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MADE IN GERMANY FOR THE WORLD An aerial view of the technotrans headquarters in the rural area of Sassenberg in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which shows the production plants, the techno-centre buildings that house the various offices, and the Global Document Solutions subsidiary (smallest building in picture). technotrans is, with more than 500 employees, one of the biggest employers in the small city that has an approximate population of 14000. High-tech products are manufactured here and sold to the world via an extensive sales and service network. technotans India was set up four years ago (read cover story inside). Top-class quality is our utmost For Indian illustrators, finding a voice priority and it comes at a price: in the newsroom is challenging: technotrans India GM Reuters head of Graphics FROM THE EDITOR A technologist and a graphic designer provide food for thought

I had first met Matthew Sunil more than two years ago, in Chennai, when the ‘going green’ concept had really not caught the imagination of the printing industry at large in India. Of course, isolated printers were doing their bit for the environment but that was not enough. It was clear that the onus was on the industry to come up with creative solutions to be efficient and be counted in the expanding world of green printing. Matthew struck me as a man of style and substance and also as a man with a vision to take his company forward. He seemed to be a man in a bit of a hurry, to get his vision implemented quickly on the ground. The occasion was the presentation of the Green Printer Award instituted by technotrans India. , , was the winner, having taken small creative steps in saving energy and reducing paper wastage. The award was perhaps a first of its kind in the country – a printer being honoured for respecting the environment. It was Matthew’s idea of encouraging a corporate citizen who showed it was socially responsible about preserving the environment for future generations. It was also, I thought, a wonderful way to have a celebration for the ‘backroom boys’ in the newspaper industry without whose efforts the daily newspaper would never be produced before dawn. technotrans India, under Matthew’s leadership, has come quite a long way since then. Despite the odds, the team keeps stressing that quality is its topmost priority and that there’s a price to be paid for it. This, I feel, is being disarmingly frank. It will earn the company goodwill and help its growth in the long-run. A couple of other things Matthew said also struck me. One, for any system supplier, efficient service support is the core competence and if you cannot meet customer demand on service requirement, you will fail in the long-term. And two, being an advocate of healthy competition helps you do your homework, understand your strengths and weaknesses, and complement the areas that need attention. Matthew sees his competitors in India as partners in the industry who can together develop the best solutions for the customer. A statesman-like sentiment, one that will stand him and his team in good stead.

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Simon Scarr, deputy head of Graphics for Thomson Reuters, was in New Delhi recently. It must be some job because Reuters has about 2800 journalists in 200 bureaus around the world. Simon says it is always rewarding to work very hard on projects you are passionate about and have them appreciated by your peers; it’s also good for the department to be recognised on an international stage for our work. And it is such recognition that Matthew I’m sure understands very well – there are many more entries coming in now for the technotrans Green Printer Award. A pertinent point Simon made was about illustrators and graphic designers working in newspaper offices in India not finding adequate space in the newspaper for their work and lacking the confidence to voice aloud their views in the newsroom. Perhaps this will change once in India begin to look at information graphics as an important element in news production. It was another point he made that stuck with me for a long time. There should never come a point where you know everything, says Simon. You should constantly learn from your mistakes and also from the work and practices of others. Wish many of us could emulate his example!

Sashi Nair [email protected]

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Scoring well – with technology and services: technotrans shows how 4

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‘Finding their voice in the newsroom is challenging’: Simon Scarr's views on information graphics in India and much more 18

Next steps in multi-channel publishing 24

Industry Updates 26

Other News 41

Events Calendar 43

Cover page photo: technotrans

February 2014 RIND Survey 3 TECHNOTRANS INDIA Scoring well – with technology and services ‘Crisper, brighter, fresher print’ is the insistent demand of newspaper readers the world over, and the Indian consumer is second to none in this respect. In India, as elsewhere, the challenges printers face include maintaining a consistently high level of quality, creating a larger window of press operation, reducing operating costs by investing in products with long lifespans, cutting down on maintenance costs, minimising press downtime and also reducing environmental impact. To fulfi ll this tall order, the print media in the country has been consistently upgrading and acquiring cutting-edge technology. Susan Philip describes how technotrans, a company which says its thinking is determined by its customers, is quietly making a mark in the Indian print industry with its technical know-how and excellent service support

chieving the right mix of ink and water is among the most crucial factors that contribute to the look of the newspaper. Proper ink-water balance improves the quality of the newspaper Aand technological innovations have permitted great strides to be made in this fi eld. One such innovation is the spray bar. Spray dampening units are an important part of web offset printing presses and have a strong impact on the quality of the printing result. The spray bar system consists of the nozzle ray, shielding, drip tray and bracket. Spray bars are contact- free dampening units – the dampening solution circulates in a closed loop and so is protected from the environment, giving no room for contamination and needing less cooling capacity and therefore less power consumption. Photos: technotrans/ The spray bar system A view of the spray bar system from technotrans installed at the Sakal plant in Pune. from technotrans, popular

4 RIND Survey February 2014 applications, a complete system is created to optimise the functionality of the dampening units. The circulators ensure consistent and reproducible conditions. This allows printing under stable conditions and at a consistent quality. A wide range of confi guration options are also available. Apart from quality, economic and ecological concerns also weigh with the decision-makers in media houses, and technotrans scores on both these too.

The Venturi-Cap To meet the rising demands of contemporary production, deltaspray spray bars operate with a unique nozzle cleaning concept – the Venturi Cap. Sophisticated structures within the cap generate the Venturi Effect. By using basic physics, negative pressure is created. The need for expensive The Gama chiller tank used for the spray dampening system used in the same plant. compressed air is eliminated. Clean air is taken in through a fi lter in the bar and circulated around the with international newspaper houses, has been nozzle. This ensures that it stays free from dirt and widely accepted by the print media in India as well. ink particles. The Germany-headquartered company’s product The unique nozzle-cleaning concept does not helps newspapers achieve faster ink-water balance need additional power supply and reliably prevents and thus produce quality saleable copies with the nozzles from clogging. This maximises machine minimum wastage. The innovative and reliable availability and clearly cuts down maintenance and technology of the modular deltaspray helps printers downtime. achieve consistent printing quality and high process Also, the service life of each nozzle is greatly stability. It offers more fl exibility with zone control increased, and press availability and productivity are when compared to other systems. The individual actively improved. nozzles (zones) allow water adjustments to be made as needed. Explaining the advantages of the spray bar, Matthew S.T. Sunil, manager of technotrans India, says zonal control of the spray bars gives maximum control on the quality. Each spray nozzle and automatic shutter can be individually activated, allowing great fl exibility of the system confi guration, and this gives full control over the spray patterns and dampening – independent of paper widths. Also, reproducible water curves maintain consistent quality for repeat jobs and advertisements. Signifi cantly, one system fi ts all. It is suitable for all inks – heatset, coldset and UV. All spray bar parts are interchangeable throughout the press. Together with a specially designed dampening solution circulator for newspaper printing A screen shot of the control system for the dampening process.

6 RIND Survey February 2014 technotrans India, points out. Spray bar systems use minimal water, so the precious resource is saved – costs are reduced and the environment is protected as well. Also, since the spray bar systems are less service intensive, a saving on both time and maintenance costs results. “We are a hundred percent subsidiary company of technotrans in India,” says Matthew. And when it comes to after-sales aspects, technotrans is a responsible partner with the right technical know- The whole spray bar unit which can be fitted at each printing unit. how and excellent service support. “This is the promise from technotrans and we go the extra mile Advantages of the unique nozzle cleaning to keep our customers smiling,” Matthew adds. concept are: Spray dampening units from the liquid media • Low operating costs – no external power supply, experts have been retrofitted into hundreds of no compressed air newspaper rotary presses worldwide, India included. • Easy installation technotrans India lists , , • No clogging of nozzles , HT Media, Sakal, Bartman and • Notably reduced maintenance Mathurbhumi among its customers in India. “We have • Clearly improved machine availability and been a preferred choice with our customers,” says productivity Saravanan. “Our customer base is satisfied with our Talking of the economics of the technology, product quality and service support.” Matthew says, “By obtaining faster ink-water As far as newspapers are concerned, the spray bar balance and saleable copies, the start-up wastage is technotrans’ hottest selling item. The sheetfed is substantially reduced. This gives immense segments go for the company’s fine filtration economic savings to the spray bar customer. On an systems, ink.mates and dampening circulators. A big average, the cost to print a newspaper copy will be advantage to customers is the fact that technotrans between Rs 5 and Rs 10. If you make a very basic products are easy to understand and operate. rough calculation assuming the cost per copy to be Maintenance work is pretty simple too, and there is Rs 5, with three editions per night and assuming a no need for complicated training. savings of only 200 copies per edition, the saving per year could be Rs 1095000 minimum. Chemical usage is minimised, and draining Spray bar advantages of chemicals into the environment is drastically reduced, Saravanan Arumugam, service engineer, • Dampening solution is transferred without contact at a high and controlled spraying frequency Why technotrans spray bars • Individual activation of each spray nozzle provide great RoI for highest dosing accuracy • Increased press availability thanks to unique • Newsprint savings – paper start-up waste and low-maintenance nozzle cleaning is reduced concept • Lower ink consumption • Easy and safe operation • Lower electricity consumption • Quick, easy and tool-free replacement of • Lower requirement of fountain solution nozzles • Savings on maintenance labour and spare • Modular design can be adapted to all printing parts costs presses

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Sanjay Wagle of Maharashtra-based Sakal Media Group, which technotrans lists among its many satisfi ed customers, says the whole system is totally user-friendly. “There is a facility available for smooth setting of water values/curves, there is good control over water spray at the nozzle level, and what is more, it is noiseless,” he elaborates. Sakal has been using the dampening mixer chiller tank, the spray bar and the spray dampening control A shot of the spray bar in action. system for around fi ve years now. At no point was there a total systems failure during the time, are easy to detect and maintenance is required Wagle says. In his eyes, the biggest advantage of only for the spray bar and chiller, while others the technotrans equipment is the fact that adequate are almost maintenance-free, customers say. The standby facilities are provided for. chiller having a standby discharge pump facility is The system requires less power to run than roller an added advantage. dampening systems, and also consumes less water In short, technotrans spray bars do a lot towards

and wastes less of the dampening solution than putting a crisp and fresh newspaper in customers' other methods. hands every morning. < All the components, barring perhaps the pilot valve, have a long working life, customers fi nd. The spray bars are also easy to replace during production, which cuts machine downtime. Faults

