Sep Oct 18

For over the last 20 years, Naph Graphics is known in the Indian newspaper printing industry for their simple and cost effective range of web offset presses, now running without snag in a number of newspaper production houses, contract printers and book printing facilities. A unique trait of this Indian web offset manufacturer is its all time alertness in helping their customers to fulfill any requirement.

Trust of ABB products among its customers keeps escalating as newspaper houses and printers across the globe have been increasingly upgrading their systems with ABB equipments for production enhancement. Singapore Press Holdings, Mediaworks and Rhein-Neckar Zeitung are three Leading newspaper houses which have recently ordered ABB upgrades to systems essential for their production.

Reach plc, one of the biggest newspaper publishers in the UK, trusts in EAE’s retrofit expertise to modernise its computer systems on a WIFAG web press line. The company publishes widely popular titles such as Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Daily Express, Sunday Express and Daily Star as well as various other newspapers and magazines with wide circulations.

Printing solutions operation of Trelleborg continues to expand capabilities in web offset printing blankets, which are custom designed for use in the newspaper industry. Vulcan Metal Times, Vulcan 202, Vulcan Royal Web, Rollin Graffity Plus and Rollin Hipage from Trelleborg are household names amongst newspaper printers across the globe. These products are now launched in India with customised modifications.

Since ‘automation’ is a new paradigm in the newspaper industry, Memory Repro Systems has been into the new shift to make its pre-press product portfolio fully automated. Sanjeev Chadha, Managing Director, Memory Repro Systems (P) Ltd tells All About Newspapers about the company’s pre-press products for newspaper production and further development plan.

The innovative mRC-3D register management system of Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) helps printers worldwide in saving waste and making the life of their employees easy. The Dutch specialist in measure and control equipment gains new ground in the Indian market, receiving orders from printers and web offset press manufacturers alike.

Ever since its launch during drupa 2016 at Dusseldorf in Germany, the new Krause PlateStream CTP has increasingly been adopted by the leading newspaper houses across the world. In India, a handful of highly reputed newspaper houses have installed this perfectly engineered peak performance platesetter designed for more than 400 pph.

The Indian printed newspapers, unlike their overseas counterparts, are quite vibrant and gaining momentum of growth. This growth is triggered by various factors, which include the increasing adoptions of high-end presses. Leading newspaper houses in the country keep scaling up their production volumes and quality by adopting TKS 4×1 double-width, single-circumference, shaftless tower web offset presses.