Co-operation
Caxton and CTP Publications sign
licensee agreement for Pongrass
Editorial and Production system
Caxton and CTP Publications have signed an enterprise licensee agreement for a Pongrass Editorial and Production system which will cover all of the
Caxton properties which include 120 newspapers
and magazines across South Africa.
Following the enterprise licensee agreement of Caxton and CtP Publications for a Pongrass Editorial and Production system, the very initial order includes 500 seat licenses and the new installations will integrate with the existing Caxton ad booking system. Pongrass are pleased to announce the first installation of their Production and Editorial solutions at George on the west cape of South Africa at The Group Editors site which has seven community papers in the area. The rollout will continue throughout the country.
Easy installations
Key to the decision to buy Pongrass was the flexibility of the Pongrass Enterprise technology agreement with backup services from Pongrass as required. Tony Rorke, director of IT at Caxton comments, “We have dealt with Pongrass for some 10 years with the classified pagination product which we integrated at our sites. Purchasing their editorial and production technology allows us to roll out the technology ourselves. Pongrass software uses an open interface and is definitely easy to install and train. The first installation at The Group Editors in George was completed in two weeks with just two staff from Pongrass on-site.”
Background
Pongrass has a long-standing relationship with Caxton’s going back to 2000 when they purchased the Pongrass Classified Pagination software for the group. The introduction of Pongrass’s InDesign based ad production and editorial solution was inline with Caxton’s technology vision. Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers Limited are recognised as one of the largest publishers of newspapers and magazines in South Africa.
Popular titles
The number of titles falling under
the community newspaper division
counts a total of 120 publications. The geographic spread of Caxton Community Papers includes Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West, Kwazulu-Natal, Western Province (Garden Route), Free State and Northern Cape. Caxton’s 10 monthly titles cover a broad range of readers of all demographic groups and a wide variety of interesting topics, including fashion and beauty, food, décor, parenting, travel, entertainment and celebrity. The three weekly titles Farmers Weekly, VroueKeur and People cover agricultural, women’s interest and celebrity news respectively. Tabloid The Citizen is a daily national newspaper in Johannesburg which appears on weekdays and on Saturdays.
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WoodWing Software partners with
Getty Images to streamline image workflow
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WoodWing has tied up with Getty Images to work together to develop a seamless integration of the latter’s digital content library which newspapers, magazines, websites and others all over the world mull over it as one of the leading resources for images for editorial and advertising. In the joint effort, WoodWing’s editorial management application Content Station will be part of its multi-channel publishing system Enterprise. With this integration, users of WoodWing Enterprise now have direct access to select, download and procure images from Getty Images’ significant content library.
Getty Images’ extensive content library is now directly available in Content Station, the editorial management application of WoodWing’s multi-channel publishing system Enterprise. The extensive offering of stock images and illustrations spans everything from conceptual creative images and timeless vintage photography to up-to-the-minute editorial coverage including news, sports and celebrity photos. After the collaboration, Getty Images’ extensive content library is now directly available in Content Station, the editorial management application of WoodWing´s multi-channel publishing system Enterprise.
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Patrick Martell announced
as new president of Ipex 2014
Informa Exhibitions announces the appointment of Patrick Martell, chief executive of St Ives Group, as new president of Ipex 2014. Patrick in his new role will chair the Ipex 360 Committee, which will be a visitor-focussed steering group, handling representatives from the whole value chain, including agencies, small to large PSPs and end-users of print, meet in the coming months to discuss and advise on the successful delivery of the Ipex 2014 to be held from March
24 – 29, 2014 at London ExCeL, UK.
On his appointment as Ipex 2014 president, Patrick remarked, “It was an honour to be asked to undertake the role as Ipex president to support the Ipex 2014 organisers in delivering a world class ‘must attend’ event that meets the needs of visitors and exhibitors alike.” Ipex 2014 is an international industry showcase on the future of print, demonstrating its crucial role in contemporary marketing communications, which aligns perfectly with St Ives’ vision and business objectives.
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Prakash Offset steals show at PAMEX ’13
One of the promising manufacturers of web offset presses which are now in demand around both domestic and overseas markets, Prakash Offset Machinery Pvt Ltd boasts of its range of versatile and affordable presses viz. Prakash Speedster, Prakash Superb, Prakash 20, Prakash 16 and others that they have put on display during the recent PAMEX ’13 held at India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida. “We find many visitors to the expo taking interest in our showcases which includes our Prakash 1824 sheet-fed press, designed for churning non-woven materials as well as paper,” conveyed Naveen Gupta, director, Prakash Offset Machinery Pvt Ltd in his interaction with All About Newspapers during the expo.
