Aamoda Publications adds 28 Quadtech control systems

Sharing his views on the investment, Radhakrishna Vemuri, managing director for APPL, said, "Tight control of margins through increased production efficiencies is key to profitability in publishing, and maintaining a competitive edge. QuadTech's technology is already enabling us to achieve that, and we expect to see current results amplified many times over when all 28 installations are completed next year."

The QuadTech systems have been specifically installed by the Hyderabad-based company to support the expansion of one of its most notable publications, Andhra Jyothi, which has recently extended its production and readership in a number of additional towns and cities including Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Tirupathi and Vishakapatnam. The Telugu language daily newspaper is the second largest paper in Andhra Pradesh, with a readership of 12.5 million people across 21 cities in South India.

According to Vemuri, QuadTech's longstanding relationship with the manufacturer of their presses, Manugraph, influenced his choice.

"Working with QuadTech for this initiative was based on a number of factors, but principally product and service confidence. As they are already used by many big newspapers in India, they are tried and tested -a proven platform to deliver what we need," he added.

The Register Guidance System with MultiCam is a closed-loop color-to-color register control system designed to integrate with other QuadTech products, including the Ribbon Control System. Along with reducing makeready times, minimizing errors and cutting waste, another of its main features includes QuadTech's fan-out control software, which automatically keeps the print system in lateral register across the full width of the web throughout the entire run.

The Ribbon Control System with MultiCam is said to minimize waste by making automatic angle-bar adjustments during startup - before ink even becomes visible.

"We were delighted that Aamoda Publications chose QuadTech as its supplier of choice for this important project," commented Vinodhkumar Balakrishnan, area sales manager for South East Asia and Korea, QuadTech.

"Not only does it clearly demonstrate our leadership in this market, but it also shows the importance of waste management and color register systems in managing cost-effective newspaper production, maintaining profit margins - and in some regions, supporting significant business growth too,” explained Balakrishnan.

The installation in 15 out of 28 presses have already been completed.