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TRYING TIMES AS CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS SOAR Customer demands placed on commercial printers are becoming ever more challenging. Satisfying the customer is never easy. Neither is developing technology. But in a competitive world you have to score or you will be left behind. KBA has scored with what they call a “superstructure concept with new ribbon lead” (picture above). The microporous patented turner bars now no longer need to be set for different ribbon widths and operate reliably with a minimal air cushion and superior ribbon guides. For more, see page 29.

1 FROM THE EDITOR Developments in printing technology hinge on customer needs hanks to investments in research and the Koenig & Bauer has developed a new cutter for desire to constantly raise the quality bar and gravure presses to help print shops with gravure offer customers the best, developments in presses expand their order portfolio. The new UV T coater from Koenig & Bauer offers production speeds printing technology continue apace. Adobe has just announced Version 5 of the Adobe PDF Print of up to 60000rph, high automation, simple and self- Engine. The new version extends PDF Print Engine’s explanatory operation, the stability of a printing unit, reliable colour reproduction with new capabilities automatic cleaning at the push of a button and anilox to harness the full potential of today’s digital and roller change within a few minutes. A compact UV conventional presses. Designers continue to push dryer is integrated into the superstructure after the the creative envelope with the latest functionality in coating unit to enable the widest possible range of Adobe Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC and InDesign paper substrates to be processed. CC, resulting in graphically rich jobs that are manroland web systems has developed an innovative increasingly complex to print. The PDF Print Engine business model for online trade over the past few 5 is optimised to precisely render such graphically years with the manroland web Store and the B2B- rich jobs for printing on flat and contoured surfaces trading platform, Market-X. The thrust has been on including paper. The new colour features in the PDF topics of speed and flexibility and the benefits of 3D Print Engine 5 strengthen support for Expanded printing and what is called ‘additive manufacturing’. Color Gamut digital presses with ink-sets that go Less waste is produced during the production of beyond the 4-colour base of cyan, magenta, yellow work pieces by additive manufacturing than with and black. conventional production processes. manroland says Kapoor Imaging will be launching a True CTCP decentralised production in the future would shorten plate with higher sensitivity, which the company says transport routes while 3D printing would provide will be a first in India. The UV-PH is a faster plate promising possibilities for designers. (by 20 per cent) compared to regular PS plates in the market and can record 1 per cent to 99 per cent dots. othing can be more heartening than youngsters More sensitivity would result in the pre-press bureau Nbeing trained for a career in printing and having more turnaround time. The plates also offer offered jobs at the end of it. Koenig & Bauer’s higher run length – up to 100-25 k impressions with on-site vocational school in Würzburg celebrated normal inks (unbaked) – and can also be used for UV its 150th anniversary on July 6. In 1868, Koenig & inks (short-run) for up to 5000 impressions. Bauer set up the world's first in-house vocational Trelleborg has been focusing on expanding the school to establish dual apprenticeships long before capabilities of offset printing blankets for use in state vocational schools took off. You can read the newspaper industry, tailoring offset printing on page 34 about Friedrich Koenig and Andreas blanket solutions to suit the individual printer’s Bauer, the two company founders, establishing a requirements. Over the past few years, the company printing press factory in Oberzell Monastery at the has been working closely with newspaper groups to beginning of the 19th Century the circumstances understand the needs of their pressrooms and how that led to it and how the ‘talent factory’ has grown. a blanket solution that improves productivity while The school currently trains apprentices in foundry maintaining consistent high-quality print can be mechanics, industrial mechanics, mechanical design provided. The objective is to help newspaper groups engineering, electromechanics and metalworking, use blanket technology to reduce cost-per-copy and also supports students of dual bachelor degree on their presses. What’s more, Trelleborg provides programmes in the fields of electrical engineering, training on selecting the correct blanket, settings on mechanical engineering and mechatronics. the press, and maintenance and storage of fabric- Sashi Nair backed and metal-backed products. [email protected]

August 2018 3 August 2018 | Volume 39 | Issue 8

22 publications from Jagati gain entry to ICQC 6

INJECT: 'Give me three minutes – I’ll give you a better news story’ 8

Urdu: Romance of the lashkari language 12 By Mrinal Chatterjee

Adobe PDF Print Engine 5 launched 18

Industry Updates 19

General News 37

Events Calendar 41

Cover page image: Courtesy, Koenig & Bauer C o n t e s

4 August 2018 22 publications from Jagati gain entry to ICQC Jagati Publications, an Indian regional language newspaper publisher headquartered in Hyderabad, registered all their printing centres – 22 of them – for participation in the International Color Quality Club contest for 2018-20. When the results were announced, they found they had set a record by bagging membership for all their printing plants. It was a first in the newspaper industry worldwide and for Jagati it was not only a milestone but also a bar that had been set high right from the start. Jaiganesh M. has the story AN-IFRA’s World Printers Forum had to print high-quality standardised quality across the recently announced the names of the new printing centre and to become part of the club. members of its International Color Quality Jagati Publications, an Indian language newspaper W publisher headquartered in Hyderabad, registered all Club, ICQC 2018-20. In the 13th edition of the colour quality print contest, 67 publication titles from 54 their 22 printing centres and bagged membership publications in 20 countries gained club membership. for all of them. For the first time in the history of The number of entries from Asia, particularly from the International Color Quality Club contest, a India, had grown, and the contest showed the publication had registered all its printing centres enormous efforts made by publishers and printers each of which gained membership to the prestigious club. The ICQC contest follows a tough regimen that requires participating publications to print products (newspapers and magazines) of fairly high/ good quality and do that consistently over a three-month period. Established in 2008 with 22 branches started on the day of the inauguration, Jagati Publications produces the daily Telugu newspaper, Sakshi. Te newspaper has an average daily circulation of 1.1 million copies. Jagati uses Indian-made printing presses at all their print centres, equipped with auto registration systems and some of them with the closed-loop inking system. The printing presses are of 2/1 type, with four towers and one folder configuration, and run at average speed of around 40000 copies per hour. The presses are around 10 years old. Says P.V.K. Prasad, director - Operations: “The planning and execution team led by T.K. Suresh, chief general manager, and B. Gowri Sankar, general manager, have worked tremendously on the 3M concept (Men, Machine, Material) and worked without compromising on any single element associated with

Photo: Internet this project.” The daily Telugu newspaper, Sakshi.

6 August 2018 and consistently across all the 22 printing centres. This was achieved by developing an internal quality program called SIQ (Sakshi Internal Quality), which, according to him, helped in contesting and winning the only international quality contest for newspapers and magazines, ICQC 2018-20. He adds: “It helps us to satisfy all our esteemed advertisers with our world- class print standards from all our print centres across the states (of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh).” Manfred Werfel, deputy CEO of WAN-IFRA, congratulated the Jagati Publications management and team for their fine achievement and wished them success in their endeavour to enter WAN-IFRA’s Star Club, the prestigious club for high-quality newspaper

printers. Werfel says high-quality printing is always Photo: WAN-IFRA For the first time in the history of the International Color Quality possible, irrespective of the printing infrastructure,< Club contest, a newspaper printer (Jagati Publications) registered all as long as there is proper planning and discipline. its printing centres. (The writer is research engineer, WAN-IFRA South Asia, Chennai.) Prasad mentions that the main objective was to standardise and improve print quality uniformly

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'Give me three minutes — I’ll give you a better news story’ While data engineers have been developing tools based on language recognition for almost 15 years, media companies had until recently not taken full advantage of the possibilities the technology offers. Now media organisations, scholars, and developers are working closely together to perfect INJECT, a tool for journalists that enhances their creativity and productivity. More from Andrea Wagemans ournalists increasingly feel the pressure of having journalism: “For overworked and busy journalists, it to produce stories for an ongoing news cycle; is crucial that unexpected idea connection happens Jmaintaining quality and doing original reporting quickly.” INJECT supports this process by sparking have become more challenging. More than ever, ideas for new angles that are surprising and fun, but most reporters must select, verify and account for their facts. of all relevant for the development of original stories. And “churnalism”, filter bubbles and fake news only complicate matters. Journalists join the project: Funded by the European Horizon 2020 programme, ‘Engaging audiences in new ways’ 14 journalism and technology partners in six countries INJECT’s promise to help journalists do their work (including WAN-IFRA through its Global Alliance for even better within a shorter amount of time seduced Media Innovation) are developing a digital creativity three Norwegian local newspapers and two Dutch tool that aims to answer those challenges. freelance networks to join the project. Professor of Digital Creativity and Project Leader Neil As Editor-in-Chief Magne Kydland (Sunnhordland Maiden (from City, University of London) says INJECT newspaper, Norway) explains: “Our biggest expectation “is the first tool that seeks to integrate productivity was that INJECT would develop tools that could make and creativity support directly into the digital work of our working life as journalists easier and more efficient. journalists. It builds on successes in other domains to We also expected the tools to provide journalists with deliver key innovations in journalism.” new and maybe unexpected angles to stories that INJECT (which stands for “Innovative Journalism: could engage readers in new ways. This is important Enhanced Creativity Tools”) helps journalists quickly for us, because, we – like many newspapers and media find unexpected angles for stories and allows them organisations around Norway and Europe – have to to start building articles instantly, without the need to do more and more with fewer people. A tool like this switch between documents or browser tabs. The goal is might help us on a very busy day.” to enhance the creativity and productivity of journalists VersPers (Netherlands) Editor-in-Chief Geesje van in a digital world, so they can continue to perform their Haren believes INJECT could open up journalists’ crucial role in open societies. thinking patterns, as it “finds exactly what they are not Media Studies Professor Lars Nyre (University of looking for”, allowing them to quickly discover new and Bergen) says INJECT could be of great relevance to original angles while under increasing time pressure.

