January 2013 | Volume 34 | Issue 1 | Rs 40 Surveywww.rindsurvey.com / www.pressinstitute.in RINDA Journal of the Press Institute of India - Research Institute for Newspaper Development

MODERN EFFECTIVE REALIGNMENT: The Badische Neueste Nachrichten is one of the biggest daily newspapers in the state of Baden-Württemberg, MAILROOM Germany. BNN has opted for two Ferag mailroom lines. • Ferag mailroom systems find favour • Let’s print green • Finnish publisher invests 40m euro in new • Benefits for publishers, readers, facility advertisers • Adding value, with InkZone Instrument • KBA looks ahead, moves with Flight the times • ‘If readers don’t trust us, we don’t have a • What is a newspaper? chance’ • Factors that lead to successful automation • Speed, quality up for online print FROM THE EDITOR New horizons, new hopes

RIND Survey enters its 34rd year of publication and, once again, a BIG thank you to all the advertisers who have steadfastly stood by us over the years despite the money-budget crunch that cast a long shadow even in Asia after the economic recession plagued several parts of the developed world. As I have mentioned earlier, RIND Survey is probably the journal in India that focuses on the technical, editorial, marketing and other aspects of newspaper printing and production. Today, of course, our horizon has broadened. It’s the age of tablets and multimedia content and the number of people using online tools is growing every day. Clearly, it’s the high degree of interactivity provided by new or social media that is driving activity. However, for publishers, handling print, online, mobile and tablets all together is not easy. Thankfully, technology has developed so much that there are multi- channel publishing systems that can help integrate digital publishing into existing environments. The 42nd World Publishing Expo in Frankfurt showed how newspapers had evolved from print to multimedia. Without doubt, it’s digital media that is driving innovation and constantly changing the news publishing landscape. And no wonder that at WAN-IFRA Expo 2012, many exhibitors from 30 countries showcased the technology used to publish news on tablets, mobiles and online. At drupa, 40 per cent of visitors said they were interested in digital printing machinery and digital printing systems. Attracting great attention was a future theme – printed electronics. India is as much caught up with technological developments as most of the developed world is. At drupa, for instance, the country, with some 15000 visitors, ranked as the second largest visitor-nation after Germany (123000 visitors). It would be fair to say that the buzz is back in the printing industry worldwide and people are optimistic. For the major machine manufacturers, China and India are huge markets. It’s not surprising, therefore, that most of the top companies have in recent months been exhibiting considerable flair for PR and image-building exercises. Professionalism is also evident and exhibitions such as drupa are marketed very well. Although there is a lot of goodwill earned over the years, the organisers never take things easy and we should learn some lessons from it. The Ferag world premiere for a new inserting line stood out in the second half of 2012. The company put up quite a show on Press Day, in Hinwil where it is headquartered. On show for a cross-section of the world’s trade press was the MiniSert inserting line. Our lead story in this issue looks at the ubiquitous Ferag mailroom systems in newspaper presses. There is also the effort today to save costs, improve print quality, and stay ahead on the technology front. Total productive maintenance, cutting-edge technology, high productivity, fast make-ready and high speeds are words and phrases you hear often. Partnerships are blossoming as even as technology develops. At a recent workshop conducted by RIND on Better Printing Practices, speakers talked about how systems can be improved and production accelerated by eliminating spoilage, waste and productivity interruption. Despite the opportunities and challenges provided by the industry, there sadly seems to be few takers for “getting fingers smudged with ink”. Perhaps the problem lies deeper. So how do you bring the passion back to printing? How do you attract youngsters? Poor salaries and infrastructure are driving them away from printing presses. The onus is on bigger companies to train students, provide them meaningful jobs and motivate them to stay. Let’s hope it happens sooner than later. Must-read: S. Muthiah’s piece, 'What is a newspaper?’ Here’s wishing all of you a Very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. Sashi Nair [email protected]

January 2013 RIND Survey 1 RIND Survey January 2013 | Volume 34 | Issue 1 Photo: Ferag.

Ferag mailroom systems are aiding efficiency and productivity in newspaper presses worldwide. We have four examples here. By combining a modern newspaper press and a flexible inserting system, the Nordkurier publishing group in Germany is setting the scene for optimising local editions of the Nordkurier newspaper in line with target groups. In two years, BGP has installed two UniDrum gathering and inserting systems at its heatset facility in Bicester (UK). The Mittelrhein-Verlag has invested 42 million euro in a new printing centre in Koblenz, Germany. Ferag's C o n t e s professionalism was found "very convincing" in its mailroom. And again in Germany, the Badische Neueste Nachrichten is reaping the benefits of a state-of-the-art mailroom solution and has been able to achieve a clear rise in efficiency and flexibility.

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From the editor 1

Finnish publisher invests 40m euro in new facility 12

Adding considerable value, with Inkzone 16

What is a newspaper? 22

'If readers don’t trust us, we don’t have a chance' 24

Factors that lead to successful automation 26

Yes, we do need to care about the future 32

Benefits for publishers, readers, advertisers 34

KBA looks ahead, moves with the times 36

Stepping up speed, quality for online print 39

A special resource feature on VAPoNnews 41

Industry Updates 45

General News 61

Calendar 63

Cover page photo : Ferag AG/WRH Marketing

January 2013 RIND Survey 3 Ferag mailroom systems cater to market demand AT NORDOST-DRUCK, GERMANY By combining a modern newspaper press and a flexible inserting system, the Nordkurier publishing group is setting the scene for optimising local editions of the Nordkurier newspaper in line with target groups

ith 14 regional editions, the Nordkurier print run peaks at around 100000 copies. Other products such as supplements and magazines round off the jobs spectrum. WBy investing in the Neubrandenburg facility, the publisher wishes to keep pace with increased demands for quality, productivity and flexibility and secure Neubrandenburg’s role over the long term. In May 2012, a KBA Commander CT took over in the print hall. Nordost-Druck CEO Lothar Prehn underlines that the splitting of circulations and a simultaneous rise in supplement volumes now demand a lot of planning and organisation, and this can only be achieved with a state-of- the-art mailroom. Ferag was able to present Nordost-Druck with a winning concept, thanks to its modular configuration, demand- led performance specifications and production diversity. The new mailroom line at Nordost-Druck plays a broad repertoire. At centre-stage is a RollSertDrum inserting drum that processes up to 36000 copies an hour. Waiting in the Ferag Photos: wings is the FlyStream The FlyStream precollecting system is configured for 20-in-1 production, and handles the precollecting system, rise in supplement volumes. configured for 20-in-1 production and thus able to handle the rise in supplement volumes. At Nordost-Druck there is a clear focus on making full use of the newly acquired resources by producing magazines and supplements in addition to daily newspapers. The prerequisites have been met through the integration of an SNT-U trimming drum and a StreamStitch inline stitching system into the mailroom line. The resultant expansion of the product spectrum has improved efficiency and market presence and means that almost all demands from the marketplace can be met.

4 RIND Survey January 2013 AT BGP, BICESTER (UK) Within a period of two years, BGP has installed two UniDrum gathering and inserting systems at its heatset facility in Bicester. The second system is a UniDrum 480, which gives the company the flexibility to process A5 products in 2-up as well as tabloid and A4 products, thus helping the company become the cost leader

n 2007, Bicester-based printing firm BGP had brings much lower unit costs at a significantly higher already started a 50 million pounds investment performance. The PreTronic-CV presetting system Iprogramme to steer the company in a whole new plays a really essential part in this respect, reducing direction. For that to happen, the printing capacity set-up times to an absolute minimum. was largely concentrated on Bicester. The popular Due to the rising volume of wire-stitched products, magazine segment in Britain continues to be sound. at peak times the British company was always coming

The larger format of the UniDrum 480 is mainly used by BGP for 2-up production. Although circulations are dropping in this segment, up against the limits to its capacity. With that said, too, the number of actual titles is on the rise. In the and because of its extremely positive experience finishing sector, an increasing number of British with rotary gathering and inserting technology, BGP publishers are choosing the wire-stitching option. placed an order for a further UniDrum from Ferag So BGP restructured its capacity in finishing and in in 2011. In addition to the expansion in capacity, the 2010 installed a UniDrum 350 rotary gathering and company is also benefiting from the larger format inserting system from Ferag. of the UniDrum 480, which in Bicester is mainly Due to its high net output and exceptional called upon for 2-up production, with BGP making production security, the company can offer its full use of its performance potential and reaching a customers more topicality, which is today one of maximum speed of 60000 copies an hour. the market’s central demands. What’s more, day- to-day experience has shown that, compared to linear gatherer-stitchers, the UniDrum installation

6 RIND Survey January 2013 At RZ-DRUCKHAUS, KOBLENZ, GERMANY The Mittelrhein-Verlag has invested 42 million euros in a new printing centre in Koblenz. The new technology will allow the publisher to get even more out of its local news coverage while offering readers and advertising customers topical, high-quality products

ith a circulation of 200000 copies, the StreamStitch stitching system accomplish inline, Rhein-Zeitung is one of Germany’s biggest enabling efficient production.In addition, two Wregional newspapers. The title appears in MultiSertDrum inserting drums and RollStream 15 regional editions throughout the greater Koblenz precollecting systems in Koblenz mean that the basic area and on weekdays reaches 640000 readers. With the two new triple-width Commander CT 6/2 presses from KBA, each hour it’s possible to print 90000 four- colour newspapers of up to 48 pages. In addition to the Rhein-Zeitung, production on the press includes advertising freesheets, supplements and outside jobs, with a weekly print run of some 1.9 million copies. When designing the mailroom, process optimisation, productivity and a reduction in day-to- day costs took pride of place. Here, Ferag’s professionalism has been truly convincing, not only during evaluation of the individual components but also on the overall solution and project management side. To develop the production of semi-commercials, the mailroom’s functionality has also been extended. Accordingly, units for trimming and stitching have been integrated into one of the two Ferag mailroom lines. Products can now be upgraded with a cover and stitched as commercial products – tasks that the SNT-U trimming drum and In the RZ-Druckhaus, products are upgraded on the SNT-U trimming drum.

8 RIND Survey January 2013 requirements for further zoning of the Rhein-Zeitung in the autumn of 2012 By visualising processes with are in place. In all, two preprints and up to six the Navigator, they expect to see ever more complex supplements can be inserted into the Rhein-Zeitung. processes become noticeably easier for staff along In Koblenz, they are very taken with 40000 cph with improved utilisation of resources. net output of the inserting drum. Installation of the Navigator control is planned for the mailroom

AT BADISCHE NEUESTE NACHRICHTEN, GERMANY The Badische Neueste Nachrichten is reaping the benefits of a state-of-the-art mailroom solution and as a result has been able to achieve a clear rise in efficiency and flexibility. Moreover, the technology offers higher production security and transparency across all processes

ith sales of around 130000 copies and As part of the technological realignment, BNN has more than 400000 readers, the Badische also completely re-configured the mailroom. BNN WNeueste Nachrichten (BNN) is one of the has opted for two Ferag mailroom lines, with a 40000- biggest daily newspapers in the state of Baden- generation MSD2-C MultiSertDrum at the centre Württemberg. It is printed on a new Commander of each. Both lines are equipped with a MultiDisc CT press from KBA, which runs at a speed of winding and unwinding system and a DiscPool, as well as a RollStream pre- collecting system with seven hoppers. In the bundling sector, three units incorporating MultiStacker with topsheet production plus corresponding foil-wrapping and strapping machines are in use per line. Control of the mailroom lines is currently handled by LineMaster, with an option to purchase Ferag’s Navigator system control. One line has been upgraded with the StreamStitch inline stitching system and the SNT-U trimming drum. Used in conjunction with zoned inserting, this opens Full advantage can be taken of the RollSertDrum inserting drum’s flexibility thanks to four opening methods up new production potential and the InFix module for gluing. for the company. “In our organisation, we are fully 45000 copies an hour. This latest investment in aware of the advantages that come with a modern printing has led to a considerable reduction in costs. mailroom. We now produce faster – and therefore

“Due to the highly flexible production options, we cheaper, too,” adds Siepmann. < have been able to achieve a much stronger presence in the marketplace,” says BNN technical manager Georg Siepmann.

10 RIND Survey January 2013 Finnish publisher invests 40m euro in new facility Kaleva Oy inaugurated a new printing centre in Oulu, the northernmost major city in the European Union. On 1st November, 250 guests celebrated the startup of a Colorman autoprint from manroland web systems. It was a special day for the Finnish company with more than 500 employees: altogether 40 million euros were invested in the new printing centre where, among other publications, Kaleva, Finland’s fourth-biggest circulation newspaper, is printed on a Colorman autoprint, the largest single investment in the company’s history

ukka Haapalainen, Kaleva’s managing director, emphasises that he will continue to offer his Jcustomers premium quality: “The daily newspaper Kaleva will feature outstanding quality in the future as well. This we promise to our readers and advertisers. I am very grateful to everyone who was involved in this exceptional engineering project – the teams who constructed the printing centre, the manufacturers for delivering the best printing system and the best mailroom system, and all other project participants.” Peter Kuisle, member of the executive board at manroland web systems, says: “We at manroland web systems are very proud to have been a part of this future-oriented project, and wish to express our sincere thanks for the excellent cooperation we enjoyed with the experts at Kaleva.” The Kaleva staff are pleased about the production advantages of the Colorman autoprint and the newly- equipped mailroom. The many different regional newspaper editions can now be produced more efficiently, and inserting supplements and sections in the newspaper after the production run is simplified. Every day, the Colorman autoprint prints 73000 Kaleva copies Photos: manroland systems web in broadsheet format. Six days a week it prints 20000 tabloid copies of Ilta- Sanomat for Northern Finland, as well Kaleva, Finland’s fourth-biggest circulation newspaper, is printed as freesheets and contract printing on a Colorman autoprint in a new printing centre (seen above).

12 RIND Survey January 2013 products in run lengths up to 100000 copies. Print production is now faster and more flexible: whereas the complete run of the 64-page Kaleva previously took three hours, it now takes less than two. Technical director Jukka Hurskainen is particularly impressed by the high degree of automation and the excellent satellite inking unit of the Colorman autoprint: “With its technology, manroland web systems provides us with the highest print quality and also meets our needs for production capacity.” Equipped with APL (AutomaticPlateLoading), robots on the Colorman autoprint load the plates in the plate cylinder. Production stability and quality are ensured by the fully-integrated systems InlineCutoff Control and InlineDampening Control. After a break of more than 100 years, extending back to 1905, Kaleva Oy has once again invested in press technology. The Colorman autoprint has replaced a competitor press 25 years old, and boasts four eight-couple towers in 9-cylinder satellite design, two 2:5:5 folders, and four reel splicers. Aurosys takes care of paper reel logistics. With a cylinder Jukka Haapalainen, Kaleva’s managing director (left) and Mikko Pukkinen, director general of the Confederation of Finnish Industries, seen here at the inauguration ceremony for the new printing centre. autoprint produces up to 90000 copies per hour

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14 RIND Survey January 2013 Adding considerable value, with InkZone Recently, Gutenberg at Schaan (principality of Liechtenstein) partnered with Switzerland-based powerhouses Digital Information and System Brunner to become the world’s first printing company to install the all new InkZone Instrument Flight colour control software at the control centre of its Heidelberg Speedmaster. After the installation, Gutenberg’s productivity has increased exponentially

utenberg Limited at Schaan (principality of Liechtenstein) is a pioneer in the printing industry. Whenever a new product promises to add value and increase productivity, Gthe Gutenberg team is ready to take a step ahead of the curve. Four years ago, the company invested in Digital Information’s InkZone ink-preset and closed loop technology to bring its then six-year legacy Speedmaster SM 74-5-P press up-to-date with the latest technical level of colour control. Equipping its 5-colour press with the fast, motor-driven SpectroDrive scanning measurement tool by Techkon and the InkZone ink-preset and closed-loop software, Gutenberg was able to considerably decrease set-up time and waste production. According to Remi Nescher, Director of Gutenberg Ltd. at Schaan, the gains in quality and the cost reduction witnessed with InkZone were remarkable. Four years later, the sheet-fed, offset press from Heidelberg was still mechanically flawless, but ready for the next step in its evolution to remain competitive with the latest printing technology. When Digital Information

and System Brunner announced their strategic alliance Photos: System Brunner AG and introduced InkZone Instrument Flight, Nescher and Gutenberg production manager Fabio Wellenzohn Managing director Remi Nescher rates knew they were ready to harness the power of the the gains in quality and cost reduction through InkZone Instrument Flight on the world’s leading closed-loop instrumentation with the Speedmaster SM 74-5-P as remarkable. most sophisticated technology in Gray Balance control, standardisation and printing process verification for their Speedmaster SM 74-5-P. The Speedmaster SM 74-5-P became the world’s first Heidelberg printing press to be equipped with the InkZone Instrument Flight solution after a short testing period of just a few months. InkZone ink-preset and closed loop technology remain the framework for the new system. The DI-Plot software transcribes bitmap files generated by the prepress workflow into ink coverage values and feeds them as JDF files to the InkZone Perfect presetting software. The initial key values are then transmitted to the CP2000 control console where they are constantly re-calculated by InkZone Instrument Flight during the print run. From this point, InkZone Loop takes over the operation.

16 RIND Survey January 2013 The process CMYK with their differing tonal values and their Until the installation of InkZone Instrument overprint as halftone dots. The procedure ensures Flight, Gutenberg was conducting colour control that for every adjustment and each ink zone, the best according to the densities in the solids. However, possible setting is found and executed in line with the many of the variables that can affect the quality pressman’s colour perception. of a printed product were being ignored. With InkZone Instrument Flight provides a variety of InkZone Instrument Flight, they are now able to adjustment priorities for differing process balancing take automatically into account an entire range of situations. The pressman can choose them according additional factors, which are essential to maintaining to the printing form. In addition to giving priority stable colour consistency within narrow limits to the gray balance, to ISO 12647-2 (PSO) or to the including: dot gain and mid-tone spread, gray G7 specifications, it is also possible to lay the main balance in the overprint of the three chromatic focus on GCR/Gray Stabilisation — in other words, colours Cyan, Magenta and Yellow (CMY); colour stabilising the image gray balance through achromatic structures — or on optimising the reproduction of printing forms that are dominated by solid areas. Balancing with priority to the solids is useful if the customer requires corporate colours consisting of solids or homogenous technical screens to be precisely maintained — especially in the package printing arena.

How it helps Employing InkZone Instrument Flight technology results in considerable cost savings. Set-up times are reduced, print results remain within closely defined Production manager Fabio Wellenzohn keeps track of all process parameters. By means of the Hexagon diagram he can easily assess gray standards, colour consistency is brought to perfection, and colour balances, solid densities and dot gains for each ink zone. and the solution lends to quick and early problem detection resulting in print run security that no other balance of the primary colours CMY in mid-tones system can match. “As far as set-up times and waste (50 per cent) and solids (100 per cent); trapping of reduction are concerned, we had already achieved the three chromatic colours CMY in the solids (100 substantial improvements four years ago by installing per cent); and colour balance in the solids according InkZone,” says Wellenzohn. “With InkZone to the L*a*b* standard (best match). Instrument Flight, once again, we have been able to The multi-dimensional colour control performed markedly increase the stability of colour control. By by InkZone Instrument Flight handles the full taking into account all of the additional parameters spectrum of process dynamics in offset printing. covered by this new technology, we can now print with The heart of the application is innovative and far less process fluctuations compared with the past, sophisticated software that is the result of more when we could only control the densities. Mastering than thirty years of practical experience. InkZone this process has definitely led to significant growth Instrument Flight maintains control by continually in performance, as well as further cost reductions in taking into account the extent to which the deviation terms of set-up time.” of one parameter influences all of the others. For The increased process stability is also due to example, the tendency towards a drift in the reds can InkZone Instrument Flight’s high degree of user- be compensated for by either reducing the densities friendliness. Across the entire width of the sheet, the in Magenta and Yellow or by increasing the amount pressman can easily judge color control independently of Cyan. But, before InkZone Instrument Flight for each ink zone by checking the Hexagon diagram. implements such a correction, the system considers At a glance, the pressman can see where the values other parameters such as dot gain and color and related to solid densities, dot gain, color balance of gray balances. The analysis encompasses all of the primaries (mid-tones and solids), gray balance the interactions among the four process colours and overprint (trapping) are positioned.

18 RIND Survey January 2013 “For each ink key, the system proposes a setting and indicates through arrow icons if the respective ink keys should be widened or narrowed,” explains Breaking records Wellenzohn, adding, “The five-star system adds tremendous value and lends to the ease of use Gutenberg is a world leader in the book printing for pressmen. The stars represent how well the industry. Demonstrating its commitment to quality, system is adhering to the printing standard. Visual in 2010 two photographic books that were printed assessment boosts printing quality, for it is the goal by Gutenberg were awarded a prize for Liechten- of any professional pressman to achieve the highest stein’s Most Beautiful Books. Gutenberg’s passion possible star rating.” for aesthetics in book production also extends to its printing of postage stamps. They predominantly Process calibration produce commemorative stamps in smaller edi- In order to base the printing process on a known tions and partly in polygonal shape by order of the reference, it is critical that the plate-setter is reliably Post of Liechtenstein, Swiss Post, as well as some calibrated. Gutenberg uses Plate Checker from other European System Brunner’s Print Expert Suite. By means of postal enterprises. a scanning measurement instrument, the software For perforating the can capture 20 tonal values of the Plate Zebrastrip stamp sheets, Guten- in just one go. The measurements can then be berg invested in a compared with the stored reference curves and specialised punching the results can be represented as an Isocontour machine. diagram. In August 2012, Complementing their plate outputting with Plate Gutenberg and Phi- Checker, Gutenberg also works with PrintCurve lately Lichtenstein By producing a commemorative Checker for long-term quality maintenance of joined together to stamp in just 57 minutes and the printing process (control of the characteristic set a Guinness World 50 seconds, Gutenberg and Record. In celebra- Philately Lichtenstein achieved curves). The identical instrument for plate an entry in the Guinness Book calibration is used for measuring. In just one scan tion of the 100-year of Records. Tanja Vetsch of PrintCurve Checker detects four tonal value curves jubilee of the Prin- Gutenberg proudly presents the (CMYK), each representing 20 screen densities. The cipality of Liechten- certificate. internal interface that connects PrintCurve Checker stein’s first postal stamp edition, a commemora- with Plate Checker allows for the adjustment of tive stamp was produced. The entire operation the calibration curves of the plate-setter’s RIP. was completed in just 57 minutes and 50 seconds, “The Print Expert Suite’s software tools assist us beginning with the announcement of the motif in keeping the production process under control which was chosen from three proposed designs system-wide,” says Nescher. and ending with the purchase of the first stamp by Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of the Guinness Book Cost-effective of World Records, at LIBA 2012 at Schaan, the spe- The value of InkZone Instrument Flight at Guten- cial stamp exhibition held to celebrate the 100-year berg extends beyond the technical improvement of anniversary. the printing process. InkZone Instrument Flight is “The prior world record for Fastest Printing of a credited with improving internal communication Postage Stamp was held by Austria with a time of between departments. According to Wellenzohn, 1 hour and 25 minutes. With InkZone Instrument “The system lets us indicate precisely where pos- Flight in our corner, we were able to blow that re- sible deviations reside. According to the measuring cord out of the water and to secure a place in this

results, we can analyse in great detail to what extent year’s Guinness Book of World Records,” Remi Ne- the print result remains within defined tolerances scher says. < and correspondingly where we should interfere be-

fore a problem arises. That is where we can also save time and costs. ” <

20 RIND Survey January 2013 What is a newspaper?

ndeed, what is a newspaper? That’s easy; the answer is built into the word. It’s a paper – and, by extension, a publication – that carries news. But, then, what is ‘news’? Everyone Iwho has done a course in Journalism would have had more than a full dose of hoary explanations of what constitutes ‘news’. Like `dog bites man is not news but when man bites dog it is’. Or, ‘information that comes from all directions, North, East, West and South’. Or, ‘information that is new’. Or, ‘information that will interest the largest number of readers who themselves may have a wide variety of interests’. Are our newspapers today living S. Muthiah up to these expectations? To a great extent, they feel they are, and rising circulations and readership would appear to indicate that they are. But those who’ve long been addicted to newspapers wonder whether they as readers are getting really what they want. There’s a whole heap of them completely put off by these full page advertisements in colour that completely envelope the newspaper and diminish the importance of Page 1 – and the last news page to which many turn to first. It is not that there have not been newspapers in the past whose front page were all advertising. Whether it was The Times, London, or The Hindu, Madras, their front pages were taken over entirely by advertising. But there’s a difference. Today’s advertisers who want the front page are selling products that only a small percentage of the readership can afford. Yesterday’s front pages mainly comprised personalised advertising – the ‘classifieds’ – in such great variety that almost every reader was sure to find an advertisement or two offering something that would interest him or her. In fact, many saw these ‘smalls’ – as some called them – as ‘news’, offering fresh information on a host of available and affordable items or activities. When such front pages were done away with, Page One was meant to be for all the main news of the day (in reality, the previous day), with some newspapers adding their own voice, the editorial, to it. Page One became the sales pitch of the newspaper and – particularly in the case of street sales – what attracted the reader to the publication. The full-page Page One ads have certainly diminished the value of Page One news – and in the eyes of many, the quality and purpose (The writer has been in journalism for of the newspaper. Instead of enlightening readers – which is what newspapers are meant to more than 60 years. do – they have become vehicles that create aspirations; instead of focussing on needs, they He is editor, Madras have begun to encourage wants, is the view of many a disappointed, usually an ‘old school’, Musings, author, and a columnist for reader. The Hindu. He has To counter this there came from the 1990s the Samir Jain school of journalism that taught journalism has made The Times of India the leading English language newspaper in the world. He and print production introduced the concept of marketing a newspaper as a commodity. But for a commodity at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, to be successfully marketed, the product has to meet the test of quality. And the quality Anna University standards he has set are based on what he thinks the reader wants and not what intellectual and the University editors sitting in ivory towers think the buyers of their papers should read! of Madras. He helped found India’s Forget the host of supplements his newspapers today bring out. Forget Page 3 journalism first degree course in (which, mercifully, has not sunk to the ‘tits and bums’ journalism of the British tabloids that printing technology at first introduced the page). Forget the focus on design and colour. Forget all the space being Anna University in 1980. He has been offered to organisation, products and events, either unpaid or paid for as advertorials or an office bearer of whatever else they are described as. Almost everyone seems to be doing it to some degree or the Madras Printers’ other these days. But in his case, besides all these, all he did was what classes in journalism and Lithographers’ have long taught but found the practitioners of profession seldom following, particularly Association, and the All Indian Federation the higher they get and begin believing they are the kingmakers or opinion-creators. And of Master Printers.) that was:

22 RIND Survey January 2013 No news interests everybody (unless it’s a with clarity, write so that the language used will sensational event), so the newspaper should offer reach the lowest common denominator of your the widest range of news, providing something for readership. There’s a sports reporter I’m often every class of its reader. That’s an impossible task, forced to read because he goes beyond the world but by writing brief or tighter editing many more of cricket and he uses almost every multi-syllable stories could be fitted in, giving the opportunity for word he has come across, often incorrectly. And greater variety for a wider audience. On the morning there are book and film critics and others of their just before I sat down to write this piece, I read a ilk – not to mention editorial writers – who appear to be writing not only just for themselves but also, it would seem, to make what they are writing about become flops. Displays of erudition and perceived superiority, not attempts at enlightenment are what this writing is all about. Much of this happens in news writing too, especially in bylined stories given unnecessary spreads. And a third early lesson is that readers are far more interested in their immediate area than in the nation, leave alone the world at large. Acres of space are given to Bihar, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and other States whereas the concerns of the State of publication, let’s say, Tamil Nadu, are given the go by. A few soft stories on the State, it is often felt, would more than suffice while scores Mastheads of some of the popular newspapers in Chennai. of stories of inaction that affect the average reader are ignored. Forget being a ‘national’ newspaper, column-long story of 16 paragraphs. nly the first be a local one, where your readers are, first! seven paragraphs had anything new to say, the rest These are just three of the early lessons taught in were all background about the Italian marines case journalism classes round the world on what make a that had been repeated ad nauseam over the previous good newspaper. In reality, most newspaper editors few days and during earlier reports. And, just for the have forgotten these lessons and even after Samir record, those seven paras could have been edited to Jain came along and reminded them of the way to five without anything, including background, being go to make newspapers more meaningful – and lost, making room for two more stories! If only there profitable – the trend continues. Mercifully, the was tighter editing! There’s no dearth of stories, but local language papers have long thought differently, editing is a lost art. though, unfortunately, a couple of the big boys Another recent example on the failure of many have now begun to follow the traditional English a newspaper to reach out to as many interests as language newspaper route in India, thinking it will possible was a paper spending much of two pages gain them greater respectability with the powers- on a recent India-England T20 tamasha, but on the that-be. A newspaper has to decide whether it same day giving two paras and on the next four paras wants to serve a wide readership or be read by an to India’s hockey team winning two matches in the elite few who stroll in the corridors of power in Asian championships. Surely there are readers who the country. Too many, sadly, think the second see a world of sport beyond cricket, who still see way. Worse, readers targeted by both types of hockey as India’s national game. What all this ads newspapers are losing their way through all the

ups is that more stories spread over a wider range of advertising which now begins even before the interests is what a newspaper should carry every day news. < – the Samir Jain way – if it is to be worthy of being called a newspaper A second early lesson taught in Journalism classes – and by Samir Jain too – is to write simply and

