July 2013 | Volume 34 | Issue 7 | Rs 40 Surveywww.rindsurvey.com / www.pressinstitute.in RINDA Journal of the Press Institute of India - Research Institute for Newspaper Development AIMING FOR BEST QUALITY SERIOUS BUSINESS Quality checks at the central control console of the Rotoman HiPrint, printing signatures of the fashion magazine Marie Claire (see page 44 for more details.) • An open, integration-ready • At KBA, consolidation, realignment concept continue apace • Banking on waterless offset • Output quality depends on printing raw materials • A partnership to reduce cost, • Audience engagement is the future save time • ‘I always defended my ethics, • Stable, reliable printing after my standards’ retrofit • Circulation figure is the reliable • Making short-runs more profitable barometer FROM THE EDITOR Flexible, customised solutions finding favour What do news publishing houses look for in companies that offer equipment and services, in a world where the emphasis is always on a top-drawer performance that will get the customer hooked? Let’s look at some of the stories in this issue to get a definitive feel. The Al Nisr Publishing management in Dubai, for example, found the open, integration-ready concept and dependable technology as the main motivating factors for working with Ferag. High net output, dependability, ease of operation, low noise and flexible layout made the replacement concept a real winner, all good reasons for prompting the Main-Post Media Group in Germany to change suppliers in the area of mailroom technology. When Volksfreund-Druckerei Nikolaus Koch in Trier, Germany, decided in favour of the KBA Cortina, the top management hoped the new technology (waterless offset printing) would open up new business lines and that besides printing the daily newspaper, the investment would offer the possibility of printing additional own products, as well as external orders in various formats and substrates. While expanding significantly its service and product range, the focus was also on providing outstanding print quality, environmental friendliness, high format and substrate flexibility, minimal waste and extremely fast job change. When France’s largest daily newspaper Ouest-France with a circulation of 800000 copies and 50 editions invested in a flexibly automatable Commander CL 4/1 from Koenig & Bauer, the result of intensive evaluation and project work, it was the machine’s modular design which supported flexible extensions and expansions, as well as the ability to adapt to the level of automation needed to meet changing market demands that the company found ideal. For WoodWing and 1io, now partners, the objectives in product development are the same – a focus on powerful, easy-to-use, scalable yet affordable solutions for specific publishing, and marketing communications challenges. Many such solutions, as in this case, are complementary, enabling users to gain from greater efficiency in local and customised projects, freeing up budgets for other initiatives. manroland web systems has developed integrated solutions for retrofits on old printing presses. The objective: to reduce press downtimes and associated costs while boosting performance, keeping automation up-to-date and having fewer production standstills. In Baden-Baden, Germany, Badisches Tagblatt is investing a huge sum to set up its own printing plant with the sophisticated Commander CT web press from KBA. What swayed the decision in favour of this machine? The company carefully examined all the technical options available in the market. The overall focus was on future-orientated production requirements in newspaper printing. In the KBA Commander CT, the management saw a compact press with a high degree of automation, popular in the market, which they were convinced would take them forward in terms of efficiency and flexibility. Automatic plate changes, cutting-edge technology that reduces the number of personnel needed and cuts waste, and outstanding print quality won the day for KBA. The reasons were pretty similar for Moderna, a Belgian print shop that has opted for the Rotoman DirectDrive heatset commercial press. It was to flexibly respond to the growing trend of smaller runs, to decommission two older and less efficient presses, and to ensure short changeover times and minimal waste. The fundamental investment criteria were based on trends that leaned more towards smaller runs, especially for special interest and business magazines that are produced with samples and supplements. Sashi Nair [email protected] July 2013 RIND Survey 1 RIND Survey July 2013 | Volume 34 | Issue 7 An open, integration-ready concept 4 Banking on waterless offset printing 8 Ouest-France switches to tailor-made 4/1 press line 12 A partnership to reduce cost, save