...” Ashok was for having in every city an authorised trainer with a diploma in printing technology who was paid an attractive salary. “He can work with about 20 select printers for a year; printers like us will train him. He will then train workers in these establishments on ISO standards, machine maintenance, best practices, how to reduce wastage etc,” he added. Ashok was looking at the wider world – what he wanted was the society of printers to benefit. It doesn’t take long for a good manager to know that the moment you start training, your job satisfaction goes up, so does productivity. In printing, the industry-institute interaction is very low. The concern is what will happen if nobody takes the lead. Where are the printing institutes and do we have ones that can compare with the best in the world? We keep talking about IT all the time (now of course the sheen has worn off) but hardly care about manufacturing, the shop floor, the brick and mortar.

Ashok’s comments, still vivid in my mind, goaded me to get to the Institute of Printing Technology in Chennai, the oldest in India, to try and find out what really was happening. What was once the Madras Trades School was the first technical training institute to be set up by the Government of Madras in 1916. It was conducting courses for personnel in engineering trades such as civil, electrical and mechanical, and printing became an additional course in 1926. However, what I saw and heard did not enthuse me beyond a point. I knew it was heritage stuff, the names of the principals on the board inside the principal’s cabin gave me a flavour of it, but what stuck with me a long while after was the decrepit building, which not only needed a coat of whitewash and paint in several parts but also needed that something special to mark it out as a landmark institution. It saddened me to realise that in the midst of all the better known institutions – from Voluntary Health Services to the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation to the Asian College of Journalism – here was a forgotten piece of history, well, almost. Perhaps the Tamil Nadu State Government can do something to “bring the old glory back”, as an old student said. And in his own words: “the government must associate itself more closely with the institute”. Well, here’s hoping it happens, and that it happens soon. The principal told me that most students who passed out preferred jobs in the pre-pres area. There seemed to be few takers for “getting fingers smudged with ink”. But perhaps the problem lies deeper. As Prof Rajendra Anayath of the Heidelberg Print Academy once said, there is no longer the passion in printing that there once was. Poor salaries and poor infrastructure are driving youngsters away from printing presses. Even a DTP operator does not get much. So, can companies like Autoprint and Multivista, and some of the leading newspapers take up the challenge of training students, providing them meaningful jobs and bring the sheen back to the industry?


It is slated to be the world’s largest colour control technology installation and the largest newspaper web-offset operation (at its Freedom Center plant in Chicago) under one roof in North America. Well, we are talking about the Chicago Tribune, which has put its penny where it is worth – a major investment in print quality. Most of it is centered around QuadTech’s colour control, inspection and register control technology. For QuadTech, it’s the largest deal in its 33-year history. Not surprising, considering that it is all about equipping 52 towers on 10 printing lines with colour control and web inspection system as well as a register control system. The story is based on a press release, but it merits the space.

Quality is important everywhere. In the newspaper industry, the choice of newsprint plays a crucial role. It’s not something the layman might even know or consider, am not sure if even some of editorial staff in newspapers are aware about the technical aspects of newspaper print and production. The WAN-IFRA Research and Material Testing Centre’s research report, Conformance of Imported and Indian Newsprint to DIN 19306-4, throws light on the standards of newsprint and what newspaper publishers should strive for. It’s a report worth studying.

Being disillusioned with the newspaper I read, is one of the headlines in this issue. The article is not to be taken lightly. It brings into sharp focus several critical issues that concern the editorial departments in the news publishing business nowadays. Yes, advertisements included. Full-page colour advertisements that fail to grab the attention of the reader, with its copy being “minimal and uncommunicative”, visuals of “poor quality” and lay-out being “abysmal”. Is it an attempt to grab a reader’s attention with sheer size? May be. It’s time newspaper owners began to think of their readers and not just their pockets, stresses S. Muthiah, who feels the primary responsibility to readers is to provide them the news of the day. There is also a comparison of news reports, the differences evident, as is the use of superfluous words by a reporter to impress the reader, and mention of how the reader suffers in silence.

Continuing our series in the coverage of the WAN-IFRA Conference 2011, we feature a mélange of different sessions in the closing. What comes off, in the end, is that newspapers will continue to reign in a way. That’s good news. Francis Jayakanth of the Indian Institute of Science has won the first Electronic Publishing Trust Award. For someone who has played a significant role in the establishment of India’s first institutional repository, it’s an honour well deserved. Here’s wishing him well.

Sashi Nair [email protected]


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Oldest printing institute deserves more attention

The Institute of Printing Technology, Chennai, is the oldest institute in India for training students in printing technology. It grew from a small section in the Madras Trades School to a major centre for printing education in the country. Yet, the infrastructure is not top-grade, it does not have enough full-time faculty members, and maintenance is largely poor. It is almost as if it lies unsung, its beginnings forgotten.


SurveyRINDFrom the Editor 1

Pioneering printing education in India 10

It’s time we brought back the old glory 12

Chicago Tribune set for landmark installation 16

Study on newsprint standards released 20

Being disillusioned with the newspaper I read 22

Newspapers stand to gain from multimedia 26

Industry Updates 33

General News 49

Calendar 54


Oldest printing institute deserves more attention

The Institute of Printing Technology, Chennai, is the oldest institute in India for training students in printing technology. It grew from a small section in the Madras Trades School to a major centre for printing education in the country. Yet, the infrastructure is not top-grade, it does not have enough full-time faculty members, and maintenance is largely poor. It is almost as if it lies unsung, its beginnings forgotten. Sashi Nair covers its past here and in the following article

The Institute of Printing Technology situated in Taramani, Chennai, is the oldest institution in India for training students in printing technology, with its foundation being laid in 1926. It was the first ever organised course for the printing trade in

the country. Many past students are now successful printers; some, like Prof V.S. Raman, have taken to teaching at the institute itself. All of them had an abiding love for their alma mater. However, what surely must rank as a ‘centre for excellence’ is not really state-of-the art as it should be. Many parts of the building look fairly run-down and could do with a new coat of whitewash and paint. Yes, the campus is situated in a salubrious area, but could do with some landscaping to make it more pleasing to the eye. There is also a lot that can be done in terms of infrastructure development. More than 4000 books are available in the library that has been opened in recent years, thanks to the munificence of past pupil and alumni association member, L. Rangarajan. It was from his donation that a seminar hall was constructed and an LCD projector installed. Over the past year, D. Vasanthakumar, the principal, has does a fair bit of streamlining. He has ensured that all printing and cutting machines are in working order, that the laboratories function well, and that there are no monetary dues.

The Institute of Printing Technology, a co-educational centre, caters to 310 students, with 90 students in each of the three years, and others being admitted laterally. However, there are only seven full-time faculty members currently and, according to Vasanthakumar, who has been principal for the past one year, 24 faculty positions are lying vacant. “The government is engaged in the recruitment process. We manage with part-time lecturers. We engage graduate and diploma students, as well as past pupils to take classes,” he says.

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Every year, ahead of June, The Tamil Nadu Government, through advertisements, invites applications from those interested in pursuing printing as a career. The criteria – Class 10 pass. The intake is based on a written test, interview and on merit. Out of the more than 600 applications received each year, only 90 find a place. Those who have passed Plus-2 can take advantage of the lateral entry provision. However, there seems to be a shortage of faculty. The majority of students who apply (girls form about a third) are from semi-urban and rural

Principal D. Vasanthakumar.

An Eagle printing machine.

India – from Madurai, Kancheepuram, Tirunelveli, Cuddalore. There are also students from Manipal, even Nepal. A hostel facility is available in the Central Polytechnic campus in Taramani. The pass percentage hovers around 90 per cent in the first and second years. In the first year, the syllabus is ‘common’ for all students, with subjects

such as English, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Subjects related to printing are taught in the second year, while industrial training and project work take up a chunk of the third year. Students are interviewed for placement in the third year; all students end up getting placed either in pre-press, press or post-press areas, mostly in private companies. The majority prefers work in the pre-press area, and gets jobs as data entry operators for printing and publishing firms. Starting salaries range from Rs 7000 to Rs 15000.

Students are given a firsthand feel of equipment in the pre-press, computer and plate-making sections. English, Basic Computer, Mathematics, Applied Physics, Applied Chemistry, Technical Drawing, Workshop, as well as practical tests in Physics and Chemistry comprise the subjects in the first year. In the second year (third semester onwards), students are taught Basic Printing Process, Printing Materials, Design and Planning for Print Production, and practical classes in Design and Layout, DTP and Process Camera Lab. The fourth semester includes Film Assembly and Plate-making (with practical classes), Sheet-fed Offset Machine, Flexo, Gravure and Screen Printing, and Book Binding and Publishing Technology. Colour Separation, Web Offset Machines, Designing Software and Packaging Technology are taught in the fifth semester. And in the sixth, there is Digital printing Press, Printing Press Management, Machinery and Maintenance. A month and more of practical training sees students being sent in batches to various printing presses, including those run by The Hindu, The New Indian Express and Kumudam. Students also receive a lot of exposure under the Canada-India training project, and get to learn InDesign and Quark software.

D. Ramalingam, vice-president of the Printing Technologists Forumand one of the oldest students of the institute, says the government must regularise the post of the principal. Till recently, people from other disciplines were made principals, most of them having tenures of not more than a year or so as they are on the verge of retirement when they came in. “They were not printers. Of course, you do not need to be a printer to manage an institution, but you can’t expect the kind of commitment necessary, from a person belonging to another discipline. The knowledge of printing is always a bonus to run an institute like this, because you then understand what the requirements are. Also, the principal must hold office for at least 3-4 years, so that they have sufficient time to do something for the institute. The government must associate itself more closely with the institute,” he says.

An original Heidelberg machine, and the legend (below) says it all.

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Pioneering printing education in India

For graphic arts education in India, 1926 turned out to be a significant year. The foundation was laid for the training of printing craftsmen and technicians by establishing a printing section with some types and equipment in the Madras Trades School and starting evening classes in printing. The following year, a regular training programme of a four-year part-time certificate course was started for employees and apprentices in printing presses, to impart theoretical and practical training in Composing, Machine-minding, and Binding. The classes were conducted evenings. It was the first-ever organised course to be started for the printing trade in India.

The designing studio lab at the Institute of Printing Technology.

The Madras Trades School, which was the first technical training institute to be set up by the Government of

Madras, in 1916, was already conducting courses for personnel in engineering trades such as civil, electrical and mechanical. Printing became an additional course in 1926, and one of the first sections of the school. The institution, housed in a rented building where the course was started, was opened on December 4 during the time of Sir Charles Innes, then director of Industries. There were twenty students in the first batch. Members of the staff were all part-time lecturers. N.M. Adyanthaya was appointed the first full-time superintendent. That post was later changed to principal, and Adyanthaya became the first principal as well. The Madras Government Press at Mint and the Railway Printing Press in Royapuram, under the charge of the British superintendents then, lent their services besides sending experienced officers to the school as visiting lecturers, for both theoretical instruction and practical training. The officers, Indians and Englishmen, were really the pioneers of printing education in India. Their sincere efforts made the training as best as possible when there was no guidance available to them.

The first set of experts to serve as printing teachers in the Madras Trades School included from the Government Press A. Lepper, superintendent; A.G. Anderson, deputy superintendent; T.K. Narayana Iyengar, assistant superintendent; S. Appadurai Pillai, assistant superintendent; M.J. Magimai Das Mudaliar, personal assistant to the superintendent; and M.D. Krishnaswamy, head proof reader; from the Railway Press Lt Col W.E. Marsh, superintendent; and H.D. MacDonald, assistant superintendent; and A. Seeyalam Mudaliar, machine demonstrator; S. Ganapathy, composing demonstrator; and P.T. Sabapathy Mudaliar, binding lecturer.

In 1931, the Madras Trades School changed its name to Government School of Technology. The following year, four successful students were sent to the London


School of Printing for training. On their return, they were immediately absorbed as junior officers in the Government Press, Madras. The four were K.P.R. Menon, R. Siddique, G.F. Amalnathan and J.W. Halge. All went on to have distinguished careers in printing. In 1937, the four-year certificate course was converted to a five-year diploma course, with students of the 1937 final-year certificate course automatically moving on to the fifth year in 1938. Until 1958, the diploma continued to be the only one in printing being offered in India. In 1946, the Government School of Technology was renamed the Central Polytechnic. Along with the name change, a new full-time three-year diploma course was begun. More full-time teaching staff were employed and equipment worth Rs 2 lakh purchased.

