CHILI Publish – builder of online document editing software CHILI Publisher – recently joined Enfocus Crossroads community as an application partner. Crossroads is a tight-knit network of Enfocus Switch users and vendors. Switch easily integrates, and then automates, functionality derived from third-party applications like CHILI Publisher. A visual flow editor assists users in easily creating automated workflows from scratch or import pre-designed flows from the Enfocus Crossroads community website. “We are pleased to welcome CHILI Publish to our vastly expanding Crossroads community,” says Angelo Manno, Enfocus global account manager, Crossroads & OEM, “CHILI Publish is the first Crossroads Application Partner who will enable backend automation into a customer’s web portal. With the upcoming launch of CHILI Publisher 2.0, especially, we are looking forward to being able to provide users with even more automation benefits.”

Interest in X-Rite and Pantone’s comprehensive suite of management solutions at the International Exhibition of Textile Machinery (ITMA) 2011 far exceeded expectations. In particular strong interest was registered from manufacturers in Europe, South Asia and South America who were keen to see how the solutions could be applied to global accounts. Attendees of the ITMA show made the most of the opportunity to view a wide-ranging system of integrated workflow solutions for the colour management of softlines that can be used by textile mills, dye houses, apparel and softgoods manufacturers to improve quality, reduce wastage and rework, and shorten the time to get new products to market.

To celebrate the 64th anniversary of India’s independence and in order to arouse nationalism and to revive memories of the sacrifices made by our venerable freedom fighters, Delhi Printers’ Association celebrated Rashtriya Utsav at Hindi Bhawan in New Delhi. Vijay Kumar Chopra - one of the well-known patriots of India and CMD of Punjab Kesari Group was the chief guest at the ocassion.

Former presidents as well as president of the association Badri Kumar Singh innougurated the programme along with hon. general secretary OP Dewan and treasurer Sunil Jain. Immediate former president of DPA, Arun Berry co-ordinated the cultural programme with most popular patriotic song and dance presented by SMG Events.

In his address Vijay Kumar Chopra hailed the achievements of DPA, the 57 years old printers’ association and said that being the largest affiliate of All India Federation of Master Printers, DPA gave the maximum number of presidents to the apex body.

Undoubtedly, manroland’s newspaper printing presses provide the suitable solution for every demand anywhere, resulting constant increase in their installation base across the globe. Their latest installations cover Sweden, France, China and Australia with groundbreaking newspaper printing technologies replacing older manroland or competitor presses.

Braving the elements to print one of the world’s oldest newspapers, manroland is presently installing latest technology with a REGIOMAN press at Pressgrannar AB in Linköping/Sweden: next to other dailies, different freesheets, and tabloid commercial products, the REGIOMAN will soon produce the daily Norrköpings Tidningar. It was founded in 1758 which makes it one of the world’s ten oldest newspapers.

Enjoying the applause while replacing first COLORMAN after 34 years, the part of a technical modernization programme is the GEOMAN sale to Groupe Nice Matin in Nice in the South of France. Three GEOMAN presses are going to replace Nice Matin’s COLORMAN printing system which was installed in 1977 – manroland’s first COLORMAN in the market – and extended during the following ten years. Now, latest GEOMAN technology is taking over, with each of the three presses consisting of three reel splicers, three eight-couple towers, one folder, and PPL (PowerPlateLoading), the highly automated plate changing device.

The company further enlarged their base in China by installing latest UNISET technology at the Xin’an Media Corporation in Hefei, the capital of the Anhui province. The new press started producing at the beginning of the year 2011 and now prints 20 different newspapers, magazines, advertising material and books. It is China’s first 80,000 copies per hour UNISET featuring three reel splicers, three printing towers, one dryer, and two folders, one of them with a 16-page device. Besides, already working with four UNISET presses since 2004, the Sichuan Ribao Newspaper Group in Chengdu (China) ordered two new UNISET printing systems in the middle of 2010 featuring 80,000 copies per hour.

Australia-based Fairfax Media printing plant which has invested in a major upgrade in pagination capacity by expanding the existing manroland UNISET press. Stage one commences with the installation of two new eight-couple towers, two additional reel splicers and a further folder. The completion of stage one will see the plant with six towers and two folders providing the increase in capacity sought, plus a major increase in flexibility for the coldset plant. Stage two will see the introduction of heatset capacity. An additional eight-couple tower with a dedicated reel splicer and a MEGTEC dryer will be installed. This will enable the production of glossy publications or inserts and an ability to mix heatset and coldset production.