February 2014 RIND Survey 9 ‘Quality is our utmost priority, it comes at a price’ It has been four years since the technotrans Group established a subsidiary, technotrans India, in Chennai, to serve better its growing customer base in the country. Matthew S.T. Sunil, who heads the sales and service team, was even then aware that the Indian newspaper industry had discerning customers and that there was a demand for cutting- edge technology. Over the past many months, he and his team have tried to strengthen their contacts with press manufacturers and have helped printers to produce economically as well as ecologically. Matthew took time off to answer some questions Sashi Nair had for him

technotrans is a brand name for quality, for spray dampening systems. You have been with the group a decade or so. How would you trace the growth of the company? I personally interpret technotrans as technology transformed. Though I have been working in the Asian market at the sales end, it was amazing to watch the technology getting evolved all these years at our HQ in Germany. When you talked to a customer about spray dampening system a decade ago, many of them were skeptical about the performance. The main negative argument was of nozzle blockage leading to substantial wastage during newspaper production. Today, nozzle blockage is history if the system is correctly installed and maintained. Customers are now approaching us to replace the old brush or turbo dampening system with a spray dampening system. A lot of time, money and effort have been invested in the R&D work by technotrans in evolving our valve technology, which is the heart of the system. Our latest Bowman valves can last for the lifetime of the press. Quality is our utmost priority and it often proved bad for our sales realisation as quality comes at a price.

You are affiliated with OEMs such as Heidelberg, manroland, Komori, Manugraph and others in India where you have a large installed base. Can you say something about some of these associations and point to anything you feel has been outstanding, either in terms of relationship, achievement or service. Since the beginning, technotrans has been the Matthew S.T. Sunil. standard and favoured system supplier for most

10 RIND Survey February 2014 of the offset press manufacturers. We supply our visited their factory in Kolhapur and worked dampening cooling systems to all of them and together with their engineers to develop a spray we have partnered with Heidelberg in developing dampening system suitable for their newspaper specifi c peripheral applications in the press room. presses. We can proudly say that more than 500 Combistar, Hydrostar, CoatingStar and Wash Star technotrans spray bars are running on Manugraph are a few to name. We are in touch all the major presses in India alone every night. Manugraph still press manufacturers in India offering sales and promotes technotrans spray bars to their quality- service support. Heidelberg gave us great support conscious elite customer base. Many cheaper local in promoting cost-saving and green printing players are in the market now, but technotrans solutions among their elite customers. We have sold remains the favoured supplier for their export a few dampening solution fi ne fi ltration systems, market. We have a premier product and we have pneumatic ink agitators and centralised chillers for made our customers happy with our excellent water-cooled presses with the help of the Heidelberg service support. Over the years we have changed team. One of the major chiller installations was at our status from a seller to a supplier and most of ITC's packaging plant in Thiruvottriyur and another our customers have become our loyal clients. Our one was at the EIH press in Delhi. latest spray bar installations include six Mistubishi Manugraph remains our major partner in the towers at The Hindu's Bangalore and Kochi plants newspaper market. Our affi liation with Manugraph and ten towers of TKS press at HT Media Delhi. started in 1999 when we established our Asia- Pacifi c operations in Singapore. Those days, we One of your main objectives, am sure, is to used to supply around 30 dampening circulators to provide better service support. How do you Manugraph every year. Our experts from Germany manage to do that in a market like India where

February 2014 RIND Survey 11 Growth story intact despite temporary weakness Revenue for the technotrans Group in the fi rst nine months of 2013 climbed 17.6 per cent to € 77.8 million (previous year € 66.1 million). The growth was driven fi rst and foremost by the acquisiti on of KLH Kältetechnik GmbH and its Asian sister companies at the start of 2013. The third quarter of 2013 brought in revenue of € 25.3 million, up 4.7 per cent on the prior-year quarter (€ 24.2 million). Aft er the nine months of the 2013 fi nancial year, EBIT amounted to € 3.0 million, or 12.0 per cent less than at the same point of the previous year (€ 3.4 million). “The unsati sfactory revenue performance in the Technology segment compared with the original target stemmed mainly from the renewed, unexpectedly sharp downturn in business with customers from the printi ng industry,” says Henry Brickenkamp, CEO of technotrans AG. “The acti viti es in other sales markets are making headway, but are not yet in a positi on to compensate for this volume in the short term.” The number of employees in the group rose from 662 at the end of 2012 to 787 on September 30, 2013. There were 624 (504) employees in Germany and 163 (149) internati onally. The increase in the current fi nancial year is att ributable to the acquisiti ons and the above-average number of new apprenti ces. The fi rst nine months of the fi nancial year saw the Technology segment generate revenue of € 48.2 million (previous year € 39.0 million). The increase is largely att ributable to business expansion following the takeover of KLH. On the other hand print business again declined (especially compared to the drupa year 2012), at a rate which could not be counterbalanced by sales in other areas. This became parti cularly apparent in the third quarter, when revenue for the segment reached just € 14.8 million and was therefore merely on a par with the previous year despite growth in the new markets (previous year € 14.7 million; aft er adjustment for the “drupa eff ect” the prior-year quarter would have brought in approximately € 13.4 million). Revenue for the Services segment at the nine-month mark reached € 29.6 million (€ 27.1 million). The 9.1 percent year-on-year growth is driven in part by the acquisiti on of KLH. The delay in the recovery coming has been compounded by the unexpectedly sharp downturn in business with customers from the printi ng industry, resulti ng in the unsati sfactory business performance in the third quarter of 2013. The revenue shortf all compared with the original plans is in the order that the company is not yet in a positi on to recoup through its acti viti es in new markets in the short term. The Board of Management has consequently resolved to adjust the targets for the year as a whole. The current positi on indicates that revenue for the 2013 fi nancial year will reach a total of around € 102 million (most recent forecast € 105 million). This assumpti on is based on the expectati on that the business performance in the fourth quarter will change only minimally from that of the third quarter. The fi nal total for the year will moreover depend on whether various customer projects can be completed in December as planned, or whether projects will be delayed unti l the next fi nancial year. Management is rather more opti misti c about developments in the next fi nancial year. Initi ally it is assumed that revenue growth will reach six percent, on the one hand thanks to the more benign investment climate that the economic forecasts currently anti cipate and on the other hand because projects beyond the printi ng industry will bring in an increasing share of revenue. The revenue growth and the ongoing opti misati on processes should therefore help improve the EBIT margin to 6 to 7 percent next year. “The technotrans growth story thus remains fully intact

and, as matt ers stand,” says Brickenkamp. “The att ainment of our medium and long-term goals is merely being postponed by a year.” <

(Informati on as menti oned on the technotrans Group website)

12 RIND Survey February 2014 and a diverse customer base. It was a real balancing act. Some customers were not happy initially, but we succeeded in gaining their trust over the time. We also tried to engage service agents in big metros like Mumbai, but we realised that the service quality suffered terribly. Now we have four people in the service team for fi eld service and back-up support. We also handle countries like Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka from our Indian offi ce and sometimes our engineers travel there. Unlike a press manufacturer, being a system supplier, there is a real bottleneck in recruiting more Matthew Sunil and his team are focussed on providing effi cient service. service engineers. We overcome this by listening to the customer, doing follow-up cold calls and the client or customer is becoming more communicating clearly. We are really happy to say discerning by the day? that now customers understand the importance For any system supplier, effi cient service support of preventive maintenance and we have a happy is the core competence. If you cannot meet the group of customers seeking our service support customer demand on service requirement, you will on a regular basis. fail in the long-term. What I learnt in the market was that customers were not happy with the Does all technotrans equipment continue to existing players. We have a diverse product basket be manufactured in Germany? How has the

February 2014 RIND Survey 13 expansion been in India, especially with regard it helps you do your homework, understand your to sales, service and administration? strengths and weaknesses, complement the areas Over the years, the technotrans Group has which need attention. I see our competition in India grown into a global organisation both organically as partners in the industry who together develop and inorganically. We have manufacturing plants the best solutions for the customer. Our products in Germany, USA and in Beijing, the China plant have been copied over and over by some small- mainly catering to the huge domestic demand. In time players, but we are happy they are fulfilling the India, we started with a very small team of three requirements of the low-budget customers. young and ambitious members and today we are six in the team. The economy was not doing good Have you felt the pressure to manufacture to the printing industry globally and our numbers locally so that you could cut on import tax and also got affected. In India, we initially aimed at one production cost. Or have you started production million euro, but we are now targeting only half in India. that figure as many of the projects are being kept Yes, especially when the hot projects which started on hold or have been shelved by some customers. with high-quality expectations were reduced to mere price talk at the end. There were occasions where we How has the growth been for your products in did a lot of ground work informing customers and India; would you say it has been encouraging? educating them about the spray bar technology only Or are there still miles to go? to see finally at a later stage, a cheaper competitor India is a very peculiar market where customers entering and closing the deal at a heavily discounted appreciate quality but are hesitant to pay the price. As with any sophisticated technology such as price for it. Indian customers are technically the spray dampening system, such price strategies sound and qualified to make informed decisions will not do any good for both the buyer and seller in to suit their requirements. We have seen good the long-term. The buyer has a very basic stripped- response from the market for our product range. down product and the seller has not enough funds Some of the successful products in the market to support the future service support requirements. include our centralised chillers for water-cooled Many customers are still learning this lesson. We presses, dampening solution fine filtration systems, refrained from starting any production facilities pneumatic ink agitators, spray dampening systems, locally as one of our main concern was the high cost etc. We are taking our cooling technology into involved in maintaining the technotrans quality with diversified fields such as laser-cooling, machine local production. Also, we need to think on a long- tooling, health care, metal forming, etc. We also term basis, and the market volume for starting up a supply humidification systems suitable for painting, manufacturing unit we found was not convincing. textile, timber and other industries where there is a need to suppress dust particles in the air. As you technotrans is known as a company that is can see, conventional printers are transforming into environment-friendly, a green company. Can digital printers and we do have chillers specifically you dwell on this aspect a bit? developed for digital presses from Canon, OCE, technotrans has always established itself as a Kodak and HP. With our entry into diversified responsible corporate citizen. We can proudly industries, there are still miles to go before we can say that most of our technologies are cost-saving reap the rewards of our hard work. and environmentally-friendly. We have developed energy-efficient dampening cooling systems, How do you rate competition in India? solvent recycling systems, dampening solution fine Since we have a diverse product range, our filtration systems, central ink supply systems, spray competition is also diverse. There are some dampening systems, etc, all of which saves cost subsidiaries of original manufacturers and also by reducing consumption of precious resources some agents promoting imported technology in and minimising disposal to the environment. The India. I am an advocate of healthy competition as dampening fine filtration system is a worldwide