In 1954, the All India Council for Technical Education made recommendations to start four regional schools of printing technology in India. As part of the recommendations, the suggestion of the Government of Madras to develop the Printing Section of the Central Polytechnic into an independent Regional School of Printing for the southern region with reservation of seats for Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Mysore was accepted by the Government of India. Thus, the first Regional School of Printing in India was inaugurated on August 8, 1955 by M. Bakthavatsalam, then Industries minister. The staff position was further strengthened by the addition of seven lecturers and six demonstrators. An original Heidelberg automatic Platen machine was presented as a gift by local agents, the East Asiatic Company. Two years later, the institution, functioning under the Department of Industries and Commerce, came under the control of the Department of Technical Education.

In 1958, the Central Polytechnic shifted to its new premises in Guindy and the old building on Pophams Broadway was given to the Regional School of Printing for its development as an independent institution. V.K. Sriramulu took charge as first principal. Ten years later, the institution moved from Broadway to its new home at the Central Institutes of Technology Campus in Adyar (Taramani). In 1975-76, the full-time and part-time diploma courses were restructured into the semester pattern and the entire syllabus was revised to fulfill the needs of industry. The part-time five year course was reduced to four years or eight semesters. In January 1975, the name was changed to Institute of Printing Technology (Southern Region) by a government order based on a request made by students and staff.

A trainer checks out a plate-exposing machine.

Students work on a Dominant 714 Adast single-colour printing machine.

A Dominant 725 P/A double-colour offset machine.

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It’s time we brought back the old glory

D. Ramalingam.

I am proud to be an alumnus of India’s premier printing institution – Central Polytechnic during my time as student, now the Institute of Printing Technology. Though it has been 55 years and more, those five years spent at the Central Polytechnic, my formative years,

are chiseled in memory. During 1951-53, I was in the composing section at the Central Cooperative Printing Works

Ltd, Mount Road, Madras, and then till 1956 in the Government Press on Mint Street, as an apprentice in the Lino, Mono and Printing Departments. Together, it laid the foundation for my career in the printing industry. Though an apprentice, the workers in both presses allowed me to work independently and help them in their tasks. This was because of the thorough training given to us, theoretical as well as practical, by expert teachers. Students could opt for either the three-year full-time or five-year part-time LPT (Licentiate in Printing Technology) Diploma. Students who passed out were much sought after and respected for their knowledge of printing. Past alumni have served as director of Printing and Stationery, Government of India, and as key persons in Central and state government presses. One of my classmates retired as deputy director, Printing and Stationery, Gujarat. After completing my course, I left for Stuttgart, Germany, for training, and there I would spend the next eight years.

But back to the Central Polytechnic. The course I studied comprised two years of Composing and Proof-reading, two years Machine-minding and Binding, and one year studying Management subjects. K.T. Chary, our first teacher, was known for his copious dictations, love for the English language, his legs shaking in tune with his dictation. He had an elephantine memory and taught us the basics in composing. He kept in touch with students and helped a few pursue higher studies in Leipzig, then East Germany. Subbarayalu, one such student, went on to become a faculty member at Wuppartal, Germany. Mr Chary was in touch with me and would carry my writings in Printindia, a magazine he published. As president of the Association of Research and Development in Printing, he would ask some of us to make presentations at seminars. He taught at SIGA and the Madras Christian College till well into his late 80s.

V.S. Krishnamurthy, the legendary VSK, my second-year teacher, was a born professor. Thorough in mechanical composing (lino and mono), typography, imposition, typesetting calculations and proofreading, his knowledge helped me throughout my career. Starting from my first article as a student, in Printech, to his notes I used as a visiting faculty at the Government Institute of printing Technology, Bombay, and the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, to his recommending me to Tata Press Ltd, and to my presentation at RIND seminars and to my MPLA days, he was my mentor. I passed the City and Guilds of London Institute in Typography and Machine Work examinations thanks to his encouragement. When I was selected as assistant manager, Government Central Press, Gujarat, the director told me during the interview that it was because of my C&G certificates, typesetting arithmetic and answers regarding suitability of a printing process that I would be appointed. I was asked to find out the number of 8-point ems in a given space. I remembered VSK and S.K. Thamba (my third-year Machine lecturer) at the time. Thamba also taught us manners.

D. Ramalingam recounts the good old days at Central Polytechnic


A born organiser, he was sought-after by the principal before any function. He took us on an excursion to Bhadravati Paper Mills, Mysore, and to printing presses in Bangalore. Always sporting a smiling face, he used to ask uncanny questions in practical classes. He was a favourite among students.

M.R. Srinivasan, a visiting faculty member in the fourth year, was senior superintendent at the Government Press, Madras. He would dismantle the Miehle Two Revolution machine and reassemble it. He would ask students to take notes from his lecture but never dictated notes. I would use my shorthand knowledge sometimes. He was the local invigilator for C&G machine practical classes, authorised to give up to 30 marks, the balance would be given by the London Institute examiners. It was a tough four-hour examination.

In our time, workers used to test the practical knowledge of supervisors. I was responsible for printing ballot papers for Assembly elections in 1962, for Gujarat. They were printed on Centurian Letterpress Two Revolution machines, with numbering machines procured from the Swadeshi Type Foundry, Madras. During trials, a mischievous worker committed a mistake, deliberately. I corrected it and reprimanded him. I remembered MRS at the time.

For Binding, Vembuli took theory and Madhava Balakrishnan practical classes. There were visiting faculty members from the Government Press, Madras. Vembuli we nicknamed Vaughan, as a few of his notes were from Vaughan’s book on binding. Balakrishnan brought eggs and gold foil to teach us gold-foiling of book cases using the ‘golding jobber’, and various forms of binding and folding. It helped me a lot in understanding the Stahl Folders folding stations and folding possibilities with appropriate imposition schemes.

Final-year classes were taken by the head of department, V.K. Sreeramulu. We were supposed to be taught Management Studies. But he taught us other things, such as the Factory Act. As chairman of the Printing Technology Students’ Association, I learnt how to be diplomatic during my interactions with him. He was good at sorting out issues between students officiating for the association. As head, he was a good guide.

Overall, the course was tough, but enjoyable. The present faculty members are all IPTians. Madras has always been in the forefront in printing education. The diploma offered by the Central Polytechnic was the only one then. As such, there were students from other states. VSK would often tell us to be proud about being in the print industry. Printing is an art, a science, a piece of engineering and technology, And nothing can move without it, was his slogan. It’s time we brought the old glory back to IPT.

The names and tenures of principles who have led the institute over the years, displayed on a board in the principal’s office.

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In what will be the world’s largest colour control technology installation, Image-based AccuCam on 52 towers will provide consistently high colour quality, waste reduction and cost reduction

Chicago Tribune set for landmark installation

The Chicago Tribune Company is making a major investment in print quality – centered around QuadTech’s colour control, inspection and register control technology. In the largest deal of QuadTech’s 33-year history, one of the USA’s most prestigious

newspaper publishing groups is equipping 52 towers, on 10 printing lines with QuadTech’s Color Control and Web Inspection System with AccuCam and Register Control System with MultiCam at its Freedom Center plant in Chicago.

The Chicago Tribune’s Freedom Center is the largest newspaper web-offset operation under one roof in North America. Its ten MAN Colorman and Goss Metrocolor presses manufacture 2850000 products each day, printing a host of major newspaper titles, including the Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Investor’s Business Daily, Chicago Sun-Times Media publications, and over 20 regional and specialist business titles.

“This investment is being made to gain efficiency, uniformity in our press operations and improvement in print quality for ours and our commercial clients’ products. We are confidently investing in the future of print. The installation of QuadTech’s technology represents our commitment to delivering consistent quality and minimising our cost structures, especially for our customers in the short-run market,” says Brian Karnick, Chicago Tribune vice president of Operations.

Karl Fritchen, QuadTech president, comments: “With the advent of the digital age, readers and advertisers alike are less tolerant of defects, including variations in density, colour reproduction and registration. We are delighted to form a strategic partnership with the Chicago Tribune to overcome these challenges and deliver to the same exacting standards of reproduction as rival media alternatives, with this landmark agreement.”

QuadTech’s AccuCam combines colour control and web inspection capability, all from the same sensor. Its proprietary spectral sensor for image-based colour control eliminates the need for colorbars or graybars. A closed-loop system, AccuCam analyses the entire image and automatically obtains target aim point values from a high-resolution prepress file to maintain accurate colour, by automatically adjusting ink keys throughout the production run. The system also controls and optimises the ink ratchet for high inking performance, creating better color, reduced waste and minimised operator intervention. All surfaces are inspected and common print faults such as scumming, blanket smashes, incorrect plates and color variations, are detected. Early spotting of inconsistencies allows for corrective action before defects become a costly problem.

QuadTech’s MultiCam provides accurate colour-to-colour register, cut-off register and ribbon register to commercial web and newspaper printers. Like AccuCam, the MultiCam systems are designed to work on the ICON integrated platform with other QuadTech products. MultiCam is the world’s best-selling register camera with over 10,000 cameras built.


About the decision to invest in QuadTech’s technology, Chicago Tribune’s Brian Karnick says: “There are many colour control choices in the marketplace. QuadTech was the best fit for our needs in terms of quality control and defect detection. The modular design and image-based technology allows for state-of-the-art image control without the need for additional targets and gray bars. This made it very appealing for our team. In addition, the ability for the system to alert operators to other defects such as ink loss or ink scumming is like another set of eyes for our press team.”

QuadTech’s strategic partnerships with newspaper printers have led to continuing development of AccuCam capabilities. At drupa 2012 (Hall 17 / A01) the company will introduce the addition of water control to the AccuCam system’s array of capabilities.

L-r: Vince Balistrieri, director of Engineering and GM of Commercial & Newspaper, QuadTech; Tom Beilke, Operations/Maintenance manager, Chicago Tribune; Karl Fritchen, president, QuadTech; Rebecca Brubaker, senior vice president of Manufacturing and Distribution, Chicago Tribune; Brian Karnick, vice president of Operations, Chicago Tribune; Kris Socia, senior manager Press Operations, Chicago Tribune; and Greg Kallman, Regional Sales Manager, QuadTech pose for a photo-op.

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WAN-IFRA, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, will hold its annual exhibition of media technology in Berlin, from 7 to 9 October 2013, at Messe Berlin fairgrounds, following this year’s event in Madrid, Spain. It is the first time that IFRA Expo, the largest global trade exhibition for the news publishing and media industry, will take place in the German capital.

“Berlin is an exciting city, and highly attractive for international visitors,” said Michael Heipel, WAN-IFRA executive director, Marketing and Event Management. “The German capital has become a hub for media, and it boasts a creative scene for music, arts and everything digital. The city is home to influential publishing houses, and its superb infrastructure and affordable hotel rates make it an ideal venue for IFRA Expo.” IFRA Expo 2012 will take place in Madrid from 29 to 31 October, under the motto New Markets, New Audiences. In parallel to the IFRA Expo, a comprehensive supporting program will be offered by WAN-IFRA, including Focus Sessions on The Power of Print as well as the 5th International E-Reading and Tablet Conference. More information can be found at www.wan-ifra.org/ifraexpo2012 (Madrid) and www.wan-ifra.org/ifraexpo2013(Berlin).

IFRA Expo 2013 to be held in Berlin

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Study on newsprint standards released

In the recent years, the complexities of newspaper production have increased

globally, especially so in India, where increased circulation, and more number of editions and supplements means that printing centres have a tight schedule and cannot afford downtime during production hours. The need, therefore, is for efficient, consistent and high-quality production, and the choice of newsprint plays a crucial role.

