NSTP in Malaysia
adopts Protecmedia’s
SHIPO
for all its publications
Malaysian publishing group New Straits Times Press
(NSTP) has positioned itself at the forefront of
managing distribution of its publications following the
adoption of Protecmedia’s application SHIPO. An advanced
solution for media business, SHIPO is developed to manage
all distribution aspects, covering circulation, subscriptions,
finance and administration of newspaper production houses.
This solution helps NSTP now operate in a fully integrated
way, achieving significant time savings and, above all,
analysis in depth in real time of all operations and process.
Moreover, SHIPO provides huge functional advantages for
logistics management, configuration of business model and data mining in real time for
business intelligence—these are what NSTP has garnered. NSTP produces popular newspapers,
namely, New Straits Times, New Sunday Times, Berita Harian, Ahad Berita Harian, Harian
Metro and Metro Ahad.
The publishing house
has also got integrated
its mailroom system
in the printing plant
within the logis t ics
process of circulation to
optimise the final number
of copies for t h e i r
distribution on different
routes. Distribution of
the newspapers all over
Malaysia is managed
in each delegation in
a decentralised way,
using SHIPO. At the
same time, subscriptions are managed through the same routes of distribution.
Different players involved in these processes (salesmen for distribution, agents, direct
clients, transport contractors, etc.) have been integrated into a well-defined business model,
which facilitates to NSTP to evaluate the importance and relevance of each one. Similarly,
through data integration and business intelligence tools offered by Protecmedia, NSTP
can segment in practice by any criteria (type customer, geographic area, delegation, etc.)
and obtain reports in real time that are important for managing business. The project was
implemented and launched by Richmatt Graphics, Protecmedia official partner in Southeast
Asia. In India, Protecmedia is partnered with NEWSTECH.
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Punjab Kesari Group sends
414th truck
of relief materials
to J&K migrants
In view of helping migrants living in the
refuses of conflict zones in the border areas
of J&K, Punjab Kesari Group (Jalandhar)
has been sending relief materials of daily use
to those deprived civilians since October 10,
1999. Till date, 414 trucks from the news
media group have been dispatched to the
migrants residing in different villages in the
border areas. Just recently, the 414th truck
of relief materials to the villagers of Bari
Brahmana at Samba in J&K was flagged off
by Acharya Dev Vrat, governor of Himachal
Pradesh with the sponsorship from Sanjiv
Sood, press representative, Kot Ise Khan,
Moga; Vijay Kumar Chopra, CMD & editorin-
chief, Punjab Kesari Group, Jalandhar;
Rajesh Bagga, director, Apee Jay Institute;
Aslam Sher Khan, ex-MP; Lion JB Singh
Chaudhary, Prince Ashok Grover, Rakesh
Gupta, DR Bhatti, ex-DGP, Punjab; Kamal
Chaudhary, ex-MP; Sushma Berlia, chairman,
Apee Jay Education Trust; Maninderjit Singh
Bitta, chairman, Anti-Terrorist Front; Nirmal
Singh, dy chief minister, J&K; Navjot Kaur
Sidhu; KD Bhandari, Satnam Singh Kainth;
Rajinder Beri, Seth Sat Mal, among others.
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New initiatives
announced for
World Publishing
Expo 2016
WAN-IFRA, organisers of World
Publishing Expo, announces new
initiatives and a revamped concept
for 2016 edition of the expo, shedding lights
on both digital and print worlds through
conferences and expanded expert guided tours,
all focused on maximising expo experience of
visiting media executives. The event is returning
to Vienna from October 10-12, 2016 at Reed
Messe Wienm marking its fourth presence in
'The Capital of Dreams', since the execution
in 2011. The new format is geared toward
creating even more valuable takeaways for
visiting news media executives through a more
integrated programme.
Talking about the new initiatives, Vincent
Peyrègne, CEO, WAN-IFRA said that they would
be catering their resources and activities around
their members’ and the industry’s most pressing
topics and challenges to wholeheartedly support
their efforts with the ongoing transformation.
He added, “The event will reflect that with
a more personalised journey for each visitor,
to better inform them of the key trends and
technologies that could impact their strategies
and investment plans.” Conferences on print and
digital worlds will feature top-level keynotes
and presentations discussing the industry’s
hottest topics.
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Locally focused
Newsline of Karnal
Small newspapers in small cities and towns
operate in their own ways, pulling readers
from a confined locality. In this, Newsline of
Karnal is one
such weekly
newspaper
having
contents
full of news
and views,
widely read
by the city’s
population who
are interested
in local events
and incidents.
