manroland India: committed to
excellence in the Indian print industry
turn, newspaper circulation world-wide fell just slightly in 2009 and the impact of the global recession on newspaper advertising revenues appears to be easing, said WAN-IFRA in its annual world press trends update. “Frankly, I have noticed a tendency amongst media journalists and commentators to dwell on the negative aspects of the business when it is clear there is much to be positive about,” said Christoph Riess, CEO of WAN-IFRA, who presented the report.
Regioman web press at
HT Media Navi Mumbai facility
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ssociated with leading names in the Indian newspaper market, manroland offers comprehensive printing solutions across pre-press, press and workflow solutions. Being leading company in the market, manroland supplies newspaper presses and systems across the world. Products that have been printed using manroland systems reach over 380 million people in over 75 countries on all five continents of the world. Their web offset product range includes the COLORMAN, GEOMAN, REGIOMAN, UNISET and CROMOMAN presses. Additionally, the company’s current focus includes ‘One Touch’, the revolutionary concept for fully-automated newspaper production. At the press of a button, tasks are performed that previously required countless separate actions: for make-readies, production changeover, printing and maintenance.
Amongst manroland’s esteemed clientele are the two Indian media giants: The Times of India and Hindustan Times. Since 1996, The Times of India has been relying on manroland for its printing technology, when it invested in two new GEOMAN systems for the first time. However, the company took the biggest step towards success in 2004 when it decided to invest in three COLORMAN and one REGIOMAN from manroland.
HT Media has been a manroland web offset customer since 2001. The media company currently possesses a REGIOMAN and three COLORMAN printing systems among others at their various plants across the country. HT Media publishes a wide range of media products including Hindustan Times (English) and Hindustan (Hindi), which have a combined daily circulation of 2.25 million copies and a readership base of 12.4 million readers to their credit. In addition, HT Media also publishes a national business newspaper, Mint.