The properties of various newsprint used by Indian publishers and their effect on the efficiency of newspaper production were analysed and details of the study appear in WAN-IFRA Research and Material Testing Centre’s research report, Conformance of Imported and Indian Newsprint to DIN 19306-4. The study focused on the basic, optical, mechanical and structural characteristics of 17 commonly used newsprint brands in India, including nine imported and eight Indian newsprint, and compared them with the specifications of DIN 19306-4, the comprehensive German standard for newsprint used as a benchmark worldwide. The standard specifies the minimum delivery specifications required for newsprint; for efficient newspaper production, conformance of newsprint to DIN 19306-4 is vital.

Backed by comprehensive laboratory tests, the research report illustrates the conformance/non-conformance of imported and Indian newsprint to the standard. Do laboratory measurements and actual production at the press correlate? Does non-conformance to the standard on any parameter have a direct impact on production? The material testing centre collected ‘user feedback reports’ about newsprint from users and then made a comparison between laboratory tests and actual performance. The study revealed several interesting correlations.

For example, the relation between high grammage (than the specification) and loss in newsprint mileage, and between high surface roughness and low ink mileage were identified. The study also showed several areas of improvement, especially as far as Indian newsprint was concerned, and recommends a close interaction between newsprint manufacturers and publishers for gaining such improvements.The Conformance of Imported and Indian Newsprint to DIN 19306-4 report can be downloaded from the WAN-IFRA Research and Material Testing Centre Web site (www.wan-ifra.org/rmtc) for free. <

The cover page of the research report.

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Being disillusioned with the newspaper I read

S. Muthiah

The writer has been in journalism for more than 60 years. He is editor, Madras Musings, author, and a columnist for The Hindu. He has taught journalism and print production at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Anna University and the University of Madras. He helped found India’s first degree course in printing technology at Anna University in 1980. He has been an office bearer of the Madras Printers’ and Lithographers’ Association, and the All Indian Federation of Master Printers. In March 2002, he was awarded the MBE by the Queen of England for his work on heritage and environment conservation in Chennai.

I’m an old-world journalist brought up by nit-picking editors, assistant editors and, worst of all, sub-editors who would find fault with every sentence I wrote. Be it content, style, grammar or syntax. As I went

through the three stages, I became like them and, sorry, I can’t get out of the habit.

The other day, reaching for the three dailies I read every morning – I gave up a fourth after a year some time ago and a fifth after a month more recently – and found myself grabbing three newspapers with not a headline to glance at on the front page but full-page colour advertisements for something I had no interest in and which also failed to grab my attention with its copy (minimal and uncommunicative), visuals (poor quality) or lay-out (abysmal).

Yes, I did enter journalism when front pages were fully occupied with ‘smalls’ / ‘classifieds’ or presented the news in a stark, militarily regimented lay-out of columns. But give me a reader who doesn’t take even a brief peek at the ‘classifieds’ - which certainly provide a mine of information and information is what news is all about - or doesn’t scan the most dully presented passive headlines.

What these full-page advertisements offer is not information but an attempt to grab a reader’s attention with sheer size - and if the reader is not interested as a buyer, the size is certainly not about to entice him.

It’s time newspaper owners began to think of their readers and not just their pockets. Their primary responsibility to readers is to provide them the news of the day. Can’t they all agree on this and team together at the Indian Newspaper Society, or whatever they call it, to say “No full-page, front-page ads and no gimmicky large-size ads eating into front-page news” and add,

“We should pay greater attention to our readers”? It’s time editors too began to pay greater attention to their readers. And to

do that they need to pay equal attention to ALL that goes into their pages and not only of what is of special interest to them. And this would mean not only looking at content, language and presentation but also what their rivals are up to on these three counts on a daily basis.

Take these two reports that appeared on the same day recently in two of the leading dailies in Chennai. The heart of the story was: “A 52-year-old man, who fell into the Cooum in Aminjikarai in the early hours on Tuesday, was rescued by a traffic police constable.

Papers A and B reported the accident as follows (see overleaf):


Head constable K. Ravi (38) attached to the Aminjikarai Traffic Police told (this paper) that he was on his way to report for duty and he incident occurred at 5.45 a.m.

“Since some people were looking curiously at the Cooum below, I got down from my motorcycle and made inquiries. They told me that they could hear the cries of a man but were not able to see him,” Ravi said. Some onlookers, who were at the spot, said the constable walked down to the river bank and spotted a man crying for help. He got into the slushy waters to rescue him. “Only the face of the man was visible. The

rest of the body was in the slush. Luckily, I found a casuarina stick nearby which I extended to him. He had suffered a broken right arm and hip and was struggling to come up. However, he managed to hold on to the stick tight and I pulled him slowly to the bank,” added the policeman.

It was 6 a.m. and head constable K.Ravi (38) - attached to Aminjikarai traffic police wing –had just reported for duty at Anna Nagar, near the arch, when local residents rushed to him. “They told me that a man had slipped and fallen into the Cooum”…

”Only his eyes and teeth were visible. His head and body were all covered with thick mud,” he said.

Realising that he too would sink if he stepped into the water, Ravi picked up a casuarina log lying nearby and extended it to the drowning man. But the fall had left the man with a fractured hand and hip and he did not appear to have any strength to hold on to the log. Roping in the locals, the constable then attached a hook to one end of the log and tugged at the man’s shirt.

Were the two reporters reporting the same event? To me it sounded like Roshomon, that Japanese film classic where each one of the four travellers saw the same incident differently. Obviously the reporters in these two instances were reporting on hearsay – in which case why not say so; that would at least explain the discrepancies to some extent. But more importantly did the rival News Editors discuss the differences with the respective reporters? I know in my time, every difference would have been marked in broad red and sent back to the reporter asking for an explanation.

In the three decades I was teaching journalism, this kind of reporting is what I used to warn students against. Then in 1980, I got a perfect example from the same two newspapers cited above. It was a report of India winning a hockey match in the Moscow Olympics. One reporter thought India played a brilliant game; the other felt that India won despite being terrible on the field. Were the two reporters at the same game, I asked year after year as I read the two reports out to students. The only excuse I suggested for such reporting is that in sports coverage reporters are given the luxury of comment and, so, in this case, they could have been personal views. But personal views so extremely different?!

This greater freedom given to sports reporters leads to its own problems. There is a sports reporter in one of these papers I read who seems to have memorised the dictionary and tosses in a score of polysyllabic words in every report of his. My vocabulary is rather limited and I refuse to reach for the dictionary when reading a newspaper report, so I don’t know whether the words he uses to impress his reader are right are wrong, but I find “dissipative spectator value”, “suffuses optimism”, “a flat-lining trend” and “bubbly youngsters brimming forth” a bit hard to take, especially on a daily basis – the sports pages are pages I cannot do without and every story is read. It’s time the editor – or, better still, a senior

The cop then slowly pulled him out of the water. But half way, the man’s clothes were in tatters. Divesting him of his shirt and lungi, the rescue team then placed him on gunny cloth and carried him to the bank.

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sub-editor, if such a species still exists (or pull one out of retirement) – sits down with this reporter and goes through his copy word by word. Here is a sports reporter with knowledge and enthusiasm; why can’t that be channelled into better, more readable reporting?

There is another sports reporter in Chennai who writes great English, but when he first started it took you several paragraphs into the story to find out what the score was. He’s, mercifully, got over that now, and is one of India’s best reporters of a particular sport, but from time to time he adds a few words to exhibit his expertise in the game. I often wonder whether the nuances he describes can be spotted at the distance from which he watches the game. Certainly I know experts who have long played the game who have wondered about the correctness of some of his nuanced descriptions.

I was in that long ago time taught to write for the largest possible audience and not that small coterie who knew the dictionary by heart or the experts who knew the finer intricacies of the game being reported. And as in the Rashomon-like reporting, it’s time Editors, Sports Editors and Sports sub-editors (if such a species still exists) began paying greater attention to the output of such enthusiastic sports reporters. But while waiting for that to happen, I suppose I will have to continue with being disillusioned with the three newspapers I read for not paying greater attention to me the reader who wants the news first and wants it intelligibly written.

Paul Jansen, award-winning journalist who has held leadership positions in the print, broadcasting and Internet operations of The Straits Times newspaper and the Singapore Press Holdings group (SPH) will be the star attraction at the first Digital Media India Conference to be held on March 12 at Hotel The Park, Hyderabad. Jansen, who founded one of the world’s first online newspapers, The Straits Times Interactive, now re-named straitstimes.com, and the search and directory engine Rednano.sg, which has won regional and international honours, will speak on ‘Online analytics and statistics - how companies can use simple tools to back solid strategies for self-preservation and expansion in the new world of publishing’ at the conference organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

The Conference will discuss digital media strategies, monetising initiatives and publishing-to-digital devices. Other speakers include: Gregor Waller, Frenemy Consulting, a WAN-IFRA activity, Germany; Rajesh Kalra, chief editor, Times Internet Ltd.; Gyan Gupta, head, Digital Business, Dainik Bhaskar; Stephane Carpetnier, creative director, Ringier Studios, Vietnam; Monalisa Sengupta, head, Applications Division, NDTV Convergence; and Adam Hill, director, Diversity Advertising, The Netherlands. To register or for more information, please visit the conference website: www.wan-ifra.org/dmi.

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Newspapers stand to gain from multimedia

There has always been talk in recent times about newspapers and the print medium facing heat from television and the Internet and the possibility of the newspaper getting ‘extinct’ in the none too distant future. The subject one again came to the fore at the closing session of the WAN-IFRA Conference 2011, in Chennai. Sidelights, from a report filed by Nidhi Adlakha

Readers of The Times of India will remember waking up one morning to a 100 per cent recycled newspaper, an innovative marketing technique adopted by Garnier and the Times Group. Aimed at engaging the youth and spreading awareness on

environmental issues, the two brands organised a contest seeking environment-friendly ideas from the youth. For every worthwhile idea received, ten kilos of newsprint were recycled to create the edition. “Introducing social media elements is the key to gain credibility and make a mark in the industry. One should be open to try new things to help in the brand building exercise,” said Amandeep Singh, Madison Media.

He stressed on the need to constantly think of new ideas, study the audience and look beyond a set plan. “Work discipline, long-term planning, timing, teamwork, having an open mind and adequate research is the key to make innovations work. You have to look at what is important for the brand and how better you can make use of the medium,” he added.

The New York Times introduced colour advertisements in 1997 and began printing ads on Page 1 only from 2009. “Addressing the needs of advertisers by linking the benefits of technology and media are lessons that have been learnt by newspapers today,” said Sunil Rajsekar, director, Times of India Group and CEO, Times VPL Ltd. “The lesson we need to learn from NYT is to make the most of time now and not delay in adopting innovative advertising techniques. Strength, credibility, the ability to stand out and be different, creating a strong impact and audience-connect are expected by advertisers. Creating value with innovation makes competition irrelevant, resulting in the success of any strategy,” he added, and explained how ads could be given “more presence” by placing them on the front page ads or below the masthead, or using ‘power jackets’.

Impact of multimedia According to a recent survey, the world newspaper advertising share has halved in the

past ten years and is expected to drop further by 35 per cent by 2013. The reason: the growing impact of multimedia. Said Gavin O’ Reilly, CEO, INM Global: “Newspaper companies have a unique opportunity to develop multimedia advertising sales, they already have digital and print, many have broadcast in their portfolio but, even more importantly, they have the sort of strong local relationships in the market that give them a head start over newcomers. The opportunity will not last forever but it exists right there, right now.”


Explaining the various benefits of multimedia, Eamonn Eamonn Byrne, business director, the Byrne Partnership Ltd, said that multimedia had the ability to cater to a wider and different audience. “It has greater frequency, more powerful associations and brings about positive reactions. Multimedia strategies are effective only within a well-constructed plan. The media business development plan should keep in mind parameters such as accountability, performance, training, clarity, response, review and clarity. Integrating the multimedia ad sales strategy into your business plan and not treating it is something different is the principle to be followed,” he explained.