14 RIND Survey February 2014 success tempting many competitors to copy this and also reduce the work load. I always cite our product. The system continuously fi lters the dampening fi ne fi ltration system, beta.f or alpha.f, contaminated dampening water to one micron as the perfect green technology. They reduce and thus reduces the frequent disposal to the consumption, reduce wastage, reduce disposal, save environment. Our innovative products add value to time, save money and protect the environment. I am the visions of green printing companies. To drive happy that our efforts in promoting green printing is the green message home, we established the annual paying off slowly as can be seen from the increased Green Printer Award in 2010, which is a pioneer interests from Indian printers including the quality event honouring eco-friendly printers. conscious newspaper customers like The Times of India for our fi ne fi ltration system. India is not yet Has ‘going green’ caught the imagination of on par with the developed countries on the green the printing industry in India as much as it has printing front. In the developed countries, it is a in developed countries? norm to have such technologies, but in India the Till recently, green technology was considered majority of printers still take environmental impact as a 'nice-to-have' system. With the authorities for granted. But the situation is gradually changing coming tough on the environmental regulations, it for a better tomorrow. is now largely becoming a 'must-to-have' system. In the past, green technology meant unnecessary How has the response been to your annual additional investment and additional process work Green Printer Award? fl ow. Now the prejudice is gone. Smart customers We already completed the third edition of our realise that green technology can save them money Green Printer Award in 2013 and the response

February 2014 RIND Survey 15 has been improving. Last year we received almost as requested by the industry. We are glad to make 30 entries both from sheetfed and newspaper an impact in the Indian printing industry, which is

segments. In the next edition, we are expecting even getting global attention < more entries and may recognise more winners

Call for papers, parti cipati on The departments of Printi ng Technology and Food Processing & Preservati on Technology, of Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore, are organising a nati onal conference on Packaging Techniques to Hasten Emergency Food Relief on 21st and 22nd February at the Faculty of Engineering (University Campus 2). The conference will give an insight to the emerging trends in both the fi elds of specialisati on and explore awareness on hassle-free handling of food to save numerous lives of the victi ms during calamiti es. Delegates from industry, academia, and research insti tutes, who have humanitarian concerns for lives aff ected by disaster and who have innovati ve ideas for miti gati ng the challenges in emergency food relief, are invited to submit technical papers and to parti cipate in the conference. In order to bring out the ideas on this theme from the younger generati on, the conference has an exclusive session for student posters. Initi ati ves are underway with Elsevier Publishers, to publish all the papers, selected through peer-review, as a conference Proceedings. In additi on to paper presentati ons and process demonstrati ons, the Conference will host stalls put up by printi ng and food Industries.

Important dates: Full Paper Submission: February 5; noti fi cati on of acceptance: February 10; conference registrati on: February 12; conference dates: February 21 and 22. For more informati on,< contact: [email protected]; +91-9677972222

Dutch newspaper associati on gets recogniti on Dutch news media associati on NDP Nieuswmedia has been designated the fi rst Center of Youth Engagement Excellence by WAN-IFRA for its innovati ve and strong programme that has been introducing young people to news for nearly 40 years. The designati on honours newspaper associati ons that have a deep, long-term commitment and devote resources to news literacy and youth engagement, and the Dutch associati on has been at the forefront of this work. “One of our core values is assuring that new generati ons understand how news works and appreciate the importance of press freedom,” said Aralynn McMane, executi ve director for Youth Engagement and News Literacy for WAN-IFRA. “The educati on programme run by the Netherlands associati on has consistently done important work in this area for more than a generati on and conti nues to innovate with a strong commitment to the future, and we are very pleased to grant them this designati on.” NDP Nieuwsmedia received the designati on for its ‘Nieuws in de klas’ programme (News in the classroom), which began in 1976 with a nati onwide programme that taught teachers how to use print editi ons as supplemental texts in all kinds of classes, from language to history and even mathemati cs. Today, Nieuws in de klas off ers a cutti ng-edge Digital News Collage experience as well as multi -platf orm access to a multi tude of services that emphasize the important role of news

in educati on and connects the classroom environment with the outside world. <

16 RIND Survey February 2014 Digital Media India to addresses content, moneti sati on, social media challenges With 22 per cent annual growth and more than 80 million Internet users, 725 million wireless subscribers, and about 80 million internet on mobile subscribers, India is a melti ng pot of growing digital media businesses. News publishers exploring the opportuniti es in this dynamic market are turning their att enti on to Digital Media India 2014, to be held on 5 and 6 February in Chennai. Launched in 2012, the conference organised by the World Associati on of Newspapers and News Publishers this year addresses the crucial issues of content and technology development, strategies for moneti sati on of content, and the ‘Big 3’ of digital media success: social, local and mobile. Case studies from leading news publishers in Europe, the United States and India will be presented. Speakers in the conference include: - Michael Maness, VP - Journalism & Media Innovati on, Knight Foundati on, USA. He will be speaking on how social media can be more than just a promoti on tool. He will be joined by Oyvind Naess, chief of Staff , VG, Norway, who will be speaking on successful digital strategies and building the organisati on for digital business, and Sachin Gopalan, who will speak about premium content strategies. - Sukirti Gupta, CEO, MMI Online of Jagran Group, N P Rajendran, deputy editor, , and Amitabha Sinha, head-IT, , will examine how local language news sites engage their audiences in despite the challenges of language compati bility on Internet, lack of last mile connecti vity and other myriad issues of publishing on the net. - Grig Davidovitz, CEO, RGB Media, Israel, whose organisati on has redesigned many news sites including that of Times of Israel, will show how each story page can work as “mini-homepage” and deliver an incredible user experience in the fi rst encounter itself. Grig will also lead a workshop on content moneti sati on on 4 February. - Rajesh Mahapatra, executi ve editor, Times, India will share the experiences at HT leveraging the strength of print to grow digital. Sachin Gupta, CIO, The Times of India Group, will tell discuss how newspapers can leverage Applicati on Programming Interface (API) to create more and bett er digital products. Rajesh Pati l, creati ve consultant of Adobe India, will join this session to talk about data structure for digital content. - Tony Danker, director - Internati onal and Partnerships,The Guardian, UK, will present the digital transformati on of The Guardian and the positi oning The Guardian name for the future. Anant Goenka, director and head of New Media, Indian Express, will join the session to speak about the company’s social media experiences and the work that won Indian Express group a gold medal at Asian Digital Media Awards for their use of social media in news disseminati on. - Markus Feldenkirchen, CEO of PPI Media, will share the US experiences of developing a framework for digital strategy. Salil Kumar, COO of India Today Digital, will share his views on how consumers play an increasingly important role in collaborati ve content creati on and how this helps moneti sati on at at India Today Digital and Bagit Today. The session will also feature Shekar Sharma, MD of GroupM India, Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO of Bharatmatrimony.com, and Porush Jain, CEO of Sportskeeda.com, India. - Dan Barth, CIO & Vice President - Audience Development, OPUBCO Group, USA, the publishers of The Oklahoman Daily, will share detailed content consumpti on analysis, for their six digital publishing channels, that mapped out guiding directi ons for a content strategy. The conference will also have a round table discussion by the World Editors Forum on 'Journalism in the age of

digital surveillance' on 5th January, chaired by N. Ravi, editor-in-chief of The Hindu and joined by Kalpesh Yagnik, nati onal editor, and others. <

February 2014 RIND Survey 17 FOR GRAPHIC JOURNALISTS, ILLUSTRATORS IN INDIA ‘Finding their voice in the newsroom is challenging’ Visual presentation of news is now an integral part of storytelling. The information gathered has to be divided in what can be expressed with images and what can be said with text. Using charts, timelines, maps, scales and relationship diagrams, help make information clear and useful to readers. From figurative representations to data-driven visualisations, infographics fit into different editorial models and reader target groups. Simon Scarr, deputy head of Graphics for Thomson Reuters, was in New Delhi recently. He was invited by WAN- IFRA South Asia to conduct a workshop for editors and artists, to help them think visually to conceptualise and execute graphics in their publications. He sent responses by email to a few questions Sashi Nair had asked him

How is it working as deputy head of Graphics for Thomson Reuters, the world’s largest international multimedia news provider? This role for Thomson Reuters is a new challenge for me. The shear volume of journalists and stories published on a daily basis means there is a lot of content compared to a newspaper. Part of my role is to work with editors and journalists to prioritise and plan content as well as execute it. With around 2800 journalists in 200 bureaus around the world this is not an easy task. However, this also means we have huge resources to tap. Not only in numbers and geographically, but also in specialisms. The company also manages a lot of financial data, which is a great resource. When we do produce content there is a much bigger audience, which also excites me. Graphics and data are an area the company is very passionate about and we’re continuously looking to grow and expand the use of graphics within the organisation. All of these factors make this an exciting role for me and the challenge of the job and ambition of the organisation is something I thrive on.

