Color-Logic certifies Xeikon technology
Color-Logic-developer of the Process Metallic
Color System—has certified the Xeikon X-800
Digital Front End for use with Color-Logic files.
Announcing the certification, Color-Logic director of sales and marketing Mark Geeves commented,
“Color-Logic technicians have tested the Xeikon X-800 Version 3.5 DFE on the Xeikon 3000 Series
presses for compatibility with Color-logic files. Xeikon users can be assured that Xeikon printers
with this configuration will accurately process Color-Logic files and produce striking images on
metallic foils and similar substrates, and eliminate having to create white ink masks, and take
advantage of variable text in metallic. Xeikon presses, together with the Color-Logic process,
provide printers with 250 new metallic colours and a virtually unlimited combination of decorative
effects. As brands require many more SKUs to address worldwide markets, the Xeikon digital
printing solution enables them to stand out from their competition on the shelf.”
Developed for brand managers, product managers, corporations and advertising agencies, the Process
Metallic Color System gives licensees the ability to differentiate themselves and their clients from
the competition by simplifying the design and print production process and implementing eyecatching
decorative effects into their branded products and associated collateral. The Color-Logic
system is compatible with offset, inkjet, flexography, digital presses, screen printing, and gravure
processes. It is ideal for packaging, pouches, direct mail, point-of-purchase material, signage, post
cards, literature, booklets, labels, shrink sleeves, calendars and much more.
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INMA releases new report on
‘programmatic advertising
opportunities
for news publishers’
How media companies can capitalise
on programmatic buying in the fastevolving
sales of digital advertising is the
focus of a new report released recently by the
International News Media Association (INMA).
‘Programmatic Advertising Opportunities for News
Publishers’ provides context on programmatic
advertising sales, the market opportunities for
news publishers, the local advertising landscape
for programmatic, and where this space is going
next. Programmatic sales will represent the
majority of digital advertising sales by 2017.
The INMA report looks at: an overview of
programmatic advertising, including a history
and definitions; the market, buyers and sellers
of programmatic advertising; how the local
advertising landscape is evolving for programmatic
buying and the improvements needed and
future of programmatic buying. “Programmatic
Advertising Opportunities for News Publishers”
is augmented by case studies from leading news
media companies worldwide.
Authored by Matt Prohaska, CEO and principal
of Prohaska Consulting, the report offers strategy
and tactics
for publishers,
advertising
technology companies, agencies, brands and
investors in the field of programmatic advertising.
He was the first programmatic advertising
director of The New York Times, which closed
more programmatic direct campaigns than any
other publisher all over the world during his
tenure. “This report is a fantastic primer for
executives trying to get their arms around
programmatic buying at media companies, and
it is an excellent benchmark document for those
intimately involved,” said Earl J Wilkinson,
executive director and CEO of INMA.
INMA is a global community of marketleading
news media companies reinventing
how they engage audiences and grow revenue
in a multi-media environment. The INMA
community consists of 6,800+ executives at
600+ news media companies in 80+ countries.
Headquartered in Dallas, INMA has offices
in Antwerp, New Delhi, San Salvador, and
São Paulo.
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Newly elected office bearers
of AIFMP felicitated at New Delhi
Amid showers of greetings, goodwill
gestures and growth visions, newly elected
office bearers of All India Federation of
Master Printers (AIMPF) for the year 2014-15
were felicitated at a get-together in New Delhi.
Organised by Delhi Printers’ Association in
association with Delhi Master Printers’ Welfare
Association and Noida Offset Printers’ Association,
a host of representatives congratulated the newly
elected team led by Dev Nair, president, AIFMP
(Kohinoor Printers, Mumbai).
“So far the industry has given us a lot of
opportunities that make us what we are today. Now
it is our turn to give
the ‘glory’ back to
the industry. I hope
our unity will able
to make it possible,”
mentioned Dev Nair in his address. He urged
everyone to step forward for new developments
as his evocative appeal included the construction
of a printing institute in Bengaluru. As a note
on the welfare of the industry fellows, Anand V
Limaye, general secretary, AIFMP (India Printing
House, Mumbai) asserted, “Whatever expectations
you have from us, we would try our best to
adhere on your demands. Please communicate
with us, we will always stand by you.”