8 August 2018 Photos: WNPF Screenshot INJECT Google Docs add-on. The inspiration tool for journalists specific versions of the tool. For Norway, this means Exploring the ways in which technology can support the tool works in Norwegian and searches the archives journalists’ work, INJECT uses creativity techniques of the Norwegian partner newspapers. Finding new based on Natural Language Processing (NLP). The and exciting angles may be particularly relevant for toolkit includes a creative search engine that reporters covering recurrent events, like Christmas, May 17th and can use to search relevant databases for new angles, Vossa Jazz. At the centre of this Norwegian ecosystem and to investigate deeper into the background of the are local newspapers Sunnhordland, Hordaland and stories they are working on. Hallingdølen, the University of Bergen, and M’Labs. “There are clearly some outcomes of computer Next will be the Netherlands, with at the core of science research that exceed current human abilities,” the local ecosystem the Dutch partners VersPers, Maiden explains. “One of these is search. Digitalisation VJMovement and the University of Groningen. For a enables the effective search of large volumes of freelance network, INJECT could offer added value information much more quickly and accurately than “if it succeeds to connect the diversity of journalists people can. Search is important in journalism, to that are part of our network in terms of creativity discover data, the back story, human angles and the and efficiency,” says van Haren. “This connection underpinning causes – the long read.” should lead to exploring the boundaries of journalism INJECT also scans texts for keywords and and ultimately to better storytelling. It could enable automatically links them to additional information in journalists to surprise their audiences with information the form of interactive fact cards. In order to make that was previously inaccessible.” it easy for journalists to integrate the toolkit into Discovering new data their work practices, the software will be built directly into content management systems already in use in The experiences of the beta testers so far have been the different newsrooms. The tool already runs on mainly positive. INJECT works well during the research GoogleDocs, WordPress, as a TinyMCE plugin, and phase to find new angles and it proves good at extending as a standalone web application. a story if it is missing background information, as journalist Olav Røli (Sunnhordland) explains: “I wrote First Norway, then the Netherlands an article about someone who was in court, and then The Norwegian and Dutch journalism partners sentenced to prison for fraud. She had been cheating have been providing feedback in the early stages of on social benefits. When using INJECT, I was able development and are the first ones to pilot the INJECT to find facts about that quite easily, like regional and tool in their daily work. This will allow the tool to be national figures.” fine-tuned to better meet real-life situations. It took journalists as little as three minutes to find an Since there is not one type of journalism, INJECT idea or new angle. They found how researching one is working with local partners to develop context- news story can lead to another interesting angle for

August 2018 9 Latest INJECT Project Team meeting in entrepreneurial hub A-Lab in Amsterdam. producing yet another story. And mixing news sources Collaborative innovation with internal archives helped journalists to look further INJECT is a collaborative innovation project than their local “filter bubbles.” The tool works best joining journalists, researchers, developers, and with feature stories, since they leave more room for professional organisations. The innovative strength of journalists’ creative input, and less well with short news this multidisciplinary and international team is in its articles. It also supports the planning of new stories, as inherent creativity, but also in the consortium’s explicit long as the planning is not too far ahead. wish to engage new partners in the development of Making news archives smart the tool. Journalists both inside and outside the consortium One of INJECT’s biggest assets is that it finds news are doing beta testing and providing feedback. stories from own archives that journalists should By integrating journalists’ input directly into the know about: “A newspaper’s digital archive is in fact a development process, INJECT aims to ensure the treasure for making future stories. But today we do not tools are helpful and easy to use in the newsroom. make enough use of this opportunity. So we were really Moreover, editors and journalists see possibilities looking forward to using this new tool to do this,” says for the tool beyond what was initially imagined by the Kydland. consortium. During a visit to their newsroom, editors Journalist Ingvild Siglen Berger (Hordaland Avis) at Der Spiegel in Germany pointed to the potential of explains how INJECT helped her gather facts for a INJECT to support the morning editorial meeting by news story from their internal archives: “A lot is used generating story ideas based on the topics discussed. from the story I found through INJECT. I felt that I INJECT was used that way at Hordaland, and they also saved time using INJECT, because it was a complicated saw a potential use for it. lawsuit formulated in a 57-page document, and using In addition to journalists, Volda University College the story from our archive through INJECT made me in Norway recently joined the consortium to develop understand how the previous journalist formulated a spin-off around journalistic visualisations that could and understood the case, and helped me to write my be integrated into the Norwegian version of INJECT. story.” Talks with various partners in the Netherlands, News archives are often hard to access, but they Germany, the UK and Italy are surfacing new ideas in contain a richness of information for journalists similar ways. writing a story, both in terms of data and ideas for In the end, the goal is to make European journalism angles. As the news is moving faster and the turnover in stronger by including as many partners as possible, newsrooms becomes higher, journalists are challenged who together will form context-specific ecosystems

when it comes to staying on top of the news as much and develop different versions of the INJECT tool to as anyone else is. Even something as simple as being on support journalistic work all over Europe. < holiday or sick for a few days when a story was written makes that journalists are not always aware of every (The writer is INJECT Project Coordinator for WAN-IFRA’s Global Alliance for Media Innovation or GAMI. single article published by their news organisation. This article had appeared in the September-October issue of the In the case of the article about a lawsuit between two World News Publishing Focus.) local companies in Norway, Berger admits, “I should have known that the story was in our archive, but I didn’t. It was perfect, since the story came up in the INJECT search result.”

10 August 2018 Urdu: Romance of the 128 Channel lashkari language Contrary to popular perception, Urdu is not the language of Muslims. It was a lashkari (soldier’s) language (Urdu comes from the Turkish word ordu, meaning camp or army), nourished during the period of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. It had words from Persian and local languages. The purpose was to make communication Speed easy among soldiers who were Arab, Turk or locals. Based on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and Western Uttar Pradesh in the Indian subcontinent, Urdu developed 41 p/h @ size 1030 x 800 mm under local Persian, Arabic and Turkish influence over the course of almost 900 62 p/h @ size 680 x 576 years, Mrinal Chatterjee t began to take shape in what is now Uttar impacted Urdu journalism in terms of the number Pradesh, during the Delhi Sultanate (1206–1527) of publications, volume of circulation and content. UV-SETTER Iand continued to develop under the Mughal While some new Urdu papers appeared during the for Commerical and Newspaper Empire (1526–1858). period, a much larger number ceased publication. The Urdu is written from right to left, just like Arabic number of publications dropped from 35 in 1853 TOPAZ UV-CTP uses the most advanced and stable guide rail technology, using semi automatic loading equipped with a and Persian. The language has 39 basic letters and 13 to 12 in 1858. The decline is directly related to the 405nm laser diode for exposure, digital process workflow, high precision dot, low cost UV plates, reducing the recurring cost of extra characters, altogether 52; most of the letters are reign of terror let loose in 1857. In the North West plates (not compromising on quality). from Arabic and a small quantity from Persian. It has Provinces, most Urdu papers had ceased publication almost all the 'sounds' available in any other language after the outbreak of the war. TOPAZ UV-CTP uses special laser diode and external drum design, to ensure maximum energy is transfered to the plate and spoken in the world. The Persian newspapers of After 1857, Urdu journalism entered a new era also have greater exposure precision. West Bengal were fore-runners of the Urdu press. of development. Mention may be made of some After the decline of Persian as an official language, major papers such as the Oudh Akhbar, Lucknow; the Urdu gained prominence. Scientific Gazette, and the Tahazib-ul- Akhlaq, Aligarh; The first newspaper of Urdu language was Jam- the Oudh Punch, Lucknow; the Akmalul Akhbar, Delhi; i-Jahan-Numa, founded by Harihar Dutta in 1822 the Punjab Akhbar, Lahore; the Shamsul Akhbar, in Calcutta. He was the son of Tara Chand Dutta, Madras; the Kashful Akhbar, Bombay; the Qasim-ul- eminent Bengali journalist and one of the founders Bangalore; and the Hyderabad. Akhbar, Asiful Akhbar, MAGLEV Tecnology Laser Cooling by Advanced Loading Least on Maintenance of Bengali weekly Sambad Koumudi. The editor Oudh Akhbar lived long and was soon converted into Laser Head Movement Thermo Electric Generator System Clamps - upto 200k Plates of the three-page weekly paper was Sadasukhlal. a daily. Published by Munshi Nawal Kishore, it shot After English and Bengali, it was the third language into great prominence under the editorship of Ratan newspaper in India and continued to be published Nath 'Sarshar'. The first Urdu newspapers of Delhi TPU Thermal CTP Plate till 1888. were Fawaid-ul-Nazarin and Kiran-us-Sadai, founded On 14 January 1850, Munshi Harsukh Rai started by Rama Chandra in 1852. The Urdu press in Delhi TOPAZ TPU is a two layer thermal plate which can be used in UV inks without baking and the weekly, Kohinoor, which had a remarkably high became highly critical of the British Government. if offers 50,000 impressions in UV without baking (based on our field trials). (for those times) circulation of 350 copies. In 1858, The best example was the Urdu Akhbar, edited by TPU can also be used in News paper commercial for run lengths between 75,000 to Manbir Kabiruddin started the Urdu Guide, the first Syed Hasan, which highlighted many civic issues 125000 copies. TPU has high resolution and is qualified for 20 Microns FM and also 300 Urdu daily, from Calcutta. Another important paper such as drainage, sanitation, adulteration of food and LPI. founded that year was Roznamha-e-Punjab from Lahore. corruption. Oudh Akhbar by Munshi Nawal Kishore was the first In 1877, Maulvi Nasir Ali, one of the founders of TPU plate chemistry is two parts (dev & replenisher RTU) and when replenished in right Urdu newspaper from Lucknow, also begun in 1858. Anjuman Islamia – an Islamic intellectual and political volume does not sludge the processor keeping processor clean.TPU plate does not The Sepoy Mutiny or Great Rebellion of 1857 had movement – founded three newspapers – Nusrat-ul- abalate and has high latitude. High sensitivity of plate helps in lower laser power and is compatible with all CTP's in the market.

12 August 2018 Corp. Office: 3, Masilamani Road, Balaji Nagar, Royapettah, Chennai - 600 014. Phone : +91 44 4347 1000 email : [email protected], www.kapoorimaging.com as well. The style became more forceful and direct and a much richer and varied vocabulary developed. Urdu journalism took on a strongly nationalistic note towards the turn of the 20th century. Zameendar was started in Lahore in 1903. It was the first Urdu newspaper to subscribe to news agencies. Zameendar was intensely nationalistic, which boosted its circulation to over 30000 copies. In 1902, Maulvi Sanaullah Khan started the weekly Watan, meaning ‘motherland’. Watan was intensely nationalistic and continued for 33 years. Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar started Naqeeb-e-Hamdard in 1912. Another powerful political periodical was the Madina, edited by Hamidul Ansari. The greatest Urdu periodical the time was Al Hilal, started by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. A weekly, Al-Hilal created political and religious Akhbarnama was the first Urdu daily published from Odisha. It started consciousness among the Muslims. It was one of publishing from January 2012. first Urdu newspapers which put equal importance Akhbar, Nusrat-ul-Islam and Mihir-e-Darakhshan. The on content and presentation including layout and papers focused on current civil and political affairs design. It was designed on the pattern of Egyptian and were valuable aids of Muslim empowerment. newspapers. But its greatest asset was content. It In 1877, Oudh Punch, the first humour magazine in addressed the readers in a new language and style of Urdu was started by Sajjid Hussain. The first women’s expression. journal in Urdu was Akhbar-un-Nisa. Darul Sultanat, In 1919, Pratap was started in Lahore by Mahshe one of the most important newspapers of 19th Krishnan. It vigorously supported Gandhi’s policies century was published in 1881 by Shaikh Ahsanullah and the Indian National Congress. It was a victim of Sandagiri Dehlawi from Calcutta. Mathura Prasad government harassment and suspended publication Savmar was its editor. It started as a weekly. Later it several times. It had great influence among the Urdu- was made bi-weekly and then tri-weekly. reading Hindus of Punjab and Delhi. In 1923, Swami At the beginning of the 20th century, there Shraddhanand founded Tej, with Lala Deshbandhu were only three Urdu dailies, the Paisa Akbhar, the Gupta as editor. It had a wide circulation in Rajasthan, Oudh Akbhar, and the Sulh-i-Kul. Politically, they all UP and Delhi. It was confiscated several times by the belonged to the moderate group. However, as a new government and banned in a number of princely political wave swept across the country, newspapers states. In the same year, 1923, the Arya Samaj started and periodicals such as Zamindar, Hindustani, Al the Milap, a daily in Lahore. It was known for its Hilal and Hamdard introduced new political zest in powerful nationalistic editorials. Jawaharlal Nehru journalism. The Hindustan, Lahore; Deepak, Amritsar, Desh, Lahore; Urdu-i- Molla, Kanpur; Muslim Gazette, Lucknow; Madina, Bijnore; Hamdam, Lucknow; and Swaraj, Allahabad did a great deal to awaken political consciousness and to enlist popular participation in the national movement for freedom. Politics and social reform dominated Urdu journalism from the very beginning of the 20th century. The political and social movements launched by the Congress, the Muslim League, the Hindu Mahasabha, the Arya Samaj, the Khilafat Committee and the Photos: MC Abdul Qaiyum Ansari was editor of Urdu weekly Al-Islah (The Reform) Aligarh Movement, exercised profound influence and an Urdu monthly Musawat (Equality), published from Bihar in the on Urdu language newspapers and periodicals. They pre-Independence days. He also started the Momin Movement to work for contributed towards the general growth of literature the betterment of backward Muslims and vehemently opposed Partition.