January 2013 RIND Survey 23 TRENDS TO WATCH OUT FOR ‘If readers don’t trust us, we don’t have a chance’ At the Newsroom Summit at the WAN-IFRA Conference 2012 in Pune, Eric Bjerager, president, World Editors Forum, Denmark, spoke about 17 trends to watch out for in journalism. While stressing that the forum aimed to work for press freedom, editorial excellence and quality journalism, he quoted Mahatma Gandhi: man should understand the dignity of labour, and his work should be such that it advances interest in the community to which he belongs. “This is the heart of our profession,” Bjerager said. Sashi Nair highlights the main points of his speech

jerager’s 17 top trends that could apply to most newspaper businesses: 1. Newsrooms are increasingly outsourced. This includes editorial functions Bconsidered journalism’s core. Australia’s Fairfax has moved subbing operations to New Zealand, as has several British newspapers (to Australia). Editors are looking for faster and flexible freelancers, journalists are finding it more effective to work in teams and make concerted efforts. 2. Two-speed journalism is now a reality. Yes, social networks matter; to be first is no longer as important as to be relevant. 3. Long-form journalism is now on the rise. It is making a comeback (the success of The Caravan is an example in India) and people are using iPads and mobile phones to access long-form journalism. 4. Newsrooms come in many organisational models. The change has been faster in the past ten years than the previous 90 years combined. Keeping up with the pace of change is a huge challenge for editors all over the world. Newsrooms are organised in a variety of ways, there is no one single form as such. Erik Bjerager addressing the audience. The creators report stories, the curators select, decide and produce the stories for every platform, and the team ensures that news reaches as many people as possible via social media. The challenge is to get readers interested in stories. 5. Breaking news is digital. News lives on the Internet, on Twitter, on Facebook; breaking news on Twitter is faster than what radio or television can do. It makes the TV station look

24 RIND Survey January 2013 antiquated, but yes, speed prevails over accuracy. journalism. Indeed, the classic newspaper struggles 6. Data journalism is accepted as a discipline. for advertising. People are increasingly getting interested in analysing 17. Ethics is all about going back to the data. basics. We must ensure readers trust us, we live 7. Infographics dominate the web. From pictures on trust, this is our main asset, if our readers don’t to maps and illustrations, there’s an explosion of trust us we don’t have a chance to survive. We must

infographics on the web and that is driving the constantly remind ourselves that getting the story change in newspapers right is important < 8. Barriers between print and broadcast are shrinking. Multimedia journalism is becoming the rule. However, it remains to be seen whether videos produced by newspapers and print journalists will DirectSmile presents dominate the living rooms in the future. 9. Video is becoming a social affair. High-quality real-time video videos, live streaming of debates are attracting more people online. They are invited to give comments, personalisation expert comments are also invited via Skype, live, and DirectSmile, a leading supplier for cross media thus, there is great interactivity. marketing software, and the inventor of image 10. There is more momentum from mobile. You personalisation, presents a ground-breaking can reach your audiences no matter where they are. The challenge is of course to make the investment in the mobile platform viable. 11. Social media enriches journalism. But there are many questions such as should the reporter use social media merely as a tool for research. And there are no easy answers. 12. Social media talent will invigorate our editorial staff. A new team (breed) of reporters and editors are entering our newsrooms, using Twitter and Facebook. It helps you know where to move. 13. Digital training is a necessity. Digital journalism is constantly developing; tools and methods are changing every day. Today’s reporters have only a fraction of the skills needed to survive in the modern newsroom. Digital storytelling is a must DirectSmile's new real-time video personalisation functionality will be available as a component of to survive in the long-run. DirectSmile Integration Server Version 5.1 from Q1 2013. 14. Reporters are better curators than bloggers or aggregators. As the world gets bigger, people new functionality for its server products need more curation (selecting and summarising - personalisation of moving images in real- content, adding value). Newspaper reporters are time. Enabled by the outstanding rendering good curators, they have professional insight and performance of DirectSmile's Server solutions, access to the right sources. We need curation to be highly impressive image personalised videos can aggregators. now be generated within seconds. For example, 15. Journalism must be found. Headlines and a movie comprising 135 single images can be lead paragraphs must be optimised for search engines. generated in less than 5 seconds on just one Finding a relevant article has become as important as single server. Personalised videos generated

writing a story. with DirectSmile can be simply integrated in any 16. All-round newspapers are challenged website and into Cross Media campaigns. < online by big tabloids. The Daily Mail has become the most visited news site; it focuses on tabloid

January 2013 RIND Survey 25 PRODUCTIVITY/ REDUCING PRODUCTION COST Factors that lead to successful automation With increasing competition from within the fraternity (print) as well as from the media outside, ‘productivity’ has become a sort of ‘survival need’ in the print publishing business. Creating excellence in operations, therefore, is no longer a ‘luxury’. Excellence can never be achieved by a stroke of luck, such as winning a one-time award. Both, however, have no effect on a company’s balance sheet. Sustainable improvements in operations need Snehasis C. Roy more than a few bravehearts and, of course, a lot of planning and a series of executions. The small cycles of execution become part of an operations manager's existence and, as a result, he or she evolves and assumes a much higher role in the overall business

xcellence in operations is most easily achieved as a result of a very thoughtful automation process. This is critical as return on investment (ROI) must always Ebe achieved at less than half the life cycle of the technology investment. Today's performance benchmarks are all global. You can only claim to have achieved excellence by matching and improving global targets. Newsprint wastage at 2 per cent was a dream achievement a few years ago. Today, a 1.6 per cent wastage bar may be the goal for an excellent few, and they are going for it. Machine downtime of 15 minutes per folder/night was considered excellent a few years ago. Today, some companies are gunning for 6 minutes per folder/night. Productivity at 90 per cent of machine speed was thught very good last year; 94 per cent may become the acceptable target this year. So, there is virtually no end to operational excellence. Thoughtful and relevant automation brings the following seven improvements: • Reduction of bottlenecks • Gain time advantage vs competition • Capacity maximisation • Wastage reduction • Manpower optimisation • Productivity improvement • Consistent output - quality improvement

Automation, therefore, directly optimises the production ‘cost per broadsheet’ by improving all seven factors. This in turn leads to a culture of sustainable excellence. A combination of few critical levers can ensure that any expense incurred towards automation are well returned. Four significant levers are: • Recommendation and execution from a capable technical team • Criticality in area of operations (The writer is associate vice president, Technical, • Demand forecast ABP, Kolkata.) • Return on investment

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Technical team: We need more than a few brave Direct and immediate ROI captains. The team’s basic qualification, collective Example 1. Ink optimisation: This is my personal professional experience, self-confidence, etc must favorite as the investment cost is very low and it is be coupled with long-term commitment. The usually recovered in a very short period of time. For investment may not even get approved by authorities details of three types of technologies here, you may if there is doubt in commitment. The team has to refer to my earlier articles in this publication. take ownership of the project for its entire life. Operational criticality: With economy of scale Example 2. Soft-proofing: Direct costs on hard and productivity improvement, populous metros copy inkjet proofs for a lifetime can be saved. Both have seen many centralised high-volume printing cost and time savings are further coupled with ease of facilities come up in recent years. They are potential accessing each page while working on ink adjustment. high-risk operations as failure will directly affect The technology, circulation of major editions and result in huge however, is revenue loss as well as loss of face as far as readers quite expensive are concerned. Automation becomes relevant as the resolution because the need of the day is high reliability. and quality Higher the machine speed, greater the need for of display online monitoring, quick start-up and closed loop require top- control. This is fertile ground for automation. end monitors Demand forecast: The presence of competition and CPUs. in a given market is a definite indicator of demand. Coupled with

However, that alone does not justify investment auto calibration Photos: SR in automation. Every automation project has a and availability payback period. The as part of Soft-proofing. revenue potential in the Machine the market for medium Control System software, the cost can go through the to long-term should be roof. You must plan a system here after calculating more than the payback the actual savings on materials and printers. period for automation. Growth forecast from ROI on retrofits reliable source can also Example 1. Auto blanket wash: It is again a huge positively influence cost saver in terms of materials, time and manpower automation decisions. optimisation. A typical 16-tower double-width double- Newer metros with an circumference machine will optimise the work of 20 Demand forecast. urban migration trend cleaning staff and reduce 70 per cent on solvents may qualify to be a safe destination for automation investment.

Types of automation investment and ROI: As mentioned before, the preferred ROI on automation is at half the project life. The types of automation investment can be classified into three broad categories: • Direct process related automation Retrofit• • Services Auto blanket wash. Here are examples of process automation that have fast and direct ROI, and some others that have required for wash by hand. It is cheaper, greener, a longer wait for ROI but ‘revolutionary hygiene cleaner and faster for critical edition changeovers. value’.

28 RIND Survey January 2013 Example 2. High-speed variable data imaging: newsprint wastage, and saves millions of rupees on It has a longer wait for ROI but revolutionary hygiene power cost a year. value. You are actually adding the huge possibility of Then ‘cost per broadsheet’, therefore, lies between variable imaging on the fly. If marketed with vigour, 28 and 30 paise (excluding newsprint) for a well- this can be the differentiator among competition optimised high-speed printing plant. For a low- you are looking for. speed and manual operations intensive plant, the same cost per broadsheet will run between 52 and 55 Example 3. Mailroom inserters: It increases paise (excluding newsprint). Other than automation, the capability to produce all inclusive publications better economy of scale is also responsible for the

that are immune to the impulsive behaviour of the large difference in production cost. < distribution trade. It may be a direct requirement in a labour-sensitive state if your press is not capable of producing multiple sections at one go. Prabhat Khabar on CSR ROI on services automation Example 1. Dynamic UPS: In an energy- role in Jharkhand conclave starved country like India, diesel generators act as the backup power source in most of our printing Prabhat Khabar recently organised the Jharkhand plants. Government regulations and land prices are CSR Conclave, where experts discussed how forcing new projects further into greenfield areas corporate social responsibility can help bring about where state electricity boards are the most inefficient. sustainable economic development. The Conclave Both quality and availability of power are highly also highlighted the contributions of the corporate unreliable at such greenfield sites. We end up using sector in the area of CSR. Asking companies to give people and profits equal weight for industrial peace, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda reminded the power gathering of corporate veterans and academics of the snake that sucked the mother’s milk and stuck its tail in her own infant’s mouth in a strong hint that CSR benefits often didn’t reach the target group. Subjecting CSR to a witty censure, IIM-Ranchi director, M.J. Xavier, narrated the story of a greedy man, who promised he would sell his goat and offer the money to God if his ailing son recovered. "When the boy got well, the man sold the goat at Rs 50 and gave the full amount to God. But he Newsprint wastage. had set a condition for the buyer. He sold the goat generator sets with a unit of power produced at for Rs 50 and the rope for Rs 950. Of course, he three times the cost of that produced by the state kept the far bigger amount for himself,” Xavier electricity board. The savings possibility if the said, suggesting that many entrepreneurs try to generator can be switched on and turned off just legitimise their ploy of not sharing profits.

Both Munda and Xavier felt that the status of CSR for the time the power goes out can be imagined. < All of the above and many more are the in Jharkhand was far from satisfactory. possibilities of optimisation and reduction of cost due to automation, once the ROI timeline is over. A typical optimised large press operation runs at 92 per cent-plus productivity, less than 2 per cent

30 RIND Survey January 2013 LET’S PRINT GREEN Yes, we do need to care about the future When someone mentions the printing industry to you, does it bring to mind images of emissions of greenhouse gases, massive paper waste and consumption of huge amounts of energy? The printing industry seems to be going green across continents and printing material manufacturers are adopting modern technologies in ink and substrata to make an environment-friendly impact. We have to print keeping the environment in mind. What this means is, we need to take responsibility for conserving Manoj Mathew the environment

he printing industry is going green – gradually – and this is the future, though it is important to find a balance between cost and environment. The printing industry Tencompasses analog as well as digital printing, and caters to volume and premium markets. Though the volume market is still not very environment-conscious, the premium

The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it: Barry Commoner (leading American environmentalist).

market is more into the green aspect, every step of the way. Today, there is a great pressure exerted by them on the industry to go green. Our country is many years behind the US and European Union countries in adopting the new trends in printing. However, during the past five years, awareness has improved on the aspect of environment-friendly concepts. Yet, only few newspaper printing houses and commercial printing industries in India are serious about (The writer is assistant moving towards green. general manager- In the current economic scenario, companies that advertise products and services should Technical, Corporate have one sharp message and one voice. Surely, there will be a part of the market that will Production, The New give importance to environment-friendly usages. For instance, HP was relatively new in the Indian Express, Chennai.) environment-friendly printing segment. It entered this field ten years ago and had jumped