Circulated
around 10,000
copies every
week, Newsline
of Karnal is
printed in bilingual
(Hindi and English). This weekly is
printed at Dainik Bhaskar Group’s printing
facility in Noida. “We have been into
newspaper business since last two decades;
our revenue mainly comes from classified ads,”
says Raj Arora, editor, Newsline of Karnal,
adding that they are planning to increase the
number of pages of the newspaper, which is
just four now!
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The New Indian Express in Bengaluru
adopts PRESSLINE PRIMA
With its headquarters in
Chennai, under the aegis
of the group’s chairman
& MD, Manoj Santholia, The
New Indian Express is one of the
burgeoning English dailies in India.
As the company has upgraded its
Coimbatore and Kozhikode plants with
PRESSLINE presses, now the turn has
come to enhance infrastructure of its
Bommasandra site in Bengaluru where
equipped a brand new PRESSLINE PRIMA-36.
This newly installed PRESSLINE PRIMA-36
is featured with Auto Splicer, 4HI (4/1) Tower,
Auto Splicer with Stack Unit, Half Page Folder,
4HI (4/4) Tower, Auto Splicer, 4HI (4/1) Tower, Auto Splicer & Drive. Moreover, PRESSLINE
India is proud to be associating with the newspaper group nurtured by (Late) Ramnath Goenka.
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PRESSLINE India
helps WAEC spread education
PRESSLINE I n d i a has
partnered with West African
Examinat ions Counci l
(WAEC) to provide the council
a PRIMA-30 press. WAEC
is an examination board that
conducts the West African Senior
School Certificate Examination,
a university entry examination
in the West African countries.
Established in 1952, the council
has contributed to education in
Anglophonic countries in West Africa, such
as Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and
Gambia. The council conducts and certifies a
number of examinations they coordinate in the
region. They also form an endowment fund
to contribute to the education in the region
through regular lectures and aids to those
underprivileged children who are unable to
afford education.
Finally the honour went to PRESSLINE India for
the PRIMA-30 at WAEC. The press is featured
with 578 mm cut-off consisting of Double Reel
stand with Auto Splicer, 2HI Tower, Half Page
Folder with Quarter Page Fold, Online Gluing +
Online Digital Numbering + Online Stacker for
the production of answer sheets in millions. The
installation marks a new milestone in the region’s
printing market. The legislative assemblies of
Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Gambia have
passed an ordinance (West African Examinations
Council Ordinance No 40) approving the West
African Examination Council in Dec 1951. The
Ordinance agreed to the coordination of exams,
and issuing of certificates to students in individual
countries by the WAEC. At the end, PRESSLINE
is happy to be associated with WAEC, which
in turn is a catalyst in educating the large and
mass population of Africa.
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New head
appointed for ABB
ABB, one of the leading suppliers of
automation solutions for the newspaper
industry, has announced a change in
its management with Damian Staedeli being
appointed as head of the
company with effect from
01 January, 2016. Having
been with ABB for more
than 20 years, working
primarily in the fields of
service and sales, Damian
is known well within the
newspaper production
industry. His deep knowhow
in both fields was
greatly appreciated by
ABB’s customers and will be a major asset in
his new role.
Looking forward to the challenges of his new role,
Damian said, “We have tuned our organisation to
increase competitiveness and to further emphasise
our commitment to long-term support of our
customers,” adding, “We have a great team in
Switzerland and across the world and are well
equipped to handle whatever challenges come our
way.” ABB delivers solutions that provide unique
and totally integrated end-to-end control, protect
existing investments and provide management
information essential to improving profitability
in the newspaper industry.
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INMA reports
revenue
diversification
International News Media
Association (INMA) has recently
released a new report revealing
the diversifying a publisher’s revenue
streams beyond traditional print
and digital media. The report titled
‘Revenue Diversification Beyond
Traditional Print and Digital’ zooms
in on the stories of 14 news publishers in 10
countries that are seeking new value from the
assets they have or creating adjacencies to
those assets.
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NEWSTECH unpacks
new products
during PAMEX 2015
NEWSTECH, one of
the leading suppliers
of products for web
offset processing and related
activities, introduced a set of
fountain solutions (Stabilat
H-8000 and Unifount),
low odour Uniwash, a
CFC free solvent-based
blanket and roller washes
during the recent PAMEX
2015 organised at BEC in
Mumbai. Subhashish Mitra,
sales manager-consumables,
NEWSTECH (India) Pvt Ltd,
mentioned that they have
used the expo as a platform to unpack some
fresh solutions for the newspaper printing
market. Introduced during the expo included
the company’s fully automated Cross Strapping
Machine for magazines and NTPJ-100 paper
jogger table for both newspaper and magazine
productions, which NEWSTECH attractively
presented during the expo.