14 August 2018 founded Qaumi Awaaz in 1945. Urdu journalism Hyderabad-based newspaper Munsif, which is the suffered heavily during and after Partition. Riots largest circulated Urdu newspaper in India, launched in Lahore lead to mobs raiding the office of Milap its news channel, while Mumbai-based Urdu Times and burning machines and newsprint. Its managing will launch its print editions from Delhi and Lucknow editor, Ranbir, was stabbed and the paper was closed shortly. Hyderabad-based Siyasat was the first Urdu for six weeks. It then shifted to Delhi. Due to the newspaper to start a Web edition in the late 1990s. unrest, Pratap shifted to Delhi. Several other Urdu publications presently have their At the time of Partition, there were 415 Urdu Web editions. newspapers including all daily, weekly, fortnightly Besides Delhi and North Indian states such as UP and monthly magazines. After Partition, 345 of and Bihar, Andhra Pradesh has a tradition of fostering them remained in India; owners of 70 newspapers the Urdu press, Hyderabad being a major publishing migrated to Pakistan. According to the Registrar of centre. Besides Munsif, Siasat, Rahnuma-e-Deccan and Newspapers report of 1957, there were 513 Urdu Saaz-e-Deccan are published from Hyderabad. In newspapers and the combined circulation was 7.48 2005, two more Urdu dailies were published from lakh. Fifty years later, the number of Urdu dailies the city: Etemad and Rastriya Sahara. There are smaller alone was 3168 and the combined circulation of all Urdu dailies like Aina-e-Hyderabad and Bhagyanagar Urdu newspapers was 1.7 crore (RNI report, 2007). Observer. Some of the Urdu newspapers after Partition Not many Urdu publications have appeared from in India were Dawat, now a bi-weekly, started by Orissa, though the state has a sizable Urdu-knowing the Jamat-e-Islami Hind. Maulana Abdul Waheed population. In the late 1980s, Eastern Media, publisher Siddiqui started Nai Duniya, a popular Urdu weekly, of Sambad, started a Urdu weekly, Sahara. It closed which was later edited by his son Shaheed Siddiqui. publication within a year. According to RNI, the total The Sahara Group started a weekly-Aalmi Sahara. A number of publications in Urdu was 3315 in 2007-8

good number of Urdu newspapers were published including 703 daily newspapers and 1443 weeklies. < in Hyderabad including the daily Siasat, Munsif, Indian Etemaad and Rehnuama E Deccan. Until 2006, Andhra (The author is a journalist-turned-media academician, presently heads the Eastern India campus of Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Pradesh had the maximum number of registered Dhenkanal, Orissa. This article forms part of a series on the history Urdu newspapers (506) among all the states of of regional language journalism in India and was published in Vidura India. Mumbai also had several Urdu publications earlier.) including the Inquilab daily and Urdu Times. West Bengal, especially Kolkata, also had a sizable number of Urdu publications. In 2005 there were five Urdu dailies in Kolkata: Azad Hind, Rozana Hind, Akhbaar -e- Mashrique, Aabshaar and Akkas. After 1980s there was a gradual decline in the Our Journals number of publications and readership of Urdu newspapers. Several publications ceased publication. For example, in West Bengal Shan-e-Millat, Imroze, Asre-Jadeed, Ghazi and Iqra were closed. However, in the first decade of the new millennium, resurgence was marked in the Urdu media with a number of new newspapers and television channels making an entry. The big media houses made their presence felt in the Urdu media across several states. The major Urdu newspapers and television channels that are run by major media houses are Rashtria Sahara (launched by Sahara Group in 2006), www.pressinstitute.in Inquilab (Jagran group took over the Mumbai-based To access articles from these journals, Urdu newspaper in 2010), Azad Hind, Hind Samachar, please visit ETV-Urdu, Aalami Sahara and Zee Salam. In 2011,

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networked or cloud platforms, PDF Print Engine 5 can be scaled to drive high-volume production on a single press, and across multiple presses. Print Service Providers can buy, or upgrade to, products built on< PDF Print Engine 5 starting later this year.

18 August 2018 Industry updates

HT Media equips Interbus Higher sensitivity plates Loop with modern system The ravages of time take their toll, even on the from Kapoor Imaging electronics of a 12-year-old Colorman press at HT With the abolition of anti-dumping duty on Media in New Delhi, one of the largest newspaper digital plates, Kapoor Imaging will be launching a printers in India. A necessary investment in ‘True CTCP’ plate with higher sensitivity, which the contemporary technology is the basic precondition company says will be a first in India. required to ensure at least 7-10 more years of secure According to S. Giridharan, general manager, production, at a fraction of the costs of a new Kapoor Imaging, the UV-PH is a faster plate – faster acquisition. by 20 per cent compared to regular PS plates in the “Retrofits of the controls and operating elements market and can record 1 per cent to 99 per cent are particularly popular currently among users of dots. manroland web systems’ newspaper presses; this also The plates have higher sensitivity, meaning the pre- applies to our long-term partners in India,” explains press bureau will have more turnaround time. The Daniel Popp, service manager, India, at manroland plates also offer higher run length – up to 100-25 k web systems. impressions with normal inks (unbaked) – and can The electronics and the connected sensors and also be used for UV inks (short-run) for up to 5000 software or operating elements, are currently subject impressions. to much faster technological change than previously. Giridharan adds that baked plates can run above Thankfully it would appear that this does not affect the 200k impressions with normal inks and 50k with mechanical components, which have been designed for decades of continuous load. In order that their UV inks. The UV-PH is coloured blue, similar to customers can further benefit from these durable thermal, and the plates themselves, he stresses, are materials, manroland web systems have developed comparable to thermal plates. “If a good developer retrofit packages, especially for these requirements. is used it will have less sludge and makes processor Recently, HT Media, which produces the Hindustan cleaning with less effort.” Times, replaced the Interbus Loop on their Colorman Kapoor Imaging has launched two-layer thermal press. It involved a complete exchange of the now plates, TPU, which can work with UV plates unbaked obsolete and no longer contemporary system. The 50k impressions (and is non-abalative) – qualified spare parts, which were left over, were not scrapped with all setters. but rather can be stored for usage on other printing The company will soon be launching Chem Free presses in the plant. The new software and electronics Violet Plates – PPVG, which will save gallons of provide even more features than the future availability water for customers and are suitable for newspaper of coordinated components; for example, a more presses in the mid-segment with a run length of 100- detailed error description, which enables faster and 125k impressions. more precise troubleshooting. The benefits provided by these ever more complex sensors and automation innovations are unbeatable for the everyday tight production slots of a daily newspaper. The new system links all sensors and actuators directly with one computer. Possible faults (a faulty component, for instance) can therefore be precisely located and exchanged without major production delays. Additionally, this improves the diagnosis possibilities for manroland web systems’ remote diagnostics tool TSC (TeleSupportCenter). Materials in this section: Provided by respective company /PR agency In close coordination with the customer, the True UV plates. complete retrofit was completed within two weeks

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and that without any interference with the nightly width, combi or UV. Trelleborg has a well established productions. The new technology was installed by network of experienced partners throughout India manroland parallel to the existing system, then tested that provide local, on-site support and the company and after approval by the customer, commissioned, has developed a dealer locator App that offers a according to Popp. simple way of finding the nearest dealer. “The comprehensive work carried out at Trelleborg’s extensive R&D facilities at the Lodi Vecchio Tailored blanket solutions, manufacturing facility in Italy has created offset from Trelleborg blanket solutions that match the specific needs of the Indian newspaper market,” says Maniraju Bora, who Trelleborg’s printing solutions operation continues has more than 25 years of experience in this sector. to expand the capabilities of offset printing blankets “Printers need the flexibility to customise blankets for use in the newspaper industry. Visitors to WAN according to the type of stock they are handling, the IFRA 2018, September 25-27 in Hyderabad, will be press being used and other relevant factors such as able to hear how these developments can be utilised press age etc. to improve the productivity of their press. “Trelleborg’s mission is to provide the Indian Maniraju Bora, sales and technical director for the printing industry with training, advice and after-sales South West Asia Region, says: “We are increasingly support that is unrivalled. The blanket is crucial to tailoring offset printing blanket solutions to suit the profitability of the press and we increasingly help individual printer’s requirements and over the last newspaper groups use blanket technology to reduce few years we have been working ever more closely cost-per-copy on their presses. Our experts provide with newspaper groups to understand the needs of training on selecting the correct blanket, settings on their pressrooms and how we can provide a blanket the press, and maintenance and storage of fabric- solution that improves productivity while maintaining backed and metal-backed products. consistent high-quality print. “An in-depth knowledge is becoming even “Products such as Trelleborg’s Vulcan Metal Times, more important because of the rapidly changing Vulcan 202, Vulcan Royal Web, Rollin Graffity Plus landscape in the industry. For instance, the growing and Rollin Hipage are household names amongst use of different stocks that have their own surface newspaper printers. However, there are products that characteristics, the implementation of UV, low industry-leaders in other countries are using which migration inks, high-density pigment inks, neutral we are now launching into India with modifications. founts, FM screening and more have a major impact These include the Vulcan Alto ND2 for the coldset on the printing process and the printing blanket.” web market. Available in 1.71 mm and 1.96 mm, this Trelleborg will have a team of senior management blanket has an excellent mechanical resistant top and technical experts on its booth no 1.3 at WAN surface, resulting in durability, stability, versatility and IFRA 2018, enabling visitors to discuss the current high print quality.” and future blanket requirements of their single-width, Visitors to the WAN IFRA Expo will be able to double-width and commercial heatset presses. see a demonstration on the Trelleborg booth of a Trelleborg’s printing solutions operations, part of new QR Code and App that provide ready access Trelleborg Coated Systems, offers first class solutions from a mobile phone or desktop to detailed product for the printing industry with worldwide recognized information about metal-backed blankets. Users brands, such as Vulcan, Rollin, Printec, Sava and can simply scan the code printed on the blanket to Axcyl. Its solutions are leading edge in the offset and obtain comprehensive product and technical data, flexo printing markets for a variety of applications plus detailed advice on applications, usage and including newspapers, magazines, catalogs, business replacement options. forms, labels, metal decorating and packaging. Trelleborg has developed several easy-to- use, downloadable software tools, including a ‘configuration’ product that lets users select the correct blanket by entering the application sector, such as web coldset, web heatset, single-width, double-

