Indian Daily counts on manroland web systems

manroland India has made a breakthrough by clinching an order for a CROMOMAN 4-1 newspaper press. The prestigious order comes from Namasthe Telangana – a registered Telugu language newspaper in India. 

Future-proof Investment
Launched in 2011, the daily newspaper aims to mainly focus on politics and developments of Telangana State. The newspaper is owned by Telangana Publications Pvt. Ltd. and is published in 10 different districts. Srinivas Ch, G.M. Operations of Namasthe Telangana about the idea behind the new press: “As a very young daily newspaper we have revolutionized the newspaper market in Telangana. We are very successful journalistically as well as economically. Our investment into a highly modern manroland web systems´ CROMOMAN 4-1 also reflects this development. We have had a very close look to the press series. The efficient and energy-saving production, combined with a high output, is the ideal equipment for our growing business. In future we will be able to offer even better quality to our readers and advertising customers.”

The CROMOMAN 4-1 – A press made for India
The CROMOMAN 4-1 has especially been designed considering Indian conditions. “With the new CROMOMAN 4-1 we perfectly focus on our future business. Now we are able to handle various other print jobs in addition to our daily newspaper. The reason is that we are going to expand our business into contractual printing. The press produces excellent quality also in the field of heatset production of magazines. With the variable web width customer requirements can be fulfilled flexibly”, Srinivas Ch explains the investment decision.

The CROMOMAN 4-1 for Namasthe Telangana
The CROMOMAN is a 4-tower 4-1 press. The pressline is capable of versatile printing possibilities such as 32-pages, two times 16 pages, 24-pages plus 8 pages and various possibilities of two books in parallel production. There is an additional quarter fold for magazine printing. The maximum production speed is 75,000 copies per hour. 
 
The press is also equipped with several automation systems such as an automatic web up device or the manroland web systems Closed Loop control systems for color register control with manual camera movement and cut-off control. The PECOM control system offers the best possible technology for easy operation and short make-ready and changeover times.

manroland web systems already shows a great installed base in India. Altogether there are 26 web offset press systems that have been installed during the last years – 25 high speed newspaper presses and one commercial press. manroland web systems technology can perfectly reach the high requirements of the fast growing Indian market, which is marked by numerous high circulation print products. This can be realized due to an own manroland web systems market organization in India with different locations in Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore.