QI Press Controls is taking a much-sought order from Times of India publisher Bennett, Coleman & Co as an important endorsement.

The supplier’s Vijay Pandya says the order for an mRC-3D-based system on one press is important “to state that we deliver proven and reliable solutions”.

QI will equip a double-width manroland Geoman in Ghaziabad with a system based on 12 motorised mRC-3D cameras for register control and 12 for cut-off, and provide its waste gate control for each output of the six-tower press which has a single twin folder.

“With these features the Times of India will ensure the continuation of monitoring and tracking for good and consistent print quality delivered to its end user,” says Pandya, who is managing director of QI Press Controls India.

Times of India – which hosted the manroland global users group meeting in Mumbai earlier this year – has a reputation for good print quality, and Pandya says the order for the basic intelligent quality management (IQM) module and waste gate control option “is logical” and ensures a top position in quality printing in the Indian market: “This is a very important order for us to state that we deliver proven and reliable solutions,” he says. “It also proves the effects of our continuous efforts to provide high standard services offered by a highly skilled technical team that speaks the language of the customer.”

The Times Group is the largest publishing company in India and South Asia, with a turnover of more than a billion dollars and 11,000 employees. Its activities include newspapers, magazines, books, TV, radio, internet, music and movies, with 13 newspapers and 18 magazines produced at 11 publishing centres and 26 printing centres.