time 16 C o n t e s Stable, reliable printing after retrofit 19 Making short-runs more profitable 20 2 RIND Survey July 2013 RIND Survey Badisches Tagblatt orders Commander CT 22 At KBA, consolidation, realignment continue 24 Output quality depends on raw materials 26 Audience engagement is the future 28 Circulation figure is the reliable barometer 30 ‘I always defended my ethics, my standards’ 34 Well, this is... Breaking News 36 Industry Updates 38 General News 47 Calendar 51 Cover page photo: dicandesign/ Kenny Rong (manroland) July 2013 RIND Survey 3 An open, integration- ready concept In the desert landscape of Dubai, Al Nisr Publishing has commissioned one of the most modern printing centres. In the mailroom, MultiSertDrum and PolyStream technology take centre stage. Dependable engineering plus an open concept are the key reasons for the collaboration with Ferag n the Dubai Investment Park production centre, Al Nisr Publishing LLC is pointing the way to state-of-the-art newspaper production. Ferag's postpress processing technology Iwith its configuration is impressive: 45000-generation MultiSertDrum technology and six PolyStream packaging lines deliver the capacity for more than 60000 individual foil- wrapped packs per hour, with content that can reach up to two kilograms weight and 35 mm thickness. Photos: Ferag AG Photos: Ferag At Al Nisr Publishing, two 45000-generation MSD inserting lines and six PolyStream packaging lines deliver capacity for more than 60000 individual foil-wrapped packages per hour. On the two MSD-M series inserting drums, it is possible to add up to five preprints and inserts to the main jacket and bring the maximum finished product pagination to 300 broadsheets. On the six PolyStream lines, further supplements are added to the newspapers inline before they are packaged all at a constant production speed in excess of 60000 copies an hour. FlyStream technology is used for the gathering process, with a total of eight hopper stations for each PolyStream line. In addition to six JetFeeder hoppers, two Highclass feeders are hooked up to the gathering line. In split mode, these secure the infeed of print products up 4 RIND Survey July 2013 With a mixed confi guration of one DiscPool battery and one MultiDisc winding station per line, when it comes to material logistics the customer achieves a high degree of fl exibility. Performance differences between the printing machine and the inserting process are subject to dynamic compensation through the MultiDisc short-term buffer. For long- term intermediate storage of the MultiDisc units, the fl ow of material is supported by automatic storage comprising 610 spaces. At Al Nisr Publishing, the management team points to the open, integration-ready concept and The options have already been taken up, and the system has been upgraded dependable technology as central reasons for working by a StreamStitch stitching component and an SNT-50 trimming drum. with Ferag. The options for extending the installation have already been taken up, and the system has been to 15mm thick to the gathering system. During the upgraded by a StreamStich stitching component gathering process, Integrated Repair Control makes and an SNT-50 trimming drum. The expansion of for almost zero-error quality. capacity with added-value functions from Ferag was MultiDisc technology creates the interface between conducted with an eye on its further utilisation for the printing machine and the inserting process. third party jobs. < 2x1 press confi gurati on most popular WAN-IFRA’s recently published South Asian Newspaper Directory 2013-2015 reveals interesti ng trends in newspaper producti on in India. One fact is that the 2x1 press confi gurati on is most preferred among South Asian publishers. Though predominantly 4-high printi ng towers are used, the Y unit press confi gurati on is sti ll commonly used. The directory published by WAN-IFRA South Asia is a 5QWVJ#UKCP0GYURCRGT&KTGEVQT[ compilati on of key management personnel, and publicati on and producti on infrastructure, including pre-press, press and post-press, employed in newspapers across the South Asian region. More than 125 newspaper publishers across the region – comprising India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, and Afghanistan – are profi led. There is a secti on on suppliers to the newspaper industry which makes the directory a good cross-reference publicati on. K. Balaji, chairman of the WAN-IFRA South Asia Committ ee and director of Kasturi & Sons, publishers of The Hindu says, “This directory is an important compilati on for anyone who Photo: WAN-IFRA Photo: wishes to understand the profi les of the main news publishers YYYYCPKHTCQTIUQWVJCUKC and suppliers in the South Asian Region.” A limited number