How do you manage working simultaneously with your teams in Singapore, London and New York? The structure is designed to ensure the department functions 24 hours a day across all time Photos: WAN-IFRA zones. This enables us to react in real time to news that is happening Simon Scarr at the WAN-IFRA workshop in New Delhi. around the world. The Graphics

18 RIND Survey February 2014 worked for Reuters for four years covering a range of breaking news, features and sports topics before being introduced to a role with the South China Morning Post. This role was where I pushed my limits and knowledge even further with the freedom and trust I was given there. My interest in infographics evolved from an early interest in the Arts and has continued to develop through the years with each opportunity I have been given. To stay inspired, I follow the work of other departments around the world.

At the South China Morning Post you are Swati Chakrabarti, deputy art director, HT Media, Mumbai, goes about explaining an information graphic. said to have played a key role in transforming the use and quality of graphics in the paper Department has one complete file, which is covered and successfully guided the team to a number from three main desks in New York, London and of awards. Can you say something about it? Singapore. As one time zone is approaching the Being introduced to the role at the South China end of their day, we hold a conference call with Morning Post was very interesting to me as they team members of the desk that is starting their day. were looking for someone to come in and help We also take part in a wider news conference call strengthen and build graphics through the paper. so we are up to speed with the day or week’s stories This was especially intriguing because it was my first and initiatives. opportunity to shape graphics my way. I think the editorial culture and attitude towards When and how did your interest in infographics graphics changed a lot in the two years I was develop? Can you explain how you nurtured it there. Initially the appreciation for infographics and let it blossom? was not as sophisticated and the primary role of After graduating from college, where I studied graphics was to look good and the substance and general Art & Design, I found myself looking at quality of information was secondary. Changing different degrees and universities. One option that this perception, along with other bad graphic intrigued me was the Information Graphics and expectations was one of my priorities to address. I Newspaper Design course at Newcastle College, wanted to show that graphics can have just as much England. After an interview with the course leader, impact through the story they tell, by keeping them I left knowing this was what I wanted to pursue. clear and easy to understand, rather than being After graduating I worked in the British press and embellished with unnecessary artwork. This proved my interest continued to grow as I developed my to be a challenge, but by the end of my time there, skills. I also spent this time watching what other graphics that told a strong story in a clean and clear newspapers were doing and following competitions way were the norm and editors trusted our opinion and annual information graphics competitions by on visual storytelling. the likes of SND and SNDE. In those days, annual Positive feedback internally and externally led to awards publications were where you would go to an increase in appetite for graphics in the paper. This see other work being showcased. Today, with social in turn gave us more editorial space on the news media and the growing graphics community, there pages and greater opportunities, which resulted in is a lot more access to work being done around the some award-winning work. world. Five years later it was time for a change and I What have been some of your most satisfying accepted a job with Reuters News Graphics moments while at work? Service who had recently relocated to Singapore. I I'm very lucky to have had a number of satisfying

20 RIND Survey February 2014 moments, particularly over the past few years and advantage as it allows them to capture moments driven mostly by new challenges. At SCMP, I had as they happen on location or in breaking news the opportunity to be able to shape the whole situations where they may be the only member of landscape of information graphics at a major staff on the scene. publication, which was something I had worked towards from the start of my career. To have done India is a reading society; has a reading culture. that successfully is something I am very proud of, The scope for infographics and making pages given the responsibility it carried. interesting is huge? Being recognised for my work by Malofiej and India still has a healthy appetite for printed press SND was also very special. It is always rewarding and newspapers across India aren't as rich in graphics to work very hard on projects you are passionate and intelligent design as other regions. This creates about and have them appreciated by your peers. huge potential for information graphics and quality It was personally gratifying but also good for the design. The fact India has a reading culture also department to be recognised on an international presents the challenge of opening people's minds stage for our work. Finally, the most recent challenge to processing information visually. This must start in my career has been with my recent return to with editors in the newsroom before the reader. Reuters. This new role brings new responsibility, Feedback from the graphic journalists and which has been satisfying in its own right. illustrators in the recent workshop I conducted in Delhi was that they're already on board with the You still continue to learn everyday, don’t you? concept of improved visual communication but How do you bring pleasure to work such as finding space in the newspaper and confidence yours, which is often not quite easy? to find their voice in the newsroom has been Absolutely. There should never come a point challenging. This will shift in time and I have no where you know everything. You should constantly doubt the industry here will catch up to some learn from your mistakes and also from the work other parts of the world as interest and appetite and practices of others. For me, pleasure comes in develops. creating or directing a graphic that tells an interesting Perhaps all we need is one publication to take story to the reader. A graphic that analyses an issue the leap and push the boundaries to make strong or reveals something that would otherwise not have visual communication and cutting-edge design part been noticed such as a trend. of its philosophy. If done correctly, the rest would follow suit as it is an intuitive progression. We are Do you think that if a paper has to be visually not removing the way people have always digested appealing you must have staff photographers the news here, the papers would still carry stories with the requisite expertise? In other words, to read, but they would also carry the huge added would you rather have a reporter to double up value of thought-provoking design and information as photographer? communication through high quality infographics. I don’t think this is a factor that will determine whether a newspaper can be visually appealing as How do you rate today’s young designers? a whole. There are many things that can determine I think it's important to have a younger perspective if a newspaper is visually appealing. However, I on your team to compliment the experienced think it is important to have both of those skill members. Young designers and infographic sets at a publication. Well-trained and experienced journalists come from a different background photographers have the expertise to capture than the older generation who started their careers incredible emotion in photographs and also have drawing pen-and-ink graphics in the newsroom. the ability to know when and where to be in order Many have computer science backgrounds and are to capture the best pictures. Having a reporter fluent in computer language and coding which is who is also familiar with a camera and knows the critical in the present and future of our industry. fundamentals of taking good pictures is also a huge Newspapers will be around for a long time but

February 2014 RIND Survey 21 Scarr is fl anked by participants at the workshop, which provided insight and advice on measures that can be implemented to get the best from the team and outlined the making of graphics from initial thought to published material.

the digital infl uence is growing and already higher Often, taking good pictures is not enough. priority than print in many parts of the world. Would you agree? With youth also comes the advantage of hunger Good photography in a newspaper is something and passion to do well. This ambition keeps the bar to be proud of and is a huge advantage to high and pushes everyone to stay current which is accompany text. Sometimes a newspaper does essential. have to look further to other areas of stimulation. Great illustration is something that can portray an How important is visual imagery for a opinion, humor or emotion as well as help with a newspaper or an Internet site? great looking page. Information graphics are also I think images are vital in both print and online important in cases where there’s a need to visually news. A good photograph can provoke thought explain complex information or data. or stir emotion before a reader even starts to read. It could also be what persuades the audience How important today is the cropping and to read the story in the fi rst place. It can be very placement of pictures on newspaper pages? daunting to look at a full page of mostly text. A I think the correct use of photography on news lot of people will be deterred by this and not be in pages is very important. The way a picture is used the right frame of mind to read into, what could can provoke thought or stir emotion before a reader be a very good but long story. Other visuals such even starts to read. It could also be what persuades as intelligent design, correct use of white space, the audience to read the story in the fi rst place. illustration and information graphics also play Admittedly, picture editing is not my background key roles in accompanying text stories. The reader and I have limited experience in the fi eld, but I needs to be stimulated in different ways, not just can say for certain that the placement, shape, size reading. and correct page structure around an infographic

22 RIND Survey February 2014 can make a huge difference to the graphic itself departments can implement to get the best from and the page overall. Graphics and page layout their team. Including department structure and departments must have good communication and alternative options to bolster output, tools and be on the same page (no pun intended) in order to skills needed, software and implementation have success on paper. techniques. 2. Distill good working practices on how graphics Can improved design attract newspaper are made from initial thought to published readership? material. This included the role of others in the I believe so. If something looks attractive or news room, particularly on daily breaking news interesting someone will be more likely to give graphics. it more attention. This could be the difference 3. Remind everyone that they're journalists. I also of someone picking up the paper a few times wanted to break the school of thought that the and ultimately starting to buy it. I also think the graphics department is a service department, younger generation of news readers is more likely which responds to requests pre-planned by the to read something that looks fresh and interesting reporter. as they’re more familiar with the wealth of visual And fi nally just to have some fun and help fuel stimulation these days across all media outlets. the evolution of infographics in this part of the

world. < What did you hope to achieve from your workshop in Delhi? The main objectives of the workshop were to: 1. Provide insight and advice on measures

February 2014 RIND Survey 23 WOODWING ENTERPRISE 9.1 Next steps in multi-channel publishing With the release of Version 9.1 of its multi-channel publishing system Enterprise, WoodWing continues to further advance easy multi-channel publishing and communication, from creation of content to distribution via various channels. With new options to quickly label content during production and to efficiently tag content destined for the Web, WoodWing addresses issues often seen as problematic and time-consuming. Updated connectors for Facebook and embed the social media channels fully transparent into daily multi- channel publishing workflows

oodWing introduced Version 9 of its publishing system Enterprise in early September last year, paving the way for further innovation in multi-channel publishing. With version W9.1 of Enterprise, WoodWing further refines the way publishers, agencies and marketing departments can efficiently create content and distribute it via any channel to reach their audiences.

More efficient content management In Content Station – WoodWing’s editorial management application – all content related to a specific story is collected in a dossier. Version 9.1 offers new functionality to label the content in a dossier, enabling users to quickly filter their content to see only what they want to see. WoodWing also added support for slideshows for the Web, eased the creation of related dossiers, and added a number of other improvements users have been requesting.

