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Following the successful launch of the dual IFRA World Publishing Expo and DCX Digital Content Expo exhibitions in 2017, preparations for the two-up event from October 9-11 at Messe Berlin, Berlin are in full swing. The dual events open its…

All production plants of Dinamalar in Madurai, Coimbatore and Chennai are equipped with high-performance 4x1 web offset presses, which feature automated plate-making and punch bending, remote ink-pumping, AGV robotic reel movement and…

Former Hindustan Times editor Ruben Banerjee is joining Outlook magazine as the magazine’s new editor. He left the newspaper as National Affair Editor last year. A source said he quit the newspaper for his attempt to finish his book Odisha…

Trelleborg’s Printing Solutions Operation, a part of Trelleborg Coated Systems, offers first class solutions for the printing industry with globally recognised blanket brands, such as Vulcan, Rollin, Printec, Sava and Axcylm which are…

Growth in literacy rates, rise in circulation of printed newspapers and launches of newspapers and magazines in the regional domain in India are the key factors that trigger the increase in demand for newsprint in the country which is…

Ford India launched the ‘Ford Freestyle’ campaign when they introduced their first CUV (Compact Utility Vehicle). Partnered by WPP’s GTB (Global Team Blue), the proposition ‘Josh Hai Dil Main’ celebrates the passion to follow one’s heart,…

World Printers Forum, the print community of WAN-IFRA, announces a new contest ‘Print Innovation Awards’ that will recognise innovations in newspapers and magazines and the winners will be presented on the first exhibition day of the IFRA…

There is the fact that music festivals bring youth and music on the same platform. Taking into this account, Sakal Times looks forward for a mega edition of its Sakal Times Summersault in 2019. This year, the newspaper group’s intellectual…

Custom press installation using Turner Bars from PRAKASH Web Offset, one of India’s leading web offset manufacturers based in Faridabad, saves tremendous space. Here is the process of custom press installation using turner bars: The…

Vinay Kamat, former editor of Khaleej Times (Dubai), has now appointed as new editor of Mint. He will join the office of the leading financial newspaper of India on February 16, 2018. The post at Mint had been lying vacant since late…

Marathi daily Lokmat has recently launched its New Delhi edition, celebrating the start of its centenary year. Present at the landmark event were a host of political leaders including M Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President of India; former PM Dr…

Numerous printing houses/companies in India have gained new benefit from manroland India’s third party press service, which is now quite successful. In this, the company integrates their inline control systems on third party presses. Even…

Indian Printing Packaging & Allied Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (IPAMA), the organisers of PRINTPACK INDIA, has received overwhelming response from the industry, as more than 100 companies have confirmed booking of space for…

The Times of India’s city supplement in Pune, Pune Times has joined hands with Pune Police to support an initiative for women’s safety in the city. In this, the newspaper supplement has launched the campaign #MakeMyCitySafe as a big shout…

The Times of India has now become top English daily in six of India’s eight biggest metros and a strong second in the other two. The Indian Readership Survey 2017 has confirmed the newspaper has dethroned The Hindu in Chennai and The…

Hindustan Times has recently announced the appointment of Kunal Pradhan as its new executive editor. It is said that he will be responsible for the Delhi and NCR editions of the English daily. The page one team headed by Amanpreet Singh,…

PTI Workers Union, Delhi, has elected Rajendra Verma as its new president while Sujata Mathur as general secretary of the union. The election was held on January 5, in which 13 members of the General Council of the PTI Federation were also…

Pulling together over 150 international and Indian writers with sessions devoted to divergent topics, trends, ideas and genres ranging from fiction, poetry, nonfiction, politics, environment, travel and cinema prominently, Malayali daily…

After collapsing in the office at New Delhi, The Times of India’s senior editor Gautam Siddharth has passed away. Hailed from Ranchi in Jharkhand, he lived alone in Delhi. Gautam has been known as a columnist and writer in the industry,…

Rajeev Dubey, managing editor of Business Today, has been appointed as managing editor of Business, (TV & Digital), according to a source from India Today Group. Appointment of the new managing editor has been done in a strategic move…