The Wan-Ifra India conference sustained three simultaneous tracks that covered editorial, content, and pressroom technology and cross and new media issues including advertising. While there is extensive coverage in our October print issue in this newsletter we bring you the important environment sessions at Ifra Pune addressed by Toyota Kirloskar Motors. Another article covers the manroland and Times of India open house that demonstrated the first made for India Cromoman 4 x 1 press running at the TOI Pune plant. Ifra Frankfurt at the end of October is also partly previewed in this newsletter. Of great interest to mid-size newspapers everywhere will be Ferag’s Minisert that will have its worldwide premiere at Frankfurt which we had an opportunity to preview at the company’s demonstration and training facility in Hinwil. Also of interest to newspapers is Quark’s launch of its new enterprise publishing platform made for cross media applications.

Industry news highlighted by this newsletter: Niranjan Delavictoire appointed general manager of Esko South Asia; the Intergraf Conference recently held in Brussels; and, the Fespa launch for three major events in 2013 in Sao Paolo, London and Istanbul. Indian print industry news: QuadTech will feature a wide range of automated press controls at PackPlus 2012 be held in New Delhi, India from 7 to10 December. BasysPrint UV setter installs at Spectrum Imaging in Hyderabad, Japan Art Press and Replika Press in Delhi, and Softlink Scanners in Nagpur.

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