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ABB to retrofit Wifag OF370 at La Nacion
ABB announces a major order from La Nacion, one of the leading Argentine newspapers based in Buenos Aires, for drives and controls retrofits on their Wifag OF370 press. La Nacion is the latest in a long line of newspaper houses that has chosen ABB’s APOS solution to replace obsolete proprietary control and positioning systems on their press. ABB will install its APOS solution on six printing towers and one folder. A drives retrofit will also be carried out on these units.
In addition, ABB will supply new drives and control systems for nine Wifag reel stands at the Buenos Aires site. The project will be carried out in close cooperation between ABB organisations in Argentina and Switzerland. “ABB’s strong local presence in Argentina and the cooperation between the two parts of the ABB organisation were decisive in winning this order,” remarked Christian Villiger, head of ABB’s activities in the printing business. He added that it’s another example of the advantages of ABB’s global footprint. The commissioning of the upgrades will be performed in parallel with the daily production on the press in order to avoid any downtime and will be completed by August 2014.
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ABC announces new office bearers
In a recent communication of ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations) the bureau has announced that Ravindra Pisharody (Tata Motors Ltd) has been unanimously elected as chairman and M Venkatesh (HT Media Ltd) as the deputy chairman for the year 2013-14. Other members of the bureau’s council of management as ‘Publishers Representatives’ include: Shailesh Gupta (Jagran Prakashan Ltd), Amit Mathew (Malayala Manorama Co Ltd), Aritra Sarkar (ABP Pvt Ltd), I Venkat (Ushodaya Enterprises Ltd), Hormusji N Cama (The Bombay Samachar Pvt Ltd), Devendra V Darda (Lokmat Media Pvt Ltd) and Sanjeev Vohra (Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd). Included in the council as ‘Advertising Agency Representatives’ are Shashidhar Sinha (Universal McCann Erickson (India) Pvt Ltd) - hony secretary, Madhukar Kamath (Mudra Communications Pvt Ltd) - hony treasurer, Vikram Sakhuja (Group M Media India Pvt Ltd) and Srinivasan K Swamy (RK Swamy BBDO Pvt Ltd). And as ‘Advertisers Representatives’ include Debabrata Mukherjee (Coca Cola India Pvt Ltd), Anil Dua (Hero MotoCorp Ltd) and Hemant Malik (ITC Limited).
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Pressline installations across the country
- carried out in NCR Delhi, Kerala and Maharashtra.
With the kind of confidence being enjoyed with Pressline machines, The Indian Express has placed order for two more machines for their upcoming set up in Bengaluru. Both the machines are fully automated versions of PRIMA version equipped with auto splicers with speed of 36,000 cph.
Pressline’s recent installation is twenty-pages web offset machine equipped with two towers and three mono units at Kozhikode in Kerala with New Indian Express. They have already started their regular production on this machine. New Indian Express is already being printed on Pressline machines at several other centers in South India, such as Trunelveli, Trichi, Vellore, Coimbatore, etc.
The second installation is repeat one from Repro India Ltd, Mahape, Navi Mumbai where 4/4 PRIMA tower with auto-splicer and folder, etc has been installed for quality book production for exports. The third one is added on high speed PRIMA folder being installed with heatset commercial web offset machine of Mitsubishi. This will be the first time when Indian folder with special attachments will be used with the Japanese heatset machine.
Pressline has also completed installation of their second PRIMA machine with IPP, one of the leading book printers in Noida. The machine is equipped with fully automatic splicer, infeed-outfeed, 4/4 tower, remote control registration system, etc.
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Publicis Groupe acquires Beehive
Paris-based Publicis Groupe has acquired Beehive Communications, one of India’s leading independent integrated communications agencies specialising in cutting-edge marketing and communication services across South Asia. This marks Publicis’ seventh acquisition in the country since mid-2012 as they have so far been roped in Indigo Consulting, Resultrix, MarketGate, iStrat, Convonix and Neev. Beehive will be rebranded as Publicis Beehive and will operate as a unit within Publicis Worldwide’s global network. Under Sanjit Shastri, founder & CEO, Beehive, the current leadership team will continue to lead the agency and will now report to Nakul Chopra, CEO, Publicis Worldwide-South Asia.
Beehive Communications boasts a roster of more than 130 employees providing creative integrated solutions viz. reputation management, media, digital, brand activation and research. Headquartered in Mumbai, this agency also has regional branches in Delhi and Bengaluru. In another upshot, Publicis Groupe and New York-based Omnicom Group have recently announced that the waiting period for under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976 has expired in connection with the previously announced merger between the two companies. The companies also announced the receipt of approvals from regulatory authorities in Canada, India and Turkey.