Newspapers will growThe closing session saw a panel discussion on Vision 2020, with Aritra Sarkar,

Anandabazar Patrika, Jayant Mathew, Malyala Manorama, and Monica Nayyar Patnaik, Sambad, Eastern Media Ltd, participating. “The print media in India does not have a gloomy future. Using cross-media verticals is the key to its success and, unlike the West, where the medium is fading away, India promises potential,” said Patnaik. “Content is always king and newspaper organisations must continue to keep up with the trend despite features such as paid advertising making their way into the industry,” Mathew added. Speaking of new media and other forms of news delivery, Sarkar explained how the reach to a number of audience clusters remained an untapped area. “The emergence of new media promises the growth of a number of urban clusters in the country. India has a large rural population that only newspapers cater to, and thus the newspaper industry will continue to grow in India,” he said. <

Monica Nayyar Patnaik, Sambad, Eastern Media Ltd, speaks at the panel discussion as Jayant Mathew, Malyala Manorama, and Aritra Sarkar, Anandabazar Patrika, look on.

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Lenticular print could prove useful in advertising

Statement about ownership and other particulars about “RIND Survey” the English Monthly Newspaper, Chennai, as required to be published under Section 19-D Sub-Section (b) of the Press and Registration of Books Act read with the Rule 8 of the Registration of Newspapers (Central Rules) 1956

Form IV RIND Survey - Monthly

1. Place of publication : Chennai2. Periodicity of Publication : Monthly3. Printer’s Name : V.B.S. Mony Nationality : Indian Address No. 10/2 Second Loop Street Kottur Gardens Chennai 600 0854. Publisher’s Name : V. Murali Nationality : Indian Address

Plot No. 10 Lake View, 5th Street, Iyyappa Nagar Madippakkam, Chennai 600 0915. Editor’s Name : Sashi Nair Nationality : Indian Address Gayathri Enclave Ground Floor 873-B, Ramaswami Salai

K.K. Nagar, Chennai 600 0786. Names and addresses of individuals who own the newspaper/magazine and partners or shareholders holding more than one per cent of the total capital: The Press Institute of India - Research Institute for Newspaper Development RIND Premises, Taramani, CPT Campus Chennai 600 113 Shareholding of more than one percent of the capital does not arise as the The Press Institute of India - Research Institute for Newspaper Development, is a non-profit society registered under the Societies Act No. XXI of 1860. I, V. Murali, hereby declare that the particulars given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. V. Murali Publisher

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DP Lenticular, based in Ireland, is a company dedicated solely to the promotion and sales of Lenstar lenticular plastic sheets and rolls, offering customers in the graphic arts industry high quality lenticular sheet material available on the market as well as reliable technical support and customised training services. Positioned as a premium marketing tool, lenticular print is appropriate for use in a large number of applications such as POP designs, packaging, direct mail, promotional and various card formats… from a postage stamp to large format advertising.

Lenticular technology is a high-resolution imaging process developed for the purpose of creating visual effects such as S3D, multiple changing graphics or animation. The lenticular sheets are printed (offset, flexo or digital) with interlaced images using conventional or UV inks and can accept various types of laminations.

For DP Lenticular, a milestone in 2011 was the introduction of the new fully recyclable lenticular Lenstar Plus material. According to a release from the company, the Lenstar Plus material is an important environmental step forward, providing improved press stability and registration. Another important improvement was the lens modification of the existing 3D 100 LPI lens. The thickness of the material was reduced from 580μ to 546μ. It has the dual effect of reducing the cost and improving the printability on a variety of offset presses.

The first Lenstar Lenticular Print Award held in Paris was an initiative of DP Lenticular and www.lenstar.org, an organisation committed to bringing the latest information on lenticular and new direct-to-lens lenticular printing technologies.


Francis Jayakanth of the National Centre for Scientific Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, is the recipient of the inaugural Electronic Publishing Trust Award for Open Access in the Developing World. The runners-up (in alphabetical order) are Ina Smith, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; Tatyana Zayseva, Khazar University, Azerbaijan; and Xiaolin Zhang, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Science. According to a release, Jayakanth played a significant role in the establishment of India’s first institutional repository (IR) (http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in). He now manages the IR and has provided technical support for establishing IRs in many other universities and institutes in India. He has been the key resource person at many events and has trained people in setting up IRs and Open Access journals. He has delivered presentations on IRs, OA journals, the OAI protocol, OAI compliance, the benefits of OA to authors and institutions and the role of libraries. He has developed a free and open source software tool (CDSOAI), which is widely used.

The Electronic Publishing Trust for Development, UK, and the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, have announce the annual award will be made to individuals working in developing countries who have made a significant personal contribution to advancing the cause of open access and the free exchange of research findings. The release added that 30 proposals were received from organisations in 17 developing countries across four continents, naming individuals who have worked hard to promote Open Access and who have achieved substantial progress.

Francis Jayakanth (right) receives the award from Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, chairman, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, as Prof Subbiah Arunachalam, Centre for Internet and Society, looks on.

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Many individuals had made impressive strides establishing OA institutional repositories; setting up or encouraging conversion to OA journals; achieving establishment of OA mandates requiring research to be OA on publication, or other policy developments; advocating OA via seminars, publications, workshops, videos; training others in the technology of setting up IRs; preparing and establishing e-learning projects; working towards the acceptance of Creative Commons licensing arrangements for research publications; and developing software for use in OA practices.

Francis Jayakanth wins Electronic Publishing Trust Award for Open Access

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The VINSAK range, from Creed Engineers

Creed Engineers has launched a range of printing products and solutions under the VINSAK brand, complete with CtP thermal and PS plates, consumables, inkjet solutions and other product lines that are likely to improve profitability for the printer.

According to Ranesh Bajaj, director marketing, Creed Engineers, customers have begun directly importing the material from the company’s production plant overseas. “This has been possible basically due to the consistency of the product which is specially formulated after considering many factors including Indian climatic conditions and production workflow of presses,” he says. “Initially, there was a little hesitation on acceptance of another plate brand in Indian market, but after considering the different parameters, finger prints and benchmark tests VINSAK CtP has proven to be a stable product. Our thermal CtP plate customer

profile includes large commercial printers, repro houses and packaging printers,” adds Sankarshanan, vice president.

The VINSAK range – CtP thermal plates, PS plates and thermal plate developer – is targeted at commercial offset printers and service bureaus that seek reliable offset plates capable of delivering good reproduction quality. The thermal CtP plates are available in different thickness (0.30mm, 0.20mm and 0.15 mm) and sizes (small, medium and large); customisation is possible.

The VINSAK brand of CtP plates and consumables were showcased at the India Converting Show 2011 in Mumbai, where the VINSAK 302 EDLF flexo-plate-making system was launched. It caters to large-format plate sizes of 36x48 inches (90x120 cm). The processor offers a combination for exposure, light finisher and dryer unit and the system includes electronic ballasts and a temperature control. The

special lamp temperature regulation feature provides high uniformity in the full exposure area for high consistency from plate to plate.

Creed’s VINSAK range of inkjet piezoelectric inkjet print heads VIS 256 and VIS 1200 are based on technology used in imaging and fabricating printing applications. Says Bajaj, “There is a growing need in the market for solvent and UV curable ink jet systems, which can print on non-porous substrates including films, coated papers holograms among others. The VIS range aims at meeting this requirement.”

The VIS 256 is a fully integrated head with no base unit, with the electronics integrated within the head. The VIS 256 offers ready-to-print in five minutes and can be operated with UV-curable and solvent-based inks. It can be used to print on a variety of substrates such as paper, coated paper, foils, and plastic cards among other applications – addressing and personalisation for mailings, magazines, newspaper, numbering applications for tickets, lotteries and any application where variable data needs to be applied onto nearly any media.

Industry updates


British investor acquires manroland sheet-fed division

An investor solution was found for the sheet-fed business of insolvent manroland AG, just days after a sale of the web machines business to the German Possehl Group was announced. British entrepreneur Tony Langley and the privately owned engineering group, Langley Holdings plc emerged as the investors behind a 100 per cent takeover of the sheet-fed printing equipment division and its properties portfolio in Offenbach, together with manroland’s international marketing organisation in more than 40 countries.“I am very pleased with the solution which will provide a long-term perspective

to the Offenbach location and the sheet-fed printing business”, said Werner Schneider, insolvency administrator. Addressing the workforce of more than

850 people in Offenbach, Langley said he was confident the company would succeed. Langley operates two highly successful technology divisions in Germany engaged in the capital technologies sector. In 2011 the group recorded revenues of approximately €500 million and a profit before tax of some €76 million with around two thirds coming from its German operations.

The group has a strong balance sheet with no debt and although it has been agreed that the purchase price will not be disclosed, it is known that Langley financed the entire transaction from own cash resources. Almost all the customers who had orders with the sheet-fed division when the manroland bankruptcy was announced last November did not cancel orders.

Langley has appointed German Alfred Rothlaender as head of manroland sheetfed systems GmbH. Rothlaender (66) was formerly head of machinery builder Claudius Peters near Hamburg when Langley acquired the business in 2001.

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Print options on Inca Onset S20 expandedInca Digital Printers has announced productivity enhancements to the Inca Onset S20, its 310 m2/hr (3,340

ft2/hr) wide-format UV flatbed inkjet printer. A new 20-pass print mode has been added and the speed of the existing 25-pass mode has been increased, giving Onset S20 customers increased options in matching production time to the quality demands of each job. The Inca Onset S20 now supports four print pass modes: 12, 16, 20 and 25 pass.

“Different jobs require different levels of image quality, depending on their content and the viewing distance, which translates into different numbers of printhead passes during printing,” says Linda Bell, Inca Digital CEO.

“For busy graphics viewed at a distance, such as large hoardings or in-store graphics placed at some height from the floor, 12 passes may well suffice, while for high-impact, closely-viewed POS or posters with challenging solid colours such as reds and purples, 25 passes will yield the best quality results. The new options give Inca Onset S20 users higher productivity and more flexibility to choose the optimum print mode for each job.”

The new 20-pass mode sits between the existing 16- and 25-pass modes and gives a productivity increase of 26 per cent compared to the latter. This mode combines quality and speed and is ideal for graphics that include large areas of solid colour.Supplied by Fujifilm, Inca’s exclusive global distribution partner, the Inca Onset S20 offers all the features associated with the market-leading Onset range, including wide colour gamut, satin and controllable gloss levels, variable job management and the option of automation, making it ideal for the production of single and double-sided display POS, exhibition graphics, backlit/frontlit displays, outdoor signage printing and cosmetic/fashion graphics.

Industry Updates

Industry Updates

Glunz & Jensen updates the Raptor platform

The Raptor was introduced to the market in 2002, as a simple yet high-quality plate processing platform. The compact medium segment processor saw thousands of installations worldwide. Now, Glunz & Jensen is looking at creating more value for customers, with the new Raptor+ program that is modernized to match the demanding user needs of control and simplicity.“The powerful Raptor+ platform will continue

to be the most popular and versatile processor for printers all over the world in both the commercial and the newspaper segment because of the simplicity,

The Raptor for polymer plates

reliability and the ease of use. The open configuration also makes it possible to re-configure the processor with applications from most plate suppliers. This flexibility is now supported by a modern user interface with the innovative Glunz & Jensen GNUC ll Electronics technology… we are proud to say that we have lifted the Raptor platform and made it ready to battle the future’s time-consuming plate processing.” says Simon Jensen, business director, Glunz & Jensen.

The standard configuration in the Raptor+ includes a typical application configuration, cooling unit, hand shower for easy cleaning, drain manifold and universal front panel. It can be used for either offline with feed/delivery table or for online configuration with CtP interface and stacker. The GNUC II Electronics features include online user manuals, user-defined translation of menus, remote diagnostics via Ethernet, and backup/restoration of product parameters and software. The Raptor+ will be on display at drupa 2012, at Hall 5, Stand C38.


New Goss Universal press for Guangming Daily

The new 2x2 Goss Universal press will add colour capacity, versatility and advanced features at Guangming Daily.

The Beijing-based newspaper publisher Guangming Daily has ordered a new Goss Universal press to increase colour capacity and to pursue more sub-contract printing in the Chinese market. The new single-width, double-circumference (2x2) press will be mainly used to print 150000 copies a day of the Guangming Daily and 250000 copies a day of the tabloid Xin Jin Bao. The new Goss press includes three four-high printing towers, three reelstands and two 2:3:3: jaw folders. The system has closed-loop colour registration controls, an ink-leveling system, blanket washers, two counter stackers and an in-line stitcher. Rated at a maximum of 80000 copies per hour, the press will generate higher productivity and more colour pages for the national daily. Launched in 1949 by the China Democratic League, and based in China’s capital Beijing.