The newly elected office bearers of AIFMP include
Dev Nair, president; Vijay Mohan, vice president
(North); Rajendra Jain, vide-president (West);
Shyamal Chandra Basu, vice-president (East);
KC Prakash, vice-president (South); Anand V
Limaye, hon general secretary; Arvind Mardikar,
hon joint secretary; and Ashwani Gupta, hon
treasurer. Conclusion of the felicitation programme
marked with mutual interactions and sharing of
light moments among all.
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New office of
manroland India
in New Delhi
Head office of manroland India Pvt Ltd
in New Delhi has been relocated to
a new address, which is located at
153, Ground Floor, Okhla Phase III. This
new office will continue to serve its Indian
customers in the segments of web offset
presses, digital finishing solutions and print
services. On the occasion of shifting the
company’s office location, Pankaj Bhasin,
managing director, manroland India Pvt Ltd
said, “Due to re-alignment of our business,
manroland India has shifted to a more
functional office, with better warehousing and
after support facilities for our customers.”
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China’s largest CtP
manufacturer
joins
hands with ECRM
Hangzhou CRON Machinery & Electronics
Co Ltd, China’s largest CtP manufacturer,
has forayed into North American graphic
communications market by forming a joint venture
company with ECRM Imaging Systems, a global
leader in imaging technologies.
CRON-ECRM will serve as
the master distributor in North
America for CRON CtP systems
and Blackwood, a new line of
offset printing plates manufactured in China.
CRON-ECRM will also be a future centre for
the research and development of new, highquality
prepress equipment that will be distributed
worldwide. CRON-ECRM will be responsible for
sales and service of CRON solutions and will
partner with CRON in CtP development. The
new venture will be key to completing CRON’s
global strategy for distribution of high quality
CtP solutions offering unique value to printers
and publishers throughout the world.
“Having achieved a successful launch in Asia
and Europe, CRON is ready to serve the needs
of the offset print industry in North America,”
stated Mike Xiang, chairman of the board of
both CRON and CRON-ECRM. “We opened a
regional office in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 2013
to better serve our customers in the European
market. Partnering with ECRM in this joint
venture, combining its competencies in design and
manufacturing with those of CRON, is critical to
our plans for continued global expansion. Future
plans include establishing an engineering operation
in North America to better support what we expect
to be a dynamic market opportunity.”
According to Rick Black, chairman of ECRM and
president and CEO of the new company, “ECRM
has always had the prime objective of providing
outstanding products, sales, and service for our
graphic arts partners, and we found a partner in
CRON with the same objectives. The synergies
inherent in this collaboration with CRON will be
in the best interests of our combined customer
base, distribution partners, and the industry at
large. For more than four decades, ECRM has
delivered some of the most reliable, cost-efficient,
and quality-oriented solutions in the printing and
publishing marketplace. This partnership provides
a unique opportunity to take that reputation to the
next level by establishing CRON-ECRM as the
industry leader in the North American prepress
marketplace.”
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378th truck of relief
material
sent to village Kathua
Vijay Kumar Chopra, CMD and editor-in-chief, Punjab Kesari Group flagged off the 378th truck of relief
material (sent by Kandhari Beverages Pvt Ltd, Chandigarh and Japal Singh Kandhari) for distribution
among the migrants of village Kathua in J&K. Seen in the picture include: Ex MLA Prem Lal, Vikas
Kumar, Varun Tandon, Shiv Vema, Praveen Kohli, Anil Gupta and Lion JB Singh Chaudhary.
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Digital Media Asia
return to Singapore
Asia's largest conference on digital news
media, Digital Media Asia (DMA)
returns to Singapore. International media
experts and news media publishers from Asia
and the rest of the world will share their best
practices and toughest challenges in content
monetisation, programmatic advertising, big
data, online video and mobile strategies on
Nov 18-21, 2014.
Marc Lourdes, managing editor (SEA) of
Yahoo News Digest will explain how the app
is produced in tandem with teams in the US
and Europe to ensure seamless and continuous
coverage of international news events as well
as with marketing and communication teams to
promote the app and inform the public.