32 RIND Survey January 2013 three generations. It has moved from solvent to or soya bean-based inks instead of petroleum- water-based inks now. based inks, for instance. Printing presses, no Today, we talk of nanotechnology by using nano matter the kind of technology, consume large inks for digital sheetfed printing; it received wide amounts of energy and water. But manufacturers coverage at drupa 2012, thanks to Benny Landa. of printing presses today are developing innovative The process uses tiny pigment water-based particles technologies to reduce energy levels and water by that are only tens of nanometers in size (a human eliminating the conventional dampening system hair is about 100000 nanometers wide) and can print and introducing spray dampening. Some printers on almost any material. The printing breakthrough prefer waterless printing processes. Use of enables printing presses to achieve amazing results. renewable energy sources such as wind or solar The process is eco-friendly and energy-efficient and to meet electricity needs also takes you towards a it can produce the lowest cost-per-page digital images. greener environment. Using chemical-free plates The Railways, for example, is striving to promote a or Vio-green plates adds to green environment greener environment by encouraging passengers to effort. save the tickets details on mobile phones instead of Another common deterrent is the misconception printing it out on paper. that printing green is always more expensive than By printing with environment-friendly equipment using traditional printing methods. This isn't and material, companies are promoting and always the case. Vegetable-based inks are often advertising products in a different way – helping the competitively priced against pertoleum-based inks; environment by adopting green practices. carbon-neutral printing is no more expensive than Such development must be measured in terms traditional methods; and many a recycled paper is beyond money, in terms of the ability to disseminate in fact less expensive than virgin paper. Keep in information, knowledge and ideas. It may arguably mind, too, that as more organisations like to invest be the single-most significant driver that has in eco-friendly options, the price will eventually facilitated the evolution of thinking and innovation decrease. It is cost-efficient to make recycled paper from the dark ages to the digital age, which works as it requires less energy than virgin. The more out to less than ten average lifetimes. Strange though we request for materials inclined towards green, it may seem, the practices and processes used by the eventually all manufacturers will start supplying printing industry over decades, even centuries, that such materials at lesser cost. have affected the planet and all life on it are now Printers pollute, and pollute badly. Why should being closely examined. Logically, what follows such this be OK? The printing industry is the single an examination is, at the very least, the identification largest air polluter and the third-largest consumer of the most sustainable traditional practice(s) and of fossil fuels in the world after automobiles and at best the development of entirely new paradigms. steel manufacturing. On a typical day, printers use Such an examination is indeed taking place and, trillions of gallons of water that must be treated consequently, many elements of the printing process for its toxic chemical content and released back have been modified to become greener and more into our waterways. The petroleum-based inks can sustainable. cause lasting damage to the environment, leaching When recycled paper first came to the market, it was volatile organic compounds — into the ground, rather brownish. Today, it is almost indistinguishable contaminating soil, groundwater, and, upon from virgin-fibre paper. If two pieces of paper — one evaporation, the air causing serious health hazards. recycled and the other virgin-fibre — is kept side by By printing green, we are sending a powerful side, you cannot really tell the difference. Printing on reminder to our audience that we care about what's both forms of paper comes out fine and sometimes to come. Environmental degradation has a wide- even better with recycled paper. However, the myth reaching impact, from poverty and disease to war still persists that recycled paper contain seeds that and famine. By pursuing green printing practices,

are brown and are of lower quality. This is simply we are in a sense embracing all good causes — not untrue. the least of all, our very own. < In the printing industry, you have many options to make a green environment. Use of vegetable-based

January 2013 RIND Survey 33 INTEGRATED INKJET Benefits for publishers, readers, advertisers Money and giveaways in newspapers? Tempting prospects for just about every reader. Integrated Inkjet applications have become increasingly popular thanks to attractive lotteries and other competitions. Nevertheless, inkjet newspaper imprinting offers even more exciting facets and applications

012 was a good year for inkjet imprinting in newspapers. Lotteries in the German daily BILD brought the application to a broad readership in Germany for the first time. Now, 2interest is growing across the European continent. At an event in late 2012 at the Ahrensburg printing site, the world’s first pilot installation of Integrated Inkjet, 70 newspaper experts from 10 countries received a closer glimpse at the application. In Ahrensburg, Axel Springer equipped two of its six Colorman newspaper rotary presses with an inkjet imprint system from Kodak for variable data printing. Two additional Photos: manroland systems web installations are in operation at the Spandau printing facility on the Integrated Inkjet: for all the best venues. outskirts of Berlin, Germany. The Colorman system printed an international newspaper edition with inkjet imprints of varying images and raffle numbers for the visitors. During the event, topics such as the addition of other variable information to static newspaper content were also addressed. Variable QR codes, graphics, and text information offer target group-specific advertising, the latest news, a platform for cross-media marketing campaigns, and logistical support. With variable number codes, Integrated Inkjet is the ideal solution for lotteries with unique ticket numbers. The Hamburg regional edition of the BILD ran its Cash Million campaign for six weeks starting in April 2012. The technology behind the lottery tickets convinced the printing house: instead of using supplements, the individual tickets could be imprinted in the newspaper using the inkjet system. With Integrated Inkjet, advertisers can create customised, hyperlocal ads. A bakery chain can use the same motif to advertise its pretzels in store A and its farmers bread in store B;

34 RIND Survey January 2013 the prices and store addresses are adapted based on can receive route maps, information on lotteries, the location. As with commercial advertising, inkjet product descriptions, or videos with just a click on imprints are also ideal for local events and their their mobile phone. Imprinted barcodes support locations, for example concert or theater tours. Inkjet the logistical organization of printed products. The barcode makes it easier to plan the distribution and truck shipments, and record returns. Sequential recording processes become more efficient; human error in manual data entry is eliminated. Integrated Inkjet can be retrofitted in all newspaper printing systems. At the Ahrensburg printing company, the Prosper S30 inkjet imprint system from Kodak, with a working width of 105.6 millimeters and 600x200 dpi print resolution, was installed as auxiliary equipment in the superstructure of the Colorman. This allows the inkjet system to print on different ribbons depending on the web

lead – at a full production speed of up to 15 meters Thanks to inkjet imprinting, variable newspaper ads make their way to per second. < just the right audiences.

barcodes convey additional tailor-made content. By linking print and Internet documents, readers

SOLNA C96D WEB OFFSET PRESS FOR SALE  1994, 4 colour, 630 cutoff, max web width 965 mm;  Folder upto 32 pages;  Max speed 30000 iph;  Remote control ink fountain;  Gas / hot air dryer MEG Sigma 5.5 mtr;  Chill roll stand with 4 chill rolls;  Butler 2000 splicer; Can be inspected in running condition at Kalki Press, Ekkattuthangal, Chennai after fixing date and time on January 2013 Survey 35 mobile 89395RIND 16353; [email protected] KBA looks ahead, moves with the times In Autumn 2013, Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) will integrate its plant in Trennfeld, which was founded in 1964, into its main plant in Würzburg. The world’s second-largest printing press manufacturer is thus pushing ahead, actively tackling the challenges caused by rivalling online media, structural changes in the printing industry and enormous leaps in productivity of new machinery in the significantly smaller global market for web offset presses. The decision was announced by KBA CEO and president Claus Bolza-Schünemann at an employee meeting in Trennfeld on 4 December

t Trennfeld, some 220 skilled staff currently assembles printing units and superstructures for commercial and newspaper presses. With a high global market Ashare of 40 per cent for newspaper presses, KBA plays a leading international role and as part of the relocation, the highly-qualified assembly specialists in Trennfeld will be offered new positions in the main plant in Würzburg, only 25 km (16 miles) away. KBA recognised the market slump early and over the past years it has carried out a raft of measures to adjust Photo: KBA

Founded in 1964, the KBA production facility in Trennfeld (Main-Spessart District) is only 25 km away from the main plant in Würzburg.

capacity and realign its production plants for sheetfed and web presses. This has also involved a significant reduction in personnel and the splitting of the plant in Frankenthal into two

36 RIND Survey January 2013 limited companies last year and opening them up to which has shrunk by more than half since 2007. So, external contractors. earnings in the division have been accordingly low. The foundry and other manufacturing cells at the With no expectations of sustainable market plant in Würzburg are being increasingly used for recovery of any magnitude, KBA is anticipating supplies to the sheetfed offset plant in Radebeul near a smaller volume for new web press sales over Dresden. In addition production of a new series of the next three years. The current plants are still presses for printing bank notes has been transferred too big. CEO Claus Bolza-Schünemann says: from the subsidiary KBA-Mödling AG in Austria to “The decision made by the management and the the main plant in Würzburg. supervisory board to integrate the Trennfeld plant Thanks to its unique broad product portfolio was not an easy one. From an economical point of targeting different print sectors and the realignment view, keeping two only partly utilised plants open of its plants initiated three years ago, the KBA does not make sense. Our web business can only group has been the only major press manufacturer look positively into the future when all employees, to remain in the black since 2009. Pre-tax earnings space and equipment available are fully utilised. As of €12.5m at the end of the third quarter were a result of the relocation and the closer proximity also positive. KBA’s strong position in non-media to construction and manufacturing activities it dependant markets such as packaging and securities brings with it, we expect simplified processes is a big advantage compared to the main competitors. and considerable savings.” On completion of the

However, the traditional core business in web presses relocation, the plant in Trennfeld will be closed at for commercial and newspaper printing is suffering the end of 2013. < from supplier over-capacity for a global market

January 2013 RIND Survey 37 European Newspaper Awards for De Tijd and Trouw

e Tijd financial daily has been crowned European Newspaper of the Year by the judges of the 14th European Newspaper Awards. It is printed on a compact KBA Cortina web press by Belgian Dprinting house EPC. There were two winners in the category ‘national newspaper’. The main prize was also awarded to the Dutch newspaper Trouw for its high-quality weekend supplements in magazine format also produced in waterless offset at EPC in Lokeren, Belgium. Conception and the visual appearance of the printed products are a focus of the European Newspaper Awards. It aims at facilitating the sharing of information about the conception and design of newspapers throughout Europe. Wim Maes, director of Eco Print Cent (EPC) in Lokeren says: “It is a great honour for our printing house that not one but two of the printed products we produce won the main prize at the largest newspaper awards in Europe. Waterless coldset printing on the KBA Cortina is the ideal solution forhigh print quality, economic viability and sustainability necessary in today’s world. Moreover, the KBA Cortina with its unique capability to print without ink changes in coldset and heatset, paves the way for new business opportunities and ensures a Belgian financial dailyDe Tijd and Dutch tabloid higher level of utilisation.” Trouw are proud winners in joint first place in With its headquarters in Brussels, the modern and reader- the national newspaper category at the 14th friendly financial daily, De Tijd, is published in Flemish. The European Newspaper Awards newspaper was successfully re-launched in March 2012 with a switch from Nordic to Berliner format. It has since then been produced at EPC in Lokeren. Circulation has risen from 36000 in 2010 to 39000 copies in 2012. The judges described the paper as “particularly innovative” saying: “De Tijd uses visual storytelling-telling stories with visual tools- and, along with its headlines and texts, creates a unique information sphere.” The Dutch tabloid Trouw has a circulation of 105000 copies and headquarters in Amsterdam. Along with the classic sections devoted to national news, the newspaper has many stitched supplements. In 2012, two further magazine-like inserts were developed, which are printed by EPC in Lokeren: letter & geest (letter and mind) with the subheading ‘for readers and thinkers’ and tijd (time) which looks at everyday topics in greater depth. The judges said: “Trouw uses this concept to expand the range of daily newspapers away from simply representing daily news towards a more intellectual audience. It creates a kind of daily weekly-newspaper.” A total of 232 newspapers from 25 countries The KBA Cortina waterless offset press in action at EPC in Lokeren, took part in the competition. There were eleven Belgium, delivers outstanding quality combined with a high level judges, among them journalists, scientists and of efficiency, flexibility and sustainability. designers from eight countries. The award ceremony will take place during the “European Newspaper Congress 2013” on 6 - 7 May 2013 in Vienna.

It is organised by the newspaper designer Norbert Küpper as well as the people behind the journalist magazines Medium Magazine, Austrian Journalist and Swiss Journalist. <

38 RIND Survey January 2013 Stepping up speed, quality for online print

An eight-colour Rapida 106 in a configuration for 4-over-4 perfecting was taken into production at DCT in Coburg, Germany, just a few weeks ago. “This press gives us an unbeatable capacity,” says delighted managing director Peter Pratsch. After all, the newly installed medium-format press also cruises along at speeds up to 15000 sph in perfecting mode

he capacity expansion was an urgently necessary step for DCT after a period of extremely dynamic growth. Peter Pratsch founded the company, Druck und Copy- TTeam, in 1983 – as a one-man business. The initial intention was to finance his recently commenced studies, but the first humble copy shop – at the time the only one in Photo: KBA

Like all the other presses, the Rapida 106 is integrated into a fully automatic ink supply system.

Coburg – has in the meantime evolved into a respectable-sized print company with 110 employees and an annual paper consumption of 5000 tonnes. Today, five sheetfed-offset presses run in three shifts: Two five-colour medium-format models, one of which is a coater press, a four-colour half-format press likewise with coating, the new Rapida 106 and a Genius 52UV. This already impressive line-up is complemented by a diversity of digital machines (both at the original copy shop in the centre of Coburg and in an industrial

January 2013 RIND Survey 39 print centre in Coburg-Scheuerfeld), as well as sheet. A tag inserter separates the rejects from the various platen die-cutters, folders, gatherer-stitchers, good sheets in the pile. Further automation features, trimming machines, perfect binders, stitchers and a such as Plate Ident for automatic plate detection packaging line. and pre-registration, or ACR-Control for colour register adjustment, serve to reduce make-ready and A whole logistics enterprise production waste. The quality control systems bring The fact that DCT is increasing its capacity and the press into colour after just 50 to 60 sheets. The celebrating above-average growth when many run lengths range from 250 to 500000 sheets. others in the branch are bemoaning drops in orders is not least attributable to the concept implemented Ecology counts by Peter Pratsch. He has his very own perception Pratsch nevertheless keeps a firm eye on the of industrial print production: “DCT is not just environment. And that does not mean simply reducing a printer, but rather a whole logistics enterprise. production waste to a minimum. A heat recovery Unprinted paper is transformed into a multitude system permits the otherwise unwanted heat from of printed and finished products, which are then the presses to be used for room and water heating. distributed throughout Germany.” Around 70 per Further energy is supplied by an array of solar panels. cent of the company's business is for web print Together, these measures save 15000 litres of heating portals, with the remaining 30 per cent accounted oil per year. All purchased electricity, furthermore, is for by direct work for local and regional customers. obtained exclusively from renewable sources. At the DCT is also structured accordingly. Seven staff same time, energy efficiency is a prime criterion in in the IT department program the interfaces all equipment investment decisions, and interested

to the print portals and establish the necessary customers are offered the option of carbon-neutral prerequisites for fast and reliable order processing. printing (natureOffice). < Besides guaranteeing flawless quality, it is here important to maintain a clear overview, to ensure that all incoming orders can be handled correctly and delivered on time. DCT remains anonymous as far as the final customer is concerned, but is all the more visible as a partner for the individual portal operator. Despite the wide spectrum of printed products offered, which goes far beyond the scope of a classic commercial printer, it is still deemed imperative to cater for specific customer wishes – whether that means UV coating or embossing, perforating or numbering. And a broad base is certainly required to be able to offer everything from printed T-shirts and flags, to plastic products and special applications combining conventional and UV offset. Pratsch began to take a closer look at the larger sheetfed offset presses from KBA after purchasing a Genius 52UV from KBA-MePrint. He was soon captivated by the efficient output and high level of automation on the Rapida 106, for example by the simultaneous plate changing, the integrated measurement and quality control systems, and the minimal waste during both make-ready and production. KBA QualiTronic Professional provides for inline quality monitoring on both sides of the

40 RIND Survey January 2013 A special12 resource feature WEBLINE SPECIAL REPORT N°3 • VAPoN VAPoN Printing dimensions

COLDSET Heatset, Ultra Violet (UV) and Electron Beam (EB) are all mature ink drying technologies used by different segments of the printing and packaging industry. Until recently, only coldset and heatset have been widely used in newspaper applications but recently UV has been installed on some newspaper presses. Digital has established itself as a production system for very short newspaper print runs using both toner and inkjet technologies. Another application is to integrate inkjet into conventional coldset presses to allow variable copy-to-copy image changes without stopping the press.