HP UV large format ink meets AgBB standards

Hewlett Packard has announced that its new HP FB225 Scitex Ink meets AgBB criteria for health-related evaluation of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions of indoor building products. Testing was carried out by Air Quality Sciences, Inc., which used the AgBB Evaluation procedure for VOC emissions and determined that HP FB225 Scitex Ink met the AgBB requirements. The AgBB Committee, established in 1997, comprises representatives from seven German national and regional health and environmental organisations and its testing procedures and standards are regarded as an international standard for health-related VOC emissions.

AgBB compliance follows the GREENGUARD Children & Schools certification received earlier by HP FB225 Scitex Ink in the United States. The ink also received certification under the GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification Program for Low Emitting Products. HP FB225 Scitex Ink was developed for the new HP Scitex FB7600 industrial press, a versatile, high-production machine for the production of high-quality graphics on a wide range of substrates from standard POP/POS corrugated board and papers to backlit films and plastic and coated material, including foam PVC, PVC sheets, polystyrene (HIPS), fluted polypropylene, polycarbonate, polyethylene, synthetic paper, SAV, foamboard, paper, corrugated, PETG, Yupo and Alu-Dibond.“This is the first UV-curable ink ever that complies

with both these indoor air emissions standards,” says Xavier Melisse, EMEA Scitex Supplies Category manager. “Prints produced with HP FB225 Scitex Ink on low emitting media have reduced odour and the fact that the inks used to produce them meet these standards offers additional reassurance about their suitability for indoor use.”

Industry Updates


Industry Updates

manroland web systems GmbH – the new team

The new management team at manroland web systems GmbH includes:

Uwe Lüders, managing director Uwe Lüders, born in 1952, Diplom-Volkswirt (university degree in economics), is chairman of the board of the Possehl Group since April 2004. He

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has gathered experience as manager of successful diversified groups of companies focusing on manufacturing engineering and plant engineering. Lüders transitionally takes over the management of manroland web systems GmbH.

Peter Kuisle, Sales, Service and Marketing Peter Kuisle, born in 1960, has been vice president Sales Web Printing Systems and Product Marketing for many years. He is responsible for the worldwide sales activities of newspaper printing systems and commercial presses.Franz Gumpp, Purchasing and Production Franz Gumpp, with a university degree in engineering, born in 1966, focused on manufacturing technology during his studies. He led the inner assembly and technical services departments at the Augsburg production site and in his last position was responsible for the junction of the inner assembly of web press components in the production business unit.

Dieter Betzmeier, Order Processing and Technology Dieter Betzmeier, born in 1960, a manufacturing engineer, was lecturer for machine elements at the IHK Augsburg (chamber for trade and commerce) as well as roject manager and engineer in the newspaper press division for many years. He has extensive experience with large project management as well as with project processing, assembly, and startups.

Daniel Raffler, Human Resources and Company Development Daniel Raffler, born in 1975, did his doctorate at the faculty for economical sciences of Augsburg University. So far he has been responsible for

corporate strategy, strategy development, and mergers and acquisitions. Raffler was managing director of manroland Poland and in charge of the commercial controlling of the national manroland companies in USA, Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Japan, and Korea.

Dirk Rauh, Commercial Divisions Dirk Rauh, born in 1970, studied economics with a focus on engineering at Chemnitz Technical University. He was commercial director of the Plauen works and later took over the management of the controlling division of the web press business unit for the Augsburg and Plauen sites.

At drupa 2012, manroland will present itself as high-performance partner of the printing industry under the new company name manroland web systems GmbH, featuring highly productive solutions for the industrial web offset production of newspapers, magazines, and advertising material as well as many innovative products from the Printnet and Printservices Divisions. Together with manroland sheetfed systems GmbH, the sheetfed offset division of former manroland AG, the latest developments will be shown in Hall 6.“We don’t just build large-format commercial

and newspaper printing presses,“ Kuisle explains. “Our customers can profit from a comprehensive performance spectrum of new presses and a holistic consulting, service, and retrofit offer, up to process-relevant consumable components.”


Industry Updates

StreamFold gives Dansk AvisTryk a leg-up

For Danish printer Dansk AvisTryk, Ferag’s StreamFold has now landed jobs from the quarterfold product segment, including a 600000-copy print run for a Swedish customer. Distribution of this product calls for a quarterfold. It was in the spring of 2011 that a StreamFold quarterfold component was integrated into the Ferag system in Glostrup. The quarterfold line is incorporated into one of the three MSD inserting installations. The layout between the MultiSertDrum and the MultiStack group allows products to be assembled in the inserting drum prior to the quarterfold process. Finished product paginations can thus be varied at the post-press processing stage, without dependency on the printing machine; also, inserted advertising can be added to the circulation.

At Danish printer Dansk AvisTryk, StreamFold spells success in landing jobs from the quarterfold product segment.

ABB, one of the leading suppliers of automation solutions for the newspaper production industry, has announced a major order from Le Télégramme de Brest, France, for retrofitting controls, drives and management systems on its two Wifag OF370 presses. Le Télégramme de Brest is one of France’s leading regional newspaper publishing houses. 230000 copies of the newspaper are printed every day and are distributed primarily in the departments of Finistère, Côtes d’Armor and Morbihan in Northwest France.

The project represents the third large order for ABB’s modular retrofit solutions for Wifag presses in three months. The first step will involve upgrading the existing ABB management systems MPS Production and MPS PlateWorkflow. The subsequent phases of the project, which will be spread out over a period of five years, will bring a step-by-step replacement of the obsolete positioning systems on the 10 printing towers and two folders with the new ABB APOS solution. The drives on all these units will also be replaced. In addition, completely new control systems will be provided for the 10 reelstands.

Claude Rozec, technical director at Le Télégramme de Brest, is clear about his company’s aims: “We decided that this modernisation project was necessary in order to ensure the future availability of our production facilities. Our three primary aims were to extend the life expectancy of our presses, to boost their future reliability and to ensure the availability of spare parts. Le Télégramme investigated various possible solutions and came to the conclusion, that the ABB proposal was the best means to meet these aims.”

Christian Villiger, worldwide head of ABB’s activities in the printing business, is delighted with the order for several reasons. “This is the second major French printing site that has chosen ABB to retrofit its Wifag presses with ABB’s APOS positioning system. We see this as a clear sign that our modular retrofit solutions meet the needs of owners of this generation of presses.”

Le Télégramme de Brest places order with ABB

Michael Farkas is GMG marketing director

GMG has announced that Michael Farkas has been appointed to the new role of marketing director at GMG GmbH & Co. KG. Farkas joins GMG from IKEA where for nine years he was involved in

developing the sophisticated and efficient workflow behind the IKEA catalogue.

Michael Farkas


Industry Updates

Philip Pavier joins 5 fifteen5 fifteen, one of the leading UK software companies supplying

dedicated software to publishers throughout the world, has announced the appointment of Philip Pavier as account manager for adDEPOT. Pavier will focus on identifying new business opportunities and expanding sales of the adDEPOT product line to newspaper and digital publishers across Europe. He has been successfully working for software vendors in various sales roles for over 25 years and brings with him a vast amount of experience, most recently with UK and European publishers on behalf of Atex. Working at the highest levels with major publishing organisations across Europe, Pavier has generated an impressive amount of new business in the last ten years.

Philip Pavier.

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Viewing the quadrennial trade show in Germany as a vital international event for printers, publishers and technology, Goss International is investing in a major presence at drupa 2012. The new Sunday Vpak packaging press, Colorliner CPS compact-tower press and 96-page Sunday 5000 press will be among the featured Goss systems that offer new performance capabilities for current and emerging requirements.

Goss International will occupy a 1820-sq-metre (19590-square-feet) booth in Hall 17 to present commercial and newspaper printing and finishing systems as well as its new web offset presses for packaging. Goss International is part of the Shanghai Electric Group, and the large-scale industrial company will exhibit a range of printing technologies at an adjacent stand. The company will announce full details of its drupa 2012 exhibits at a pre-show news conference in Düsseldorf on February 29.

Meissner projects that attendees will arrive at this year’s drupa show questioning conventional definitions of which printing processes produce which products. He expects printers and publishers to be particularly interested in pursuing how they can use different processes – or combinations of processes – to provide their customers with more powerful and cost-effective printed products. “The long-term value and effectiveness of print are not in question, but pressures to stay competitive and profitable are intensifying in every sector,” says Meissner. “By collaborating with a strong, visionary supplier and by replacing outdated equipment with advanced web offset solutions, printers can address those pressures and take significant cost, time and inefficiency out of their workflows.”

Goss International plans major presence at drupa

Kodak to showcase new technologies at drupaKodak will be in full force at drupa 2012, showcasing a number of new technologies and solutions and

unveiling significant partnerships in the key markets that the company serves around the world. Journalists and analysts will get a preview of Kodak’s presence on March 6 during a press event in Lisbon where Kodak will announce products debuting at drupa, and preview what visitors can expect at Kodak’s stand (Hall 5, F09-1).

“Kodak’s commitment to the graphic communications market and the success of our customers is the main focus for our press conference in March and drupa in May,” said Chris Payne, vice president, Commercial Marketing, Kodak. “Visitors to drupa will learn about the latest ways we’re leading dynamic change in the markets we serve – including publishing, packaging and commercial print – with the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of products, solutions and services for printers in offset, digital and hybrid environments.” At drupa, Kodak will spotlight customers who have grown their businesses and their bottom lines by offering new capabilities and services, producing unique applications and improving operational efficiencies.

The Goss Sunday Vpak packaging press – here outputting to 18pt SUS paperboard – will be one highlight of the Goss International booth at drupa 2012.


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WoodWing launches global Next Wave Tour

On the heels of its hugely successful World Tour last year, WoodWing kicked off its Next Wave Tour with a well-received pilot event in Amsterdam on January 24. The Next Wave Tour is a global series of free local events organised in collaboration with local partners. The events feature speakers from local partners and publishing customers, Adobe, and WoodWing. The sessions are designed for magazine and newspaper publishers, corporates and agencies who wish to prepare for the next steps in the evolution of digital publishing.“Publishers around the world now have to make serious

decisions with regards to increasing the efficiency of their digital publishing activities and finding additional ways to monetise their content,” says Hans Janssen, CEO of WoodWing Software. “With high-profile keynotes and interesting technology sessions at every stop of our New Wave Tour, we help publishers to learn about strategies already proven to be successful and exciting innovations enabling them to prepare to be part of this next wave in digital publishing. The huge success of the pilot event in Amsterdam shows that we hit the mark with this offering.” The event in Amsterdam attracted 120 visitors from publishers, corporates and agencies. The Next Wave Tour continues in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Asia. Throughout the year, the tour will continue with stops at major publishing hubs in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Cities and locations, once fixed, will soon be published at http://nextwave.woodwing.com. Publishers who are interested in the tour can also stay up to date on upcoming events on Twitter at #wwnextwave.

120 visitors from publishers, corporates and agencies – WoodWing kicked off its global Next Wave Tour with a well-received pilot event in Amsterdam on January 24.


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InkZone Report, from Digital Information

Stolz Architects gets HP Designjet T790 ePrinter

Digital Information has introduced the InkZone Report quality-control software for X-Rite (Intellitrax/Easytrax) and Techkon (Spectrojet/SpectroDrive) scanning instrumentation, as well as for the InkZone Move solution. The report will give users the ability to monitor daily output to meet international industry standards such as ISO and G7 on any workstation via a local intranet or an HTML Internet server. Authorized users are guaranteed 24/7 worldwide access to information on the stability of colour printouts and impact variations on print product quality. By adding an Apache HTML web server, IZ

InkZone Report converts scanned color values into HTML structure and displays the readings as graphical diagrams.

HP today announced that Stolz Architects, located in Rosenheim, Germany, has received a new full-colour, web-connected HP Designjet T790 Large Format ePrinter to replace its existing 13-year-old single-colour HP Designjet Printer, which won a competition to find the oldest HP Designjet still in service in Germany. Discovering that the HP Designjet from Stolz Architects had been in use for so long without ever having any damage or major repairs, HP recognised their faith with a new printer. With the new HP Designjet T790 ePrinter, the studio for architecture and design is now able to create high quality colour materials in-house, whereas previously all colour work such as drawings, presentations and posters had to be outsourced.