Semantic tagging made easy For many users, quickly tagging content for the Web – making online content more accessible and valuable – is still a cumbersome and time-consuming activity. Enterprise 9.1 offers flexible Photo: WoodWing tagging options out-of-the- The new version 9.1 of WoodWing’s multi-channel publishing system Enterprise offers box. Users can add their updated connectors for Twitter and Facebook, enables slide shows for Web sites and supports own tags, use pre-defined the tag suggestion service Open Calais. tags and use a tag suggestion

24 RIND Survey February 2014 service, depending on the required way of working. and media channels using just one application,” Enterprise ships with an integration with Open says Erik Schut, president of WoodWing. “No Calais – a service from Thomson Reuters. Open matter how the customer wants to work – with Calais analyses the text targeted for the Web and one consolidated team responsible for all channels returns tagging suggestions users can directly or separate teams for print, online and digital, we apply to their articles. Leveraging its open plug- support all workfl ows.” in architecture, Enterprise can also support other Enterprise 9.1, including the editorial management semantic systems. application Content Station, is available immediately as a perpetual purchase license as well as in an Using Facebook, Twitter attractive subscription model with monthly fees. WoodWing also released updated connectors to On its YouTube channel, WoodWing offers a

integrate Facebook and Twitter fully transparent in video explaining the new features of WoodWing the daily multi-channel workfl ow, making it easy to Enterprise 9.1. < promote Web content via the leading social media platforms directly from within Content Station. The Facebook connector also supports the posting of images and the creation of photo albums.

One system for all channels “We want to enable publishers, agencies and marketing departments to manage all their content Industry updates

Winnipeg FP banks on Druckzentrum sets up new Ferag technology Ferag installation

After little more than three months installation time, Druckzentrum Hamm, the printing house owned by Druckerei der Westfälischer Anzeiger Verlagsgesellschaft, was producing with new Ferag technology. Druckzentrum Hamm was already working with Ferag mailroom technology back in 1994. The Westfälische Anzeige is produced here with a circulation of 42000 copies six times a week. Then comes the production of the Wochentip and Stadtanzeiger Hamm advertising titles, plus the newspaper Der Patriot and other publisher products. The total weekly print run thus adds up to around

Photos in this section: company/agency section: this in Photos 572500 copies in and tabloid format. With two TTR conveyors, Winnipeg Free Press is banking on With the previous technology showing its age, the conveyor technology from Ferag. decision was made to invest in high-performance printing technology and new mailroom technology. Winnipeg Free Press in the Canadian province of Some 15 months passed between the initial ideas Manitoba will be equipping their newspaper press and the signing of the contract. Thanks to the with TTR conveyor systems. From December 2013, excellent preparatory and realisation work by Ferag two TTR conveyor systems have been securing in collaboration with the Druckzentrum Hamm the transfer of the newspaper copies off a Goss management, installation of the new line took only Colorliner dating from 1991. Each conveyor four months. system will enable production to be routed to a The backbone of the system at Hamm is the UTR compensating stacker and storage system from conveyor, and the core mailroom line component is another manufacturer. the RollSertDrum inserting drum, which replaces With the two Ferag TTR conveyors, Winnipeg the ETR drum previously used. The RollStream Free Press will have at its disposal modern, dependable, high-performance technology for the secure transfer of newspaper products into the mailroom at production speeds of 75000 copies an hour. There are three basic features behind virtually fatigue-proof Ferag conveyor technology: the tough, steel channel guides; the construction of the chain with its unique linkage geometry; and the inverse closing and opening mechanism of the clamping units that have a relatively slow build-up of spring force during the closing sequence, plus zero-inertia product release (no time lag). One exceptional strength of the Ferag conveyor is the option to allocate one or two newspaper copies Rüdiger Franke, machine operatior at Druckzentrum Hamm, sets up to each individual gripper and thus double conveyor the new Ferag installation to process a preprint for the Westfälischen output without increasing chain speed. Anzeiger.

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precollecting system has been placed alongside “For converters, addressing the issues of make- the new inserting drum and now has ten JetFeeder ready time and waste directly impacts profit hoppers, which is two more than the ‘old’ Ferag margins and the bottom line,” said Randy Freeman, installation. QuadTech’s general manager of Packaging. “By Feeding of the bundling system is via the UTR adding TouchRegister to the Web Viewing System conveyor to the two new MultiStack compensating production, efficiency, and profitability are stackers or by ascending belt directly off the immediately addressed—and many companies delivery station to a third compensating stacker. can find they have more press time available for Inline topsheet application, four SmartStrap additional jobs.” strapping machines, bundle evacuation and two QuadTech is the world’s leading innovator of foil-wrapping machines complete the system, and advanced colour and inspection technology for Navigator software controls the line. As an extra, the printing industry. Founded in 1979, QuadTech the new Accraply system provides the option sells its automated auxiliary control systems to apply MemoStick to the front page of the in more than 100 countries to the web offset newspapers. newspaper and commercial markets, packaging and converting markets, and publication gravure market. Headquartered in Sussex, WI, USA, QuadTech New QuadTech maintains a worldwide network of sales and TouchRegister module service operations, and is proud to be registered ISO 9001:2008 DNV. QuadTech is a subsidiary QuadTech, Inc has announced the availability of Quad/Graphics, one of the largest and most of its new TouchRegister module for use with technologically advanced printers and multichannel the QuadTech Web Viewing System. The system solutions providers in the world. enables fast and accurate register setting for CI flexo presses. Scripps selects ProImage The TouchRegister module is available as an option and adds functionality to the Web Viewing NewsWay System by bringing up to 12 colours into register automatically, saving time and waste. Typically, New ProImage has announced that EW Scripps bringing a CI press into register manually can take Co has selected ProImage NewsWay as its 15 minutes with hundreds of metres of substrate corporate workflow solution. The software will be wasted. tying together all of the company’s 14 newspaper The Web Viewing System can capture a titles across the United States. “NewsWay has predetermined register mark (or other suitable become the backbone of the ‘Scripps 3.0’ project image) for each color and display them on the that is seeing systems such as editorial, digital asset monitor while the press is stopped. The operator management and ad tracking being standardised then adjusts the positions of the dots on the throughput the group,” says Rick Shafranek, VP monitor. When the press is restarted, TouchRegister Sales and Marketing, New ProImage. automatically brings the press into perfect register, Providing an integrated enterprise-wide solution to a tolerance of 50 microns. The ability to make from pre-press to the press, NewsWay software will adjustments with the press stopped dramatically centralise planning, RIPing, imposition, ink pre- reduces start-up waste. setting, ink optimisation, load balancing and output Once in register, CI presses tend not to drift out management to 27 devices throughout Scripps’ of register, and the Web Viewing System can detect production sites. With the exception of two of these print faults before they can be seen by the human sites, all operate a mix of plate-making devices and eye, up to an optical magnification of 16x. Register different presses. can also be adjusted at any time during the print “NewsWay will also provide the company’s run. management and production staff with more

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fl exibility, better control and, importantly, real-time management information,” adds Shafranek, while thanking Scripps’ staff for the way in which they have worked together with ProImage in order maximise group-wide effi ciencies. By the end of the year, NewsWay servers in the Scripps data centre just outside Cincinnati will connect every site. Although centralised, each paper will be able to control their individual workfl ow from their own site and benefi t from back-up and disaster recovery from a site in Hamilton, Ohio. Some Scripps titles including the Naples Daily News (Florida), Knoxville News Sentinel (Tennessee), Some 60 representatives from Cortina print fi rms from all over Europe and the Abilene Reporter-News (Texas) have already as well as supply companies met for the 9th workshop at marks-3zet in Mülheim/Ruhr (Germany). been benefi ting from NewsWay’s functionality and the software is now replacing legacy systems at all the other titles. since 2012 marks-3zet has been a general contractor for pre-press solutions in newspaper houses, adding another string to its bow in this segment of the KBA Cortina users meet print industry. The Cortina users have formed a strong alliance at marks-3zet which was refl ected in the number of participants At the end of November 2013 one of the print at the event: 15 companies – and thus almost all industry’s most active and successful user groups, current Cortina print shops – were present in waterless KBA Cortina newspaper press printers, Mülheim. They are particularly delighted that two met for the ninth time. The workshop took place in more newspaper houses in Trier (Germany) and Mülheim/Ruhr (Germany) at the headquarters of Trondheim (Norway) recently chose to invest in marks-3zet, the host of the Cortina user meeting. environmentally friendly, waterless offset. The Marks-3zet is seen as one of the most important user group even has subgroups, one of which, partners of the supply industry by many Cortina the Nordic Group, was founded last year by users. However, the Mülheim-based company is Scandinavian Cortina printers. It serves as a way not just a sales partner for Toray waterless printing for users from Denmark, Sweden and Finland to plates. The fi rm actively works on improving and intensively exchange experiences. developing waterless offset printing technology Some 60 print experts took part in the meeting further in its waterless printing centre. Additionally, as a raft of ink and paper manufacturers sent representatives to Mülheim to participate in sharing experiences from the pressroom as well as to answer the users’ various questions. The workshop’s agenda included detailed material valuations by the “paper and ink” workgroup and the “error analysis/quality management” workgroup informed the participants of their results. Cortina project manager Peter Benz together with his colleagues from KBA presented further technological developments as well as exemplary print projects from the circle of users. These products, some of which have been awarded prizes, strikingly demonstrate the high quality delivered by Shoptalk during the breaks. the Cortina in commercial printing.

