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  ' The Power of Color ' is the slogan with which Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has chosen to mark the start of its new financial year as it introduces extensive additions for its color measurement and control systems and for the prinect color workflow. The move is a response to the growing demands for efficient and dependable quality control in commercial, packaging, and label printing. In prinect easy control, p rinect axis control, p rinect image control, and prinect inpress control, Heidelberg offers the market four spectral measurement systems for print shops of all sizes and  sheetfed offset presses  of all performance classes. End-to-end spectral measurement, patented color control, and a further enhanced prinect color workflow facilitate rapid, low-waste job changes, as well as quality monitoring and logging for production, runs on all Speedmaster presses. Color control based on measured spectral values is the most promising method for achieving th...

  Fujifilm Imaging Colorants, an experienced inkjet ink technology partner to equipment manufacturers, integrators and ink formulators, today announced that it will invest US$ 28 million to add a new facility in New Castle, Delaware for the production of aqueous inkjet dispersions. The investment will double Fujifilm’s production capacity of pigment dispersions in the US to cater to the fast-growing demand for inkjet printing globally. Construction of the new facility, which adds 11,000 square feet of plant to the Delaware site, began in March 2022 and is expected to be operational by summer 2023. To support the increase in manufacturing output across the site, Fujifilm Imaging Colorants is adding 30 positions in quality, engineering, production, and administrative roles by the end of 2023. Fujifilm ’s high purity R&D pigment dispersion products are important to the development of aqueous inkjet inks for a variety of fast-growing inkjet markets, including packaging, textile and...

  A collaboration between Zubaan , the noted feminist publishing house based in New Delhi, and the Kolkata-based Prabha Khaitan Foundation has launched a translation project to unlock some of the publisher’s content into several Indian languages simultaneously. The project called the Zubaan-Prabha Khaitan Foundation Translation Series brings financial support for translating numerous Zubaan titles on offer to publishers of Indian language books. Named after the late Hindi writer Prabha Khaitan, the Foundation organizes literary and cultural activities and publishes the monthly, Prabha . It has thus far provided a grant to Zubaan for the first year which will be used mainly for offering support to publishers for translation while the costs of publishing and distribution will be borne by the publishers. Apart from administering the project, Zubaan is offering the translation rights that it owns to Indian language publishers. The authors of the titles have been taken into confidence...

  The International News Media Association (INMA) on 17 March 2022 announced the launch of a new digital subscription performance benchmarking service for news media companies following a successful six-month pilot. INMA’s Subscription Benchmarking Service is designed as an international peer-to-peer exchange, promising an active benchmarking community and featuring data-rich dashboards with actionable insights and personalized subscription best practices. The paid-for service is available to INMA’s corporate members who publish at least one online news service. Publishers are not locked into any hardware, software, or consulting agreements, and may submit several brands at no additional charge. The pilot was conducted with 102 national and regional news brands from 30 companies in 19 countries. The ' Subscription Benchmarking Service ' is part of INMA’s readers first initiative and led by Greg Piechota, the association’s researcher-in-residence. As part of the service every...

  One to One Creations, based in the bustling economic hub of Dharavi, offers print solutions to garment manufacturers with manufacturing units in the area. It prints photos for kidswear makers who use those photos as identifiers or promotional tools on their packages. The company recently installed an HRL 14 thermal lamination machine from Hi-Tech Systems . The thermal lamination machine is used to enhance the prints it produces on a Konica Minolta digital press. “The photos that we print on the Konica Minolta digital press go to the thermal lamination machine that has been provided by Hi-Tech. The prints get the required gloss and their attractiveness at the point of sale is enhanced. This is essential because our customers demand high gloss images as they use these photos on their packaging for supply to their customers,” says Pradeep Sunku who manages the operations along with his brother Arun Sunki. [caption id="attachment_32437" align="alignright" width=...

  Avery Dennison on 17 March 2022 announced it has acquired the linerless label technology developed by Catchpoint, a UK company based in Yorkshire, England. The purchase covers Catchpoint's patents, brand, trade secrets and know-how. Arrangements have been made to ensure the continued support of the Catchpoint team. Under the agreement, Avery Dennison will honor Catchpoint’s existing commercial agreements. “With the acquisition of Catchpoint, Avery Dennison will have intellectual property that helps us fulfill two of our main 2030 sustainability goals – to deliver innovations that advance the circular economy, and to reduce environmental impact in operations and technology,” says Noel Kasmi, vice-president of marketing, Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials EMENA. “As we are pushing to make linerless labels available widely to our customers, this technology will help us move more quickly, enabling sustainable and cost-saving solutions to reach our customers around the wor...