Walter Stolz, managing director, Stolz Architects and Doreen Weisser, HP, with the new HP Designjet T790 Large Format ePrinter.

Report gives users the flexibility to access colour data from a local, directory-based intranet, as well as through the World Wide Web.

With the InkZone Report, it is easy to verify colour value positioning within defined tolerances. The densitometrical and spectrophotometrical values are measured and stored in an SQL database. The report then compiles HTML structured production protocols for single sheets, as well as for whole print jobs, based on the data files. With the click of a mouse, the desired report can be selected and viewed on an unlimited number of workstations running a standard web browser. The InkZone Report works with CMYK and spot colors and compares job target values (defined values) against the actual measured values of the solids (Lab and Delta E), dot gain, mid-tone spread and print substrate. The scanned colour values are converted into HTML structure and displayed onscreen as graphic diagrams. Values lying outside of the defined margins can be easily identified on these diagrams and the user can immediately see the scanned color information as numerical values.

Sample data sets of the InkZone Report are available at www.digiinfo.com/prodcuts/inkzone/report. At drupa 2012, Digital Information will be at Hall 08B, Stand B02.


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APM Print expands Schur mailroom APM Print was founded in 2003 and became the first

independent printing house in Serbia. Since 2010, APM Print is part of the Ringier Axel Springer Media AG, based in Zurich, Switzerland. Among many other titles, APM Print in Beograd is printing Serbia’s daily No. 1 Blic. In 2007 a Schur mailroom was installed at the APM printing plant in Beograd. The installation included three A855 inserting systems and three stacking/packaging lines. In order to match the increased production requirements, APM Print now decided to upgrade the existing mailroom equipment.

The Schur A955 high-capacity inserting system.

The existing Schur mailroom will be upgraded with one A955 inserting line. The high capacity inserting line will be equipped with four hoppers in order to meet various customer demands with maximum flexibility. The compact design of the A955 inserter turned out to be a great advantage for this project. The A955 inserter will be in production together with three other Schur inserting lines. To achieve the best result in this context, the new equipment will be integrated with the existing lines in an optimal way.

In addition to the A955 inserting system, two new TGG 3200 folder grippers will be part of the modernised mailroom. The new gripper conveyors ensure safe and smooth transport of products from the two press folder to the inserting lines and stackers. One additional stacking/packing line will be installed for bundle production functions. The stacking/packaging line will be equipped with TS800 high capacity stacker, UB 01 under wrapper and TM01-RT cross strapping line. The bundle production line will be installed in direct connection to the new A955 inserter.


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Training centre in Saudi opts for Muller Martini saddle stitcher

From pre-press, offset and digital printing to finishing, the over 40 machines in the recently established graphic arts institute in Jeddah are all equipped with the latest technology. Accordingly, there is a fast growing interest in the popular training centre, one of four such institutions in Saudi Arabia (with two others in the capital, Riyadh, and one in Damman). With the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, Saudi Arabia is pursuing its goal to be one of the global leaders in technical and vocational education.“Each year, the training centre in Jeddah alone

receives 200 applications from Saudi Arabia for the three-year, parallel program, but we can only accommodate 70 trainees,” says Mohammed M. Alsoubae, assistant manager of Printing. “Our industry needs well-trained people,” emphasises Mohammed M. Alsoubae. “That is why our students have to be up-to-date on the latest technological developments.”

The public institute, founded 35 years ago, has a correspondingly complex evaluation procedure for the new machines in its workshop. Before the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation chose the Primera C110 with four feeders, a cover feeder and a three-knife trimmer, representatives of the school had the opportunity to take a closer look at the saddle stitcher from Muller Martini at several trade shows. “The many ideas provided by Mr Jawad were

extremely helpful to us,” says Alsoubae. Jawad Mustapha Hachicho, general manager at Muller Martini’s representation in Saudi Arabia, Yousef Al Sanad Trading Est., is proud of the fact that the school chose the Primera C110: “For Muller Martini, this choice is particularly important because many graduates of the program go on to work in leading positions in the graphic arts industry in Saudi Arabia.”

ContiTech, HELL plan tie-upContiTech Elastomer

Coatings and HELL Gravure Systems, two strong companies in the printing industry, plan to cooperate in the areas of development and application engineering. The cooperation aims to further boost the advantages of d i r e c t - e n g r a v a b l e flexographic printing

Forging plans for collaboration in the area of flexographic printing: Thomas Perkovic, head of the printing blanket segment at ContiTech Elastomer Coatings (left), and Jörg Pohé, general manager of HELL Gravure Systems.

plates and establish a sustained foothold in the growing flexographic printing market. In the past months, the printing plates have enabled ContiTech to successfully expand its business overall in the graphics industry. In doing so, the company was able to draw on its wide-ranging experience with elastomer material. “The flexographic printing market has responded

very enthusiastically to our products. We intend to cash in on the response so as to make inroads into this segment,” says Thomas Perkovic, head of the printing blanket segment at ContiTech Elastomer Coatings. HELL's areas of competence are in systems solutions for printing plate production. It has made a name for itself in the flexographic market as a technological trendsetter in the direct engraving of elastomer printing plates. Its PremiumFlexo products for laser direct engraving and PremiumLine range for the automatic production line exemplify this.

”In terms of material composition and reduced plate wear, the newly developed Conti(r) Laserline CSX/CSC printing plates are perfectly geared to high resolution direct engraving technology,” notes Armin Senne, flexographic printing business manager at ContiTech Elastomer Coatings. Optimized for the respective requirements of laser direct engraving, the printing plates are supplied in rolls with widths of up to 2100 mm, lengths up to 30 m and a range of thicknesses.


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InkZone Instrument Flight colour control solution launched

A strategic alliance between Switzerland-based powerhouses System Brunner and Digital Information is likely to make an impact on print production as System Brunner’s leading Instrument Flight colour control software will link up with Digital Information’s InkZone ink-presets and closed-loop product line to allow online colour control for all major offset printing presses. The Instrument Flight colour control solution from System Brunner has been accepted worldwide due to the technologically convincing control strategy including gray/color balance priorities and will now be integrated by Digital Information into the InkZone product family.

With InkZone Instrument Flight, colour control on printing presses can now be performed according to the process parameters ISO 12647-2/PSO, the US-specification G7 as well as the comprehensive Globalstandard by System Brunner. InkZone Instrument Flight is a comprehensive solution for colour control, process diagnosis and quality assessment, allowing users to harness the power of the world’s leading closed-loop instrumentation with the most sophisticated technology in standardisation and printing process verification. The multi-dimensional color control performed by Instrument Flight handles the full spectrum of process dynamics in offset printing. The result is a uniform and consistent visual representation of the entire print run – including the delicate gray and tertiary tones.

InkZone Instrument Flight is compatible with the spectrophotometric measuring devices from X-Rite (Intellitrax/Easytrax) and Techkon (SpectroJet/SpectroDrive). In addition, it works with Digital Information’s InkZone Move software, as well as with the colour scanning software packages from X-Rite and Techkon. The system can be used on nearly all offset presses by established manufacturers including Heidelberg, KBA, Komori, manroland, Ryobi and Mitsubishi. The InkZone Instrument Flight system solution is available in conjunction with new installations of Digital Information’s InkZone Loop online colour control software, or it can be retrofitted to existing InkZone installations — adding a whole new level of investment value to the already incomparable InkZone technology.

InkZone Perfect supplies InkZone Instrument Flight with preset data calculated by the prepress workflow. During colour make-ready and the production run, Instrument Flight receives the measured data of each ink key in the form of spectral values, analyses them by taking into account more than 30 process parameters and calculates the optimum adjustments for meeting the defined standard or the OK-sheet values. With InkZone Instrument Flight, print shops have the choice between three regulation strategies according to customer requirements and/or quality demands:

Digital Information will be present at drupa 2012, in Hall 8B, Stand B02.

Daniel Würgler (System Brunner) and Michael Haenni (Digital Information) conclude their cooperation by launching Inkzone Instrument Flight.


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Goss International at Graphics of the Americas

At the Graphics of the Americas Show in Miami, Florida (March 1-3), Goss International will be exhibiting together with Shanghai Electric Printing and Packaging Machinery Group. As well as presenting the latest in Goss web offset press technologies suited to the American markets, the 1200 square-foot booth will showcase converting solutions including specialised equipment for paper bag production. Goss International will highlight the enabling technologies and press models which are fundamental to its leadership position in North and Latin American newspaper, semi-commercial and commercial sectors. These include Goss M-500, M-600 and Sunday commercial presses as well as Community SSC, Magnum, Universal and Uniliner newspaper presses and Pacesetter saddlestitchers. There will also be updated information and technical details on Akiyama sheet-fed presses and some of the company’s newest product offerings for worldwide markets.

Fresh stimulus for Finland’s print industry

A new printing centre is being built in Tampere. And postpress processing is playing a key part. With a Ferag production installation that’s currently unbeaten when it comes to performance and versatility, Alma Manu Oy wishes to consolidate the position of the newspaper and create the basis for growth in new markets. Eventually, the three well-known titles Aamulehti, Kauppalehti, and a large part of the afternoon newspaper Iltalehti will be produced on the three 45000-generation MSD inserting lines with their MultiDisc and RollStream periphery, along with several of the publishing group’s regional and local newspapers. The newspapers will bring daily circulations to a total of some 500000 copies.

A lot of space has also been allocated to new print products in addition to newspapers. One of the three MSD inserting lines is hooked up to a RollStream pre-collecting system with ten JetFeeder hopper stations that can easily be expanded to 20 hoppers – equipment that gives Alma Manu Oy the technological basis to prepare advertising packages for direct-mail operations. The optimum production sequence will be assured using the Navigator control. Conversely, the StreamStitch stitching component, an SNT-50 trimming drum and a StreamFold quarterfold line come with options for increasing order volumes. In so doing, Aanu Oy mainly wishes to stimulate business in semi-commercial and insert production.

Visitors to Switzerland: Alma Manu Oy CEO Helvi Liukkaala, with Gerd Rau, WRH Walter Reist Holding AG, flanked by Mikko Korttila, general counsel Alma Media Corporation, and Albert Schläpfer, Ferag AG. Back row from left: Daniel Sidler, Ferag

ClimateCalc joins PrintCity AllianceThe International Association ClimateCalc (ClimateCalc) is

participating in the PrintCity Alliance Lean & Green project Making The Print Value Chain Leaner & Greener, plus in drupa 2012 related activities. Benoit Moreau, environmental & safety manager, French Printing Federation – UNIC, representing ClimateCalc will be one of the speakers at the joint PrintCity / World Print & Communication Forum International Environmental Conference at drupa on May 10. Visitors can pre-register for this conference at http://www.amiando.com/LEAN_GREEN. Dennis Geelen, environmental dvisor, Belgian Printing Federation – FEBELGRA, speaking for ClimateCalc, says: “Firstly, it is essential for us to have a close partnership with printing industry suppliers because the accuracy of carbon emission calculations largely depends on the quality of the data from the suppliers concerned. Secondly, we are convinced that a mature environmental understanding allows the identification of cost reduction sources.”


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The Muller Martini VSOP (Variable Sleeve Offset Printing) web offset printing press is ideal for printing flexible packaging, labels films and cardboard. Therefore one of the leading packaging manufacturers in the United States, Belmark Inc., is starting to install the second VSOP Web Offset Printing Press in their Wisconsin facility. Belmark Inc. is one of the top name in the United States when it comes to manufacturing premium-quality labels, flexible packaging and folding cartons. The company serves a wide variety of industries including dairy, snack food, durable goods and pet food.

