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December 2013 | Volume 34 | Issue 12 | Rs 40 Surveywww.rindsurvey.com / www.pressinstitute.in RINDA Journal of the Press Institute of India - Research Institute for Newspaper Development PERFECT BLEND RBP Chemical Technology is partnering with Kapoor Imaging to expand its printing chemistry presence in India. Among the RBP pressroom chemistries Kapoor Imaging will blend and distribute in India are a full line of fountain solutions for heatset web, coldset web and sheetfed presses. • It’s DiamondSpirit SA for • Kodak powers new non-profit Malayala Manorama book project • Kodak reinforces sales • Impresa selects WoodWing’s in East India Enterprise • World’s first 160-page Lithoman • Boosting efficiency, minimising begins operation set-up times This is an advertiser's product and service promotion literature Rubber Roller Plant Coming to India For us, globalisation does not simply mean the absorption of external competence and capacities. 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To make your production more economical and your process more stable. < December 2013 RIND Survey 1 FROM THE EDITOR A Chennai supplier enters a different league, set to fulfil a market need The licensing agreement with RBP Chemical Technology, a US-based world-class supplier of proprietary chemicals and delivery devices for the printing, newspaper and electronics manufacturing industries, has certainly given Chennai-based Kapoor Imaging a leg-up. The agreement will now enable it to offer many solutions under one roof – plates, blankets, inks and the complete range of pressroom chemicals. Significantly, the agreement will help Indian commercial and newspaper sheet-fed printers. They will now have access to a line of top quality pressroom chemistry supply options from a well-known and reliable Indian supplier. For Kapoor Imaging, a leading solutions provider in the graphic arts industry in India, it’s been a long and eventful journey. Almost three years ago at Printpack in New Delhi, I had met Varun Kapoor who represents the third generation at the company (he is the elder son of Sunil Kapoor, the MD). He was then trying to focus more on newspapers and was slowly getting into the equipment business such as CtP. He was quite enthusiastic and mentioned how he had introduced a central billing system, set up the company’s own warehouse at the Chennai Port, and was trying to promote a workflow software. Today, the young business graduate from the UK, I understand, heads Apollo Poly Vinyl, a Kapoor Digital vertical and is overseeing the process of starting manufacture of Flex material and foam boards. It is always heartening to hear about a young Indian entrepreneur blossom. Kapoor Imaging clients are split between commercial and newspaper segments. It is a distributor for Fujifilm in east, north and south India, and an exclusive distributor for Kinyo (offset blankets) in India. The company’s own brands include Press Aid+ (a range of chemicals) and Topaz (PS and thermal plates). Now, with the RBP tie-up, things can only be brighter for the company. ******************* As this issue goes to print, the Press Institute of India and the International Committee of the Red Cross are all set to present the PII-ICRC Awards to journalists, in New Delhi. The subject chosen this time was Violence against Health Care Services and Personnel – Operating in the Face of Danger. The objective was to addresses the humanitarian challenges faced by health workers in the delivery of health care during armed violence. Events in recent weeks and months have led me thinking about the dangers journalists themselves face even as they discharge their duties. In Mali, two senior French journalists on a special assignment were kidnapped and killed two weeks ahead of legislative elections in the country. In Ethiopia, five journalists have been imprisoned under the country’s anti-terrorism laws. International media organisations have called for their unconditional release. A proposed new media law in Kenya risks imposing severe financial sanctions against journalists, publishers and broadcasters for breaching a code of conduct, and could even bar journalists from working. At another level, a group of leading global press freedom and media organisations have written an open letter to Queen Elizabeth II asking her to reject a proposed Royal Charter that would impose repressive statutory controls on the British press. In India, there have been rumblings of discontent within the media against various government strictures ahead of the general elections. The conditions are rather disquieting and let us hope that this is only a passing phase. Sashi Nair [email protected] 2 RIND Survey December 2013 RIND Survey December 2013 | Volume 34 | Issue 12 A tie-up for offering superior pressroom chemistries 6 C o n t e s It’s DiamondSpirit SA for Malayala Manorama 11 Kodak reinforces sales in East India 14 4 RIND Survey December 2013 RIND Survey World’s first 160-page Lithoman begins operation 15 Special book printed with Kodak digital technology 17 Impresa selects WoodWing’s Enterprise 18 Boosting efficiency, minimising set-up times 20 Industry Updates 22 Other News 38 Calendar 47 Cover page photo: RBP Chemical Technology December 2013 RIND Survey 5 KAPOOR IMAGING - RBP CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY A tie-up for offering superior pressroom chemicals RBP Chemical Technology, a US-based world-class supplier of proprietary chemicals and delivery devices for the printing, newspaper and electronics manufacturing industries, has signed a licensing agreement with Kapoor Imaging, headquartered in Chennai, for the blending of its pressroom chemistries line in India apoor Imaging is a leading solution provider in the graphic arts industry with specialisation in prepress equipment, workflow software, specialty software, registration systems and Kconsumables for the printing industry. The licensing agreement with RBP Chemical Technology, a US-based world-class supplier of proprietary chemicals and delivery devices for the printing, newspaper and electronics manufacturing industries, takes Kapoor Imaging up from the level of distributor to manufacturer, says company MD Sunil Kapoor. “We will be a complete solution, a one-stop shop. We will offer plates, blankets, inks and the complete range of pressroom chemicals as well.” Under the existing exchange rates, importing and servicing of printers may not be a viable option,