HEATSET Paper-ink-drying systems Printing qualities are determined by the interaction of three critical elements — the paper grade, the ink technology and its drying-curing system. These three elements also determine whether coated paper can be printed; and strongly determine total production costs. Sustained production speed is DIGITAL a key criterion for most newspaper operations and the paper-ink-drying combination also determines the maximum production speed available from a given process technology.

Paper The biggest “lift” in perceived quality comes from the choice of paper — it is the single most impor- tant element that defines quality. The levels of brightness and print gloss strongly influence the value attached to each grade. The ink drying system used determines the range of paper grades that can UV/EB be printed and only heatset or radiation ink-drying (UV/EB) can print on all grades of paper. Options for coldset production include Improved Newsprint with higher brightness. UPM Matt C is the There is no single technology solution for only mechanical coated grade designed for high quality coldset 4-colour printing. It has the optical all newspaper printing applications. and surface enhancements of a coated grade and the absorption and performance characteristics of a normal coldset paper, this special type of paper is also called Value Added Coldset (VAC).

Ink consumption Ink densities on SC/LWC papers tend to be higher than coldset on newsprint; however, higher grade papers tend to consume less ink, e.g. UPM indicates that coldset MFC should use 15-20% less ink than standard newsprint. Standard Ink Densities (SIDs) for coldset on newsprint are a compro- mise between visual appearance and adverse effects such as marking, rub-off, set-off and print- through. The visual effect of density is logarithmic, which means there is a rapidly diminishing increase of density compared to the increase of ink weight on paper. However, the adverse prop- erties of ink weight on paper tend to be linear. Different papers have different levels of maximum SID, and the differences are present even within a single grade because of differences in fibre compo- sition and surface properties — for example coldset ink consumption on newsprint can vary over 20% between paper suppliers. Therefore, be very cautious about the impact on ink consumption when changing paper grades, suppliers and processes.

Ink consumption is a function of image coverage on the plate and ink film thickness. Consumption can be minimised by up to 25% through optimisation of prepress, use of finer screens, densitome- ters or closed loop colour control. A fundamental for success is to have plate compensation curves for each process and paper grade. The European Colour Initiative is developing ISO-based ICC profiles specifically for heatset paper grades because those for the current ISO 12647-2 are for sheetfed. In addition, This Ifra’s has recently been developing recommendations for standard of heatset printing on newspaper presses.

Each paper grade has an optimum ink 6 density and any increase in ink beyond this has a decreasing impact on density. Source: “Changing Paper Grades” 5 WOCG/Sun Chemical. 4

3 SC 55 gsm 2 INP 55 gsm 1 NP 49 gsm

LWC 80 gsm 0 0,9 1 1,11 1,22 1,32 1,43 1,541,65 1,75 1,86 1,97 2,07 2,18 2,29 2,4

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The second VAPoN News test printing compares coldset, heatset and Inert UV production on four paper grades. Herold Druck in Austria printed the UV versions, while Passauer Neue Presse Druck in Germany printed the heatset and coldset.

Paper and Ink gloss Range of printing papers

Gloss at 60 Relative price Woodfree coated Trial Ink Paper Paper Yellow Cyan Magenta WFC Woodfree uncoated L Heatset UPM Cote H 54 gsm LWC 22,5 22,1 17,2 19,5 WFU MWC I Heatset UPM Cote H 49 gsm SC-B 6,6 15,0 10,9 13,9 Coldset LWC Mechanical coated Y UV UPM Cote H 54 gsm LWC 22,5 16,0 13,2 11,6 MFC

W UV UPM Cote H 49 gsm SC-B 6,6 10,7 8,9 8,6 SC Mechanical uncoated specialities C Heatset UPM News C 48,8 gsm News 4,1 3,8 2,8 3,0 MFS Heatset & UV N Coldset UPM Brite 72 C 48,8 gsm INP 4,1 4,7 3,1 3,6 News

Relative quality

UPM Cote H (LWC) and UPM Eco H (SC-B) are both super calendered papers developed specifically Paper and processes used in VAPoN test for heatset printing. LWC is a coated paper, and has far higher gloss than the other papers. Heatset printing number two. printing on LWC (trial L) resulted in ink gloss levels similar or slightly below the coated paper, whereas printing with UV lowered the gloss level (trial Y). The gloss of the heatset and UV inks was higher than the SC-B paper with lower gloss. The UV ink had a slightly lower gloss level than heatset. However, heatset ink densities were higher than those of all other trials. Therefore, it may be unfair to assume the gloss of UV is inferior to that of heatset. The results also suggest the surface treatment of the paper contributes to the gloss levels.

Ink density 100 During the trials the densities were adjusted to ensure reproduction of the full range of low key and 80 high density images. This infers that coldset was losing low key area. The two heatset trials 60 produced the largest gamut and coldset the smallest. The difference between the UV and heatset 40 gamuts can be attributed to the amount of ink being laid down. However, a direct comparison can 20 be made between the coldset and the UV as the solids are similar density. b* 0 -80 -30 -20 20 70 -40 -60 -80 a*

Coldset, 48.8gsm INP Heatset, 48.8gsm INP Tonal range Heatset, 49gsm SC-B Heatset, 54gsm LWC The plot of L* against occurrence is a measure of the printing ability to reproduce the images with UV, 49gsm SC-B different tonal ranges. The coldset on improved newsprint has the smallest range, while heatset on UV, 54gsm LWC newsprint has only a slightly larger range. This is particularly at the low L* values, with maximum

print density. The high L* values reflect the effect of the whiteness of the paper. Heatset and UV 160000 achieve similar high ink density levels (lowest L* values). 140000 120000 The tone values were also calculated from IT8 printed targets. This shows that heatset on 54gsm 100000 LWC transfers the least amount of ink in the halftones compared to all other trials. 80000 60000 Count The influence of the paper can be seen from the two heatset trials. When printed on to another paper 40000 developed for heatset, the tone value levels are only slightly higher (10% in the shadow region). 20000 0 However, when printed on to INP,the heatset has the maximum tone difference, whilst coldset has 10 30 50 70 90 relatively low tone difference. UV produces similar results on both papers. These results show L* there is a strong interaction between the paper surface treatment and the quality of printing.

42 RIND Survey January 2013 14 WEBLINE SPECIAL REPORT N°3 • VAPoN Oil-based ink systems

Oil-based coldset and heatset ink drying systems provide the most reliable high speed performance today. These vegetable or mineral oil-based inks have a long molecular structure, pump easily and have low misting.

Overprint Coldset Coating: The application of a very thin film of overprint coating to the wet printed copy is currently being developed to address coldset issues of set-off, marking and rub-off. These problems are dependent on many variables but the most important is the amount of ink on the paper (both optical density and total ink coverage). Printing on a coated paper makes these prob- lems much worse. The new Sunshield system from Sun Chemical (patent applications pending) provides answers to these issues. Tests show that the coating film does not impede the normal setting of coldset ink, and protects the printed copy during its passage through the press, folder, delivery and postpress operations. In addition, it is possible to satisfactorily print standard coldset ink on relatively non-absorbent substrates such as LWC as well as newsprint. The new coating system also has minimum print-through, which may be the delimiting factor for ink film weights.

Infrared – IR: The “hot topic” of the mid-1990s that went cold very quickly. In practice IR only Conventional coldset ink marginally improves coldset ink penetration to reduce smearing and set-off and has poor perfor- mance on coated paper even with very slow printing speeds. IR works most effectively with black and blue inks that absorb IR wavelengths but are very poor with lighter colours like magenta and yellow, which are the most critical 4-colour process inks. With viscous inks IR does help printing by warming the inks to give better penetration. Some users produce smear-free cover sections on newsprint or SC paper at 7m/s using modified heatset inks.

Heatset: Hot air drying is the most commonly used value added newspaper process because of its flexibility to print on all paper grades with improved ink gloss, minimum TVI and marking. Heatset is a mature, reliable and easy to operate process that is cost efficient and has been used on newspaper presses since the late 1960s. Heatset provides unrestricted drying on all web offset paper grades at up to 18 m/s and has the lowest total production cost compared to all other value added technologies.

Recycling of printed products

Conventional heatset ink Recycled paper is often the only raw fibre material used by many paper mills to make 100% of newsprint, and/or is mixed with wood-containing SC and LWC papers. Changes in the quality of recy- cled fibre could occur from changes to the printing process in a given geographic area. The key issue is the separation of the ink from the fibres. Heatset and coldset offset have no problems in this respect. However, Flexo and UV cured printing raise the questions of whether the currently avail- able papers are suitable for these processes and their subsequent recycling. Sheetfed UV printing and coating represents only a small proportion of printed products in the waste paper supply today, and newspaper UV printing is still at an early stage — both currently have low impact. However, the adoption of UV by a high volume newspaper could significantly impact the mix of recycled paper to a mill in a given area. For this reason, paper and ink suppliers have started to investigate the impact of a large increase of UV products in the used paper stream and its effect on the purity and quality of the recycled fibre.

January 2013 RIND Survey 43 WEBLINE SPECIAL REPORT N°3 • VAPoN 15 Radiation curing inks

All radiation inks allow printing on any substrate, without marking and little heat transfer to the paper. The ink formulations are lithographically robust but have significant issues related to their low molecular weight ink chemistry. The largest challenge is ink slinging and misting that limits speed and also can cause web breaks.

These systems are based on acrylate chemistry and have short molecular chains — rather than the long molecular chains of oil-based coldset and heatset inks. Unfortunately, acrylates are a high cost ingredient in limited supply, which helps explain why they are 300-500% more expensive than oil- based inks and are unlikely to reduce in cost. Inks are cured (rather than dried) using three different systems to initiate chemical bonding:

Conventional UV: Inks contain a photo-initiator that reacts to a specific set of wavelengths and intensity of UV light to almost instantly promote bonding to cure the ink. Current highest production speed is 7 m/sec for a narrow web business forms press, 5 m/s for single-width newspaper and sheetfed presses.

Inert UV: An inert gas eliminates oxygen molecules that inhibit ink curing to allow printing speeds of 10-12 m/s along with other advantages.

Electron Beam: Uses radiation without photo-initiators but requires an inert gas to create an oxygen-free curing environment. Speed should be similar to Inert UV. Today EB is mostly used in packaging.

(Reproduced from the PrintCity Alliance Value Added Printing of Newspapers (VAPoN) Inert UV Conventional UV Report. Readers can request a printed copy from www.printcity. The green layer (3) is the inert 1: UV lamp de/shop at no cost. PrintCity nitrogen layer that keeps the 2: Atmosphere under the lamp Alliance seeks FAQs (Frequently oxygen molecules away from the 3: Oxygen molecules inhibit curing Asked Questions) for all print process. 4: Ink with photoinitiators topics, including newspaper 5: Paper substrate printing and publishing. For The blue circles are oxygen molecules more details, visit: http://www. reacting with free radicals of ink in surveymonkey.com/s/Print_ Conventional UV. Packaging_FAQs.)

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AG in Kirchberg in 2005. With a solid technical GOC Consulting is background in offset printing, Orsatti was a manroland partner department head at a newspaper company in Lugano, Switzerland for nine years and went on to On November 1, 2012, GOC Consulting work as a printing instructor for an Italian printing GmbH, headquartered in the Swiss municipality of press dealer. Later, he transferred to the field Derendingen, officially became the sales and service service division of a Swiss trading company before partner of manroland web systems for Switzerland, joining manroland Swiss as product manager for Vorarlberg (Austria), and Baden-Württemberg Application Engineering. (Germany). GOC advises and supports web offset Says Peter Kuisle, member of the executive board customers in all matters and decisions involving at manroland web systems: “ I am convinced that equipment, pressroom products, service, retrofits, web offset businesses in Vorarlberg and Baden- and upgrades, as well as technical issues related to Württemberg will also value the expertise and work processes and applications. of GOC.” Gunten, CEO of GOC Consulting Two well-known industry experts are the driving GmbH, went on to explain: “We are the contact force behind GOC: Piet von Gunten (57) and for all web offset printers in our designated area, Gianluca Orsatti (41). Piet von Gunten started his not only for manroland users. We will continue our career in 1981 as a printing instructor at Maschinen close collaboration with manroland web systems in AG in Kirchberg, Switzerland. After 17 years as a Augsburg. We look forward to this new chapter in service manager and member of the board, he our business partnership and to exciting projects became the managing director of manroland Swiss with new customers.”