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One Vision’s
pre-media
solutions acclaimed globally
Intelligent and dynamic workflows of Germany-based One Vision have been accepted by leading newspapers all over the world. More than 3,000 companies with over 5,000 licenses rely on the company’s core competencies in pre-media solutions comprising Asura (modular files preflight and PDF normalisation), Amendo (smart automation image enhancement), InksavePro (save ink while increasing file quality), Solvero (powerful editing for pre-press files), Mirado (instant publishing on iPad, Android, etc) and TIFF G2 export.
Some of the leading newspapers which have been using One Vision’s pre-media solutions include The Times of India, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Sunday Morning Herald, The Age, International Herald Tribune, Khaleez Times, The Sun, The Times, The Star, Ouest France, among others. The solutions automate, standardise and envision the processes and integrate easily to all third party systems supporting web service interface. They recently participated successfully in WAN-IFRA Expo in Bengaluru.
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Glunz & Jensen partners with
GKS to offer lifetime support to OEMs
Glunz & Jensen has acquired Grafisk Kvik Service ApS (GKS), which has over the years provided excellent, first class service and support to AGFA, FIJIFILM, Heidelberg and Kodak and their end-users in the Nordic countries. Glunz & Jensen is expanding this overall first class, lifetime support by offering it to our OEMs outside the Nordic region. Current GKS customers will continue to be offered Installation, Preventive Maintenance Programme, Service Contracts, as well as 24x7 emergency assistance, so that they are not affected with these strategic changes.
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Job portal launched for printing,
packaging and allied industry
Searching a dream job is like finding a pearl in an oyster. With increasing competition, every employer wants to hire gems of the profession. At the same time, job seekers also want a destination where they can sharpen their skills. The most common business challenge that encountered is finding talented experienced people when needed. Here is where the search is effective: www.printnaukri.com
Catering to the needs of both, founder member Rakesh Sharma, who is having more than 18 years working experience in different fields of printing industry initiated job board serving the industry. “Our team of technical experts headed by Mohit and Rohit transform million of dreams into reality by recently launching the single online career portal. The website has been developed by industry professionals, recruitment specialists to streamline and speed up the recruitment procedure within the print industry.
Print Naukri.com is one of the fastest growing global premier online independent job search and career portals, attracting qualified, responsive professionals, jobseekers with their ideal roles and employers across graphic arts, printing-packaging industry. This portal is designed to provide a cost effective method of advertising vacancies while promoting many career paths available within the industry. Job vacancies can be posted on the site directly by the employers or recruitment agencies seeking employees.
“Employers and recruitment consultant with a need to immediately tap into a pool of the latest talent with experience in the industry may register ‘free’ and discover how easy and cost effective it is to both post a vacancy and headhunt from our database of skilled and experienced professionals,” informed Rakesh Sharma.
For further information, users may e-mail at: help@printnaukri.com
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Punjab Kesari Group's
354th truck of relief material
Vijay Kumar Chopra, CMD and editor-in-chief, Punjab Kesari Group flagging off the 354th truck of relief material sent jointly by Mukti Narayan Venkatesh Mandir, Amritsar and Vivekanand Swarg Ashram Trust for the migrants in the border villages of Vijaypur and Garai Mandi, etc in Raisi, J&K. Charanjit Agnihotri, Charanjit Bhaskar, Ram Parkash Goenka, Subhash Sharma, Abhishek Agnihotri, Surinder Kumar Billa from Amritsar and Ram Prakash Bharti, Naresh Bhatia, Bhupinder Singh Arora, from Ludhiana and Lion JB Singh Chaudhary are also seen in the picture.
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Riasi MLA Baldev Sharma distributing the relief material to one of the migrants in presence of
Shahid Iqbal, Shambhu Nath Tripathi, Kuldip Maingi, JB Singh Chaudhary and others.
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QuadTech expands to cover Nordic region
QuadTech announces the appointment of Denmark-based BSTech ApS as its exclusive agent for Denmark, Finland and Iceland. The appointment covers all application sectors, commercial web, newspapers and packaging. Bent Sørensen of BSTech said, “In the newspaper sector, which, as in many western countries, is experiencing significant contraction, there are opportunities for performance-enhancing systems like QuadTech’s Color Control and Web Inspection System with AccuCam.
BSTech was established in 2012 by Bent Sørensen, who has a 25-year association with QuadTech systems. BSTech specializes in supplying ancillary systems for press and post-press applications as well as automated guided vehicles (AGVs) for materials handling.
