A fourth 24-page press has been ordered by Hindi-language publishing giant DB Group.

Indian manufacturer Prakash Web Offset has announced an order for a six-tower Newslight 36 press - capable of printing a 24-page broadsheet at up to 36,000 cph - is to be installed at a new location.

DB, the Bhopal-headquartered publisher of Dainik Bhaskar - claimed to be India's second-largest circulated daily newspaper - already has three six-tower Newslight 36 presses operating at various locations. All have SG50 autoimatic reel changers, full automation features and automatic colour register systems.

The giant media company numbers its regional editions in dozens - published in Hindi, English, Marathi and Gujarati - with circulation of more than 3.75 million claimed for Dainik Bhaskar.

Based in Faridabad, Haryana, Prakash says the one-around single-width platform offers benefits including its bearer design with two H-units per tower and scope for greater automation.