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Modular Infotech announces
new
Shree-Lipi 7.4 software
Modular Infotech,
one of the leading
developers of
multilingual software,
has recently released new
version of its flagship
software Shree-Lipi 7.4,
designed with enhanced
conversion utility,
spell checker and new
symbol fonts. “The new
version is compatible
right from Windows XP
upto Windows 10 and
it can be used in 32 and 64 bit operating
systems as well as applications,” remarked
Pradeep Satpute, regional manager-marketing,
Modular Infotech Pvt Ltd, adding that a
number of new attractive fonts are added for
users.
All the features of Shree-Lipi 7.4 package
have been designed from the user perspective.
Continuous upgradation of technologies has
made Shree-Lipi an ideal
choice for various printing
segments, including
newspaper production
houses, publishing firms
and media platforms.
The company is also
offering cost effective
solutions for e-paper, news
management, advertise
management, e-book
publishing, etc. Modular
Infotech has set to carry
out road-shows, customer
clinics, exhibitions, seminars and so on across
the country to create awareness about the use
of licensed copy software and direct interaction
with customers.
Till date, more than 1,000 newspapers and
7,00,000 satisfied users in India and abroad
are using fonts/solutions of Modular Infotech.
Further, the company is exponential growth to
double their business in the next five years.
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First transgender
comic character
‘Dhee’
launched in
Bangladesh
Boys of Bangladesh (BoB), a support
organisation for transgender community
in the country, has recently launched
the first ever lesbian comic character ‘Dhee’.
The character is developed as an advocacy
tool for a broader project called Project
Dhee, which aims at taking forward the
movement to establish and preserve rights
of the LGBT community in Bangladesh.
BoB says there is a reason they chose to
share the story through a female character:
the LGBT movement has so far been maledominated,
and they wanted to bring a
change in that.
Dhee, literally meaning wisdom, is revolved
in stories being told in comic strips that are
portrayed flashcards; it will be used to conduct
campaigns to spread information about gender
and sexuality across 15 countries. Launch of
the comic stripes at British Council in Dhaka
was attended by a horde of social activists
and common people. In Bangladesh, many
transgender people are forced to hide their
sexual identity and live double lives for
fear of reprisals in the deeply conservative
country. But the ‘Dhee’ movement has revealed
increasingly assertive of their rights.
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Complete defect
detection system
for doctoring &
printing machines
BST Eltromat is now offering TubeScan
Digital, for wide web (up to 1100 mm)
applications which provide considerably
higher process
reliability with
the base function. This system can be installed
on any press during the printing stage or on a
Doctoring Machine to detect defects.
Few of the salient features of the system include
100 percent web inspection, 100 percent of the
time. It offers minimum defect size of approx.
0.3 mm and camera resolution up to 0.167 mm.
It can detect print defects, register defects and
colour variations. It has a job saving function
for repeat orders. The doctoring machine stops
and brings back the defective material for
removal/correction. Optional features include
UV Illumination- monitoring security features
and job report.
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ABB to replace obsolete
press controls at SAPESO
Being a leader in providing
automation solutions for
the newspaper industry,
ABB has received a new
order from SAPESO (Société
Anonyme de Presse et d’Editions
Sud-Ouest) based in Bordeaux,
France, for a modular retrofit
on their three COLORMAN
presses from manroland web
systems. Like many printing
firms, SAPESO was concerned
about the long term availability
of their printing capacity as their
existing control systems were
already obsolete. To solve this
problem they turned to ABB to
replace the existing controls with
modern systems based on ABB’s
Advant Controller AC500, a
system that is used in countless demanding
industries and for which spare parts will be
available for at least the next ten years.
The scope of the order is divided into three
phases. First the unit controls on the six 4-hi
printing towers, two per press, will be replaced.
The second phase sees the replacement of the
controls on the three folders, and finally, in
the third phase, the control systems on six
reelstands will be replaced. When upgrading
the control systems on the towers and folders
ABB will also replace the obsolete and
proprietary Interbus Loop devices with standard
components. The list of devices to be replaced
includes the LBA Interbus Loop master units,
originally manufactured by manroland, web
break detectors, ink level sensors, interfaces
to the Festo valves and positional encoders.
The commissioning of the first phase of the
project, the retrofitting of the six printing
towers, will begin in November this year. And
the retrofits of the folders and reelstands will
then follow in two subsequent phases in the
course of 2016 and 2017.