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Luis Núñez, deputy director of Commercial Affairs Prensa Libre invests in at Prensa Libre. In opting for the system, he sought QIPC automation counsel with several large international partners of QIPC. “We were won over by the favourable Soon, PrensaLibre, the reference newspaper in references we received. They were extremely helpful, Guatemala, will be printed with the aid of QI Press especially when we want to be sure about the success Controls (QIPC). The plant which is responsible for of our project.” printing the paper has decided to invest in the mRC- Prensa Libre’s project consists of two used 3D system for colour register and cut-off control manroland Uniset towers which have been purchased for their recently purchased manroland Uniset press. in recent years (2015 and 2017). Both towers are Thanks to the new system, Prensa Libre expects to being equipped with two mRC-3D cameras for colour see greater efficiency, less paper waste and quality register. In addition, the two folders and sheeter are improvements. to be fitted with mRC-3D cut-off control. “The It is the first time that the Guatemala-based printing expectation is that this will bring about savings in concern has entered into a partnership with QIPC, time as well as waste,” explains Luis Núñez. “What’s the Dutch specialist in measurement and control more, thanks to the state-of-the-art equipment systems for the printing industry. Print2Finish agent supplied by QIPC, we can improve the quality of our Juan Echavarria was responsible for bringing the printed matter.” two companies together. “QIPC is an exceptionally The total of seven cameras being installed in strong business with a technical background,” says Guatemala City are all fitted with Automatic Ink Mist

The Prensa Libre press line.

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Shields (AIMS) for automatic cleaning of the lenses. QIPC. “In fact, Koenig & Bauer recommended our According to Ronald Reedijk, managing director automation solution to Printall AS. It was partly on of QIPC-EAE Americas, PrensaLibre has a solid the basis of this and their own experience that they reputation, being founded in 1951 and with a were then able to take a well-considered decision. A circulation across the length and breadth of the fact-finding visit to Drukkerij Em. De Jong in the country. “So we’re delighted that our systems are Netherlands helped confirm Printal’s expectations of soon to be working in their printing plant.” the system.” Reedijk applauds the work of Print2Finish, who The Koenig & Bauer Compacta is now being succeeded in bringing the two companies together, installed with the mRC-3D and IDS-3D system for and is delighted by the faith shown in QIPC by register, cut-off and colour control. “This system will Prensa Libre. “The printing concern reached a clear work more effectively and reliably than the current decision on the basis of talks held with other QIPC automation on the press,” Andrus Takkin reports. In users. Despite fierce competition for the project, our total, five motorised mRC-3D cameras and two IDS- reputation in the market is still proving to be the best 3D cameras are being installed in Tallinn. advertisement for our systems.” In addition, Printall AS also need a smaller colour bar than normal. For that reason, QIPC is supplying a 2-mm high colour bar with an integrated register Printall AS intensifies mark. “Our expectation is that from 1000 to 1200 partnership with QIPC revolutions on start-up, we can get to 1000,” explains Erwin van Rossem. “What’s more, we can look Estonian-based printing concern Printall AS is set forward to 15 per cent savings in waste.” to intensify its collaboration with QI Press Controls Printall AS, founded in 1971, is one of the largest (QIPC), the Dutch specialist in measurement and printing companies in the Baltic States. The plant in control systems for the printing industry. The Koenig Tallinn produces all kinds of printed matter, from & Bauer Compacta heatset printing press in its Tallinn newspapers to brochures. “We already had automation plant is to be equipped with a new automation system systems on all our presses,” explains Andrus Takkin. supplied by QIPC. The new system from QIPC “But soon we will have the latest and most efficient will be quicker and more reliable than the current control system.” Erwin van Rossem is optimistic: automation system. “This provides our systems with an opportunity to Cooperation between Printall AS and QIPC is not prove themselves on the Baltic market.” new: in 2003 an IRS system for cut-off control was installed on a Koenig & Bauer Continent press in Estonia. “Over time, we have come to know QIPC Next Cortina goes on as a reliable partner,” says Andrus Takkin, chairman stream at ICP-Roto of the board at Printall AS, when asked about his experiences with the Oosterhout-based company. ICP-Roto industrie graphique, a highly respected Printall AS has been able to witness for itself exactly commercial and newspaper printing house on the why QIPC systems on Koenig & Bauer presses have island of La Réunion, celebrated its new Cortina such a good reputation worldwide. “Our relationship from Koenig & Bauer with an official ceremony. with both Printall AS and Koenig & Bauer is very Some 300 guests attended the press’ official start-up. good,” explains Erwin van Rossem, head of Sales at “The new Cortina is the centrepiece of our printing house. Our whole team is incredibly proud of the new press. Once again, Koenig & Bauer and our team worked together perfectly on its installation and commissioning,” says managing director and owner Alfred Chane-Pane. The installation of the press line also confirms the importance the company’s management attaches to ecological concerns on an island where the tourism industry dominates. Says The Printall facility. Alfred Chane-Pane: “Environmental protection is a

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The new Cortina from Koenig & Bauer at ICP-Roto industrie graphique, Le Port / La Réunion. matter dear to our hearts. Given that it eliminates The Cortina waterless printing technology permits the need for dampening units and all the associated not only sharper print details and finer screen rulings, additives, Cortina technology is ideal for the eco- but also hybrid production options and seamless friendly production of many very sophisticated switchovers between heatset and coldset production. products.” Installed in a new modern press hall, the Full utilisation of these strengths have already Cortina has already taken over a large proportion of been factored in for the future, not least through the company’s overall production. preparations for expansion with a further coldset The Cortina comprises an automatic reelstand, an web. ultra-compact printing tower, an efficient hot-air Through the elimination of dampening units dryer system, a flexible superstructure and two semi- and ink keys, Cortina technology is predestined commercial jaw folders. This impressive press line for applications with variable web widths. This incorporates numerous automation modules such as production flexibility facilitates the printing of a the Patras A reel-loading system, automatic plate and broad diversity of job types, such as magazines, circumference change, CleanTronic washing systems brochures and supplements in a standard magazine and RollerTronic roller locks, as well as colour and format, as well as flyers in attractive special formats, cut-off register controls. “The Cortina is definitely alongside traditional tabloid-format newspapers and much easier to operate than conventional offset newspaper-like products. Thanks to the two folders, presses,” says technical director Philippe Van Damme. high-capacity 4-up production is an interesting possibility, and even 8-up production is possible with special formats. Müller, Hunkeler agree on collaboration Müller and Hunkeler in Wikon, Switzerland have agreed that Hunkeler should take over the complete sales and service business for the DocuTrim sheet finishing system. The two companies are currently finalising the contract documents. Happy faces at the official ceremony (l-r): Bernd Hillebrand, sales manager Hunkeler will initially take charge of business KBA-Digital & Web; Pierre Pommier, KBA-France; Alfred Chane- across Europe and then gradually extend its activities Pane, managing director ICP-Roto industrie graphique; Georg Zitterbart, printing instructor KBA-Digital & Web; Philippe Van Damme, technical to other markets. DocuTrim was developed by director ICP-Roto industrie graphique; Gerold Dornbusch, commissioning Müller and has already been launched to the market. engineer KBA-Digital & Web; Peter Benz, project manager KBA-Digital "This agreement represents a consistent step in & Web.

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The Hunkeler DocuTrim. the expansion of Müller's global activities," says stacking. It enables the cutting of formats in various proprietor Robert Fortmeier and director Thorsten finishes such as position-independent slit cuts and Piel as they expressed their enthusiasm with the cut-outs as well as dynamic perforation and creasing deal: Müller will benefit from Hunkeler's worldwide with horizontal and vertical lines. sales and service network, whereas Hunkeler will be Solutions from Hunkeler for pre- and post-digital gaining a first-class product in the DocuTrim. printing are available for almost any imaginable As Michel Hunkeler, CEO of Hunkeler AG, application. Publishing applications for small to confidently says: "This sales partnership lays the medium runs, computer centres, transactional and foundation that will enable us to provide new, transpromo, security printing or creative direct innovative solutions to the highest standard in the mailing: we offer the highest quality solutions for all digital sheet finishing segment. The DocuTrim of these applications. perfectly complements our Generation 8, POPP6 Müller stands for the extremely flexible processing and 7 continuous-feed product lines." of digital print products: automated stitching, folding, Hunkeler has been active on behalf of the printing cutting, inserting and affixing plastic cards in varying industry since it was founded in 1922. The company degrees of complexity. Müller paper management can draw on many years of know-how in the field of solutions can be individually configured from over engineering and boasts a highly competent sales and 100 combinable modules. We develop and produce service network. almost all of our components ourselves: from Müller is a traditional family company founded mechanical and electrical parts through to software. in 1965. It produces flexible paper management Our customers all around the world appreciate the solutions for the automated processing of digital flexibility of our systems print products. The two companies' vast experience and wide range of applications form the perfect basis for such collaboration. Customers now have Baldwin Vision Systems the combined benefit of an excellent product launches Autotron 3600 plus technicians and support staff with global experience. Baldwin Vision Systems, market leaders in DocuTrim is a multifunctional system for online automated colour management, register control and sheet finishing and meets all requirements in the inspection technology announced the launch of areas of cutting, perforating, creasing and sequential Autotron 3600 at PackPlus 2018 in New Delhi.

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Operators familiar with the 2600 benefit from the same user experience on the 3600—allowing seamless transition with no learning curve. The next-generation register system builds on the savings these customers required for over 20 years,” highly-robust, industry-renowned Autotron 2600 Hemant Desai, general manager, Baldwin Vision with ClearLogic and enables packaging converters Systems India, explains. to offer increased quality with greater sensitivity and “As such, we will continue to support and sell the control over register errors. In addition, the Autotron Autotron 2600. However, we recognised the need to 3600 has been designed as a “plug and play” system, offer another product tier, and to add a number of requiring minimal installation time and operator developments that would future-proof our customers’ training. The modernized system ensures a seamless investment. These include higher sensitivity with the transition for printers looking to benefit from the new fiber optic color sensor, enabling users to read latest in print register technology. any type of mark or color variation with increased Making its industry debut in India, the Autotron accuracy, and automated light intensity to better 3600 is set to address the demands of Baldwin Vision manage inspection of challenging substrates, such Systems’ current and prospective customers in one as metallics. The new scanning technology also of the largest and fastest-growing packaging markets enhances performance and enables the operator to in the world. react faster to register errors or any changes on the “Many customers in India have installed our press. These latest developments combined with Autotron 2600 with ClearLogic. The architecture simplified installation ensure the Autotron 3600 of this product has proven to be extremely reliable will help our customers deliver even higher quality and robust, providing the quality, accuracy and waste packaging, and maintain their competitive edge.”

