Contents
1 March 2022
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EDITORIAL Shaking off the pandemic trauma _ _ _ 03
PUBLISHING BOOKS
Tamil publishers launch Virtual Book Fair _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 06
New dates announced for 2022 Chennai Book Fair _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 07
6th Kerala Literature Festival postponed to January 2023 _ _ 07
Westland Books to shut down _ _ _ _ _ _ 08
South Asian voices on Dylan Thomas Prize longlist again _ _ _ 09
JLF 2022 celebrates India ’ s 75th year of Independence _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10
British Council – Art X Company launch ‘ India Literature and Publishing Sector Study ’ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 12
SheThePeople announces longlist for maiden Women Writers Prize _ _ _ _ _ _ 13
International Prize for Arabic Fiction announces longlist for 2022 & judge _ 14
EDUCATION Will schools reopen better ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 15
PUBLISHING NEWSPAPERS
Future of digital media as decoded by Raghav Bahl _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 16
Print readership is emerging from the trauma of Covid-19 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17
Sigmarq ’ s web offset business bounces back in 2021-2022 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18
Wan-Ifra announces winners of South Asian Digital Media Awards 2021 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 19
Kurt Schork call entries for awards for International Journalism 2022 _ _ _ _ _ _ 21
COMMERCIAL PRINTING
Commercial print comes back as schools open in India _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 22
Saurabh Printers continues to add book printing capacity _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 23
Heidelberg increases operating profitability in Q3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 24
Intergraf – Lack of paper endangers rebound of graphic industry in Europe _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 26
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Art-O-Print ’ s productivity boost with Heidelberg XL 75 Anicolor _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 28
SA International launches FlexiDesign for macOS _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 29
Chandni Industries steps into packaging _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 30
hubergroup extends color management system HDCC _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 31
DIGITAL PRINTING
Mumbai ’ s JD Graphics installs an MGI JETvarnish 3D One _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32
New Delhi ’ s SSV Digital gets Ricoh _ _ _ 33
Jaipur ’ s Titu Thesis Center installs Ricoh from Monotech Systems _ _ _ _ _ 33
Kolkata ’ s Sarala Art Press purchases Ricoh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 34
WIDEFORMAT / SIGNAGE / TEXTILE / 3D PRINTING
HP Large Format Printing demos HP Latex 700 and 800 series _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 35
The Point-of-Purchase display market at a glance _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36
Fespa Global Print Expo 2022 confirms exhibitors _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 38
DuPont introduces Artistri Brite P5500 for DTG Inks _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39
Colorjet India organizes Operator ’ s Training Program _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 39
Zydex introduces ultrasoft binders for textiles in the Covid-19 pandemic _ 40
Felix Schoeller India shows S-race sublimation paper at Gartex _ _ 42
Gartex Texprocess India set to mark its Mumbai debut _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43
Kodak launches KodaColor Film-to- Fabric Ink System _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43
Heidelberg ’ s printed electronics for auto industry at LOPEC _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 44
Lisco shows Gongzheng printers at Media Expo _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 46
Delhi based Kuldip Enterprise installs Kongsberg X24 Edge _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 46
INDUSTRY NEWS
Printpack India postponed from March to May 26-30 2022 _ _ _ _ _ 48
X-Rite announces Chris Brooks as president _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 49
drupa confirms Dr Andreas Pleßke as new chairman _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 50
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