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London Book Fair 2011 TESCO Ethical Training ISO 9001:2008 News from Africa
Repro presented its Workshop The Repro plants at Surat and Repro bagged a single
products and offerings Repro was a part Mahape will undergo a order of 5.6 million
at the London Book of the TESCO re-certification books from West
Fair 2011. ethical training process for the Africa, valuing to
`. 30 crores.
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workshop at ISO 9001:2008
Coimbatore in certification in April.
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REPRO TIMES
Dear friends,
We are on the

EFI Monarch system

threshold of an
exciting era in
communication.
Its medium
www.reproindialtd.com
is changing. Information
is disseminated across
media, formats and oceans.
Geography is truly history!
Even as we speak, new ways
of disseminating information
are being explored. With
changing technology comes new
challenges and opportunities.
At Repro, staying abreast of
change is something we take
seriously. Our team is engaged in
understanding this technology,
and delivering solutions to
stakeholders in this industry.
All over the world, publishers,
corporates, and governments are
grappling with digital solutions;
in some parts, digital is still
a distant reality. At Repro,
What isThe -volving world of Publishing
EFI? auto count as Direct Machine
EFI is a print and graphic industry Interface (DMI) to Web, Sheetfed
vertical software company providing and Bindery equipments. The
automation solutions through software. manual data collection proceeds
to a “direct-from-the-machine”
capture of impression and
bindery counts.
In 2010, we introduced a theory-
of-constraint-based production
e pro Indiascheduling
Limite
d by the Print-Flow
R
module. It manages key constrains
and helps schedule work centers for
a job’s production tasks cycle.
This year, we have placed EFI
EFI Monarch Monarch into live production. It
What are we doing about it? comes with a new fully graphical
In 2007, we commenced the EFI user interface and a host of new
Hagen ERP implementation productivity improvement features.
initiative. By
2008, we had
implemented the
Intelligent Integration for Production
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Virtualisation Benefits
• Get more out of existing
resources.
• Reduce datacenter costs by
reducing physical infrastructure
and improving server to
admin ratio.
• Increase availability of
hardware and applications for
improved business continuity.
• Gain operational flexibility.
• Improve desktop manageability
and security.
Virtualisation and
technology
One of the initiatives is
‘Virtualisation’. In 2011, we undertook
major efforts to make
this a critical back-end
infrastructure for IT.