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Print products with added UniDrum technology value, a recipe for success sets the pace

At Senefelder Misset in Doetinchem in Holland, new UniDrum technology from Ferag is setting the pace. The gatherer-stitcher drum produces the same magazine volumes that would normally require two conventional gatherer-stitchers – and creates reserve capacity, too. Senefelder Misset produces magazines with circulations between 10000 and 180000 copies and paginations between 60 and 132 on 16- and 72-page heatset machines. With the fast-action Hynek Greben, sales manager at KBA CEE in the Czech Republic, setup procedures using the PreTronic CV preset took the visitors on a tour through the assembly halls in Radebeul. Here, he explains the assembly line production of inking units. system, and with production speeds of 40000 copies an hour, the UniDrum fi ts perfectly into Some 40 members of the KBA VSOP Club this diversifi ed job structure. Senefelder Misset is (very smart offset printers), a union of Czech and boosting productivity, lowering costs per copy, and Slovakian sheetfed offset printers, met for the fi fth can further sharpen its competitive edge in the annual meeting in Radebeul, near Dresden, from bottom circulation segment. 12 to 14 December. Along with a visit to the world- CEO Ronald van Rossum comments: “In March famous Striezelmarkt Christmas market in Dresden, 2012, we began a feasibility study. Among the the Rapida users had a varied and practical agenda details checked by our team were the fi nancial at the sheetfed offset plant in Radebeul. considerations, the workfl ow, and also production After the visitors were welcomed by KBA CEE output. The excellent results led to a unanimous managing director Jan Korenc and sales director decision in favour of this system.” Sven Strzelczyk, Dirk Winkler head of the print The fi nishing system was planned and realised technology department in Radebeul presented in collaboration with Ferag's Dutch marketing value-added strategies from KBA. A main topic of and service partner Veer Motion Solutions BV. the event was high-quality inline fi nishing including Installation work started in July 2013, and the value-enhancing effects delivered by the application system was already producing by mid-August. of cold foil. A raft of fi nishing technologies was shown live during the practical part of the visit. These included fi nishes with textured coating and embossing effects with double coating technology, cold-foil fi nishing and the production of labels on a Rapida 106. In addition, high-quality cosmetic packaging and posters were printed with UV process colours and then fi nished with oil-based and UV varnish on a Rapida 76. Following a tour of the plant, Martin Novotny publisher of the Czech periodic publication Newspaper for the print industry focused the guests’ attention on quality assurance in print fi rms. The visitors had the chance to exchange views over an At Senefelder Misset, the UniDrum fi ts perfectly into the diversifi ed evening meal in the old town of Dresden, along job structure. The picture shows CEO Ronald van Rossum with his with tasting mulled wine and a tour of the city. UniDrum team.

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The line secures the process in inline mode dot gain than standard inks. It does this while throughout, from gathering the folded signatures offering stability over long runs due to its unique to readying the magazines on pallets for dispatch. pH-independent technology. Directly after the UniDrum comes the three-side In-house colour mixing is also an option, providing trim in a single-rotor SNT-50 trimming drum. Like printers and converters the ability to facilitate the UniDrum, when changing jobs all presets are special colour production on-demand. Earthinks fully automatic in the trimming drum, too, thanks can be used on a wide variety of substrates to print to the PreTronic CV. corrugated and flexible packaging, labels, envelopes and a full range of papers from till rolls and paper cups to paper bags and gift wrap, including recycled Earthinks, the ‘most stocks. natural inks’, launched Earthinks offer more than just an environmentally sustainable alternative to standard inks. An ink Solar Inks, specialist supplier of inks for recycling programme saves time and waste, while flexographic and screen printing, has launched online colour matching and product ordering ensure Earthinks, a range of environmentally friendly a streamlined and efficient customer experience. water-based flexographic and screen printing inks, What's more, customers can access their full order which it considers to be the most natural solution history online, evaluate stocks and usage and review on the market today. Earthinks offer sustainability technical service visit reports. benefits as well as high-performance and are a "Earthinks marks an important development in cost-effective alternative to standard inks. sustainable printing," said Jonathan Mack, owner Sustainability and environmental concerns of Solar Inks/Earthinks. "We have worked hard are entering a new phase, where there is now to provide affordable, high-quality inks that meet an expectation on the part of brands and end- today's demands for environmental care as well users to monitor the impact of their packaging as matching that with environmentally-friendly and printing throughout the supply chain. These packaging. In addition, our recycling programme concerns extend to using renewable resources, ensures minimal waste and good value for non-damaging chemicals, waste management and customers." resource-efficient packaging. To address these issues, Solar Inks has developed new inks from sustainable and non-polluting resources. They have been designed to provide printers and converters with high-quality and versatile inks that can be used to further achieve their environmental goals, while meeting customer expectations. Earthinks are made from natural ingredients including soy, starch, sugars, dextrin, tree resin, cellulose and other polysaccharides. Natural waxes are used to replace standard petroleum-based synthetics, and natural oils are used to defoam instead of mineral oils. Earthinks are glycol and silicone-free, contain no heavy metals and have near-zero VOC levels. With Earthinks, high environmental benefits do not diminish ink performance or price. Earthinks has been developed with a low viscosity and low foaming levels to deliver sharp images with lower QC testing Earthinks with fine anilox proofers.

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manroland web systems establishes dual leadership From January 1 this year, Joern Gossé (49) joins the executive board of manroland web systems GmbH in Augsburg. He takes over the management together with Eckhard Hoerner-Marass and will be responsible for Sales and Service. Joern Gossé shows more than 25 years of experience in leading positions at the printing industry. The skilled Diplom-Ingenieur (FH) (graduate engineer, UAS- University of Applied Thomas Potzkai (l) has taken over as head of web press after-sales service activities from Jens Maul (r). He aims to strengthen KBA’s Science) started his career in 1988 at Heidelberger customer focus further by joining these activities with his current area of Druckmaschinen AG. Joern Gossé has many years responsibility as head of division web presses and project management. of international experience in sales and service and successfully managed different plants in Germany. positions in his 27 years at KBA, aims to strengthen Since 2005 he has been managing director at customer focus further with this move. Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Northern Potzkai has extensive experience in the Region, Hamburg. His overall responsibility development and customer support of commercial, included the business units sales, service and gravure and newspaper web presses. The bundling fi nance with 130 employees at the plant and a base of management responsibilities for the areas of 2500 customers. press scheduling, project management, on-site Eckhard Hoerner-Marass stays spokesman of installation, commissioning, user training up to the manroland web systems management. “We are press acceptance and customer support for the very pleased to have Joern Gossé as a management entire service life of web presses should reinforce colleague with his great experience in sales and customer loyalty. Potzkai intends to implement service and his profound knowledge of the print experienced project managers in new press industry. Together with our well-established activities as heads of customer support in after- management team, we are looking forward to sales service. constantly moving onward on the companies road to success,” he says. Hartmann now head of Potzkai new head of KBA sheetfed marketing KBA web press services With effect from 1st January, Walter Hartmann After more than two successful years at the helm (51) has taken over as of web press after-sales services at Koenig & Bauer head of marketing for (KBA), Jens Maul (48) has left the company at his sheetfed offset presses own request as of 1st January. The decision was at the Koenig & Bauer based on Maul’s wish to concentrate fully on his (KBA) plant in Radebeul. own fi rm outside the graphic arts industry. The distinguished print As the new head, Thomas Potzkai (43) will veteran with many years of unite web press services with his current area of experience at prominent responsibility as vice-president and head of division Walter Hartmann (51) is the sheetfed offset fi rms new head of marketing for web presses and project management. Press expert sheetfed offset presses at KBA follows in the footsteps Potzkai, who has held diverse technical management in Radebeul. of Jürgen Veil (50), who

32 RIND Survey February 2014 Industry Updates after 15 successful years at the helm sought new at such a positive time for the company and I look challenges in the sheetfed offset product house. forward to developing the Kiian Digital brand, After completing an apprenticeship as offset increasing the visibility, value and global reach of printer and an advanced training as print technician, the business. Kiian is entering an exciting phase of Walter Hartmann held various positions in sales growth, with a commitment to innovation and I am and internal sales at Köselbuch in Kempten thus looking forward to this exciting and inspiring new gaining in-depth knowledge of the inner workings challenge." says Biemans. of a printing house. Born in Allgäu, Hartmann Fabio Festorazzi, Kiian Group CEO continues, "We was able to broaden his management expertise are delighted that Roland has joined the leadership further as works manager at AZ Druck und team at Kiian Digital. He will no doubt make an Datentechnik in the 11 years that followed. The invaluable contribution at board level, whilst adding book and commercial print enterprise has over 200 value for our customers and growing our business by employees at its facilities in Berlin and Kempten. In leading the marketing and communications strategy this role he was responsible for all of the technical worldwide. His experience within the field of digital departments (prepress, printing plant and bindery) textile printing technology, plus his contribution to and contributed significantly to introducing new the development of the industry through Fespa, technologies and processes in every production ESMA and SGIA, means that we have the benefit field. of an enthusiastic professional with the perfect Hartmann got to know many KBA employees level of expertise and experience." from diverse divisions during the selection and installation of one of the first Rapida 105s, an eight-colour press featuring DriveTronic SPC Inca Awards deadline direct drives at the plate cylinders, the world’s first approaching medium-format Rapida with Flying JobChange, and the subsequent open house at AZ Druck. It was Inca Digital is reminding its customers that the this that spurred on his interest in new technologies deadline is approaching near the end of January and to seek new professional challenges, such as 2014 for applications to the third Inca Digital those amply offered in marketing at an international Excellence Awards (IDEAs 2014). The IDEAs press manufacturer. celebrate the creativity and ingenuity of the work Inca Digital customers produce around the world. Biemans is marketing chief Entries are evaluated on a combination of quality, innovation and creativity across five different at Kiian Digital categories: Display Graphics, 3D POS, Interior Decoration, Product Decoration & Unique Designs, Roland Biemans has become marketing director and Interactive Displays. They can be printed on for Kiian Digital, which is part of the Kiian any Inca Digital printer, old or new. Group. Formerly Marketing and Communications The five category winners will each receive manager for Eindhoven-based Hollanders Printing an IDEA Trophy, publicity in the international Systems, Biemans was responsible for commercial industry media, travel to Munich and two nights’ operations including the successful launches of accommodation to attend FESPA Digital 2014 (20- new print technology products into the growing 23 May, 2014). As an added incentive, award winners digital textile sector. He has also been the driving can attend the Inca Digital Summit, concurrently force at initiatives such as the digital textile print held in Munich on May 20. Free for Inca customers, competence center. the event will feature a number of speakers who Biemans joins Italian based ink manufacturer will cover subjects related to print industry trends, Kiian from January this year to lead the company's as well as a wider range of topics covering macro- global marketing strategy for the digital inks economic and retail developments. business. "I am delighted to be joining Kiian Digital

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manroland expands presence in key markets

With its key focus on web offset, manroland web systems is expanding its presence in key world markets. Since the beginning of January this year, Intensive Engineering Sdn Bhd in Malaysia has joined the growing manroland web family as the new Sales and Service Partner for Malaysia and Brunei. Managing director Kok Seong Ng and his team will provide comprehensive support to the web customers in the region. “We are very pleased to enjoy a partnership with Kok Seong Ng again. He is intensively involved in Image Printers’ fi rst KBA Rapida 105U (universal) delivered in 2006 fulfi ls all expectations of a highly productive medium-format press. the printing industry in South East Asia since many years and has excellent network with the market and performance ever since. The production planning- customers. We wish him and his team good success and control software KBA LogoTronic Professional with his future tasks,” says Gerald Benz, deputy providing for company-wide digital exchange of VP Sales at manroland web systems in Augsburg/ shop fl oor data has been installed on both of their Germany. KBA machines. Hence, managing director M.H. Intensive Engineering will provide sales and service Yew has a close eye on their performance at all support including spare parts and consumables times. One year after the installation he can draw a administration and logistics. The company will pleasant fi rst interim conclusion. promote all products from manroland web systems, After more than 34 years in business, Image well suited to the customer needs in the region’s Printers enjoys a strong reputation for consistent web printing industry. quality products and services among their customers. Intensive Engineering has been founded by Kok Since the company being established in 1979, they Seong Ng, previously responsible as the managing offer a broad variety of products ranging from director of manroland Asia Pacifi c Sdn Bhd since annual reports, leafl ets, brochures, calendars, right 2003. He is very familiar with manroland presses up to books and high-end marketing collaterals. since 1994 when he started working in Hong Kong Next to local customers like the popular Singapore for the leading English newspaper, the South China Zoo, Jurong Bird Park, and Singapore Airlines, they Morning Post. KS Ng is also one of the founding also deliver their products to customers in Australia, members of SEANG (SEA Newspapers Group, Mauritius, the UK and US. today ANP, ASEAN Newspapers Printers). Image Printers has been using technology from several other manufacturers for many years. Yet, Yew reveals that his experiences have not always Success with KBA been positive. Until they opted for their fi rst KBA, a Rapida 105 workhorses 5-colour Rapida 105U (universal), six years ago: “We were looking for a heavy duty machine that offered Image Printers, one of Singapore’s top 10 minimum downtime. The Rapida is a workhorse commercial printers, is running a new KBA Rapida we can run 24 hours. It’s highly productive. Which 105 at high speed since the beginning of 2013. The is the main reason we bought the second one”, the new medium format 4-colour press with cardboard managing director explains. “The KBA Rapida package is their second KBA. The fi rst one was is the best press I have operated so far”, he adds bought in 2006 and delivers exceptional quality and quoting one of his most experienced printers.

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Image Printers’ two KBA workhorses achieve high performance 24/7. Especially, together with the LogoTronic, they were able to reduce make-ready and further increase effi ciency. “Another reason for our decision was the possibility to connect the new machine to the existing LogoTronic” Mr Yew points out. The LogoTronic Professional is KBA’s answer to process automation and workfl ow management. The production planning- and control software provides for fully automatic shop fl oor data collection as well as company-wide digital data exchange and can be tailored to the needs of the individual customer. “Image Printers’ two KBA presses play a major role in continuing the company’s success that has The QuadTech SpectralCam delivers L*a*b* data for precise, cost- been built upon their many years of experience. effective color management—in the image, in-line, on paper or fi lm We appreciate their trust in KBA equipment and substrates. look forward to a long partnership and future from coated and uncoated paper and board, to investments”, concludes Charles Ang, sales director aluminum foil and thin PP and PE fi lms – requires of KBA Asia Pacifi c in Singapore. different ink sets, discrete color targets and precisely imaged gravure cylinders. Before the installation 1st QuadTech solution of the automated system, achieving the standards of accuracy required was time-consuming and for gravure market expensive. The QuadTech Color Measurement System Cartotecnica Veneta SpA of San Pietro, Gù with SpectralCam™ is positioned after the last (PD), Italy, is simplifying colour preparation and printing unit on Cartotecnica’s gravure line. Once improving print quality on its gravure printing line the press is running, SpectralCam measures the with QuadTech’s new Color Quality Solution, and multiple pre-defi ned color targets throughout attracting new business in the process. the print run to ensure accurate, repeatable color QuadTech’s ‘industry fi rst’ integrated Color quality. The system receives the colour targets, ink Quality Solution relays in-line spectral data quantities, viscosity, substrate, run length, and other gathered by QuadTech's SpectralCam to ink parameters utilizing the QuadTech Color Quality formulation software from X-Rite and ink Solution and ICON platform. technology from the Huber Group to ensure a The network-based QuadTech ICON™ platform consistent colour measurement standard from the controls all components from one central station. brand owner’s request to last printed image. The Job data is automatically saved for recall providing system installation was managed by QuadTech’s makeready, material and labor savings. agent, ColorConsulting, SrL, and supported by With Huber Group’s ink technology the company the QuadTech team from the United States. The can use just one set of color base inks for varying system links QuadTech and X-Rite technologies substrates instead of multiple ink gravure series. to simplify preparation and deliver precise color The X-Rite Ink Formulation software pin-points consistency. customer-defi ned color targets to form a spectral Cartotecnica produces fi nished and semi-fi nished color curve and then checks existing stocks fl exible packaging and folding cartons primarily availability for any matching return ink before for large Italian and European food and beverage formulating an ink recipe. This is highly effective as brands including Ferrero, Nestlé Italy and Unilever. 80% of print jobs at Cartotecnica are repeat jobs, The company’s vast substrate portfolio – ranging so stored inks are kept to a minimum.

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Ink formulation is then carried out using the The Color Quality Solution has also secured new Huber Group color database that doses exact business for Cartotecnica just 30 minutes after color quantities. New formulations are verifi ed showing Nestlé Italy representatives a live make- using a strike-off produced on The Phantom QD ready on its problematic multi-layered substrate for portable table-top proofi ng system from Harper its Buitoni range. That substrate includes plastic Corporation and a handheld X-Rite SpectorEye. fi lm on one side and an aluminum foil on the other, If the formulation is correct, the ink is produced but the Cartotecnica’s QuadTech system achieved and production can begin. The industry minimum accurate repeat prints in minutes. ink batch is 20kg but at Cartotecnica the minimum “We have also eliminated unpredictable manual ink volume is 40kg, so it is essential to achieve the intervention. Our operators fi nd the QuadTech correct color fi rst time right to minimize waste. solution very easy and so accurate to use that they “Before QuadTech’s Color Quality Solution, the want to work with the system every day, for every production of gravure inks was manual, labor- job,” Meneghetti says, adding, “Set-up is simple and intensive and wasteful,” says Francesco Meneghetti, once the color is on the press it decreases make- president of Cartotecnica Veneta. “Our vast ready time because the system knows exactly what substrate portfolio has always a challenge as it to expect from any ink, cylinder and substrate requires different ink sets, unique color targets combination and can rectify anything within and accurately made gravure cylinders. Therefore, minutes.” excess ink was a frequent occurrence but now ink storage space has now been reduced from two rooms to a fi fth of one room.”

Working to overcome gender gap WAN-IFRA is inviti ng female media professionals working in newspapers or digital media in Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe to apply for its Women In News leadership development programme, which works with media companies to overcome the gender gap in management positi ons by equipping their high potenti al employees with the strategies, skills and support networks they need to take on a greater leadership role within their organisati ons. Both men and women media professionals are invited to apply to the Media Professionals Programme MENA 2014, a project-based programme tailored for media throughout the Arab region that off ers individual coaching, specialised workshops, mentoring by experienced colleagues and att endance at internati onal media events to network and learn about the latest developments in news media. Both initi ati ves are conducted under a strategic partnership to advance media development and press freedom worldwide between WAN-IFRA and the Swedish Internati onal Development Cooperati on Agency (Sida). Women in News has been acti ve in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia for three years, where it has trained professionals in more than 20 media companies. More than half of parti cipants have been promoted aft er the training, and nearly all – 88 per cent – have been given more responsibility in the workplace. The 2014 programme brings to the training to three new countries – Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe – and is open to media women with a minimum of 2 years in a middle management positi on in Malawi and Zimbabwe and 5 years middle management experience in

South Africa. <

February 2014 RIND Survey 37 The Hindu, The Week, correspondents bag Best Humanitarian Reporting Awards 2013 Journalists of The Hindu, The Week and the Greater Kashmir newspaper shared the fi rst three prizes respectively for the competition for the best print article on the theme, Violence against Health Care Services and Personnel - Operating in the Face of Danger organised by the Press Institute of India and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Anumeha Yadav of The Hindu won the fi rst prize; Mini Thomas of The Week and Imran Muzaffar of Greater Kashmir shared jointly the second prize. The winners were chosen from some 30 published articles short-listed from nearly 40 entries received.

The three prizes were presented at a function Photos: SN held in New Delhi on November 21, by Mary Werntz, head of Regional Delegation of the Anumeha Yadav, winner of the fi rst prize, fl anked by second-prize winners Imran Muzaffar and Mini Thomas. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in New Delhi, and Sashi Nair, director, Press Institute of India, Chennai. The presentation was preceded by a panel discussion on the theme, Violence against Health Care Services and Personnel – Operating in the Face of Danger. It was moderated by P.N. Vasanti, director of the Centre for Media Studies. The panellists and jury members were Pamela Philipose, director and editor-in-chief of Women’s Features Service, A.J. Phillip, senior journalist and Jaya Shreedhar, founding member of the Centre for Security Analysis. The awards, in its sixth year, were organised by the ICRC and the Press Institute of India (PII) to recognise articles highlighting a humanitarian concern and published in an Indian national or

The winners with (l-r) Sashi Nair, director-editor, PII-RIND; P.N.Vasanti, regional newspaper or magazine. < director, Centre for Media Studies; A.J.Philip, senior journalist; Mary Werntz, head, ICRC, Delhi; and Jaya Shreedhar, Centre for Security Analysis. Pamela Philipose, director and editor-in-chief, Women's Feature Service, is not in the picture.

