Krause receives more orders from India
Quality does make the difference. It has been
impressively proven by the huge orders for
Krause CtP-systems from India. The Bennet
Coleman & Co Ltd from Mumbai placed
another order over five complete CtP-systems
to Krause. While after a huge investment in
KBA printing machines, the Bhaskar group
has also focused on more quality in CtP
and purchased 13 Krause LS Jet lines.
The Times of India: the largest Krause user worldwide
The Krause LS Jet with the BlueFin |
The Bennet Coleman & Co Ltd from Mumbai has recently placed
another order over five complete CtP-systems to Krause. The systems
consist of LS Jet 300 V high speed CtP platesetter, the Krause JetNet
workflow, plate processor and video-positioned-punch / bending.
Before choosing a supplier, The Times of India (TOI) carried out extensive
tests of thermal, silver and polymer violet technologies. Krause was the
only supplier to live up to the expectations in reference to quality, standing
times and production costs. After successful tests at the printing centre
in Mumbai – Kandivli, three lines in Mumbai and four lines in Delhi, printing
centre Sahibabad had already been installed in 2005 and 2006. At both
printing sites, up to 4,000 printing plates are being produced daily. The
decision for Krause turned out to be the right one since both printing sites
produce without major disturbance or production failure. As a result, it was
clear that they would again invest in further lines and with this order the
number of installed Krause lines climbed up to 27 systems. This means
that The Times of India is Krause’s largest customer and still plans to grow.
Mohit Jain, managing director, commented, "TOI is very delighted with the
cooperative partnership with Krause and that for future investments; it will
be greatly trusted in Krause and its products."
The Times of India is the leading English-speaking daily newspaper in India.
Among all English newspapers, the TOI has, with over 2.4 million copies,
the highest circulation and is officially the bestselling English newspaper.
Bhaskar group shows trust in Krause LS Jet lines
The Bhaskar group has also focused on more quality in CtP and purchased
thirteen Krause LS Jet lines, after a huge investment in KBA printing
machines. Prior to this, equipment from Agfa and Dotline has been used
to produce newspaper printing plates at their facilities.
In order to cope with the increasing quality standards, all installations will
be replaced by 13 complete Krause lines with LS Jet and BlueFin, of which
five have been delivered already. The remaining eight CtP systems will be
installed at various printing sites throughout India later.
During IFRA 2007 in Vienna itself, the top management team of the Bhaskar
group realized for themselves the unrivalled Krause quality and the enormous
speed of the LS Jet platesetters. For the Bhaskar group, under direction
of Venkataraman, commercial director of the Bhaskar group, the excellent
presentation of Krause, the brilliant product quality and the high amount
of installations and service coverage in India made the difference. In the
future, Krause and the Bhaskar group are expecting a fruitful long-term
partnership in order to take the media industry in India into the next age.
The Bhaskar group is a conglomerate of companies at the top of the Indian
media industry with the flagship newspapers Dainik Bhaskar, Divya
Bhaskar and Daily News Analysis (DNA).
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