The DB Group companies Diligent Media Corporation and DB Corp Ltd in Mumbai, India, have placed a major mailroom order with IDAB WAMAC International AB, the newspaper specialist within Heidelberg group.

The mailroom systems will be installed at four different metros around India. The contract includes 7 high speed single copy gripper lines PCC 903, 12 stack/packaging lines including high speed stacker TS 800 and overall control and information systems WNC v5 for full control of the mailroom process from folder to loading bay. All four mailroom systems will be in operation before the end of the year.

“It is a great honour for us being the chosen supplier to one of the fastest growing media groups in India and we look forward to providing them with state of the art mailroom systems,” says UC Edberg, Managing Director of IDAB WAMAC International AB.

Diligent Media is a joint venture between two media heavyweights, the DB Corp Ltd, one of India’s leading print media group’s publishers and the Zee Group, one of India’s leading broadcasting companies with more than 250 million viewers in 120 countries. DB Corp Ltd is the group media division comprising, print, radio and Internet. In all, the DB Corp Ltd has over 31 editions, printed from 29 centres, with a total print order of over 4 million copies each day.

The DB Corp Ltd publishes, among other titles, Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi) and Divya Bhaskar (Gujarati). These two titles with coverage across 9 states with 31 editions cater to a combined readership of 25.33 million readers (source: NRS 2006). DB Corp publishes magazines AHA Zindagi, Lakshay, Bal Bhaskar Young Bhaskar and She.

Diligent Media Corporation’s titles include the English-language daily, Daily News & Analysis (DNA), a Sunday edition, DNA Me, and diverse supplements such as After Hours and DNA Money. DNA is the fastest growing English newspaper in India. In Mumbai, DNA with a print order of about 410,000 copies has already become a strong No.2 paper within the first 2 years of its launch.

DB Corp Ltd through its company IMCL which operates in the net based space was the crusader and the exclusive India Partner for Voting for TAJ as one of the seven wonders in 2007. DB Corp also operates 17 FM Radio stations across 7 states in the country through SMEL; It is the 4th Largest FM station in the country. IDAB WAMAC International AB is a leading supplier of mailroom systems to the newspaper printing industry world-wide with more than 50 installations in India.