The -volving world of Publishing

we straddle both realities by
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offering customised solutions to
all our customers.
Repro Times is an attempt to
share with you our efforts in
this direction. Where is the
communication industry going?
What are we doing to keep pace
with it? What kind of solutions
do we have? These are all areas
of interest and focus that we
plan to share with you through
the year.
I hope you enjoy Repro
Times and I would love your
participation in making this
initiative a success.
Vinod Vohra
Chairman
foundation modules with web-based Our next vision is to introduce a
RFQ processes, estimation, job
management, production desktop,
purchase and inventory, shipping,
and invoicing modules.
In 2009-10, we implemented
tightly integrated planner module
and later integrate into a real-time
pre-press workflow. This will
enhance capabilities to new levels
of efficiency and productivity.
The EFI Monarch and Planner works
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on this infrastructure to improve
the efficiency and availability of IT
resources and applications.
Virtualisation runs multiple operating
systems on a single computer. It even
lets a Mac run on Windows, creating
a virtual PC environment for all
Windows applications. It reduces
capital costs and increases energy
efficiency. It also requires l
ess hardware.
It ensures that enterprise applications
perform with the highest availability
and performance. It builds up business
continuity through improved disaster
recovery solutions. It also improves
enterprise desktop management and
control with a faster deployment of
desktops, and fewer support calls due
to application conflicts.
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Machines in the pipe-line
We are planning to purchase two
new machines – the Manu Graph
Citiline Express 546 and the Manu
Graph Citiline Express 508. Both of
these will be operational in Q1. Each
machine has the capacity to print 18
million pages a day.
Recently, we
What’s New
have purchased
Heidelberg SM 102 which is already
operational. It can print 2 colours on
one side, or one colour on both sides
in a single pass. This machine has
helped reduce a significant amount
of ‘make-ready’ time and has
significantly improved quality
Research in Progress
Vision Plate Punching &
Bending System for Web
Offset Machine:
This will greatly reduce the
‘make-ready’ time on the press,
and improve quality and
productivity.
Inkjet Plates:
It has an excellent dot resolution of
2-98%. This will help to improve
productivity and will act as a back
up for CTP.
Automatic Spiral Binding Machine
Repro’s
and productivity.
The Kolbus Perfect Binder, with
PUR attachment, would be running
before the first quarter ends. This
Green Initiatives
machine offers hot melt perfect The world is doing its best to save
binding with PUR (polyurethane planet Earth, and we, at Repro, our
reactive) working diligently towards this goal
glue, which ourselves. Both
has excellent
flexibility and a thickness level that
our plants are
certified for the
The Green Print
is one-third the size of standard hot Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
melts. It has the ability to withstand and the Programme for Endorsement
temperature extremes without of Forest Certification
glue failure, and the binding is (PEFC), making us
40-60 per cent better than a the first company in
traditional adhesive. India to bag both
certificates.
Another initiative
that we have taken
is to reduce our
power consumption
by almost 15-20%.
Towards this, we have
replaced all the older machines
with more efficient ones and have
also discontinued the usage of
a paper storage warehouse in
order to minimise handling and
transit damage.
Both our facilities have become
active members of the Common
Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)
in order to treat and recycle our
Steinmann Lamination Machine:
suitable for any type of film, with
high speed, this will help reduce
cost and improve productivity,
Explorations
which will help save energy. We have attended various
important conferences,
Automatic Spiral Binding: and conducted some,
This is a complete machine that too! Below are
forms spirals from filaments, some conferences
inserts spiral in the books, and we’ve been a
cuts and crimps the entire range of part of:
plastic spirals of diameters from 6 • QBR, hosted
mm upto 32 mm. by Gilmore
and Knowledge,
London, for all the
Knowledge Cast Partners.
• Visit to Kodak USA to
understand the capabilities of
Solutions
Till Q3, on the binding lines, we
were using steel blades which had
to be changed frequently, resulting
wastage wherein we send out all
hazardous wastes to the TTC WMA
for disposal.
Recently, we
conducted an
energy audit
with the help of M/s Schneider,
a global specialist in Energy
Management. We have
also been trying to
use the ‘Reduce-
Reuse- Recycle’
approach for all our
engineering spares
and raw materials.
All our efforts are
towards reducing
the environmental
footprint by using various
technologies on a daily basis, be
it in drastically reducing emissions,
paper wastage and alcohol usage on
web M/C.
New Inkjet Technology for Short
Run Book Printing model.
• Visit to Kodak’s
installation sites.
• Attendance at Print
Pack 2011 Delhi, to
meet with digital
Vendors for digital
printing and horizon
for finishing.
• Visit to Xaar Head for
Inkjet Technology, Delhi.
• Attendance at the ‘Romance
with Print’ Conference, Delhi.
in production loss. We have now
started using the Tungsten Carbide
Blade, which has drastically
reduced changing time and
workload and improved quality.