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introduce further enhancements over the next three years. This approach forms part of our ambitious, long-term plan to bring the latest in register control innovations to the global packaging market, ensuring we continue to support our valued customer base and maintain our position as industry leaders for the foreseeable future.” Baldwin Technology Company Inc is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of innovative process-automation equipment, parts, service and consumables for the printing, packaging, textile, plastic film extrusion and corrugated industries. As a total solutions provider, Baldwin offers customers a broad range of market-leading technologies, with a focus on improving the economic and environmental efficiency of production processes. Through a global footprint of 21 company-owned locations and an extensive network of partners, our customers are supported globally, regionally and locally by dedicated sales and service team members who add value by forming long-term relationships. Baldwin is privately The fiber optic colour sensor and new scanning technology help to manage control on challenging substrates. owned by BW Forsyth Partners, a Barry-Wehmiller company. As a new business unit formed by Baldwin BW Forsyth Partners is the investment arm Technology Company Inc, Baldwin Vision Systems of multibillion-dollar global manufacturing and strategically combines the businesses and technology engineering consulting firm Barry-Wehmiller. of QuadTech, PC Industries, and Web Printing Established in 2009, BW Forsyth Partners blends Controls to form the industry’s most comprehensive Barry-Wehmiller’s unparalleled legacy of value portfolio available for print process automation, creation and people-centric culture development with inspection, and related services. With an aim to create a keen investing experience to help companies realize new “print technology powerhouse,” Baldwin Vision their true potential. With a focus limited to areas Systems offers complete software and hardware known well, BW Forsyth Partners seeks to partner solutions, and the ability to connect data throughout with leadership teams to acquire small- to middle- the overall process and workflow with automated market companies in the capital and component tools for pre-press, press, and post-press. equipment, and professional services sectors. Isaam Lutfiyya, Baldwin Vision Systems’ Director of Global Sales & Marketing, comments, “This combined expertise and collection of resources is Brazilian company opts unique to BALDWIN Vision Systems and provides for Euroman an additional benefit to those looking to install the Autotron 3600. The option to tie in data and products The Euroman combines efficiency, flexibility and from one leading supplier maximizes our customers’ productivity while maintaining high quality and investment and provides a more streamlined, cutting-edge technology. This makes it the ideal offer coherent solution to meet demand for accuracy and for dynamic markets with high growth rates like in increased quality control within the shortest possible Brazil being in a transition from a market of mainly timeframe.” 16 pages presses to high volume presses up 32 to 64 Adds Lutfiyya, “The launch of Autotron 3600 in pages presses. India is the first significant phase in our sales strategy This had been realised by printing company Pia for this product. We intend to announce worldwide Sociedade de São Paulo that has invested in a 2-web availability of Autotron 3600 later this year and Euroman press from manroland web systems. The

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Euroman is ideally used for printing bibles as well as magazines and catalogs. Quality, flexibility and efficiency – all at highest quality – this is what Brazilian printers like Pia Sociedade require today. The bestselling commercial press from manroland web systems is the ideal systems for this. The need for consolidation and industrialized production structures to cut the operating cost to a minimum requires to our customers investing in more efficient production systems like the Euroman. Besides ideal flexibility and high quality, the Euroman in particular offers efficient automation solutions from manroland web systems. Regarding all these benefits, it’s no wonder that the triumphal march of the Euroman already lasts since 2005: Meanwhile 11 presses produce at different printing companies with 44 printing units, 11 reel splicers and 11 folders from manroland web systems. The Euroman is not only suitable as an entry level press for heatset printing coming from 16 pages L-r: Ernst Jackwert (CEO of DUO) and Menno Jansen (chairman of presses to high volume presses – also for old stagers QIPC). the press is a good alternative. On its way to become a perfect production system, the manroland web now; but for CEO Ernst Jackwert that is still too systems project management offers comprehensive much. The introduction of 16 IDS-3D cameras from personal support that is guaranteed by the local QIPC aims to reduce the ink consumption even more sales and service partner groupwork Serviços de and further automate the production process. "As a Representação Comercial Ltda. This is also maintained modern printing operation, we have to protect the through long-term service level agreements. environment by reducing our use of resources on the one hand, and, on the other, using our well-trained staff effectively by automating unnecessary manual Automating production tasks," Ernst Jackwert explains. IDS-3D is the only fully automatic colour and damp with QIPC solutions control system that uses an image-based process with In 2014, printers Druckhaus Ulm-Oberschwaben markless measurement and also monitors the quality (DUO) completed a comprehensive renewal of the printed image in that way. The digital camera programme, having invested in four Colorman processes the measurement data in real time and uses autoprints from Manroland. The very next year saw the digital TIFFimage as a reference. By automatically the start of the search for a reliable and innovative adjusting and optimising colour and water content, solution for colour density control, which DUO has IDS-3D achieves reproduction with absolute colour now found in the shape of the IDS-3D system from stability and significantly contributes to reducing QI Press Controls (QIPC). wastage. The core business of Druckhaus Ulm- At the same time, the integrated Automatic Ink Oberschwaben with its two sites in Ulm and Mist Shield (AIMS) feature enables the system to Weingarten is the production of all newspapers and automatically clean the lens when needed. "We are local weeklies published by NeuePressegesellschaft absolutely convinced that in IDS-3D we have chosen Ulm and Schwäbisch Media Ravensburg. the best and most innovative solution, which will Working six days a week, the business employs 170 play its part in the first-class quality of our products," staff in producing an overall print run of 290000 Ernst Jackwert summarises. copies. Thanks to the high level of automation, only The QIPC quality management system IQM will also two grammes of ink per newspaper are used even come into use in Ulm and Weingarten from autumn

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The Schwäbische Zeitung press facility in Weingarten. 2018. IQM is a web-based reporting system that logs Thomas Potzkai, head of service at Koenig & Bauer. data relating to register, colour density or fan-out Says Achim Trenkner, managing director of S.E.M. that is relevant to product quality and summarises all Servicegesellschaft: “The goal of our alliance is clear – non-conformities in a clearly structured production we want to work the market proactively together, with report. Due to the integrated error detection facility, services ranging from general upkeep, maintenance the printer can see precisely how many copies of and technical press cleaning. Together we now see a particular job did not meet the desired quality ourselves as a full-service provider.” standards. In that way, production quality and SEM Servicegesellschaft für Elektrik und Mechanik reliability can be significantly improved. GmbH was founded in Ludwigshafen, Germany, in "We are very pleased that DUO, as a classic 1979. The company expanded beyond Ludwigshafen Manroland customer, elected to use our systems," for the first time in 2006. It won jobs in Bremerhaven, observes QIPC Chairman Menno Jansen. "That Crailsheim, Minden, Darmstadt, Regensburg and shows that our automation and optimisation many other German cities. In the meantime, SEM has solutions help newspaper printers to overcome their developed into a nationwide company with almost economic and qualitative challenges and, therefore, 300 employees and several locations. The company make a contribution to the success of the newspaper product." SEM and Koenig & Bauer enter alliance Koenig & Bauer is expanding its product portfolio in response to service business expansions and strong customer demand. In cooperation with S.E.M. Servicegesellschaft, the press manufacturer will offer almost all services concerning printing presses to customers in the future. After signing the partnership agreement (l-r): Janos Györösi, operations “We have worked well and successfully with SEM in manager SEM Servicegesellschaft; Thomas Bergmann, head of service the past and building on this partnership was the next management KBA-Digital & Web Solutions; Achim Trenkner, logical step. Our customers want the opportunity to managing director SEM Servicegesellschaft; Thomas Potzkai, head of service and project management KBA-Digital & Web Solutions; Michael have one contact person for their entire print shop. Braun, contract management KBA-Digital & Web Solutions; Tim We can now offer this together with SEM,” says Arnheiter, managing director SEM Servicegesellschaft.

28 August 2018 Industry Updates offers maintenance, electrotechnical installations Hubert Burda Media Holding. BurdaDruck is a in the industrial and commercial sector as well as full-service print and media service provider, from technical machine cleaning. content, layout, graphics and re-production to print production and distribution of print products, with plants in Offenburg, Nuremberg and Vieux Thann Koenig & Bauer develops new in France. Hubert Burda Media is one of the largest media and technology companies in Germany with cutter for gravure presses sales of over €2.6bn (2017) and currently almost Koenig & Bauer has developed a new cutter for 12000 employees worldwide. gravure presses. As a result, print shops with gravure presses can now significantly expand their order portfolio. BurdaDruck (Hubert Burda Media), one New products for Koenig & of Europe’s most high-performance gravure printing Bauer commercial presses companies, is investing in this new development. Says Heiko Engelhardt, managing director at On the one hand there are short jobs, a raft of BurdaDruck: “The concept of expanding the cutter different orders and high quality products and, on convinced us right from the start. As Koenig & Bauer the other, the focus is on high-volume print runs – also offers many other services for gravure presses customer demands placed on commercial printers and has extensive know-how in this field, we are are becoming ever more versatile and challenging. convinced that we have the right partner at our side.” Koenig & Bauer has been successfully tackling both The new cutter is to be installed this year as of these developments for years. Stefan Segger, sales part of a retrofit to the existing press fleet at the director Digital & Web Solutions: “We are in constant Burda printing site in Vieux-Thann, France. “This communication with our customers. On the one hand investment enables us to offer our customers an even we develop new products with our partners, and on larger product portfolio in the future. We can also the other hand we are proactively represented on the produce small volumes from eight pages, glued with market with new innovations.” a two-page jump. The format variability of gravure The new UV coater from Koenig & Bauer printing enables considerable savings in paper offers production speeds of up to 60000rph, high consumption through optimum formats, which is a automation, simple and self-explanatory operation, major requirement of our customers as paper prices the stability of a printing unit, automatic cleaning at are increasing,” says Ingo Raab, sales manager at the push of a button and anilox roller change within BurdaDruck. a few minutes. Whether for the full-solid finishing of BurdaDruck is a wholly owned subsidiary of covers or as spot coating for the partial finishing of printed images, the coating unit is already being used very successfully by customers. A compact UV dryer is integrated into the superstructure after the coating unit to enable the widest possible range of paper substrates to be processed. The UV coater processes substrates with a grammage of between 60g/m² - 250g/m² (38- 160lbs). Between 2 and 5g/m² of coating is applied depending on the anilox roller. Intelligent, patented copy control in the quarterfold makes for a trouble-free folding sequence. Production conditions are therefore always consistent irrespective of operator skill. Copies are slowed effectively and with a minimum of abrasion, and aligned in the Shortly after signing the contract at BurdaDruck in Offenburg: (l-r) Reiner Dluschek, sales manager KBA-Digital & Web Solutions; Heiko direction of fold during deceleration. The automatic Engelhardt, managing director BurdaDruck; Ingo Raab, sales manager copy control system is self-adjusting and exceptionally BurdaDruck (1). reliable regardless of production speed and copy