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head of sheetfed offset marketing, but for many in KBA Asia Pacific Asia simply Mr Roadshow, explained some of the celebrates 10 years latest innovative technologies developed by KBA for the different segments of the print market, including ‘Sprinting ahead’ was the banner unfurled to kick a new generation of energy-optimised UV dryers off the KBA Asia Roadshow in the German Centre manufactured by the company itself. in Singapore on 5th December 2012. Further stops on the tour will be Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. The 17 MultiStacks for Johannesburg

Over recent years, Caxton & CTP has brought mailroom capacity at the Industria facility up to state-of-the-art, and at the same time streamlined its material logistics and production sequences. A key part of the update project has been the replacement of bundling technology with a corresponding UTR line layout. On two floors, Ferag has installed 17 new MultiStack compensating stackers. Photos in this section: company/agency section: in this Photos The investment was based on solid experience. Cutting of the birthday cake with Stefan Segger, managing director Three of the compensating stackers began of KBA Asia Pacific, KBA sales director Dietmar Heyduck and production around three years ago and were able to Khoon Lim, president of the Print and Media Association in Singapore (left to right) stand up to extreme stresses over extended periods of production. In Cape Town, the EasySert inserting opening event was at the same time an opportunity method has been up and running on two inserting to celebrate the 10th anniversary of KBA Asia Pacific, the subsidiary of Koenig & Bauer AG in Singapore. The KBA sales and service subsidiary in Singapore has been growing constantly since its founding in 2002, and has had its offices in the German Centre since August 2006. Stefan Segger, managing director of KBA Asia Pacific, welcomed the high-ranking representatives of the sheetfed and newspaper print branch, as well as a number of guests of honour By investing in 17 MultiStack units, Caxton & CTP has opted for top from Singapore and Germany. He began with an Ferag quality from Switzerland. outline of the history of KBA Asia Pacific and gave special mention to the immensely successful KBA lines since the summer of 2010. There, too, bundle roadshows, which have in the meantime become production is secured using MultiStack technology. something of an institution in Asia. The printing house in Industria near Johannesburg is Sales director Dietmar Heyduck from the the main centre of the group, which runs production German parent company gave an insight into the in South Africa at a total of nine locations. According activities of the KBA Group. One aspect which was to company records, Caxton & CTP produces 103 especially well received among the guests was the different titles with an annual volume of 540 million fact that KBA is the only major press manufacturer copies in Johannesburg alone. One of these products to have weathered even the last years of financial is The Citizen, the publisher’s own daily newspaper, and economic crisis with a positive bottom line, an along with further daily and weekly newspapers, three achievement which continues to secure the company Sunday newspapers, and 46 local titles produced a solid financial standing. Jürgen Veil, properly KBA under contract for external partners.

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“Print runs and paginations have reduced over recent Goss M-600 web press years, while increased competition from online media for Headley Brothers means that printed pieces need to be more beautifully- produced and eye-catching than ever,” says Pitt. “ This press is about us investing in the most flexible Headley Brothers, an independent printer in solution for handling fluctuating requirements and Kent, UK, has replaced two older web presses tight turn-around times, always with consistently with a new Goss M-600 press in order to maintain high quality.” maximum quality and flexible service for its Founded in 1881, with more than 230 employees today, Headley Brothers is a specialist magazine printer with a portfolio of more than 350 regular magazine titles. The company provides comprehensive print and finishing solutions spanning digital print services, sheet- and web-fed printing, stitching and perfect binding as well as a range of value-added services designed to maximize the potential of clients’ titles. These include variable data and image personalisation, web-to-print facilities, magazine applications and cross media marketing.

Headley Brothers, an independent printer in Kent, UK, has replaced two older web presses with a new Goss M-600 press in order to maintain maximum quality and flexible service for its customers. NELA, Glunz & Jensen customers, while improving cost control and waste. Complementing existing web presses – including a tie up for pre-press 24-page Goss Sunday 2000 system – and sheetfed presses with reel-to-sheet capabilities, the four- Glunz & Jensen has sold its punch/bend activities unit M-600 press, equipped with latest-generation to NELA Ternes Register Group, Inc. This is a features including Autoplate, automatic ink and part of a strategic partnership agreement with folder pre-setting and closed-loop colour, has been NELA to jointly support newspaper pre-press chosen to ensure minimal makeready times and solutions worldwide. The mutual agreement – NELA waste. A Goss Ecocool drying system with fully promoting processing equipment manufactured by integrated chill rolls has also been specified to boost Glunz & Jensen and Glunz & Jensen now promoting efficiency through increased production speed and punch/bend equipment manufactured by NELA – to maximize print quality through the elimination forms a strong strategic partnership, providing by far of ink picking. the most solid and proven automated plate handling “The new web press is a considerable and timely solutions to newspapers worldwide. investment,” says managing director, Roger Pitt. NELA and Glunz & Jensen have more than 3000 “In a fast-changing and competitive market, Headley in-line systems for offset plate production installed in Brothers operates a policy of continuous, intelligent the newspaper industry and are the leading suppliers investment in the latest equipment and technologies, worldwide within their own business areas. Glunz & to ensure that we can continually provide our Jensen’s headquarters for the Americas will remain in customers with the most efficient services. The Granger, USA – securing regional sales and service of new M-600 press, which went into production in iCtP, processing equipment, commercial automation early November, is specifically designed to deliver and flexo equipment along with spare parts activities. high-quality print, vibrancy of colour and production NELA will continue to service and support the efficiencies, according to Pitt. Headley Brothers installed Glunz & Jensen base of automation anticipates the addition of the M-600 press will equipment from the activities in River Falls, USA. assist the company in serving its client base, which is made up primarily of magazine publishers.

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Press Controls’ innovative and reliable press control Q.I. Press Controls technologies meet the needs of print companies gets 60-web order around the world, such as News Limited, in their drive for better performance coupled with higher Q.I. Press Controls, the developer of innovative print quality. automated press control technologies, has been News Limited’s requirements included more contracted to provide mRC+ and IDS optical accurate colour ink density control during press measurement controls on News Limited’s web operations for greater colour accuracy and print presses in its Sydney and Brisbane print sites. The consistency, while reducing labour hours to achieve total order will be for 60 webs. In a project that it. The installations will deliver a reduction in the highlights News Limited’s firm commitment to volume of waste produced from press start-ups ongoing improvement of its print products, the and savings in ink usage. National Production and company has contracted Q.I. Press Controls to install Logistics director at News Limited, Geoff Booth, mRC+ colour register control and IDS markless says, “The optical measurement and the ink lay closed loop colour control systems to its manroland down processes become a scientific process that Geoman presses in Sydney and Nwesman presses eliminates the variations from the currently manual in Brisbane. This installation is in conjunction with process. The result we are after is that our readers manroland, who will provide press control systems will notice greater consistency in our newpsapers.” and electronics in the installation. Q.I. Press Controls’ chairman and managing This major investment by News Limited is an director, Menno Jansen, says: This order affirmation of the company’s belief in a strong demonstrates that print is still alive and investments future for its printed newspaper and magazine are being made in quality optimisation and products, and for print in general as a powerful production efficiency.” communication medium. It also confirms that Q.I.

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There will be an even stronger focus on customer Excellent response cases, multi-channel publishing and Digital Asset to WoodWing tour Management (WoodWing recently acquired Elvis DAM). "We see more and more publishers switching to real multi-channel publishing, offering media-rich Eight stops in Europe, four in the Americas content in print, on the Web and for smartphones and four in Asia – WoodWing traveled the world and tablets,” Janssen adds. The tour will again visit with its Next Wave Tour in 2012. The series publishing hubs in Europe, the United States, Latin of free seminars wrapped up as a huge success. America, Asia, and for the first time, South Africa. Close to 1600 attendees in total gathered indepth information how they can address the next steps in the evolution of digital publishing. Based on the positive feedback from participants and supporting Glunz & Jensen’s China strategy is paying off

In June 2012 Glunz & Jensen established a new production facility in the Suzhou region of China, approximately 80 km west of Shanghai. Along with own manufacturing, the company has dedicated At its global Next Wave Tour WoodWing welcomed an average of 100 products, dedicated logistics and service personnel participants from newspaper and magazine publishers, corporates and and local warehouse for equipment and consumables agencies per event (left Tokyo, right Switzerland). in China. The new and dedicated Glunz & Jensen products for the medium to high-end Chinese partners, WoodWing will continue to tour the world market, Kylin and Tiger are built for customers who this year, keeping attendees informed about the choose to enjoy processing quality and consistency. latest industry news and product developments. The factory is up and running and Glunz & Jensen Early in 2012, WoodWing launched its global Next is already grapping market shares by delivering Kylin Wave Tour to share its vision on digital publishing and – the efficient creation and successful monetisation Tiger processors to Agfa Graphia Asia in Shenzhen of interactive content for tablets. The events and to Penghui Fenghua Group in Guangzhou. featured speakers from local publishing customers, Glunz & Jensen develops, manufactures and WoodWing and its partners, as well as Adobe. The markets integrated and innovative solutions for agenda of each event offered an attractive mix of the global prepress industry. Among Glunz & high-profile keynotes, customer success stories and Jensen’s most important customer groups are media technical lectures. companies (newspapers, books, and magazines) and WoodWing welcomed an average of 100 manufacturing companies in the packaging industry. participants from newspaper and magazine The company’s largest product areas are plate publishers, corporates and agencies per event. "The processors for the offset and flexo printing industry, tour allows for a direct and personal dialogue with iCtP plate setters and automation equipment customers and prospects,” says Gerard van den (previously called punch & bend equipment). Glunz Akker, marketing manager at WoodWing Software. & Jensen also sells conveyor equipment, stackers and "We got very positive feedback from the visitors, our software for monitoring and controlling complete partners and Adobe.“ prepress processes. "Our Next Wave Tour 2012 highlighted the strong demand for vital information publishers and agencies need in terms of monetization of their tablet publishing activities,“ says Hans Janssen, CEO of WoodWing. WoodWing will continue to tour the world in 2013 – with an adapted format and content.

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of supplements to the newspapers. It was the SPH opts for EasySert ergonomics and dependability of the JetFeeder technology hopper, plus its high net output, that tipped the balance towards the Ferag solution. From January 2013, Singapore Press Holdings In addition to daily newspaper production, will produce a 100000-copy part edition of The Singapore Press Holdings intends to exploit the high flexibility of the EasySert process to create greater value on the basis of new print products. Overlap, vacuum or air systems will be available for opening the jacket product. Two MultiStack units on each inserting line will ensure that the transfer of production is up to speed, even when the number of odd counts is high. Two additional compensating stackers integrated into the existing Ferag system’s UTR layout will be used to ready the main products and preprints for the subsequent Satisfaction all round after signing the contract for Asia's first ever EasySert lines, from the right: Lim Wai Pun, Loo Chin Chye, Lim Swee inserting process. Yeow and Low Huan Ping from Singapore Press Holdings, with Thomas Programmed bundling will be under the new Obenauer, Ferag AG, and Stefan Herzhauser, WRH Marketing Asia. Navigator control. By integrating the Navigator Straits Times daily newspaper on two Ferag EasySert into the existing PPM Post Press Management inserting lines. Both lines will be equipped with a system from Ferag, overall production planning FlyStream precollecting section for a total of eight and control will be assured – and that also applies insert products in one pass or the selective allocation to the two new EasySert inserting lines.

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volume, web offset print – has a very clear and a vital Goss press to be role in the sales and marketing mix, and that, far from installed at York Mailing dwindling, it looks likely to increase with investment in the right capabilities.” High-end UK commercial printer York Mailing has placed an order for a new 48-page short-grain Goss Image Factory keeps Sunday 4000 web offset press. The press will be installed at the company’s Pindar Scarborough site, migrating to digital which is dedicated mainly to high-quality catalogue production for the retail market. Scheduled to be HP today has announced that Image Factory, of in production by October 2013, the press for York Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK, has installed an HP Scitex Mailing will comprise four units with a 435-mm FB7600 industrial press to provide cost-effective, cut-off, configured with a Goss SG-3 pinless folder, versatile solutions for customers. The installation an Ecoset dryer and a Contiweb FD paster. It will follows the one of an HP Scitex FB7500 industrial also be the first commercial heatset press installation press less than a year in the UK to feature Goss DigiRail digital inking. ago. The company is “We spent six months evaluating all the options, now able to continue running print quality and runnability tests on the migration of equipment from each of the main web offset POS/POP and other manufacturers,” comments Mike Newbould graphic displays from Jnr., group managing director of York Mailing. screen to digital. In “The Sunday 4000 came out on top by a long way October 2011, when for its technical capabilities…” The unique gapless HP launched the design of the Goss Sunday press series combined FB7600 press, it also with a pin-less folder will provide York Mailing with made an optional sustainability and cost benefits through reduced Upgrade Kit available paper wastage. The Goss Ecoset dryer technology to HP Scitex FB7500 has been shown to minimise energy consumption Industrial Press users, and emissions by as much as 50 per cent in some Tim Boore, head of digital technologies, which Image Factory applications. In addition, the high automation of Image Factory, is very pleased with the installed. Image the press will ensure fast and efficient make-readies installation of the HP Scitex FB7600 Industrial Press. Factory has added the enabling frequent job changeovers and more run- optional HP Scitex length flexibility. The Goss DigiRail digital inking FB7500/FB7600 White Ink Kit to one of its presses system – which York Mailing tested at a number of and can use HPFB225 White Scitex Ink on the full European sites – is a key element of this improved range of substrates. efficiency, using digital on/off pulsing to precisely "The addition of the white ink was part of the control the flow of ink in relation to press speed. process to phase out screen printing," said Tim Boore, According to Newbould the new press “slips head of digital technologies, Image Factory. "The very nicely” into York Mailing’s existing equipment results are excellent and it is far more cost-effective. portfolio, which includes seven web offset presses The ability to print white really puts the last nail in across the two sites in York and Scarborough. the coffin for screen as far as we're concerned. We Along with recent purchases in perfect binding and will retain our last screen line for one- and two-colour sheetfed capabilities, he says the Sunday 4000 press jobs and special projects requiring metallic inks, but is an investment that signifies a very positive outlook our normal work is going to be digital. for York Mailing: “Conversely to many industry The HP Scitex FB7600 Industrial Press uses UV- reports these days, we feel quite excited at the future curable inks and is capable of imaging a broad range opportunities for the web offset market and we’re of substrates, from films, papers, and boards to more equipping to ensure we can exploit that potential. unusual materials like metal, glass and wood up to Ongoing discussions with our customers continue 25mm thick. to support the assertion that print – including high-

