The company signed for seven Regioman double-width towers and three jaw folders at the show to boost the production capacity of its 10 newspaper titles.
Speaking to Drupa Report Daily, Peter Kuisle, member of the executive board at Manroland Web Systems, said: "Every third newspaper worldwide gets printed on a Manroland web press. We have one-third of the worldwide market share for web presses and are leading providers in both heatset and coldest presses."
The Times of India has a long relationship with Manroland with multiple press lines of Colorman, Geoman, Regioman and Cromoman installed at numerous production sites across India.
Bennett & Coleman also signed a deal with Ferag India at drupa for a new mailroom system to support the new presses. The deal comprises a UTR conveyor, stacker, film wrapper and strapping machine as a part of Ferag mailroom system.
Meanwhile, Manroland Web Systems has also agreed a deal at the show with HT Media, publisher of English-language daily Hindustan Times, for one four-high tower and folder former, which will be added to one of its existing Colorman presses at its Greater Noida facility.
Anil Bhatia, managing director of Manroland India, said, "With this new order, HT Media has reaffirmed its trust in the web offset technology from Manroland for [its] print requirements."
As a part of this expansion plan, HT Media has also purchased a service upgrade to increase the speed of all the towers in its Colorman presses to 90,000 copies per hour.