“This is because, while investment in new presses is unlikely in this market, systems like the AccuCam are able to extend press life, ensure quality and cut waste: three things that are very attractive to newspaper printers,” mentioned Bent Sørensen.
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ppi Media and Digital Collections
boost up presence in South East Asia
Interest in the solutions developed by ppi Media and Digital Collections (DC) has been increased in South East Asia. As a result, in order to provide improved, more intensive assistance and support for customers and interested parties, the software producers from Hamburg have concluded a partner agreement with Thai company Intergraphics. Christian Finder, head of international sales at ppi Media said, “For a long time, Intergraphics has been held in high esteem in the Thai market. We have also noted a trend towards digital media in Thailand. Therefore, our customers and interested parties rightly expect us to increase our presence.”
Intergraphics will represent ppi Media and DC in Thailand, offering the entire portfolio of solutions from both suppliers. As a sales partner, this Thai company will work closely with Medialive Pte Ltd, Asian representative for DC and ppi Media. ppi Media in South East Asia has been active since 2003.
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Excellence of manroland
revealed at WAN-IFRA India 2013
At the WAN IFRA India 2013 concluded recently in Bengaluru, manroland India reported successful participation and excellent business. This company has positioned itself as a strong solutions provider for the Indian newspaper industry, offering innovative solutions for web offset, digital print finishing and pressroom chemistry. During the expo, manroland web systems detailed about its double wide, single circumference web offset press CROMOMAN 4-1 designed exclusively for the Indian market with two product variants in 7.4 m and 5.4 m height options.
Last year, manroland India declared two successful installations of CROMOMAN 4-1 in India – The Times of India, Pune and Kolkata. Highlights in the web section during the expo also included the company’s local service team of Indian engineers trained at the manroland factory in Germany with wide ranging experience in installing manroland presses in India and abroad. The company also revealed its venture in the digital industrial post-press finishing solutions with cut-off variable folders that can be integrated with high speed digital inkjet printers.
manroland has introduced two variable folders – Foldline and FormerLine. Foldline is a fully-automatic, multivariable pin-type folder for newspaper production in digital production environments capable of producing broadsheet and tabloid newspapers. FormerLine is a special reel-to-book block solution for digital book production wherein after printing, the web is guided over the variable folder for several longitudinal folds into the variable cutting unit for the cross cut. From here, the individual signatures move to the VBC Collator where they are stacked, glued and pressed into book blocks.
Highlighted at the expo also included the company’s Printcom range of pressroom consumables including fountain solutions, press washes, press care and plate care products formulated for newspaper production environment.
The exhibition booth of manroland India, which covered more than 100 sq m, witnessed an impressive footfall throughout the show with visitors from all major newspapers across the country. Delegates from The Times of India, Hindustan Times, Jagran Prakashan, ABP, Dainik Bhaskar, Deccan Herald, Dinamalar, Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhumi, Newsline Printers, The New Indian Express, Dinakaran, Eenadu, Jagati Publications, Sanje Vani, Namaste Telangana, Prajasakti and MNS Printers marked their presence.
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Kodak set the future at
World Publishing Expo 2013
Ways to add value to newspaper production while enhancing production and increasing efficiency was presented by Kodak at the recent WAN-IFRA’s World Publishing Expo 2013 in Berlin. Among the market-leading solutions showcased to enable newspaper and semi-commercial newspaper printers achieve high-quality results cost effectively included KODAK PROSPER 5000XLi Press. The company also shared the advantages of the KODAK VERSAMARK VL4200 Printing System, the KODAK PROSPER S30 Imprinting System, KODAK THERMALNEWS PT Digital Plates and KODAK SONORA NEWS Process Free Plates.
“Kodak is at the vanguard of newspaper production,” commented Philip Cullimore, regional managing director- EAMER. He added, “Newspapers are discovering how they can adapt their product offering flexibility, especially when it comes to being able to offer more dynamic, targeted content.” Capable of full-page digital colour variable printing, KODAK VERSAMARK VL4200 Printing System is a turnkey solution having reliable inkjet printheads and a choice of controller which is ideal for short-run or remote newspaper printing. And the faster, high quality KODAK PROSPER 5000XLi Press, with its wider web width, is expanding the newspaper markets that can use inkjet technology.
PROSPER S30’s creation of gaming products in Bild, one of Germany’s largest newspapers, was among the examples featured on a sample wall during the expo. Helping to improve competiveness are KODAK THERMALNEWS PT Digital Plates, which provide the print quality and stability of thermal plates, while enabling printers to eliminate the preheat and prewash from processing to save electricity and water and reduce process variability. And Kodak’s partnership with wobe’s team WNEWSNET Workflow is so important as it manages digital production data in a newspaper prepress department to facilitate automation of plate production, data control and data processing.