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in print technology — that explores and analyses Verdigris project gets the issues facing publishers and printers and Heidelberg nod helps them manage their carbon footprints while continuing to run profitable businesses. Verdigris is also a major contributor to the development of The Verdigris Project’s distinctive approach to ISO 16759, the standard for measuring the carbon investigating and communicating the environmental footprint of print media products. impact of print media has won the support of the world’s leading offset press manufacturer. Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG has become an associate member of the not-for-profit research initiative, which works with the global graphic arts GMG ProofControl 2.0 community — printers, manufacturers, print buyers launched and publishers — to evaluate the carbon footprints of different media. Heidelberg joins a number GMG, a leading developer and supplier of of other leading manufacturers which are backing high-end colour management software solutions, Verdigris, including Agfa, EFI, HP, Ricoh and Xeikon, has released Version 2.0 of ProofControl. GMG as well as the drupa , FESPA and EcoPrint Europe ProofControl delivers contract-quality verification exhibitions. of proofs in seconds, and makes colour accuracy Explaining Heidelberg’s decision, Harald Woerner, objectively measurable, immediately detecting the the company’s product manager, Environment slightest colour variation in a proof. The latest and Sustainability, says: “At Heidelberg we regard update supports verification of spot colours and sustainability as a long-term balance between GMG OpenColor profiles, as well as improving environmental protection, business goals and social the user interface. responsibility. We invest heavily to eliminate or Using a spectrophotometer (external or minimise negative impacts throughout the life cycle automatically integrated within a printer), GMG of our products, from manufacture through use by ProofControl measures colour bars in seconds. customers to final recycling or disposal, and we look The resulting values are compared with target forward to sharing our expertise with Verdigris and values stored in the system. All information, such our fellow project supporters.” as actual and target values, and the control reports “Making the case for Verdigris to the global leader are saved in a database, making it easily accessible. in press technology is a major achievement for us,” For all proofs within tolerance, a small adhesive says Verdigris founder Laurel Brunner. “Anyone label is printed. Users typically place the label on who visited Heidelberg’s exhibit at drupa earlier the back of each calibrated proof, assuring all this year witnessed how seriously the company who read the proof that it is within tolerance. In takes sustainability. As well as the entire stand addition to supporting international standards, being carbon-neutral, Heidelberg showed a number GMG ProofControl also lets users define their of innovations such as in-press energy efficiency own quality criteria. So, users can define their own monitoring and heat recovery during drying. We control strips, target values, measuring conditions were also impressed by the launch of consultancy and tolerances, which can be used as the basis for services to help Heidelberg customers improve and verification. reduce their energy consumption.” “The proof is the most important tool for colour Since its launch at drupa in 2008 Verdigris communication in print production. It plays a has mobilised the resources of its supporters to decisive role for color corrections during data educate producers and consumers of print about preparation and is also the colour reference when its environmental impact, helping to raise print’s approving the printing and for ink control on the profile as a competitive communications medium press. So, those in the print supply chain need to be that is also sustainable and has a low carbon impact. assured that the proof they are seeing corresponds Verdigris achieves this by providing a global network to accurate tolerances,” explains Asseiceiro. of graphic arts industry publishers with free research and content — independently managed by specialists

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from piece to piece,” he explains. “That is typically SG360 gives direct mail what we do in our hybrid printing process.” wider appeal SG360 had initial concerns about adding the wider Sunday press format to its extensive portfolio A lot of printers produce direct mail products, but of production options, but Romita says he was there may not be anyone doing it quite like Illinois- “pleasantly surprised” by how smoothly the company based SG360, a was able to install and operate both the press and the Segerdahl company. integrated in-line finishing system. Ongoing support Equipped with from Goss International has also been exemplary a Goss Sunday and an important contributor to the success of 4000 web press the Sunday press platform at SG360, according to that feeds a 75- Romita. inch-wide web into a custom in-line finishing system, Best Digital breaks into the company is delivering efficiency, profitable markets versatility and value for its customers UK POS specialist Best Digital first saw and ordered that are hard to the world’s first Truepress Jet W1632UV wide- beat, according to format flatbed printer at drupa in May 2012, and is vice president of “now producing work at five times the previous speed manufacturing John and four times the quality I was achieving with the The Goss Sunday 4000 press at SG360 features a 75-inch web width. Romita. SG360 is old kit,” says Geoff Rawlings, co-MD, Best Digital. also a pioneer in Despite only having the Truepress Jet W1632UV for combining offset and personalised ink jet content four months, there has been a massive impact on in a hybrid production process. the business, with increased volumes and capacity, “The best bang for the buck in target marketing reduced staffing levels and more jobs being produced is in printed direct mail, and it will continue to in less time. The new Screen printer has allowed the be a very viable marketing channel in a world of company to move into new markets. “The small multiple channels,” according to Romita. “And for picolitre printhead delivers finer type and lines and direct mail, our Sunday 4000 is unique. You would we can now print anything from A5 car stickers, for be hard pressed to find anyone running a 75-inch instance, to 3.2m graphics,” says Rawlings. web with an in-line finishing line that is as long and A major benefit to Best is the print speed; at as versatile as what we have.” 100m2 per hour in its fastest mode, the Truepress Jet Romita points to a regular monthly job that W1632UV produces high quality work on media up previously required two traditional 38-inch web to 1,600 mm x 3,200 mm, with a maximum thickness presses running in tandem at SG360 as just one of 48 mm. The Truepress Jet W1632UV printer has example of how the Goss wide-web technology enabled them to handle longer runs with ease – 1,000 translates into a clear advantage. “Now, with panels are very quickly run through the machine. To the Sunday press, we run that job faster and far prove the point, Best has recently taken on a job for more efficiently with one press – and one press a major supermarket retailer for a 950-run double- crew – instead of two, and the print quality is out of sided 2.2 m x 0.7m banner, which is something it this world,” he explains. Romita says integrating ink would never have taken on with its old equipment. jet capability directly into the web offset platform at Investing in the Screen Truepress Jet W1632UV has SG360 makes the company more viable and more moved the company into strategically bigger, more valuable in supporting the direct mail campaigns of profitable markets and the increase in return business its customers. “A lot of the images and static copy has made such an impact that Rawlings is already will be printed offset, but addressing and some of planning a second printer. the internal messaging can be variable, changing

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a prominent producer of books. Even though the Special Rapida unit Rapida 142 comes from a previous series, it has many goes to Scotland of the features found in its successors, such as fully- automatic plate changing, CleanTronic Synchro for simultaneous washing of inking rollers, blankets and The management of Scottish printers Bell & Bain impression cylinders as well as a perfecting delivery accepted its third Rapida 142 press at Koenig & for increased speed and performance. In addition, Bauer’s (KBA) plant in Radebeul on 30 November. the press features DensiTronic Professional and The press is something special as the eight-colour QualiTronic Color Control check print quality inline four-over-four perfecting press is the last Rapida on both sides of the sheet. 142 in the globally successful series to go to packaging, commercial and book printers. The new Rapida 145, its highly-automated successor, was unveiled at drupa 2012. With up to 17000 sph and minimal make-ready times, the new press redefines FFEI bags excellence performance parameters in large-format. The Rapida 142 for Bell & Bain, a loyal KBA award customer, has a further special feature. It contains FFEI, the global developer of award-winning the 6,000th printing unit to be built into a large- digital imaging solutions, received the Institution format Rapida 130-162a generation since 1995. As of Mechanical Engineers’ Award for Best Small to the recognised market leader in large format, KBA Medium Enterprise at the Institution of Mechanical Radebeul has delivered over 1000 large Rapidas to Engineers’ Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2012. printing companies all over the world in the past The award recognises the innovative business ideas 17 years. Including extremely long presses, such as and best practice employed within FFEI, along a 40m (131ft) long Rapida 142 with eight printing with the company’s continued growth since an oil units, two coaters, three dryers and a triple extended disaster affected its HQ in Hemel Hempstead in delivery for complex inline finishing, which went 2006. This latest plaudit follows a recent string of live at Hub Folding Box in the USA in 2007. awards won by FFEI for its innovation, enterprise This and other spectacular presses delivered to and representation of forward-thinking British prominent printing companies in many countries manufacturing. In 2011, FFEI received a Queen’s underscores the globally unique competence of the Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for sheetfed offset professionals from Saxony in the the development of an internal drum Computer- larger format classes. to-plate (CTP) solution specifically targeted at the Glasgow-based printers Bell & Bain mainly requirements of commercial printing in emerging produce academic books and magazines. The markets. company was founded in 1831 and has become The award was presented to FFEI by Professor Isobel Pollock, president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, at a ceremony compered by former politician Michael Portillo. Manufacturing Excellence, run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, is the most successful and long established manufacturing business improvement programme in the UK, and the only one that provides a detailed benchmarking and assessment process to help improve manufacturing businesses. FFEI is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of digital imaging solutions within the graphic arts industry. Pictured in front of the 6,000th large-format Rapida printing unit: Alan Fleming, print foreman at Bell & Bain, and Roland Gebauer, KBA sheetfed sales manager

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Now, HP ink-producing plant in Israel Vinsak brings HP today announced the opening of an 11000-sq technology to the fore metre (118000 square feet) ink manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat, Israel, which will produce ink for the The Vinsak TPS1160 thermal platesetter is easy to operate and highly productive. At a speed of 24 plates per hour, the product is powered by 64 channels of an infrared semi-conductor laser. An easy-to-use control panel ensures that no time is wasted during daily operation. This also means that a simple operator can be trained to produce a high-quality plate. The Vinsak TPS1160 thermal platesetter is designed to produce sharp and accurate dots. Most commercial printing uses 175 lpi. The Vinsak TPS1160 can image at 300 lpi giving you an A view of the new ink manufacturing plant. extremely smooth tonal gradation. Advanced optic technology enables fine registration of colour over new generation of HP Indigo digital presses. The coloor when you print. No more are manual skills HP Indigo Division is expanding its facilities in needed, thanks to the advancement in technology, Israel to accommodate strong growth, driven by an including optics and precision engineering. accelerating market transformation from analogue Built keeping daily production needs in mind, to digital printing. HP Indigo achieved record the Vinsak TPP 1300 thermal plate processor is an revenue in Q4 FY2012 and continued its two-year- intelligent and plus track record of consistently growing quarterly robust solution page volume by about 20 per cent over the previous that will ensure a year. HP Indigo also recently increased its leading high throughput share of the worldwide commercial press market by is delivered 13 points year-over-year to 71 per cent. reliably day after As part of HP’s commitment to environmental day. Built to responsibility, the new HP Indigo plant is the first process plates industrial building in Israel and first HP manufacturing of varying facility worldwide built to Leadership in Energy and thickness, the Environmental Design (LEED) standards. It was processor is The TPS 1160 thermal platesetter. designed to achieve high performance in sustainable flexible and site development, water savings, energy efficiency, accommodates varying processing conditions materials selection, and indoor environmental to suit the needs of the innumerable plates in quality. the market. It is equipped with advanced micro- Inks produced at the new plant will begin shipping processor controls that assure reliability while with the HP Indigo 10000 digital press, the first using the various plate processing settings. They offset-quality digital press in a larger format (29.5 also enable maintaining the developer temperature x 20.9 inches) suitable for printing nearly any size accurately within +/-0.3 degree Celsius. The commercial job. HP Indigo has completed early controls ensure that the developer efficiency is installations of the HP Indigo 10000 digital press at available for a longer period. The rollers are acid/ customer sites in the United States, Europe and West alkaline resistant that assure high quality processing Asia, with general commercial availability scheduled for extended periods. for the spring of 2013.

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First Rapida 106 for Japan Truepress sheet-fed, a ‘game changer’ Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) has now also ramped up its sales and service activities in Japan, with the founding of the new subsidiary KBA Japan Europe’s first Screen Truepress JetSX B2 sheet- Company in Tokyo. The managing director of the fed inkjet press has been installed at UK commercial new company is Kenneth Hansen. He has worked printer RCS, based in Retford, Nottinghamshire. in the Asian graphic arts industry for over 35 years Managing director Michael Todd describes his latest and, as CEO of manroland Northeast Asia, was acquisition as “a game changer for the business, a responsible for the Korean and Japanese markets compelling and unique product that opens the door for eight years before moving to KBA. In the to more specialised applications and more rewarding second week of December, he brought a delegation business opportunities.” of Japanese trade journalists and print association RCS’s purchase of the press — the world’s first full- representatives to Germany to offer them a first-hand colour, duplex B2-size sheet-fed inkjet press — is the insight into the KBA group and its broad product range for the most diverse print markets. And it was at the same time a fitting occasion to publicise the first order booked by the new company. Alongside visits to the web press manufacturing facility at the KBA headquarters in Würzburg and to the sheetfed offset division in Radebeul near Dresden, the tour agenda included stopovers with the UV specialists from KBA-MePrint in Veitshöchheim and at metal decorating subsidiary KBA-MetalPrint in Stuttgart. KBA's realignment of its activities on the important Japanese market is already bearing fruit. Taisei Company, a distinguished Tokyo-based Michael-Todd poses before the sparkling Screen-Truepress-Jet-SX. packaging printer, will be taking delivery of the first highly-automated medium-format Rapida 106 in the new year – as an eight-colour press with latest in a series of investments designed to cement its dedicated accessory packages for plastic substrates, position as a leading supplier of high-margin, short- board handling and alternating UV/conventional run personalised print products. “The Truepress operation. JetSX lifts digital quality and flexibility to a new level,” The Rapida 106 packs a raft of unique features says Todd. “It is the only B2 inkjet press that can geared to extremely short make-ready times. It print onto pre-scored and pre-creased boards which was this point, in particular, which has secured allows us to produce dozens of web2print packaging KBA its foothold on the fiercely competitive solutions very efficiently and extremely competitively. Japanese offset market, alongside high production In combination with the finishes possible with the speeds, the enormous substrate flexibility and Scodix 1200, the press is perfect for producing an unrivalled competence in the field of inline premium personalised and promotional print and finishing. The equipment chosen for the Rapida for gifts, such as playing cards, books and packaging.”ium Taisei includes the sidelay-free infeed DriveTronic product commanding a premium price.” SIS, DriveTronic SPC direct drive technology The Truepress JetSX’s latest-generation high- for simultaneous plate changing, the Plate Ident precision inkjet head — minimum droplet size just 2 system for plate identification and automatic pre- picolitres — can output at 1440 x 1440 dpi to produce registration, CleanTronic UV washing systems and text and images that rival offset for quality. an Emission Extraction System for the delivery, to mention just a few of the highlights.

