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| Vol. 29 Issue: 03 | March, 2008 |
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The budget
In our view, the budget presented to Parliament by the finance minister P Chidambaram contains significant progress for the publishing, printing and packaging industry. Excise duties have been reduced across the board of manufactured items by 2 per cent and, in an attempt to help the education sector, by 4 per cent on printing and writing papers...
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| Publishing |
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Kalima, Kitab Purva Sethi A peep into developments taking place in context of Abu Dhabi Book Fair… |
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In line stitching of tabloids on web presses using Tolerans NK |
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| Digital Printing Wideformat — Signage |
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Wide format and the eye of the beholder Simon Eccles How Mutoh’s latest Intelligent Interweaving technology has prompted it to call for a whole new way of assessing wide format inkjet quality… |
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| Digital Printing - Services |
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The MultiCopy Story Laurel Brunner
A story of how partnership has helped reinvent a tried and trusted business model for the digital age. A story that demonstrates why partnerships are the foundation for enduring commercial success... |
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| Commercial Printing |
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Three generations of K Joshi and Sons Naresh Khanna A vivid portrayal of Maharashtra’s print legacy embodied in a family’s methodical pursuit of technology and excellence… |
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Entertainment industry spawns large investments in print Purva Sethi |
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| Ergonomics |
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Graphic arts ergonomics Wayne Robinson How ergonomics can be good for the workers as well as the business… |
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| Packaging |
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The Baddi Special Economic Zone: A Review Purva Sethi, S Chidambar
Several states in India have set up SEZs with the intention of promoting investments in production facilities. A look at one of them… |
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South Indian company expands at SEZ: Baddi Print Packs PL Purva Sethi |
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Janus Packaging at Barotiwala Dhawal Kumar |
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| Industry News |
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Presstek sues VIM Technologies and its distributors for illegal violations of Presstek’s patent and trademark rights |
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DIC announces plans to set up state of the art new printing inks manufacturing plant in India |
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New Kongsberg production facility in Brno, Czech Republic |
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CEO-Publishers Conclave, a new event coinciding with IFRA India 2008 Conference |
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| Drupa preview II |
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Courage to be big Mark Michelson |
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Ricoh’ new production colour digital presses Naresh Khanna |
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Muller Martini improves Ventura book sewing machine |
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X-Rite and Pantone - Colour Communication from concept to consumer at DRUPA |
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Xerox broadens its drupa08 portfolio with new continuous feed colour, monochrome, and packaging systems Naresh Khanna |
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