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Second inning for IPAMA office bearers
Indian Printing, Packaging & Allied Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (IPAMA) organised its 24th Annual General Meeting during which members unanimously approved the idea/suggestion to let the present team continue for another one term. So, for the next term 2014-16, KS Khurana will continue as president, CP Paul as general secretary, JS Kalsi as treasurer and other office bearers will also remain the same. The meeting concluded with a happy note and the present members applauded.
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Kapoor Imaging signs license agreement
with RBP Chemical Technology
RBP Chemical Technology Inc, Milwaukee, US has signed an agreement with Chennai-based Kapoor Imaging Pvt Ltd to license the blending and distribution of its pressroom chemistries line in India. After its presence in India for more than six years, RBP Chemical Technology recognised the need to partner with a locally-respected supplier to support its efforts to grow business in the region and at global level as well. Kapoor Imaging is a well known name with its branches in Sivakasi, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Cochin, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Cuttack and New Delhi.
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Newstech stages efficient
solutions during PAMEX ’13
The stand of Newstech (India) Pvt Ltd during the recent PAMEX 2013 held at India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida was jammed with exclusive displays of different solutions for web offset and others. The products which attracted every passerby around the company’s showcases included fountain solution, blanket and roller washes, press and plate care products among others which are now in demand for quality and efficiency newspaper publishing. While interacting with All About Newspapers at the expo, Sunil Kumar V, area sales manager, Newstech (India) Pvt Ltd said, “Fountain solutions ranging from Newsfount 1388, universally designed for all web presses; Newsfount Heat 127, specially formulated well-buffered fountain solution for heat set printing with reduced IPA; and Newsfount HS 1228 for heat set web printing without IPA are some of the products we offer for web offset presses.”
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manroland talks about future at
World Publishing Expo in Berlin
Berlin was worth visiting for manroland web systems during the recently concluded World Publishing Expo (WPE) held from October 7-9, 2013 in this capital city of Germany. Media entrepreneurs, publishers and print experts caught up on the latest technologies and service products offered by the world market leader in web offset printing. manroland web systems created an excellent impression with the announcement of a new level of service for the future as they are collaborating with Servicegesellschaft für Elektrik und Mechanik (SEM) in the German-speaking countries. The contracts were signed during the expo.
Co-operation with SEM fits into manroland web systems’ new, proactive service structure. Visitors got in-depth information about the product line containing press.update, classic.service, and print.competence during the expo. The communication fair WPE is ideal for meetings of this kind, both for establishing market needs directly as well as for discussing manroland web systems’ service spectrum in detail, such as the ‘three-around concept’. With the three-around update, a newspaper printing system can achieve the more convenient broadsheet format (similar to tabloid pages) and a higher number of copies, without narrowing down the press system’s actual technical layout.
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Naph Graphics presents
upgraded portfolio at PAMEX ’13
Upgraded machines with newer technologies and other aspects are what Naph Graphics Pvt Ltd proudly presented during the recent PAMEX 2013 held at India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida. Being one of the leading manufacturers and exporters of web offset machines, the company showcased its ‘Koncept’ brand in an impressive manner at the four-day expo. Koncept is a revolutionary press which Naph Graphics has added to its portfolio to print both four-colour with inbuilt reel stand in just 14 ft height. While talking to All About Newspapers, Praveen Kumar, director-marketing, Naph Graphics Pvt Ltd said “In addition to web offset printing, the Indian printing industry has also gained a new momentum in other segments including book printing and packaging which we have been tapping aggressively.”
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New board members elected to WAN-IFRA
Newspaper executives from five countries have recently been elected to the board of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) during the organisation's Annual General Meeting in Berlin, Germany. The WAN-IFRA AGM, taking place on the eve of the World Publishing Expo, elected: Daniel Dessein, director of La Gaceta in Argentina, representing the Argentine newspaper association ADEPA; Kojiro Shiraishi, director & managing editor of The Yomiuri Shimbun, representing the Japanese Newspaper Association, NSK; Stig Finslo, senior vice president for publishing, external communications and human resources at Amedia in Norway, representing the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association, MBL; Olivier Derville, purchasing director and board member of Les Papiers de Presse in France; and Malte von Trotha, chief financial officer of Styria Media Group in Austria. Seventy-five other newspaper executives representing newspapers and media associations in 67 countries were re-elected to the board. Tore Stangebye, CEO of Norway-based Berner Gruppen, was re-elected as treasurer.