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One Vision Imaging wins new business Pixartprinting invests HP has announced that One Vision Imaging (OVI), in 4 digital presses United Kingdom, has installed an HP Indigo 5600 HP has announced that Pixartprinting, an Italian web-to-print company, has invested in four high- speed HP Indigo 7600 Digital Presses to benefit from the press’s new features and provide customers with high-quality print and fast turnarounds. Venice-based Pixartprinting will replace its six HP Indigo 7000s with the four new HP Indigo 7600 Digital Presses, while a further four HP Indigo 7500 Digital Presses will be upgraded with new features announced recently at drupa. The innovations include automated detection of print defects in real time, special on-press effects for high-value applications, such as raised print and textured effects that simulate embossing, and light black ink for improved monochrome photo images. OVI purchased the HP Indigo 5600 to increase its range of photo applications The new model of the flagship HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press has a top speed of up to 160 pages Digital Press to maintain its competitive edge and per minute (ppm) in Enhanced Productivity Mode increase its range of photo applications for new and (EPM) - a 33 per cent increase over the previous existing customers. The professional photographic top speed, making it the fastest two-page digital laboratory, based in Coventry, selected the HP sheet-fed press available on the market. As a major Indigo 5600 because the print quality is as impressive European web-to-print company serving a market as silver halide. The purchase was also a natural that requires print progression for the company as it continues to adapt on demand and to meet changing market needs. “The HP Indigo short delivery times, 5600 produces prints of such high quality – it’s really P i x a r t p r i n t i n g impressive,” says Nik Proctor, Sales & Marketing, has invested over VisionImPress – trading style of One Vision Imaging. almost 20 years in “The finishing options available are also extensive the latest HP digital and they increase the creative possibilities for photo printing systems applications. Our core customers are professional to complement photographers so we have to be able to deliver its conventional cutting-edge, unique solutions to meet their creative printing capability. requirements.” Since its One Vision Imaging will continue to offer services foundation by Pixartprinting has installed four new HP Indigo 7600 digital presses. that use silver halide, while using the HP Indigo Matteo Rigamonti 5600 to expand its product offering to suit a wider in 1994 to offer variety of customer needs, such as shorter runs and state-of-the-art DTP, scanning and typesetting environmental considerations. The HP Indigo 5600 services, Pixartprinting has expanded into general has a seven-colour capability and includes special commercial printing using advanced web-to-print options such as the Thick Substrate Kit, Combined technologies and automated workflows. Today, Multi-Shot and One-shot process (for synthetic and it has 80000 customers and turns around 3800 paper substrates), and White Ink(1), providing the jobs each day comprising magazines, catalogues, flexibility for a variety of print applications. postcards, stickers, labels and brochures, as well as large format-related applications. January 2013 RIND Survey 59 REMEMBERING RAMGOPALJI MAHESHWARI A life dedicated to social service, ethical journalism

November 20 was the birth centenary of evidenced by the tricolour held by a satyagrahi that Ramgopalji Maheshwari, freedom fighter, appears on the newspaper’s masthead. During the committed social worker and a person who struggle for freedom, Babuji was subject to house championed the arrest in 1939. The British demanded a written cause of Hindi. Born in guarantee from him. However, he did not give Mandolai near Jaipur up and the newspaper played a vital role in the on November 20, 1911, freedom struggle. his workspots centred During the Quit India Movement and the “do or around Nagpur, then die” call from Gandhiji in August 1942, the British the capital of the rulers imprisoned Babuji in the Nagpur Central Jail Central Provinces, and on the orders of Governor Sir Twainam. When in Berar, now known as jail, Babuji provided necessary financial help to the the Vidharbha region. freedom fighters and also proved to be an effective It was Mahatma medium of communication amongst them. In 1955, Gandhi’s ashram, during Congress convention in Nagpur, he edited Sewagram, near the souvenir. His contribution to ethical journalism Ramgopalji Maheshwari, or Babuji as he was popularly Nagpur, which inspired made him an institution. known. Ramgopalji to become Babuji also took upon himself the onus of a Gandhian and eradicating conservative customs followed by the associate himself with the Freedom Movement. Maheshwari Samaj. He solemnised his marriage Throughout his life, Ramgopalji, popularly known in a progressive way, which was resented by as Babuji, wore khadi and believed in simple his father who did not attend it. Babuji’s wife living. At 18, he chose social service as his goal Kaushalya Devi provided him necessary support and Gandhiji’s close disciple Krishnadas Jajoo’s and encouragement in whatever he did and played inspiration led him to be linked to Maheshwari, an important role in women’s emancipation. She

the mouthpiece of the Maheshwari Samaj, when worked against the veil custom for women and the he turned 22 years. He edited and published the harsh rituals at the time of death. < mouthpiece of Maheshwari community with dedication. It was the beginning of his career in journalism, one that continued till the end of his life. Along with the publication of Maheshwari, Babuji also took the responsibility of a biweekly publication, Nava Rajasthan, started by Brajlal Biyani in Akola. On February 8, 1934, Vasant Panchami, Babuji started the biweekly Nava Bharat from Nagpur which soon become a daily. Nava Bharat soon launched editions in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Satna, Chhindwara, Raipur, Bilaspur, Bombay, Nasik and Pune. For 65 years, Maheshwari P.K. Photos: Ramgopalji, as chief editor, successfully directed the publication of Nava Bharat. He was known President Pranab Mukherjee releasing a commemorative Bhishma Pitamaha stamp on Ram Gopal Maheshwari at Rashtrapati Bhavan, as the of journalism in central New Delhi. Also seen are minister of state, Communications and western India. Babuji made the Nava Bharat and Information Technology, Krupa Rani Killi, and managing a medium to espouse India’s Freedom Movement, editor, Navbharat and Central Chronicle, P.K. Maheshwari.

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Resource kit for fair and aspirations of women around the world,” comments WACC’s deputy general secretary gender portrayal Lavinia Mohr. She hopes that the new resource will The World Association for Christian help media decision makers, media professionals Communication (WACC) and the International and engaged media audiences increase the pace of Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has launched a new change towards fair representation and portrayal resource to promote gender-ethical journalism. of women in reporting. The Learning Resource Kit for Gender-Ethical The Learning Resource Kit is available in Arabic, Journalism and Media House Policy is the outcome English, French and Spanish may be downloaded of a project launched in July 2011 to promote fair free of charge at www.whomakesthenews.org and gender portrayal within media houses and the www.ifj.org. journalistic profession. The kit draws from the insights of media practitioners, educators and World Press Trends 2012 communication researchers from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, North now available America and Pacific. It brings together practical The World Association of Newspapers and News guidelines to enhance women’s representation Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has published the 2012 in media content and encourage dialogue within edition of World Press Trends, its annual report media structures and self-regulatory bodies on the state of the global newspaper industry. At together with civil society groups. the same time, it introduced a new era for World The editors note that “portraying gender in a fair Press Trends with the launch of a user-friendly and ethical manner will only occur when it becomes database for those who need additional data and a concern for everyone in the newsroom and the flexible functions that a database provides. The beyond. Journalists, photographers, news editors, data shows: camerawomen and cameramen, cartoonists, media - 2.5 billion people read a newspaper in print employers, self-regulatory bodies, journalists’ regularly schools, associations and unions, all have a role to - Newspaper circulation grew by 1.1 per cent play in ensuring that media become an effective globally last year, to 512 million copies, and 4.2 mirror of society. Civil society actors can support per cent between 2007 and 2011. The growing this process through monitoring, dialogue and newspaper business in Asia has more than offset positive partnerships with media”. circulation losses elsewhere in the worl. The kit is organised in two books. Book 1 - While digital platforms are helping newspapers concentrates on conceptual issues about gender increase their audiences, they are as yet not proving in news reporting. Book 2 presents gender-ethical to be a sufficient source of revenue thematic guidelines on reporting climate change, World Press Trends 2012, available free to WAN- disaster, economic news, sexual and reproductive IFRA members and for sale to non-members, is a health, human trafficking, peace and security, new, more concise version than in previous years, politics, and sexual violence. The 2010 Global yet contains most of the pertinent data on trends Media Monitoring Project revealed a global average in the industry. The report includes an overview of of barely one woman in every four people was circulation, advertising, digital and other worldwide seen, heard or read about in news stories. This is an trends, regional perspectives from leading publishers improvement from 15 years ago when it was less and data from 75 countries in comparative table than one in five. However, the pace is slow. “We format. Full details about the report can be know that quality journalism is ethical journalism, found at www.wan-ifra.org/wpt_report_2012. and that ethical journalism includes full and fair representation of the actions, opinions, concerns January 2013 RIND Survey 61 General News

Thomas Jacob is CEO, programs for unlocking the latent values in many of the group’s publications, developing marketing WAN-IFRA extensions around the existing portfolio, as well Thomas Jacob has been promoted as nurturing some of the recent launches and to the new position of chief acquisitions. Ghosh will reporting to Anant Nath, operating officer of WAN-IFRA. director, Delhi Press. Jacob previously served as one of the Ghosh’s appointment comes on the heels of three deputy CEOs. He will report induction of V. Natarajan as vice president – Brand to the CEO, Vincent Peyregne and Marketing and Strategy. Natarajan is spearheading Thomas Jacob will be responsible for operational the overall responsibility of brand management of management and business development worldwide. Delhi Press magazines and also reports to Nath. Jacob brings more than 28 years of experience in Ghosh’s earlier experience is from Ananda Bazaar media. He began his career as a rookie engineer Patrika, where he has spent four years heading with Mathrubhumi. After helming the technical advertising sales for ABP and The Telegraph, and department for four years, he moved to Singapore later the company’s magazines division. to establish IFRA’s presence in Asia. During the tenure, he established the two subsidiaries IFRA Special issue from Asia and IFRA India. He then joined Associated Newspapers, publisher of Daily Mail and Metro Motor Vikatan in UK. As ANL’s International Development Motor Vikatan, a Tamil automobile magazine from director, he conceptualised a compact midmarket the Vikatan Group, will complete seven years of newspaper for the Indian market and initiated a existence in 2013. The anniversary special, packed JV with the India Today Group to launch a new with 128 pages, will be on stands in January. The newspaper, Mail Today. print run is expected to be one lakh copies. The Jacob is an MBA with high honours from the theme for the issue is ‘7’. To synchronise with the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. theme, Vikatan has brought out articles on 7 super As a summa cum laude, he is also a member cars, 7 super bikes, 7 racers, 7 new launches and 7 of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honour society for new gadgets. management in the United States. He is a trained Says Pravin Menon, national head, Ad Sales: engineer in electronics and telecommunications, “2013 is going to be the year of Motor Vikatan. We having graduated with distinction from the have been in this market for 85 years; we understand National Institute of Technology, Suratkal, in the market and readers well. What works for us is India. He also underwent advanced studies in first mover advantage. Our online followers have computer networking at ICIS, Singapore. been growing too. In a competitive market, to grow consistently is a great achievement.” In order Delhi Press appoints to promote the anniversary issue, Vikatan will be conducting an extensive campaign on print and ad sales director online media. Delhi Press has appointed Sabyasachi Ghosh Prior to the release of the anniversary issue, the as its Advertising Sales director. Ghosh will lead brand has planned on-ground activations across the advertising sales function across the group seven cities in Tamil Nadu. With Motor Vikatan’s publications. Delhi Press publishes 32 magazines in efforts on spreading the message of road safety nine languages that include titles such as Grihshobha, and in order to prevent mishaps such as drink-and- The Caravan, Woman’s Era, Champak, Sarita and Saras drive, volunteers from Vikatan will carry messages Salil. Ghosh will be in charge of managing the on road safety and will also distribute hand bills revenue stream for the group – from advertising on the same subject. Since first week of January and sponsorship activities for its magazine brands, is observed as road safety week, Vikatan will online sites, events and reader activations. His join hands with the traffic police to spread this mandate is to work out the strategic and tactical message.

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January 24, organised by February 1, organised by March 10-15, organised by WAN- Newspaper Association of America: Newspaper Association of America: IFRA, in the US: Study Tour: Transformative Business Selling Digital Products. To Strictly Digital. More details Models. The way forward for compete in the digital marketplace, from Nick Tjaardstra, executive newspapers requires two separate newspapers must reorganise sales programmes manager, Digital at paths for transformation – one in operations, re-energise the top line [email protected] the legacy print business and one and revive revenue across products in the emerging digital business. and platforms. New-media pioneer March 11, organised by They have critical intersections but Christian A. Hendricks, vice Newspaper Association of America: also many independent capabilities. president of interactive media for Transformational Communities. The Transformation Tour brings The McClatchy Co., and leaders of Digital disruption is forcing editors together the best of the American the McClatchy Interactive team will and publishers to rethink how they Press Institute and The Poynter show how to take digital products produce and distribute news and Institute to offer workshops on to market. More details from Mary information and engage with the seven topics critical to the success Peskin at [email protected] communities they serve. News of the industry. More details from February 11, organised by organizations that understand the Mary Peskin at mary.peskin@naa. Newspaper Association of America: intersection between connectivity org Innovative Advertising Seminar. and community will emerge as Understanding the importance of future leaders. More details from January 28-30, organised strategic digital transformation is Mary Peskin at mary.peskin@naa. by WAN-IFRA, in New Delhi: integral to achieving success in org Digital Media India 2013 and the news media industry. Investing Digital Media Workshop. Also, in a new digital business model is March 19-20, organised by a pre-conference workshop on exactly where companies should WAN-IFRA, in Hamburg: Printing Responsive Design. More details center their efforts. Summit 2013. Design, Digital, from V. Antony, senior manager, February 26-27, organised by Energy and Innovation. More Events & Supplier Services, WAN- WAN-IFRA, in Dubai: 8th Middle details from Sergio de Oliveira, IFRA South Asia (v.antony@wan- East Conference. More details programme manager events, ifra.org) from Mechhild Schimpf, director, Newspaper Production at sergio.. Middle East at mechthild.schimpf@ [email protected] January 30, organised by WAN- wan-ifra.org IFRA, in New Delhi: Content February 22, organised by Monetisation Strategies. More Newspaper Association of America: details from V. Antony, senior Mobilising Digital Products. manager, Events & Supplier More details from Mary Peskin at Services, WAN-IFRA South Asia(v. [email protected] [email protected]) February 23-28, organised by IPAMA, at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, NCR Delhi: Printpack India 2013 February 28, organised by Newspaper Association of America: Transformative Content Strategies. More details from Mary Peskin at [email protected]

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