Opting in favor of a new investment, Belmark Inc. putting its trust once again in Muller Martini’s modern technology and purchased a variable sleeve offset printing press. This is the second printing press that the American printing house has bought from the VSOP series. In addition to the new five-color VSOP, the company also owns another seven-color VSOP. According to Karl Schmidt, president and CEO of Belmark Inc., the key factors behind the renewed decision in favor of a new Muller Martini printing press included the quality and high level of automation. “This is our second VSOP. We’ve been very happy

with the performance of the one we already have,

Belmark installs second VSOP 520

and that’s given us the confidence to purchase an additional one. We’re very confident in Muller Martini and their ability to service us and this equipment.”

The VSOP web offset printing press for flexible packaging and folding carton markets uses simple and rapid size changes to its advantages. The plate and rubber blanket cylinders in the VSOP printing unit are designed as handy sleeves. Therefore print sizes can be changed quickly and easily without having to exchange the entire printing inserts. This means that the VSOP printing unit is infinitely variable for all print image lengths and a complete job changeover is possible within a matter of minutes.

To allow quick make-ready, Muller Martini has included a set-up rewinder between the printing press and the die cutter, what enables the press crew to change over both parts of the production line individually at the same time. For hardening the printing ink the machine is also including an EB (electron beam) curing system. This system is especially well suited to foodstuff packaging, since the ink film is immediately cured all the way through. The result is a high-quality, low-odor and low-migration print product, manufactured under reliable production conditions, without the use of photo initiators or the emission of VOCs.

Belmark Inc., one of the leading packaging manufacturers in the United States, is starting to install the second VSOP web offset printing press.


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Time Inc uses WoodWing technology to make 21 titles available on tablets

WoodWing Software, a leading developer of innovative workflow solutions for cost-efficient multi-channel publishing, today announced that Time Inc is using WoodWing´s Digital Publishing Solution to publish its entire US portfolio of 21 titles on various tablet platforms, including the iPad, Android and WebOS devices, as well as the NOOK Color and Amazon Kindle. The list of tablet publications published by Time Inc now includes all of its renowned media brands. According to Time Inc, its digital magazine and other content apps have been downloaded

Time Inc. uses WoodWing technology to make its entire U.S. portfolio of 21 titles available on tablets Mission accomplished: Time Inc. brought all of its U.S. based magazine brands to multiple tablet platforms using WoodWing´s Digital Publishing Solution.

more than 11 million times. Hundreds of thousands of current print subscribers have upgraded their subscriptions to include the tablet editions at no extra cost, with thousands more being added each week.

Time Inc creates all its tablet editions using WoodWing’s Digital Publishing Tools, which are fully integrated with WoodWing’s publishing system Enterprise. The plug-ins for InDesign enable Time Inc to add interactivity to content to create compelling digital publications. WoodWing’s tools include panels for slideshows, hotspots, video, links, widgets and much more.“The number of tablet users will continue to grow significantly, accelerating demand for reader-attractive

content and driving advertiser interest,” says Mitch Klaif, CIO of Time Inc. “We also use WoodWing’s solutions to help us produce our print editions, and WoodWing’s Digital Publishing Solution enables us to integrate our tablet publishing activities into our existing workflows. Working with WoodWing to make Time Inc the number one publisher of digital magazines has been a great experience.”“For publishers, it is vital to reach all tablet users, regardless of which device they use,” says Erik Schut,

president of WoodWing Software. “Being able to bring such a large number of titles to various tablet platforms in such a short time frame is proof that our solution is perfectly capable of dealing with today’s publisher demands.”


Pakistani printers keen to attend InterPrint Expo

Print2Pack, Pakistan’s printing monthly, conducted a survey about the interest among Pakistan’s printers about participation at the

InterPrint Expo 2012, jointly organised by the Delhi Printers’ Association and Offset Printers’ Association, Ludhiana, slated to be held in New Delhi, 14-16 September this year. The report reveals that more than 100 top printers of Pakistan are keen to visit Delhi and manufacturers are also interested to showcase their products in the exhibition. Kamal Chopra, general secretary, Offset Printers’ Association, says InterPrint is being organised for the benefit and promotion of the printing and packaging sector. He says it is evident that India is becoming an upcoming market for printing and packing machines and material. Printers from other SARC countries are also expected at the show, which will include a Used Printing Machinery forum, a Knowledge Centre, and free training in screen printing and UV techniques.

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Journalists Union condemns killing

The following statement was issued by Suresh Akhouri, president, and G. Prabhakaran, secretary general, Indian Journalists Union (IJU) on February 23, on the gruesome murder of senior journalist Chandrika Rai of Umaria District in Madhya Pradesh and his entire family for his writing against the illegal coal mining mafia in the region.

IJU condemns the brutal killing of the veteran journalist and his entire family – his wife and two teenage children at Umaria District of Madhra Pradesh. It is a heinous crime that shocked the nation and is an attack on the freedom of press and democracy as a whole. The preliminary information reaching from IJU state unit in Madhya Pradesh indicate that the ‘mining mafia’ is suspected to be behind this heinous crime for exposing the looting of the nation’s wealth. This happened after another shocking incident took place last year in Mumbai when J. Dey, a senior journalist was murdered in day light.These incidents shows that the mafia gangs and the underworld have thrown an open challenge to the freedom of the press and the democratic rule in the country.IJU in a letter to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Sivraj Singh Chouhan has demanded him to take strong action against the killers and bring them to book so that such attacks on freedom of press and democracy is not repeated. Otherwise one can only presume that our country is also following the dangerous path of some of our neighbouring countries that had witnessed the killing of a number of prominent journalists in the recent past.IJU also appeals its state units and all other media organisations in the country to unite to fight against the attack on freedom of press by organising protest meetings demanding action against the guilty because no civilised society can tolerate such blatant violation of the rule of law.

World press condemnsUkralnian judgement

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum have condemned a Ukrainian court decision that puts the future of the country’s largest circulation daily, Express, into doubt. In a letter to President Viktor Yanukovych, the global organisations of the world’s press said the prosecution was believed to be politically motivated. “We respectfully remind you that trying to pressure a newspaper through unfair trials is a blatant act of censorship and violates numerous international conventions, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” the letter said. Overturning a previous Superior Court decision, Lviv Economic Court judge Tatiana Sergejevna Kostiv ruled that one of Express’ statutory documents was invalid, which threatens the future of the newspaper. The decision was reached in a surprisingly short period and the sentence ignored recognized legal precedents that supported the legitimacy of Express’ claim. Shortly after the judgment, government representatives allegedly contacted Express to offer to overturn the decision if Express agreed to soften its criticism towards the government. Express has been subjected to intimidation over recent years. In November 2011, members of staff were


threatened for their investigative work exposing fraud and corruption among senior officials of ruling party, The Party of the Regions, while the newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Igor Pochynok, has been threatened repeatedly with criminal prosecution and reportedly endured arson attacks and smear campaigns. WAN-IFRA and WEF urged the president to provide guarantees that court decisions remain free from government influence, calling for “a thorough investigation into the identity of the officials who offered to overturn the decision against Express”. They also reiterated their call for dialogue with the Ukrainian government on press freedom issues ahead of the World Newspaper Congress and World Editors Forum, due to be held in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, in September.

First woman to head World Editors Forum

Cherilyn Ireton, a South African editor and suc-cessful senior manager at some of the country’s top newspapers, has been appointed executive director of the World Editors Forum, the global organisation for editors within the World Association of News-papers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Ireton is the first woman to head the organisation, which was created in 1994 as a unique global network for ex-changing ideas on newsroom management, editorial quality, online strategies and press freedom issues. Ireton is a seasoned newspaper professional with more than twenty years experience on South Af-rica’s top newspapers, including the Sunday Times and Business Day, where she worked as a journalist, editorial manager and chief operations officer. For the past six years she has been based in London, consulting on media matters to a variety of interna-tional organizations and governments. “The WEF needs to build on its role as THE leadership hub for editors by providing meaningful spaces, both physi-cal and virtual, for editors to share intelligence, inno-vative ideas and their experiences with their peers,” says Ireton. “Our interest must be in helping editors of news organisations lead change that builds loyal readership, strengthens titles and news brands. While attention to content delivery channels is vital to the future of newspapers, our focus must equally be on ensuring that high editorial standards and ethics are upheld and that young readers are introduced to the

joy and power that news and information can bring.” Paid news and poll coverage

The Election Commission and Press Council of India have issued strict guidelines for paid news. The guideline issued by the Election Commission for the media to check instances of paid news during elections states, “Newspapers are not expected to indulge in unhealthy election campaigns, exaggerated reports of any candidate/ party or incident during the elections. While reporting on actual campaign, a newspaper may not leave out any important point raised by a candidate and make an attack on his or her opponent.” It also stresses that the press is not expected to indulge in canvassing of a particular candidate/ party.

Arab Free Press Forum calls for more gains

The Arab Free Press Forum opened in Tunisia with a celebration of the gains that have been made in Middle East press freedom, but with a reminder that much more needs to be done. “If Tunisia is the country in the region that has most advanced in the construction of democracy, other countries in the region are still suffering under the yoke of authoritarianism,” said Moroccan journalist Aboubakr Jamai, opening the conference on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

“Reporters thus face different situations. Some have won -- like their fellow citizens -- their freedom of speech, while others continue to risk their freedom and even their lives. Some are more advanced than others in constructing democratic society, but if the level of democratisation differ, there is little doubt about the dynamics that have begun in our societies.” More than 200 journalists, editors, publishers and others from the region and beyond attended. The event, supported by a partnership between WAN-IFRA and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), brought together discussions about press freedom with practical strategic advice for building viable media businesses. Other partners in the Arab Free Press Forum include UNESCO, the World Editors Forum, Google, Agence France-Presse, International Media Support, World Press Photo and the Dutch Ambassador to Tunisia.

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Despite Arab Spring, media still under threat

Press freedom and freedom of expression remain under serious threat in the Middle East, despite the democracy revolutions and reforms that are sweeping the region, a panel of experts said Tuesday at the Arab Free Press Forum in Tunisia. “The problem today is that you might not be afraid of the secret police, but you might fear the moral police,” says Ghias al-Jundi, the Syrian director of the PEN International Writers in Prison Committee and a member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange’s Tunisia Monitoring Group. “We respect the elections, but is the victory of Islamists a consolidation of freedom of expression?” he asked. “My feeling is it weakens freedom of expression because the Islamists have not practiced politics for so long. ... The common people are repeatedly convinced that journalists are not on the side of religion, that they are infidels.” al-Jundi joined a panel of notable experts on Middle East press freedom entitled,

“Is the Arab world any closer to securing the right to freedom of expression?” during the two-day Forum, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

WAN-IFRA denounces Ecuador Government’s

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has published a report today that illustrates how the government of Ecuador is carrying out “a sophisticated strategy of marginalising all voices independent of state power”. The report, built on WAN-IFRA’s research and on the findings from a WAN-IFRA mission to Quito and Guayaquil from 26 October to 2 November 2011, reveals that the Ecuadorean government is “establishing a strict control over all arenas of public debate, while couching this in a debate centred around media plurality.” The report reveals contradictions between the official discourse, which calls from greater media plurality, and the authoritarian practices of the president of the Republic, Rafael Correa, and his government.

“The government appears to have decided to

follow a path that distances it from democracy,” says Christoph Riess, CEO, WAN-IFRA. “Not only is it the wrong path, but it is a dangerous path as well.”

Digital Media Europe to focus on transforming media business

The annual digital publishing event of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) will be held from 16 to 18 April in the Science Museum of London and will focus on innovative revenue models and new ideas for transforming media businesses. It will also include a Future Day focused on developments in the labs of some great game specialists, app designers and promising start-ups. Now in its second year, Digital Media Europe is expecting 300 high-level attendees and speakers for three days of keynotes, panel discussions and networking that will challenge conventional thinking about the future of media businesses.

Madrid football stadium to host Sports News Conference

The 3rd International Sports News Conference, which provides publishers with strategies for leveraging sports news for audiences and attention, will be held on 29 and 30 March next in the famous Real Madrid FC, the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. The conference, which takes the theme, Put Sports News at the Heart of Your Development Strategy, will examine: sports news and marketing and diversification strategies; sport communities; local sports sites; sports rights and journalism; advertising and sports news; and much more.

