Replika Press exemplifies a gigantic book printing infrastructure. The 1,32,000 sq/ft sprawling print production facility has been inter graded from end-to-end with SAP ERP application across all verticals of pre-press, press and post-press.
Sanandan Seth, one of the directors at Replika, said: "We have invested Rs 15-cr in new building and machinery, mix and matching some of the best first machine in India to complement the fleet of 17 offset machines."
The Replika’s post-press has infrastructure that boasts of Heidelberg Stahlfolder TH 82; Multiplex In-Line, a 24 stations machine featuring 24 SignalLynx systems with optic controls; Kolbus Casemaker DA 260 with facilities of flexi bind, flat back and eccentrics binding; Kolbus book production Line BF 527; Kolbus FE 604 book forming and pressing machine with Kolbus DS 391 book stacker.
Besides, Replika has Aster and Muller Martini sewing machines, Sigloch book block processing machines, MBO combi-folders, Heidelberg and Bremer Mc Cain folders, Wohlenberg and Muller Martini perfect binders.
Replika, which prints 3,000 book titles per year, will soon announce a slew of further investments it has made. Bhuvnesh Seth, managing, director, said: "A KBA Rapida 105 (U) eight-colour kit is under installation. And the process for ISO 12647 certification for prepress and printing by Fogra should be in place by end of the year."
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| Location EPIP Kundli, Sonepat, Haryana Founded in 1948 and renamed in 1996 Strength 3000+ titles, 6500 MT of paper per annum, 18,000 hard case and 40,000 soft case books per day, Equipment 17 offset machines from KBA Rapida, Roland, Heidelberg and Mitsubishi; Two Screen CTP; two HP and one Epson proofers; Techkon SpectroPlate reader and SpectroDrive spectrodensitometer; a raft of MBO, Stahl, Bremer, Aster, Muller Martini, Astronic, Multiplex, Wohlenberg, Kolbus, Perfecta, Kluge post-press kit Staff 450+ |