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The scope of the order stretches from drives and controls on the press itself to control consoles and production management systems. New drives will be supplied for one folder and two printing towers, each with 12 printing couples. The new drives will be from the ABB ACSM1 series. These high-performance machinery drives provide speed, torque and motion control for demanding applications. They can control induction, synchronous and asynchronous servo and high torque motors with various feedback devices. The new drives will be built into the existing cabinets. New ABB ACS380 drives will also be provided for the24 ink ductors on the two printing towers. The obsolete Wifag WPOS control units on the two towers, the folder and also the turner bar nest, The new UV coating unit for Koenig & Bauer C16. will be replaced by modern ABB APOS solutions thickness. As a result folding is consistently accurate, based on the AC500 PLC, a device that has been used even during changes in press speed. in countless demanding industries and is available The microporous patented turner bars are one of worldwide. the many proven features that are unique to Koenig Moving on the level of the control consoles, all & Bauer. They no longer need to be set for different seven existing consoles will be upgraded to the ribbon widths, and operate reliably with a minimal latest version, which offers either conventional air cushion and superior ribbon guides. A modular or touchscreen operation and is based on ABB’s design and dedicated drives throughout allow Compact Product Suite HMI. the superstructure to be customized for specific Finally, at the production management level, the production scenarios. The short and stable web lead existing ABB MPS Production system will be allows a more even web tension. upgraded to release 6 based on the PostgreSQL database, which makes virtualisation a much lower- cost option than in the past. The production data Order for ABB modular analysis system, MPS Inform, will be updated in a similar way. The various retrofits and upgrades will press retrofit be completed by the end of the year. ABB has announced a further order from DruckzentrumSüdwest GmbH, located in Villingen- New manroland process for Schwenningen in the Black Forest Region of Southwestern Germany, for modular retrofits on its manufacturing spare parts Wifag OF370 press. DruckzentrumSüdwest prints newspapers like the well-known SchwarzwälderBote. manroland web systems has been occupied with analysing and testing the benefits of alternative production methods for quite some time. Results show that there is no getting around the topic of additive manufacturing processes. The Fused Filament Fabrication process (FFF) for plastic parts has been around since about 1990. In the meantime, there are industrially mature approaches, which aim to exploit this process for metal parts also. This means that there is an opportunity to possibly facilitate easier procurement of spare and wear parts, which is a step Druckzentrum Südwest in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany. that would bring massive benefits to customers.

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The term additive manufacturing describes a process or casting moulds. A lot of these processes are still in which a component is built up, layer upon layer, not an option when it comes to mass production, on the basis of digital three dimensional design data, however they are very suited to the production through depositing or connecting of materials. The of conventional batch sizes in machinery and familiar term, 3D printing, is ever more often used plant engineering," explains Lutz Leonhardt, vice- as a synonym for additive manufacturing processes. president Global Supply Chain & Merchant Network The next generation FFF process is a professional at manroland web systems. production process, which is currently in the very Alexander Wachter, vice-president eCommerce, early stages of its development. Remote Service, Customer Support at manroland One reason why manroland web systems has web systems, summarises the major benefits: "We occupied itself intensively with this subject is want to permanently integrate additive manufacturing simultaneously one of the most prominent benefits products into our e-commerce sector in the future of additive manufacturing: shorter lead times. And it in order to improve the availability of parts for is almost immaterial whether it is a work piece with our customers, provide alternative procurement complex geometries or a relatively simple object. The opportunities for ourselves and thereby a stable high development and production of tools and moulds is level of customer satisfaction through the creation of completely eliminated. Corrections to prototypes or even shorter delivery time options. We will continue short notice design modifications are also possible, to support our customers to produce competitively without problems. and efficiently in the future, using the most modern manroland web systems has developed an methods." innovative business model for online trade over the Adds Franz Kriechbaum, member of the past few years with the manroland web Store and management board at manroland web systems, "The the B2B-trading platform, Market-X. The topics of integration of additive processes into our stocking speed and flexibility are naturally of great interest; strategy means we are developing a further important in particular, for this successful e-commerce sector technological benefit when compared with all of our with its fast growing, ever widening spectrum of competitors, making us the strongest performing offered products. Various manufacturing processes, business partners for our customers." which provide further benefits to the customer, can be implemented, depending on how pressing the deadline is. technotrans India steps A huge benefit of 3D printing which often receives into 9th year short shrift these days, has however enormous significance: significantly less waste is produced technotrans India operating from Chennai steps during the production of work pieces by additive into the ninth year serving Indian territory. At the manufacturing, than would be with conventional same time, Germany based technotrans AG changed production processes. In the future, for example, into technotrans SE (Societas Europaea) or European decentralised production would be conceivable Stock Corporation. in order to shorten transport routes. 3D printing High-quality and efficiency are the hallmark of provides very promising possibilities for designers all technotrans products, be it in providing spray regarding lightweight construction, which in turn dampening, fine filtration systems, automatic ink means a reduction of materials used. agitator, ink mates, additive dosing, ink pump, ink "Alongside the afore-mentioned benefits, additive dosing, varnish circulators, central chillers, etc. manufacturing additionally brings an immense technotrans offers chiller models from 200 up to optimisation of inventories with it, because you can 250000 watts. The company has been a renowned produce "on demand". At the same time, we still system supplier of cooling and fluid technology for have a definitive security of supply. These benefits the printing industry for several decades. mean that our customers will profit both monetarily Customers are supported from the project planning and also through time savings and faster processes. phase up to the commissioning of the solutions. The We can also guarantee long-term reproducibility of cooling systems for digital printing applications are mechanical parts without the use of specific tools part of the highly efficient and flexible technotrans

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Happy faces after an interesting and intensive training week: Lecturers from Egyptian educational institutions proudly present their certificates. Rapida RDC 106 rotary die cutter and flatbed die cutters from KBA-Iberica. Naturally, the participants also visited a printing company that operates sheetfed offset technology from Koenig & Bauer. The technotrans team during the anniversary celebrations. The programme was supplemented by a presentation on know-how transfer by the Dresden Chamber series omega.line and smartchiller. The systems are of Industry and Commerce and information from customised in-line with very specific requirements, Commerzbank on financing investment goods. thereby guaranteeing the desired temperature ranges The training course was organised with the key for small-to large format digital printing presses. This support of the Egyptian Chamber of Printing in enables the printing companies to achieve consistent, Cairo and printshop El Safa, a large packaging printer top quality printing results. which operates Koenig & Bauer presses in Alexandria. However, prime quality is not the only asset of the It is seen as a continuation of intensified market product series: their high level of efficiency helps to development with the new sales partner Sidhom. reduce costs, thereby creating a competitive advantage The participants came from the Arab Academy for the users. In addition, the systems require only for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, the General Organization for Government Printing little maintenance and are highly resistant to wear. As Offices (Al Amiriya Printing House), Akhbar El- part of its celebrations, technotrans india is reaching Yom Academy, Helwan University, the High Institute out to all its customers to enable them to discover of Applied Arts, the Egyptian Armed Forces, their full potential. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Pharos University and Alexandria University. Lecturers from Egypt visit Sven Strzelczyk, sales director at Koenig & Bauer, is pleased with the broad level of interest in the Koenig & Bauer event: “Our goal was to inform the visitors about what role we in Saxony can play in modernising the In July, university lecturers from Egypt visited graphic arts industry in Egypt.“ Lively discussions Koenig & Bauer in Radebeul near Dresden to learn showed that the visitors and lecturers enjoyed the more about cutting-edge, effective and resource-saving varied itinerary. printing technology. The aim of the one-week event was to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of current solutions and concepts New management head at and to create a basis for the interactive exchange of knowledge at the educational institutions. KBA-Italia The training program included print demonstrations, Peter Andrich (52) took over the management of factory tours and practical workshops. The teachers KBA-Italia in Lainate near Milan with effect from familiarised themselves with automation solutions on May 2018. In his new position, he is responsible for the Rapida 106 as part of the week’s practical part. sales, marketing and service for Koenig & Bauer’s Other workshops looked at inline measurement and web and sheetfed portfolio in the Italian market. He control technology on sheetfed offset presses, the made his professional debut for Koenig & Bauer at

32 August 2018 the Print4All trade advances convinced us once again that we can fair in Milan from continue to grow with Koenig & Bauer technology. 29 May to 1 June, With the high level of performance seen so far, and where KBA-Italia based on a close working partnership forged over had an information many years, Clifton Packaging were happy to once stand. again work with KBA Flexotecnica,” says managing Andrich was director Shahid Sheikh OBE. born in Aachen/ “Furthermore, Clifton Packaging see the synergies Germany and that the wider Koenig & Bauer Group can offer to graduated in flexible packaging markets, and we look forward to physics from the seeing new developments and new solutions from RWTH Aachen Koenig & Bauer”. The new Evo XD from Koenig & University in 1989. Bauer was fired up in Leicester, England in early 2018 Peter Andrich (52) has been managing His career took director of KBA-Italia since May. and will primarily print flexible packaging. him to Remscheid/ With its eight printing units, a new dryer generation Germany, Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia, Berlin/Germany and newly developed drive and control technology, and, since 2000, two Swiss mechanical engineering the cutting-edge Evo XD is tailored to meet high companies in the USA. Andrich has more than 20 quality requirements on a wide range of substrates. years of sales and management experience in the The CI flexo press has a web width of 1,320 mm and packaging industry and six years in the printing a cut-off of 370 to 1000 mm. The technical highlights industry. Most recently, he served as president and include a highly efficient energy-saving ventilation CEO of Polytype America Corp. and president of system in the bridge dryer and the fully automatic S-Qbism, a company that continued Polytype’s digital AIF impression setting system, which needs no ink inkjet business separately. during the adjustment process. KBA-Italia was founded in 1995 as a subsidiary of The user-friendly ARF register setting system Koenig & Bauer. The professional support of the ensures that start-up waste is reduced to a minimum. traditionally very strong Italian market for web and All of the important automation and control functions sheetfed presses is in the hands of 30 employees. are integrated in the new touch screen panel, assuring One of the outstanding competencies of Koenig intuitive press operation. As far as automation for & Bauer's Italian sales and service subsidiary is the promising packaging market. New to the portfolio are finishing systems such as the Rapida RDC 106 rotary die cutter and die-cutting technology from KBA-Iberica. KBA-Italia made a successful start to 2018 with the sale and delivery of several large- format Rapida presses to Italian commercial, book and packaging producers. Clifton banks on Koenig & Bauer flexo technology Clifton Packaging Group is one of the UK’s fastest- growing companies in the field of flexible packaging. The investment in a third flexo printing press from KBA-Flexotecnica now represents the continuation of the successful partnership between the two companies. “We are very satisfied with our two existing flexo The Evo XD for Clifton Packaging is already its third Koenig & Bauer presses. Service, quality and further technological press.