  Subscription to TOI+ gives you access to premium articles and an ad-lite experience for one year on the Times of India website, Android, and IOS apps. Radhika Shukla, head of subscription growth, strategy, and analytics, TOI+ and Newspoint, explained the subscription revenue and data-driven customer journey at TOI+ in detail during the Wan-Ifra Digital Media India 2022. Shukla said that the TOI+ model is a little different from other premium services offered in the market. TOI produces over 2,000 news items during the day across its digital platforms and most of them are free to access.  “What we have brought behind the paywall is about 350-400 content pieces each month which include in-depth analysis of news, driven heavily by data and charts. These are very easy to consume and easy to share. We have podcasts, Q&A series, expert opinions, newsletters, daily crossword, and TOI Dialogues. All these create intellectual property and this is what is behind paywall,” Shukla...

  The 15th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) has moved to the Clarks Amer in Jaipur from 5 to 14 March 2022. In a press conference on 12 March, the third day of the on-ground event, festival directors William Dalrymple and Namita Gokhale, accompanied by author and socialite Shobhaa De, and Teamwork Arts managing director Sanjoy Roy along with Donna Campbell communications director from the luxury retreat Sovena Fushi in the Maldives announced the JLF Sovena Fushi from 13 – 22 May 2022. The opulent Sovena Fushi resort where villas go from US$ 3000 a night for two, is located on the pristine shores of the Maldives and offers a shoe-less adventure to visitors. The award-winning resort is located within the Baa Atoll Unesco Biosphere Reserve. It will be the 9th international outing of the literary jamboree after Belfast, London, New York, Houston, Adelaide, Colorado, Toronto, and Doha. The event will once again showcase the multilingual literary heritage of India and Sou...

  The 15th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) , is hybridly taking place at Clarks Amer, including an on-ground event from 10 to 14 March 2022. The new venue was chosen in accordance with the Rajasthan government’s latest Covid-19 norms and allows for appropriate social distancing measures in view of the pandemic situation. It is the first major literary festival being held in India after the festivity drought caused by the global crisis.  [caption id="attachment_32371" align="alignleft" width="200"] Odissi dancer turned author Ileana Citaristi with her book Odissi and the Geeta Govinda at Jaipur Literature Festival 2022. Photo IPP[/caption] The festival premises have been beautified with decorations and installations. Necessary Covid-19 precautions are being followed including sanitizer dispensers at key points and entrance areas, distribution of disposable surgical masks throughout the venues, and availability of travel packs of sanitizers a...

    The Sahitya Akademi presented the award in the English category to Namita Gokhale for her 2016 novel Things To Leave Behind at its Festival of Letters 2022 held in New Delhi on 11 March 2022. Due to the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival, of which Namita Gokhale is the co-founder and festival director, she was unable to attend the award ceremony. The prize was accepted on her behalf by her niece. Speaking on the occasion, Gokhale says, “Being awarded the Sahitya Akademi award is possibly the most meaningful honor I’ve ever received. The Sahitya Akademi does inspirational work in keeping alive the diverse legacy of Indian languages. It gives me great personal satisfaction to be included among the canonical community of Indian language writers where I feel I most belong.” The editor of the book Manasi Subramaniam, also the executive publisher at Penguin Random House said, “ Things to Leave Behind by Namita Gokhale forms a complex and rich tapestry of historical even...

  The Ricoh Pro VC70000 is the only market available continuous feed inkjet press to hold prestigious  Fogra validation printing system (VPS) certification. The recognition confirms compliance with the industry’s highest standards and delivers client confidence in its ability to produce excellent print consistently and repeatedly. Fogra is the leading research centre for the printing industry. Fogra VPS stringent testing assesses if  systems that produce a hard copy validation print , directly from digital data, conform to the ISO 12647-8 standard. It considers a broad range of criteria including proofing, substrate colour and gloss, color accuracy, light fastness, and compliance with the PDF/X standard. Fogra approved the Ricoh Pro VC70000 for conforming to the ISO 12647-8 standard in two different printing conditions - Fogra59 (updated Exchange Color Space for large color gamut printers). Fogra51 (for ISO 12647-2:2013 printing on Premium Coated paper). The recogniti...