Kalle Jungvist, special advisor to Schisted's CEO,
contributes to the design of the Scandinavian
media group online & mobile strategy. Schisted
is one of the rare media companies to generate
over 50 percent of its revenues from Digital. Kalle
will present at DMA case studies on mobile and
web TV monetisation. Julian Tan is the head of
Singapore Press Holding (SPH)’s newly formed
Digital Division. With over 18 years of media
and digital experience, especially in building
new ventures, Julian will present SPH Digital's
top priorities for the strategic growth of SPH’s
online and mobile businesses.
Alice Ting, VP licensing and syndication at The
New York Times, is responsible for the financial
performance of various NYT's brand extension,
licensing and syndication businesses globally. She
will explain at DMA how the Times designs,
implements and monetises digital brand extension
products and services.
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KBA to reduce staff
strength in Frankenthal
More than 40 percent of the jobs at
KBA’s two subsidiaries at Frankenthal
in Germany have been laid off following
a new agreement with unions. The leading press
maker’s two operations at the site – Albert-
Frankenthal and KBA-FT Engineering – were being
affected as a result of shrinkage in the market
for web offset presses. At Albert-Frankenthal the
payroll of 222 will be cut to 84, and at KBA-FT
149 cut to 80, with 28 of these leaving due to
‘natural fluctuations’. The company says with
the new total of 164, capacity utilisation will
be improved and prolonged losses should soon
come to an end.
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Society of Printing Engineers 2014
The offset of the Society of Printing
Engineers 2014 inauguration recently
commenced at the Department of Printing
Technology, College of Engineering (CEG),
Guindy, Anna University, Chennai. Dr N
Rajeswari, head of the department, Department
of Printing Technology, CEG, Anna University
delivered the welcome address and introduced
the dignitaries to the gathering.
While introducing the chief guest, she mentioned
that chief guest Sunil Kapoor, managing director,
Kapoor Imaging Pvt Ltd, Chennai went off to
an annual turnover of 100 crore from a startup
of 700 sq ft office. They represent some top
brands in the printing industry along with
Kinyosha, RBP, FUJI, 2FF, Sakata, Dainippon
Screen, etc, Recently, they have tied up with
RBP (US based Chemical manufacturer) to
manufacture press room chemicals and expect the
first supply to roll out from their Chennai plant
from January 2015. Kapoor
inspired the young buds to
be persistent. He elaborated
on the necessity of being
updated with the technology
and the determination to
face failures before the sight
of success. He pointed out
that mistakes are bound to
happen at a workplace and
one learns from mistakes.
“But one should be careful
to see that the mistake does
not recur,” he said.
Prashant Kumar, general
secretary, SPE, Department
of Printing Technology,
CEG, Anna University shared his upcoming
plans for IMPRINT 2015, the National level
technical symposium. Dr P Narayanasamy, dean,
CEG, Anna University, Chennai delivered the
presidential address. He appreciated the activities
of the department during the NAAC visit, a
part of the UGC programme. He also wished
the final year students to get placed in their
dream companies. The traditional lighting of the
auspicious lamp by the dignitaries radiated an
aura in the gathering. The promo of IMPRINT
2015 designed by G Jeevasurya, the final year
student, Department of Printing Technology,
CEG was presented before the gathering which
shot up the anticipation for IMPRINT 2015.
The Dean mentioned that the intake of students
in BE Printing has been increased from 40 to
60 students and the placement is 100 percent.
The vote of thanks was proposed by K
Vipinendran, vice president, SPE, Department
of Printing Technology, CEG, Anna University.
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Agfa Graphics launches
Advantage
N-TR HS platesetter
-hits speeds of 350 plates per hour, helping
publishers extend
editorial and advertising deadlines.
Agfa Graphics recently
introduced a new high-speed
platesetter (Advantage N-TR
HS) for the high-volume newspaper
market. The Advantage N-TR HS
(trolley load, high-speed) runs at
speeds up to 350 plates per hour.
With this, the platesetter can extend
newspaper publishers’ editorial and advertising
deadlines, giving them the ability to deliver
the latest news and last-minute offers to their
daily readers. The increased speed will also help
newspaper publishers replace multiple, slower
CtP engines with fewer faster ones. This results
in savings on new CtP investments as well as
other costs such as processing equipment or
punch and bending machines. In addition, less
processing equipment drastically reduces the
labor cost for cleaning and refill. Finally, fewer
CtP engines also mean less required floor space.