August 2018 33 fast job changes is concerned, the Evo XD is state of the art. The press can run at speeds of up to 500 m per min depending on substrate. Clifton Packaging was founded in 1981 and has since established an excellent reputation and brand for itself especially when it comes to innovation. In recent years, Clifton has grown considerably which resulted in the company being recognised by the London Stock Exchange as one of the top 1000 most aspiring and fastest growing companies in the UK. The company specialises in high-quality packaging for FMCG markets and the Wet Protein sector. These products are sold throughout the world, including Africa and the Middle East (West Asia). High commendation for commitment to vocational education and training: Koenig & Bauer CEO Claus Bolza-Schünemann (left) and vocational Thanks to its very broad portfolio of materials and school director Reinhard Munz (2nd left) received a certificate of honour packaging options, the company can react quickly to from the Würzburg-Schweinfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce customer requirements. However, Clifton Packaging (IHK) on the occasion of the school's 150th anniversary from Otto Kirchner, not only regards itself as an innovative packaging president of IHK district (2nd right), and Max Martin Deinhard, deputy managing director of IHK district. printer, it also offers its customers a complete packaging solution, from the idea to the finished in Oberzell Monastery at the beginning of the 19th product. Furthermore, the Clifton group not only century, the region around Würzburg was mainly prints packaging and supplies pouches, it also offers characterised by winegrowing. There was a distinct contract packing services and sells food processing lack of suitable factory workers to put a modern and packing machinery including multihead weighers division of labour into practice in the industrial sense. and ancillary equipment. It is believed to be the The logical consequence for Friedrich Koenig, son of only company of its type in the UK to offer the full the founder’s father, was to establish a factory training packaging solution. school, the first of its kind in the world. Apart from a few interruptions during the two world wars, Koenig & Bauer has since trained future Koenig & Bauer vocational young skilled workers in a wide variety of crafts and school celebrates 150 technical professions. Since its foundation on July 2, 1868, well over 7,000 people have taken the first Some 200 guests, staff and pupils celebrated steps in their professional careers at the vocational the 150th anniversary of the Koenig & Bauer on- school. In its anniversary year, it is responsible for the site vocational school in Würzburg on 6 July 2018. qualification of 120 apprentices. Initially founded to train Franconian winegrowers to Paul Beinhofer, district president of Lower work in the factory, today the school is the company’s Franconia, praised the special commitment to the modern “talent factory”. creation and development of the company’s own The close link between theory and practice was a vocational training school, which has been “supported successful model that made history: in 1868 Koenig and enriched by the company management’s social & Bauer set up the world's first in-house vocational and humanitarian responsibility for more than 150 school to establish dual apprenticeships long before years”. The vocational school is one of several social state vocational schools took off. innovations which show that Koenig & Bauer was well “As a new-generation teaching facility, today the ahead of the times in the 19th century. It has been a vocational training school prepares tomorrow’s skilled state-approved private school under the supervision workers for the challenges of a digitalised world,” of the government of Lower Franconia since 1993. says Claus Bolza-Schünemann, president and CEO It currently trains apprentices in foundry mechanics, of Koenig & Bauer at the ceremony in Würzburg. industrial mechanics, mechanical design engineering, When Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Bauer, the two electromechanics and metalworking. Furthermore, company founders, set up a printing press factory in cooperation with the Baden-Württemberg

34 August 2018 development of vocational education and training. “Thanks to its excellent management and committed specialist teachers, the vocational school has constantly reinvented itself in line with state-of-the-art technical developments,” says CEO Claus Bolza-Schünemann. Today it functions as the “learning factory” of industry 4.0 and unites people and technology. The close connection between theory and practice also enables a lean transition from training to production and assembly - a training model that, according to school principal Reinhard Munz, will continue to exist in the future: “Currently, there is immense need for technically highly qualified specialists to implement Recognition of the vocational school's long history: 200 special guests, new projects in the course of the digital revolution.” employees and trainees attend the anniversary ceremony on 6 July 2018 in the Koenig & Bauer demo centre in Würzburg. Cooperative State University, the Koenig & Bauer Color-Logic certifies HP vocational school also supports students of dual demo centre bachelor degree programs in the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and mechatronics. Color-Logic has certified the HP Indigo With a 100 per cent takeover rate, Koenig & Bauer demonstration centre in Singapore. Confirming underlines the quality of its own talent forge and the certification, Color-Logic director of Sales and secures the next generation of skilled workers in Marketing Mark Geeves says: "Color-Logic has the region. “Company loyalty is an important factor inspected a variety of samples printed at the Singapore of social interaction in our economy and stabilizes HP demonstration centre on the HP Indigo 6900 with quality of life in our society,” Beinhofer emphasises. the new HP silver ink. Using the HP Indigo silver Against the background of the rising trend of ink, the HP Indigo 6900 prints faithfully reproduced unfilled apprenticeship places, Eberhard Sasse, all of the Color-Logic decorative effects and the 250 president of the Bavarian Chamber of Industry and new metallic colors we create. The HP Singapore Commerce (BIHK), emphasised the development demo center certification will permit HP printers, and career opportunities of young people embarking agencies, and brands to see what is really possible on the path of vocational training: “The German with the Color-Logic design software and HP silver economy is very nearly desperately looking for ink on the HP Indigo 6900, as well as how HP white well-trained specialists.” He praised the company's ink performs on other HP commercial and label and initiative to actively tackle the shortage of skilled packaging presses." workers - and this for 150 years. They have done what sets Koenig & Bauer apart: They looked at a problem and developed a visionary solution,“ said Sasse when addressing the managing board and the company’s forefathers. The success of the past decades shows that the apprenticeship program has been well received by trainees. Koenig & Bauer graduates regularly take the first places in IHK (Chamber of Industry and Commerce) examinations, including best of state and Germany. In addition to the school’s good facilities and Color-Logic images from the HP Indigo 6900. variety of opportunities, the trainees also appreciate the feeling of working at a company steeped in tradition. Koenig & Bauer is a prime example of the

August 2018 35 Ricoh digital press PrintReleaf executive is a certified ‘difference maker’ Casey O'Hara, vice-president of Technology for PrintReleaf, was recently honored by ENX Magazine. O'Hara was named a 2018 Difference Maker of the Document Technology Industry, the cover feature in the May 2018 issue. Commended by the magazine for his user interface designs and his passion for building solutions at the intersection of print technology and environmental sustainability, O'Hara oversees the development of The Ricoh Pro C7200X digital sheetfed color press with the EFI Fiery PrintReleaf technology, including the PrintReleaf E45A or E85A DFE. product suite, integrations platform, infrastructure, and developer operations. The magazine article said: Color-Logic has certified the new Ricoh Pro "His vision and execution helped PrintReleaf emerge C7200X digital sheetfed color press when equipped as a leader in the environmental technology market." with the EFI Fiery E45A or E85A DFE. Confirming Responding to the honor, PrintReleaf CEO and the certification, Color-Logic CTO and Co-Founder Founder Jordan Darragh commented: "Casey O'Hara, Richard Ainge says: "The new Ricoh Pro C7200X while focusing primarily on product and software digital press with EFI Fiery DFE, when using white development, adds value to every aspect of the toner and the Color-Logic color system and design PrintReleaf organization, including culture, brand, tools, enables printers to differentiate their printed finance, customer service, and the development marketing materials. Moreover, it provides those of forestry standards. Moreover, he is a trusted printers with a competitive edge over other printers colleague to our integration partners." not using white toner. The Ricoh Pro C7200X, which PrintReleaf creates a global sustainability standard can print white as well as CMYK toners, enables by certifiably guaranteeing to releaf the paper Color-Logic licensees to create dramatic decorative consumption of PrintReleaf customers. PrintReleaf effects and 250 foil-like colors in a single pass." is the only technology platform that measures Ainge adds: "With Color-Logic, graphic designers customers' paper usage and certifiably reforests that no longer need to create white ink masks manually, usage on an equivalent basis. The patented PrintReleaf thus enabling Ricoh users to take advantage of the technology not only tracks paper consumption, but ability of the Ricoh Pro C7200X to apply white toner also monitors PrintReleaf reforestation partners to on a reflective substrate." ensure fulfillment.

Training programme on Photoshop conducted A one day training programme on Photoshop was organised in July for the printing technology students of Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic College in Sivakasi. R. Sivakumar, an experienced trainer in multimedia and graphics conducted the programme. To the 140 second- and third-year students, Sivakumar Photo: AGPC demonstrated various exercises in Photoshop – Pencil Art, Creative Image, Color Cast Removal, Creating Passport Photos, Text Effects, Paste Into, Color Change, Collage, Photo Merge, Clipping Mask, Bending Objects, Quick Mask, Sharpen Image, Creating Decorative Edges, Image Enhancement and

Tattoo Image. Students were also asked to do some exercises. M. Nandakumar, principal, and G. Venkateswaran, senior lecturer, were present. Picture < shows Nandakumar addressing the students.

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2. Best Data Visualization Winner: TIE (The Washington Post - Guardian Kalpesh Yagnik passes away US) 365 Days of President Trump’s false or misleading Kalpesh Yagnik, the national group editor claims, The Washington Post of Dainik Bhaskar, passed away on June 12 “A fantastic multi-purpose resource, encompassing in Indore. According to reports, 55-year-old accountability journalism, graphics and a searchable Yagnik suffered a massive heart attack at database that equally equips reporters and members Kalpesh about 10 pm on Thursday in his office. He Yognik. of the public to hold President Trump accountable. was immediately taken to the city's Bombay Smartly designed as a project that can function as a Hospital but doctors could not revive him. centerpiece for a significant amount of The Post's Yagnik was born on June 21, 1963. He joined Dainik coverage of Trump.” Bhaskar in 1998 before which he also worked at the Bussed Out: How America moves its homeless, Free Press Journal. Guardian US “The infographics in this piece really wowed me! I (Courtesy: exchange4media.com) saw animations and interactions that I haven't seen before, consistent placement/coloring that tied WAN-IFRA Digital Media Awards different graphics together, and some great scroll-to- activate motions that tied perfectly in with the story. Winners announced Fascinating, and really engaging.” Special mention to The Trump Effect, Reuters The winners of this year's WAN-IFRA North American Digital Media Awards were announced on the night of 26 June during a special ceremony 3. Best in Lifestyle, Sports, Entertainment at the end of the first day of Digital Media North Website or Mobile Services Winner: The Lily, The Washington Post America Conference in New York. “Exceedingly attractive, clean and loads quickly, and WAN-IFRA's Digital Media Awards are a showcase the newsletters are very nicely designed as well.” for the best-practice innovation in digital publishing Special mention to Gonzaga Basketball, The worldwide. The awards are presented in regions around Spokesman-Review the world throughout the year. In North America, WAN-IFRA has introduced some new categories this year, in particular, Best Reader Revenue Initiative 4. Best Reader Revenue Initiative (tie) Winner: This Land is Your Land, Guardian US and Best Digital News Start-up. For this edition, “It doubled its reader-funded goal, which is as good the jury evaluated more than 50 projects from 22 a sign as any that the project's reached the readers companies from the US and Canada. who want to have a stake in this reporting.” Winners of the North American Digital Media will Special mention to NYT Cooking, The New York immediately qualify to compete for WAN-IFRA's Times World Digital Media Awards against the best digital projects of Africa, Asia, Europe, LATAM, the Middle East and South Asia. The winners of the 2nd annual 5. Best Branded Content Project Winner: The United Nations Ocean Conference, North American Digital Media Awards are: Cultura Colectiva “This was really well done, with a great combination 1. Best Use of Online Video (including VR) of sponsor message and host tone to create Winner: Visual Vocabulary, The New York Times something informative and valuable. Very detailed in “An outstanding entry which combines almost every terms of how it not only met, but nearly doubled, editorial and technical tool available to multiplatform, the sponsor's expectations.” immersive, engaging and sharable storytelling at its Special mention to Inspired Coaching, USA Today best.” Special mention to Whitman, Alabama: An emerging portrait of America, Alabama Media Group