38 RIND Survey February 2014 Child Rights handbook for journalists released

Sashi Nair, director, Press Institute of India; and Sugata Roy, communication specialist, UNICEF. Can journalists play a proactive role in addressing issues and concerns relating to children? How should journalists report on child abuse incidents, ensuring that the report doesn’t violate the child’s privacy and dignity? Can the identity or image of the child be revealed in an article? Should one seek written consent from the child’s parent or caregiver while reporting on children? Would reporting on the manner of a child abuse incident help other children and their parents to raise their guard against such

Photos: N. Subramanian Photos: N. abuse, or would it incite and arm potential abusers From left, Sashi Nair, Satish Kumar, Caroline Den Dulk, N. in committing such crimes? Murali and Pamela Philipose pose with the handbook after its These and several other issues were addressed formal release. by the speakers, and also raised by some in the audience. While Nair explained how views from It was a packed hall at the Hotel Residency, senior journalists and editors were sought before Chennai on January 22nd at the release of Child finalising the draft, Kumar dwelt at length on the Rights – A Handbook for Journalists, a Press institute contents of the book itself, pointing out the various of India – UNICEF publication. facets to the whole universe of child rights. The book was released by N. Murali, member, Murali, Philipose and Den Dulk were almost Board of Trustees, Press Institute of India, unanimous in the view that while the media needs and Caroline Den Dulk, chief, Advocacy & to pay more attention to children’s issues and

Communication, UNICEF India. The first copy devote space for them, journalists must temper the of the handbook was received by Pamela Philipose, freedom they have with sensitivity and balance. < director and editor-in-chief, Women’s Feature Service. Also present were Satish Kumar, chief of UNICEF State Office for Tamil Nadu & Kerala;

A young reporter has a question. It was a packed hall at the Hotel Residency, Chennai, where the event was held.

40 RIND Survey February 2014 Other News

Focus on UK press freedom risks causing serious repercussions worldwide. This is the first ever press freedom mission to the Responding to international concerns United Kingdom. surrounding the situation for press freedom in the United Kingdom, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN- Researcher to look at IFRA) has concluded a series of high-profile journalism’s future meetings with prominent individuals and leading organisations representing multiple interests Julie Posetti, an academic and journalist at the during a two-day fact-finding visit to London in University of Wollongong (UOW) in Australia, January. will join WAN-IFRA after securing a 12-month Said WAN-IFRA CEO, Vincent Peyrègne, research fellowship to investigate and report on “Our mission confirmed differences of opinion the future of journalism and newspapers. Posetti, in terms of how the introduction of legislation who has 25 years of media experience, will take governing the press will impact press freedom. up the research fellowship with the world press It highlighted serious concerns regarding the organisation in February. The role will entail independence from political involvement in reporting on innovation within the sector and that process, and how implementation of the undertaking research on the future of journalism, legislation that underpins the Royal Charter could the future of newspapers and digital transformation potentially be abused to restrict a free press both within the media industry. here in the UK and abroad.” “This is a huge coup for UOW, and is testament Of particular concern to the mission was the to Julie’s passion for and capacity to embrace British government’s reaction to the Guardian our digital futures, and particularly the ways in newspaper’s reporting of National Security which web-based technologies are becoming an Agency leaks provided by Edward Snowden. integral part of how we teach journalism. This The delegation expressed its solidarity with the research fellowship places her at the front line of position of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger after transformative journalism,” said Sarah Miller, head his appearance before members of parliament of the School of the Arts, English and Media. in December 2013 to answer to claims the Posetti is currently completing a PhD through newspaper’s reporting methods threatened British UOW on the Twitterisation of Journalism. She national security. Mission delegates reiterated is a respected former ABC journalist and PBS their support for the Guardian’s publication of MediaShift correspondent who has developed and an issue that is clearly of great public interest – delivered extensive industry training in the fields not just for the UK but worldwide. of social media and audio/video journalism. She The mission highlighted WAN-IFRA’s concern teaches convergent and social journalism at UOW. that general confusion surrounding changes to “I’m very excited about this opportunity – both in the self-regulation system for the press in the terms of research and journalism practice. Despite United Kingdom, coupled with the government’s the gloomy future often predicted for journalism, chilling intimidation of the Guardian, is sending a I remain optimistic about the opportunities for negative message to the international community. industry transformation and I feel privileged That foreign governments may cite the current to work at the frontline of these processes as a British example when reforming their own WAN-IFRA Fellow,” Posetti said. The research regulatory processes, as well as the inspiration fellowship commences this month (February) in they may take in how to treat investigative Paris where Posetti will relocate with her family for journalism, remain of particular concern and the duration of the fellowship.

February 2014 RIND Survey 41 Other News

Dainik Bhaskar enters Bihar national political editor of , has joined Open as managing editor. Dainik Bhaskar launched its 67th edition, in Patna on January 18. The paper consists of 40 pages with a cover price of Rs 2.50 and an initial Prem Shankar Jha is consulting print run of 170000 copies. Surendar Kishore editor, is the editor of the new edition that will cover news related to politics, business, youth, media, There is news that Tehelka has appointed crime, marketing, life style, fashion, city events, veteran journalist and author Prem Shankar Jha as appointments, social media news, gadgets and consulting editor. Jha is already associated with the trends. With Dainik Bhaskar entering the print Tehelka magazine as a columnist. market in Bihar, other players are gearing up with Tehelka lost two of its top editorial heads – various promotional activities. The Bihar print founder-editor Tarun Tejpal and managing editor market is currently dominated by players such as Shoma Choudhary – in the wake of allegations and Hindustan. of sexual misconduct against Tejpal leveled by a junior female staff of the magazine. In the course of his career, Jha has worked NavGujarat Samay hits with , The Economic Times, Financial newsstands Express and The Times of India, among others. He has also been associated with world bodies such The Times of India launched its first Gujarati as the United Nations, World Bank, and the Asia newspaper, named NavGujarat Samay, from and Pacific Development Administration Centre Ahmedabad on January 16. The daily will have of the UN for various projects. He has also been a a total of 48 pages and a cover price of Rs 3. columnist for The Hindu, The Hindustan Times, and Ajay Umath is the editor-in-chief. The paper will , besides Tehelka. cover news related to political, business, youth, media, marketing, life style, fashion, city events, appointments, social media news, gadgets, and Ajay Singh is editor, trends. The major focus of the paper will be on Governance Now Ahmedabad-based brands such as Vadilal, Zydus, Havmor, and Torrent, among others. Meanwhile, Ajay Singh, managing editor, Governance Now, has the group is campaigning aggressively for the taken over as editor of the fortnightly publication new daily and has introduced an introductory from January 1. Singh has close to 25 years of offer, wherein subscription for five months is experience in print and electronic journalism with available for Rs 99, along with assured gifts. some of the leading media houses of the country. He will be in charge of the English as well as Marathi editions of the magazine. Alok Mehta is Prasannarajan to join Open the editor of the edition of the magazine. as editor Governance Now, a Sri Adhikari Brothers venture, was launched four years ago as a fortnightly magazine, Open magazine, which had seen the exit of as well as a website, devoted to the various areas of two of its top editorial hands – Manu Joseph governance. Singh taking charge as editor follows and Hartosh Singh Bal – in quick succession, B.V. Rao, the previous editor, leaving the magazine has beefed up its editorial team with two key to join the Sahara Group news channels as group appointments. S Prasannarajan, managing editor, editor. India Today, is joining Open as editor. Prasannarajan will commence his new role from February 6. There is also news that P.R. Ramesh, former

42 RIND Survey February 2014 EVENTS CALENDAR

Summit 2014. More details from Ground. More details at http:// February [email protected] www.flexography.org March 20, organised by European April 28-29, organised by February 5-6, organised by Flexographic Industry Association, the Flexographic Technical WAN-IFRA, in Chennai: Digital in Bolton, Greater Manchester: Association, in Baltimore, USA: Media India. More details from EFIA Awards Gala Dinner 2014. InfloFlex 2014 – A Gold Mine [email protected] March 24-29, in London: Ipex of Solutions, focused on the February 5-6, organised 2014 – Discover the Power of printing, packaging and converting by WAN-IFRA, in Stockholm, Print. More details at http://www. industry. More details at http:// Sweden: DagsVara 2014 – Best ipex.org/ and from Laju Jariwala at www.flexography.org Practices for Digital Growth. [email protected]/ 022-2410 April 29 - May 1, organised by More details from raquel.meikle@ 2801-03, 67282400 Sign & Digital UK, in Birmingham: wan-ifra.org March 30 - April 2, organised Sign & Digital UK. More details February 11-17, organised by by Printing Industries of America from signanddigitaluk@fav-house. The Centre for Internet & Society, in partnership with Flexographic com in Pune: Institute on Internet Technical Association (FTA) and and Society. More details from Specialty Graphic Imaging May [email protected] Association: 2014 Continuous February 18, organised by Improvement Conference. More NPES-IPAMA, in Chennai: details at http://ci14.printing. May 12-16, organised by WAN- Printing Business Beyond org/p/ IFRA, in Stockholm, Oslo, Berlin: Boundaries. More details from Study Tour – Fitter Newsrooms. [email protected] More details from nick.tjaardstra@ February 12-13, organised by April wan-ifra.org Nullcon and sponsored by The Centre for Internet & Society, April 7-9, organised by WAN- in Goa: Nullcon Goa Feb IFRA, in London: Digital Media 2014 – International Security Europe. More details from virginia. Conference. More details from [email protected] [email protected] April 7-10, co-organised by IPAMA, in Sharjah, UAE: Print Pack Arabia 2014. More details March from [email protected] April 23-25, organised by March 12-13, organised by WAN-IFRA, in Hong Kong: WAN-IFRA, in Dubai: 9th Middle Publish Asia 2014. Includes CEO 2014 East Conference – Successful Conference, Advertising Summit Strategies for Media Houses. Asia, Newsroom Summit Asia, More details from mechthild. Learning Workshops, Publish Asia [email protected] Expo, and Networking Events. March 16, organised by the More details from gilles.demptos@ Newspaper Association of wan-ifra.org America, in Denver, Colarado: April 27-30, organised by the NAA mediaXchange 2014. Flexographic Technical Association, More details at the NAA website in Baltimore, USA: FTA’s 2014 March 19-20, organised by Annual Forum – Breaking New WAN-IFRA, in Munich: Printing

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