The Advantage N-TR HS will be shipping at
the end of this year.
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DesignMerge software
certified
for NexPress users
Meadows Publishing Solutions and Kodak
have announced that the Meadows
DesignMerge Pro Variable Data Software
has been tested and approved for use with the
Kodak NexPress digital production colour press.
DesignMerge is a professional Variable Data
Printing (VDP) software package that works
directly with Adobe InDesign. The software is
ideal for data-driven VDP applications, from
relatively simple, multi-up consecutive numbering
and bar coding jobs, to sophisticated, personalised
direct mail pieces.
“DesignMerge provides a straightforward,
single-step capability to use the unique Kodak
NexPress Fifth Imaging Station inks as variable
data directly within the application. This opens
up the power of the special Fifth Imaging
Station inks for some very creative uses of
variable data,” said Len Christopher, EPS WW
product manager.
Using DesignMerge, VDP
jobs designed for the
NexPress Fifth Imaging
Station inks are very
easy to implement. Ink
colours such as Gold
or Red Fluorescing can
be used for specialty
VDP applications, such as
eye-catching personalised
overlays, or hidden, variable security information.
“The integration between Kodak NexPress
press and DesignMerge is a natural fit,” said
John Kriho, president of Meadows Publishing
Solutions. “Working from within the Adobe
InDesign application automatically provides
DesignMerge with the features required to achieve
such stunning and unique VDP output.”
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New body for Jammu Printers
Co-operative Association Ltd
Arun Gupta of Arun Art Printers has been unanimously
elected as the president of Jammu Printers Co-operative
Association Ltd for the term 2014-2016. The decision
to this effect was taken during the 4th Annual General
Body Meeting of the Association. The other team members
include Rakesh Mehta (sr. vice- president), Vipan Mahajan
(vice-president), Satish Jandyal (gen. secretary), Sudesh Gupta (secretary), Ajay Bakshi
(jt. secretary) and Sumaid Handoo (finance secretary)
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Amit Mathew of
Malayala
Manorama
elected as
ABC chairman
Malayala Manorama’s
resident editor
and director Amit
Mathew, has been unanimously
elected as the chairman of
Audit Bureau of Circulations
(ABC) for the term 2014-2015,
Shashidhar Sinha (CEO - India,
IPG Mediabrands) as the deputy chairman, and
Madhukar Kamath (Mudra Communications Pvt
Ltd) hony treasurer representing advertising
agencies on the council, besides, Hemant Malik
(ITC Limited) as hony secretary representing
advertisers on the council.
Besides, members on the bureau’s
council of management for the term
included as publishers representatives
are Shailesh Gupta (Jagran Prakashan 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), Sanjeev Vohra
(Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd) and Benoy Roy
Chowdhury (HT Media Ltd). While as advertising
agencies representatives include: Srinivasan
K Swamy (RK Swamy, BBDO Pvt Ltd) and CVL
Srinivas (Group M Media India Pvt Ltd). And
as advertisers representatives include: Ravindra
Pisharody (Tata Motors Ltd) and Debabrata
Mukherjee (Coca Cola India Pvt Ltd).
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Follow lean..
grow fat
Pradeep Chellakani, vice president, Take
Solutions, gave a presentation on the use
of LEAN technique mentioning ‘Follow
LEAN...Grow Fat” to the members of The
Printing Technologists Forum recently. He touched
on all aspects of LEAN philosophy. He quoted
the originator of this system, Taichi Ohno,
“....the word ‘Work’ refers to the production
of perfect goods only. If a machine is not
producing perfect goods, it is not ‘working’.”
As a case study, the speaker referred to Toyota
Production System. “Principles developed for
LEAN are: Specify Value, Right First Time,
Reduction of Waste, Process Standardisation,
QC inspection of finished goods, Make Value
Flow Without Interruption, Flow Balance, Strive
for Perfection,” he told. He stressed on ‘Think
like a man of action and act like a man of
thought’. He combined the use of LEAN principles
in everyday life and in a printing press, which
evoked active interaction of the audience.
–D Ramalingam