Indonesia to host WAN-IFRA event for first time

Publish Asia 2012, the annual Asian newspaper convention from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), is set to take place in Bali, Indonesia, from 10 to 12 April 2012. “Indonesia’s news media is in exciting phase given the country’s resilience, economic development and plurality of expression,” says

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Agung Adiprasetyo, the chief executive officer of Indonesia’s leading national newspaper group, Kompas Gramedia. For its 12th edition, Publish Asia will take the theme, Shaping the Future of News Publishing and focus on case studies showing how media companies across the globe are defining and implementing innovative strategies to secure their future. Over 600 newspaper executives from Asia Pacific and the Middle East are expected to attend the three-day event.

“Indonesia is a very young country,” says Azrul Ananda, the president and director of Jawa Pos, Indonesia’s largest newspaper group with over 180 dailies spread over the country. “Half of the population is actually below 29 years old. This means that there is a lot of enthusiasm and energy flowing in our society and in our newspapers. I have no doubt that Publish Asia’s delegates will feel and get inspired by this positive energy.” WAN-IFRA’s Asia Pacific Committee chose Bali for its easy accessibility and the excellent flight connections with all major Asian cities. Publish Asia 2012 will cover the management, advertising, newsroom and production aspects of the newspapers and news publishing business. It will include the CEO Conference, which will look at how the media landscape is changing and how publishers can adapt and define their strategies to ensure a successful future; the Newsroom Summit, which will tackle the problems and challenges facing editors, managing editors, news editors, chief reporters and all those who are involved in leading and managing newsrooms in a multiple media environment; the Printing Summit, aimed especially at technical and production directors, prepress and plant managers as well as IT heads who are tasked with managing the publishing and printing operations, will concentrate on new technologies and trends with a special emphasis on cost-saving tools and techniques in production. The Advertising Summit aims to cover the latest trends that are currently transforming the relationship between media companies, advertisers and agencies. The Expo will showcase the latest technology and service offerings for optimizing newspaper production on print as well as on new media platforms, while one-day learning seminars will offer in-depth insights on specific topics. Winners of the Asia Media Awards 2012 will be presented during the Asia Media Awards Gala Dinner on 11 April.

Vinod Mehta is now advisor, Outlook

After 17 years as editor-in-chief of Outlook, Vinod Mehta has relinquished the charge of day-to-day editing. However, he will continue to remain with the company in the capacity of an advisor. Confirming the development to exchange4media, 69-year-old Mehta brought all speculations of his retirement to an end, saying that he would continue to work for the group and oversee its functioning. Reportedly, Krishna Prasad, editor, Outlook, will take over from Mehta. A month earlier, president and publisher of Outlook, Maheshwari Peri had resigned from the company.

Saraswati Patra to launch Delhi, Sonepat edition

The Vats Group is all set to launch two new editions of Saraswati Patra, its educational newspaper, in New Delhi and Sonepat. The paper is published from Bhiwani in Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar. The paper was launched two years ago and claims to have a circulation of more than 50000. The 12-page Saraswati Patra is distributed free of cost and also has an online edition. It focuses on educational content and highlights the views of students and teachers. The paper carries the happenings in all the colleges, information regarding admission process, the courses being offered and more.

HT Media Q3 net marginally up at Rs 482 m

HT Media Ltd’s Q3 FY12 net profit was marginally up at Rs 482 million, from Rs 478 million. Total revenue was up 14 per cent for the third quarter ended December 31, 2011 at Rs 5266 million, from Rs 4637 million. The media conglomerate reported an 11 per cent increase in advertising revenue of the print segment to Rs 4073 million, from Rs 3686 million, primarily driven by advertising yield improvements. Circulation revenue of the print segment was up 7 per cent at Rs 503 million from Rs 471 million, driven by higher circulation and


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realisation. EDBITDA remained stable at Rs 945 million as compared to Rs 947 million, as growth in revenue got offset primarily in account of 13 per cent increase in consumption of raw materials, 23 per cent increase in employees cost and 25 per cent increase in other expenditure, besides foreign exchange loss of Rs 100 million.Commenting on the performance, Shobhana Bhartia, chairperson and editorial director, HT Media Ltd, says, “The latest IRS 2011 Q3 results are a reflection of HT Media’s continued strength in the print media segment. Hindustan Times maintained its leadership across the Delhi NCR region while remaining the fastest growing daily in Mumbai. Hindustan consolidated its No. 2 position across the country in terms of total readership while Mint remains the fastest growing business daily further strengthening its No. 2 position. All of the other businesses, namely digital and radio, performed encouragingly

Jagran Group in dialogue to buy NaiDunia

Jagran Prakashan Ltd (JPL) is looking to further strengthen its presence in the Hindi belt. The company is in dialogue with the Indore-based NaiDunia Group to acquire the latter. JPL’s newspaper operations cover seven titles in five languages, across 14 states with more than 100 editions and include the largest read daily Dainik Jagran. The NaiDunia Group has NaiDunia and Nav Dunia, and a presence in the digital space with Webdunia. The company has presence in various markets including Delhi, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Raipur and Bilaspur. In 2010, JPL had taken over Mid-Day’s print business, increasing its English and Urdu readership.

Chitralekha, Eclectic in space-selling pact

Chitralekha Group of Publications and Assam-based publishing house Eclectic Publications have entered into a strategic alliance, wherein Chitralekha Group will take care of the space selling for Eclectic Publications pan India. Speaking on the tie-up, Mitrajit Bhattacharya, publisher and

president, Chitralekha Group, says, “The Northeast is a very prominent market for a lot of brands, and we feel that this region has tremendous potential. In the next few years, the region is only going to get bigger in terms of business and we’re very happy and excited at the same time to be joined with Eclectic Publications, which is a premium media house from the Northeast with a great eye for the future.” Tanushree Hazarika, publisher and managing editor, Eclectic Publications, adds, “Tying up with Chitralekha Group, which is one of the oldest publication houses of the country, will help us in expanding our networks and resources all over the country. Being from the North East, we understand the requirements, demands and trends of this region, and with this alliance, we aim to add a vast array of resources which the brands and clients can make full use of.”Chitralekha Group publishes magazines such as Chitralekha Gujarati, Chitralekha Marathi, Watch World and BTW. Eclectic Times and Eclectic Vibes are the two monthly magazines published by Eclectic Publications, which has circulation in all the Northeastern states, besides Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata.

Community connect spurs Jagran Cityplus

Community newspapers aim to create a bond with the audience by publishing local news. Jagran Cityplus, one such community newspaper, enters its fifth year with 35 editions. The paper caters to premium residential localities in each city. The English weekly began with one edition in Noida in 2006 and then entered Gurgaon, Faridabad and other areas in the National Capital Region where it has 13 editions now. Bangalore was the first non-Jagran-belt-city where Cityplus was launched in 2007, from Indiranagar. Today, Bangalore has seven editions of Cityplus. Cityplus launched in Pune in 2009 and today has seven editions – in Aundh, Deccan, Koregaon Park, Kondhwa, Kothrud, Wakad and Camp. In 2010, the tabloid was launched in the twin cities of Hyderabad/ Secunderabad, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Kolkata.


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April

March 1-2, organised by WAN-IFRA, in Prague, Czech Republic: 22nd World Newspaper Advertising Conference. Targeted at chief executives, managing directors, advertising executives and all those who wish to know about opportunities in the future of advertising and find new ways to generate more revenue. More details from Claudia Wilke, programme manager, Events ([email protected])March 1-3, organised by Ipex: Graphics of the Americas Expo, Miami, USA

March 2-3, organised by the Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore:Cartonama Workshop, will provide developers, neo-geographers and entrepreneurs working on location based services with hands-on training on advanced tools to manage and represent their geographic data (used in smart phones).March 7-9: organised by Ipex: All in Print China, Guangzhou, China

March 12-13, organised by WAN-IFRA, in Hyderabad: Digital Media India. Theme: Connecting with the Digital World – Strategies and Monetisation Ideas. Targeted at publishers, editors, heads of advertising and marketing, new media editors. Contact: V. Antony, senior manager, Events & Supplier Services, WAN-IFRA South Asia ( +91-44-42110640; [email protected])

March 14-15, organised by the International Telecommunication Union and hosted by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in cooperation with the ITU-APT Foundation of India at the India International Centre, New Delhi: ITU Tutorial on Audiovisual Media AccessibilityMarch 17-19, organised by Ipex: 3P Plas Print Pack Pakistan, Lahore, PakistanMarch 21-22, organised by WAN-IFRA in Berlin, Germany: Printing Summit 2012. Subjects include innovations in printing, the power of printed advertising, marketing your printing capacity, green production, quality in printing, and lean production. Venue: NH Berlin Friedrichstraße, Friedrichstraße. Contact: Sergio de Oliveira, programme manager, Events Newspaper Production (+49-6151-733727,[email protected])March 27-29: organised by Ipex: Digital Media in Paris, FranceMarch 27-29: Sign & Digital UK 2012, at Birmingham, the UK, will provide access to the sign making and digital printing industries' latest innovative products, technologies, services and applications. More details at www.signuk.com March 29-30, organised by WAN-IFRA, in Madrid, Spain: 3rd International Sports News Conference. Topics include: Sports news and strategy of marketing and diversification, Sport communities, Local sports sites, Sports rights for journalism, and Ads and sport news. Contact: Sandrine Proton, Events manager (+33-472770595; [email protected])

April 2-5, organised by Newspaper Association of America: NAA mediaXchange 2012, in Washington DC, slated to be the largest annual gathering of industry executives in North America.April 11-14, organised by Ipex: Indoprint, Jakarta, Indonesia

April 10-12, organised by WAN-IFRA, in Bali, Indonesia: Publish Asia 2012. The conferences will be supplemented by learning workshops and several networking functions including a welcome reception and a golf tournament. The prestigious Asian Media Awards will be presented at the Gala Dinner. Contact: Gilles Demptos, director, Publications and Events | WAN-IFRA Asia Pacific | Singapore (+65-65628443, [email protected])April 16-18, organised by WAN-IFRA, in London, UK: Digital Media Europe 2012, will provide hands-on skills, ideas and methods for increasing efficiency and revenue in the ever-growing digital world. More details from Priel Manes, event manager | WAN-IFRA +49-17-22-666-219 ([email protected])April 20-22, organised by IPAMA: Screen & Textile Printing Expo, at the Chennai Trade Centre


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May 3-16, in Dusseldorf, Germany: one world – one drupa. More details at www.drupa.com.May 9, in Hamburg, Germany: Pre-conference workshop: Creating a Cross Platform Experience - Web, Online, Tablet. More details from Bettina Werner, manager, WAN-IFRA Academy, Publishing, Editorial and General Management (+49-6151-733737 ([email protected])

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July

May 10-11, in Hamburg, Germany: 11th International Newsroom Summit, Smart Strategies for Tough Times’. More details from Claudia Wilke, programme manager Events ([email protected])

May 24, organised by WAN-IFRA, in Madrid, Spain: Human Resources and Organisational Strategies in Media. Contact: Raquel González Benítez, Events and Training manager | WAN-IFRA Ibérica S.L. | Madrid, Spain (+34-91-7702454; [email protected])

May 10-12, at Dallas, US: The NBM Show

May 30, organised by WAN-IFRA, in Stockholm, Sweden: Nordic Local Media Conference. Contact: Annica Widlert, project manager-Events, WAN-IFRA Stockholm ([email protected])

June 5-8, in Hanoi, Vietnam: Print & LabelJune 15-17, at the Gujarat University Exhibition Hall, Ahmedabad: India Print Expo

June 22-24, in Chennai: Print Expo India

June 25-29, organised by WAN-IFRA, in London, Paris, Berlin: Key Lessons for Digital Growth. The Study Tour is for managers in charge of current business development as well as those responsible for future digital strategies. Contact: Valerie Arnould, senior editor (+33-546520745; [email protected])

July 6-8, organised by IPAMA: Sign India, at the Chennai Trade and Convention CentreJuly 10-11, organised by WAN-IFRA, in Bangkok, Thailand: Young Reader Summit Asia Pacific. The summit will look into successful, award-winning young reader initiatives of newspapers in Asia and abroad. It will provide insights into attracting young readers to newspapers. Contact: Gilles Demptos, director, Publications & Events, WAN IFRA Asia Pacific ([email protected])


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