PHOTO
FILES
We were happy to welcome clients
to our office recently.
1. Tamil actor Sharath Kumar
paid us a visit in January. He is
a publisher for the Media Voice
A LOOK AT OUR CONTENT SERVICES
Repro is one of the few printing
companies to offer wholesome
solutions for content, print and
fulfillment. Our content services
enable publishers to focus on
marketing their product, while we
take care of the rest.
CONTENT ORGANISATION
When we receive the content, we
have systems in place to structure
and organise it, allowing arbitrary
metadata to be added to all the
information elements. This helps
turn data into knowledge. Once
this is done, the information can be
successfully retrieved, reused
and repurposed.
Business
strategy
User-centric
Design
A Global Partnership
We have recently become a part of
the Knowledge Cast Alliance of
Gilmore Global. Gilmore Global
has been among the top companies
in the world to provide a full-range
magazine and Chairman for
Radan Media, a Tamil TV serial
content provider.
CONTENT WORKFLOW
The content is often passed around
among various highly-skilled
professionals, namely editors, graphic
artists, subject matter experts and
business
process
analyser.
More than just print
These people ensure that the workflow
is streamlined, by connecting all the
necessary dots and making the flow
unidirectional. This is done with the
help of the ECM solution.
CONTENT CREATION
A publisher’s authored content is
keyed into the system by trained
operators, or ingested by special
THE ORGANISATION CHAIN
Content Model
Life-cycle
of print supply-chain solutions
across the globe. Together, we
are working on a worldwide
partnering model in digital printing
for deliveries across the globe.
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2. Malayalam actor Siddique met 3. Neil Bradford, Production
us on 6th April for the signing of Director at Random House,
the Family Facebook magazine. visited our office in February.
programmes via web service with the metadata from stage
connectors. After this, it is parsed one. The ECM will manage the
for XML workflow, followed by the work allocation and complete life
pagination and layout according the cycle management of the content.
template approved. Metadata creation
helps ease CONTENT VERSIONING
the location/
identification/
Version control is a part of the content
workflow. Various versions are
classification of content. managed and controlled as incremental
as well as corrective versions.
CONTENT REPOSITORIES
The content resides entirely in CONTENT PUBLISHING
relational database structures, file The finished content is delivered to
system objects, or a hybrid of both. users in multiple ways. Some of the
It can be stored as unstructured formats are traditional print formats,
text, structured text and binary sent via the web or email, and some
graphic images, or as XML formats are for mobile devices like
elements tagged PDAs, ebook readers and cell phones.
Information Categorisation and
Architecture Classification
Navigation through Interface and
content Interaction Design
Blooper Corner
Here are 3 things likely to happen
during a pressing deadline
Your machine will crash
Your software will get corrupted
The paper will get jammed in your
printing machines
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A festive feminine
celebration at Repro
Women’s Day was indeed a day to
remember at Repro this year. As
an employee engagement activity,
we organised a
special Women’s
Day celebration at
our Head Office and
the Mahape plant.
The women made
the most of this
celebration with fun
games like Dumb
Charades, Housie
and Passing the Parcel. A festive
feel permeated the air, encouraging
Repro welcomes all
the newcomers
We have welcomed some
new talent into our team this
quarter. We conducted campus
recruitment at Symbiosis,
IMDR and Balaji Institute a few
weeks ago. It was a successful
endeavour, as we hired five
new Management Trainees. We
also hired
Join the task force
two IIM-L
summer
trainees, who have been a part of
our team since the beginning
of April.
The Government Institute of
Printing Technology (GIPT)
organised an industrial visit for
its final year students at Repro.
The visit helped the students gain
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women to sing songs, crack jokes
and have a memorable day.
The purpose of this celebration
was to thank all
the women in this
organisation and
make them realise
how special and
important they are
to the organisation.
They are an
integral part of our
organisation and we
would like to thank them for their
valuable contribution to our success.
first-hand information about the
operating systems, machines and
procedures in the print industry.
It also helped them gain a better
perspective into an actual
working environment and observe
how theory is put into practice.
Students toured around the
facility and
observed
every
department in detail, ending
their visit at the production
department, where they observed
printing processes and machines
at work. They also learnt how
printed materials are packaged
and made shipment-ready. All in
all, it was a successful visit.
Play-on-demand
Murphy’s
Laws
There’s no denying them,
and there’s no beating them.
All you can do is read some
of them and laugh while you
wait for the inevitable.
Any instrument when dropped will roll
into the least accessible corner.
If a message can be interpreted in
several ways, it will be interpreted in
a manner that maximises the damage.
If the shipment is already delayed, the
weather goes bad and the harbour will close.
Whenever there is a pressing deadline, the
client’s disk won’t run on your equipment.
London Book Fair 2011
We set up our products from the UK, US and EU
for display at the London f locked our stand to witness
Book Fair this April for our capabilities in creating
the 6th consecutive year. e-books for the educational
The new stand carried our sector, children’s sector and
re-positioned image of trade titles. A record footfall
providing much more than is what we experienced at this
just print, showcasing content fair. A delegation of our top
solutions as the new major executives were present to
thrust area which we have network with our existing as
ventured into. Publishers well as new clients.