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Special mention to The Year in Real Journalism, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

10. Best News Website or Mobile Service Winner: washingtonpost.com, The Washington Post “The Washington Post has recently firmly occupied the leading position in the digital media sector globally having gained a stellar reputation for technical innovation concentrating on excellent user experience of its stellar journalism.” North American Digital Media Awards winners in NYC, June 26. (Photo: WAN-IFRA) Special mention to nytimes.com, The New York Times - theglobeandmail.com, The Globe and Mail 6. Best Digital News Start-up Winner: Axios “Axios is a breath of fresh air in the digital media Watchdog says journalists in landscape that knows how to perfectly combine the India are in danger quality of information produced with innovative and very effective formats for the public. It has managed Journalists formed a human chain and held a placard to innovate in a territory occupied by many players near the Press Club of India to protest against the offering a great and effective journalistic alternative killings of members of their ilk, in Delhi A media to users.” watch group on Wednesday expressed serious Special mention to Stat News - Health and Science concern at “an alarming deterioration in the working News Startup environment of journalists in India” and demanded that the government ensure the safety of journalists 7. Best in Social Media Engagement who are feeling threatened. Winner: STAT Madness, STAT Reporters Without Borders said in a report that at “An exceptionally original and creative digital project. least three journalists were killed in India in 2017 and It has managed to transfer the passion for a popular that a fourth case is still under investigation. In 2018, sports competition to a totally different environment, the situation appears to have worsened significantly, such as that of university scientific research. with four journalists killed in the first six months of Thanks to its attractive and engaging format, STAT the year. “The hate speech directed toward journalists Madness has managed to connect with a large base has increased massively, causing serious concern for of digital users, also through social networks.” their safety,” the report said. There was no immediate Special mention to The Washington Post on reaction from the government. The group demanded Snapchat Discovery, The Washington Post a swift and independent investigation of cases in which journalists have been targeted. 8. Best Innovation to Engage Youth Neerja Choudhary, a columnist, said the government Audiences was not acting — as it should be, given the rise in Winner: News-O-Matic attacks on journalists. “If the government was “A fantastic news literacy project that introduces serious about the freedom of press, the media can’t kids and teenagers in a really complete and creative be treated like an upstart,” she said. “Those who want way to news and journalism.” to stifle dissenting voices are getting emboldened as Special mention to Millenial Street, TheStreet nobody is brought to book.” On July 3, the general secretary of Reporters 9. Best Digital Marketing Campaign Without Borders, Christophe Deloire, wrote to PM Winner: Dirty John, Los Angeles Times Modi telling him that an incident report had been “A very well planned and executed campaign that issued in relation to press freedom in the country, has been an incredible success among users.” and asking him to take urgent action. An incident

38 August 2018 General News report is issued when events are observed that could publishing company, THG Publishing; N Ravi, affect a country’s ranking based on one or more of publisher, The Hindu Group; Sowmya Anbumani, the indicators that are used in the evaluation for the managing director, Makkal TV; Arun Ram, editor, World Press Freedom Index. The Times of India; and Karthigaiselvan, managing The group called on representatives of the editor, Puthiya Thalaimurai. government and the ruling party “to condemn in It was also resolved to represent issues highlighted the strongest terms online campaigns of hate and in the statement to the News Broadcaster Association, harassment aimed at journalists.” The group listed which is the unified and collective voice of private the killings of four Indian journalists this year. Last news and current affairs broadcasters in India. month, the editor of the newspaper, Rising Kashmir, Journalists at the consultation strongly condemned Shujaat Bukhari, was shot dead along with two police the arbitrary and illegal official actions of the Tamil guards as he left his office in Srinagar. In March, Nadu Government against news outlets. They also Sandeep Sharma, another journalist, was crushed to urged the Tamil Nadu Government to stop using its death by a garbage truck in Madhya Pradesh. Two cable distribution company (Arasu Cable) to censor other journalists, Navin Nischal and Vijay Singh, were television news channels. run over and killed by an SUV in Eastern Bihar. The Tamil Nadu government has been repeatedly using Arasu Cable as an instrument to arbitrarily (Courtesy: The Hindu BusinessLine) and illegally penalise television news broadcasters for the ‘offence’ of covering people’s protests and for broadcasting comments and opinions not to the Media advocacy and action liking of the government, said the statement by the group launched in Chennai alliance. This not only inhibits the free flow of information A cross-media advocacy and action group, called by creating or reinforcing a chilling effect, but also Alliance for Media Freedom, has been formed by stifles freedom of expression, the statement added. senior journalists from various news-media houses The participants also urged the State government to to monitor the state of media freedom in Tamil immediately withdraw cases instituted against news Nadu. It will also advocate appropriate measures channels and journalists legitimately exercising their and work out effective action plans to safeguard fundamental right of freedom and expression, of media freedom and independence through legal and which media freedom is an integral part. democratic means. The filing of a criminal case against Puthiya This was decided at an event, Media Consultation: Thalaimurai television for hosting a debate is but Rights and Responsibilities in Chennai on Sunday. one instance of a larger problem. They urged the The event was attended by senior journalists, state government to immediately ‘roll back’ these including N Ram, chairman of The Hindu group’s measures. Ram said it was a bitter truth that there was a lack of solidarity among the media in the face of arbitrary and illegal action by the State. Reading out a statement, Mr. Ram said, “We urge the government to stop using its cable distribution company to censor television news channels and also immediately to withdraw the cases instituted against news channels and journalists, who are legitimately exercising the fundamental right of freedom of speech.” Subsequently, Chief Minister Edappadi Standing together (From left) Karthigaiselvan, Managing Editor, Puthiya Thalaimurai TV; Sowmya Anbumani, Managing Director, Makkal K. Palaniswami assured a delegation of media TV; N Ram, Chairman, The Hindu Publishing Group; Arun Ram, representatives, led by Kasturi & Sons Chairman N. Editor, The Times of India; N Ravi, Publisher, The Hindu Group; Murali, that he would uphold the freedom of the and Florent C Pereira, Kalaignar TV, during the launch of the media action group in Chennai (Photo: The Hindu) media in the State.

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Addressing journalists after the meeting with the Santanu Bhowmik case, but hasn’t filed a chargesheet chief minister, Peer Mohamed said that the delegation yet. conveyed to the chief minister its concerns on According to a notification by the Ministry of issues facing the media in the state and also about Personnel, the CBI will probe all aspects including the government’s control [through Arasu Cable TV ‘attempts, abetment and conspiracy’. Corporation] over TV channels that telecast people’s The BJP, during its campaign for the Assembly protests in various parts of the State. election, had assured a CBI probe into the murders N. Ravi, Publisher of The Hindu; Suresh Nambath, within the shortest time if voted to power. Union National Editor of The Hindu; T. Ramakrishnan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister of State Associate Editor of The Hindu; A. Subramani, for the Ministry of Personnel Jitendra Singh made Metro Editor (Chennai) of The Times of India; S. similar assurances when a delegation of journalists Karthigaichelvan, managing editor of Puthiya met them in New Delhi in December. Thalaimurai TV; Florent C. Pereira, general manager The Agartala Press Club and other journalists’ of Kalaignar TV;C.R. Bhaskaran, managing editor bodies, which staged protests demanding a CBI probe, of Makkal TV; Kavitha Muralidharan of the Network have welcomed the move. of Women in Media; and Haseef Mohamed of the Centre of Media Persons for Change were present (Courtesy: The Hindu) during the meeting with the chief minister. (Courtesy: The Hindu) Network18 to launch weekly newspaper? CBI to probe murder of Tripura There have been rumours doing the rounds journalists that Netweok 18 will soon be launching its weekly newspaper, named after its online news portal The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will Firstpost. The weekly newspaper will be published probe the murders of journalists Santanu Bhowmik from its Noida office every Monday. “Although and Sudip Datta Bhowmik, who were killed last year everything is in its very early stage, the newspaper will in west Tripura, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb be published on Mondays every week,” said a well- announced at a press briefing recently. placed industry source to exchange4media. Santanu was hacked to death on September 20 The weekly newspaper is expected to be headed by while covering a tribal agitation at Mandwai, 25 km Praveen Swami who joined Network18 on July 10 as east of Agartala, while Sudip was shot dead at the group consulting editor. Swami comes from The Indian office of the Commandant (CO) of the 2nd battalion Express where he was the Strategic Affairs editor and of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) at RK Nagar, close to produced both reportage and analytical commentary Mandwai, on November 21. The erstwhile CPI (M)- on a range of stories related to regional security and led Left front government had constituted separate geo-strategies. Special Investigation Teams (SIT) in both incidents, “It will be a 16 page newspaper. Editorial team which led to the arrest of several suspects. is being recruited with focus on rewriters. The However, the Forum for Protection of Journalists, newspaper should be launched by September, and Tripura — a joint platform of nine media stories from other journalists of the network will also organisations — had long been demanding a CBI be included,” another source close to the development probe, claiming that the SIT had not booked the real told exchange4media. perpetrators. The trial in the Sudip Dutta Bhowmik case in the Additional District and Sessions Judge Courtesy: exchange4media.com) Court was stopped following orders from the Tripura High Court. The Special Investigation Team had probed the killing and filed a chargesheet. It also investigated the

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August 7-10, organised by INMA, October 9-11, organised by WAN- November 6-7, organised by INMA, in New Delhi: INMA South Asia IFRA, in Berlin: DCX Digital in Miami, US: INMA Miami Study Media Festival. More information Content Expo 2018/ IFRA Tour for Media. More details on on INMA website World Publishing Expo. More INMA website information from Manfred.Werfel@ August 13-14, organised by WAN- WAN-IFRA.org November 7-9, organised by WAN- IFRA, in Mumbai: Workshop on IFRA in Hong Kong: Digital Media Creating Long Form Stories. October 15-19, organised by Asia 2018. More information from WAN-IFRA, in New York City [email protected] September and Washington DC: Super Social Newsroom Study Tour. November 8-9, organised by INMA, September 10-14, organised More information from nicole. in Miami, US: INMA Consumer by WAN-IFRA, in Paris/ [email protected] Engagement Summit. More Brussels/ London: The New details from Katy Schaff (see INMA Digital Business Study Tour. October 23-26, organised by website) More information fromnicole. INMA, in San Francisco, US: INMA [email protected] Salt Lake City Study Tour. More November 14-16, organised by details on INMA website WAN-IFRA in Colombia: Digital September 12-14, organised by Media LATAM 2018/ LATAM FESPA, in Johannesburg: FESPA October 29-30, organised by Digital Media Awards. More Africa 2018. More information on WAN-IFRA, in Oslo, Norway: The information from daniela.pena@ FESPA website Newsroom Summit 2018. More wan-ifra.org information from virginia.melero@ September 20-22, organised by wan-ifra.org December FESPA, in Mexico City: FESPA Mexico 2018. More information October 31-November 1, December 6-9, organised by on FESPA website organised by WAN-IFRA, in Oslo FESPA, in Istanbul: FESPA and Stockholm: Nordic Study Tour. Eurasia 2018. More information September 24-28, organised by More information from nicole. on FESPA website INMA, in Amsterdam: INMA [email protected] Media Innovation Week. More information on INMA website

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