Region's 26 among 106 new International Newspaper Color Quality Club members
Jun 16, 2010 at 08:19 pm by
Staff
Twenty-six Asia-Pacific newspapers are among the 109 in 43 countries accorded membership of WAN-Ifra’s 2010-2012 International Newspaper Color Quality Club.
Nine are in South East Asia, 11 in India, three – all within West Australian Newspapers – and three in Japan.
The prestigious awards – held every two years since 1994 – set quality standards for colour reproduction, and provide a programme for improvement. Successful newspapers have demonstrated capacity to print to ISO standards (including ISO 12647) and reliably reproduce colour images and advertisements consistently, worldwide, and with the intended colour effect.
"The INCQC quality initiative helps ensure that the reader receives an attractive, high-quality product and the advertiser an outstanding advertising carrier," says Manfred Werfel, executive director of newspaper production at WAN-Ifra. "For publishing companies, the competition provides a better understanding of the ISO standards to improve the printing process."
The competition required entrants to print a specific test element and submit examples from production runs over four months. Newspapers that reproduce the element within specific tolerances and present good printing quality are welcomed into the exclusive group.
Regional winners are:
Australia (3, not two as originally posted)–
The West Australian, West Australian Newspaper, Perth;
Seven Days Magazine, West Australian Newspaper, Perth;
West Weekend Magazine, West Australian Newspaper, Perth.
South East Asia (9)–
Apple Daily (Hong Kong), Apple Daily, Hong Kong;
Apple Daily (Taiwan), Apple Daily Publication Development, Taipei, Taiwan;
Guang Ming Daily, Sin Chew Media Corporation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore;
Sharp Daily, Apple Daily Publication Development, Taipei, Taiwan;
Sin Chew Daily Sin Chew Media Corporation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;
The Straits Times, Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore;
Today, Mediacorp, Singapore;
Utusan Malaysia, Utusan Melayu (Malaysia), Sri Utusan Bangi, Malaysia
India (11)
AnandaBazar Patrika, ABP, Kolkata;
Deccan Herald, The Printers (Mysore), Bangalore;
DNA, Diligent Media Corporation, Bangalore;
Hindi Hindustan, HT Media, Greater Noida;
Hindustan Times, HT Media, Greater Noida;
MalayalaManorama, Malayala Manorama Company, Kottayam;
Mid Day, Mid-Day Multimedia, Rabale, Navi Mumbai;
Mint, HT Media, Greater Noida;
The Telegraph ABP, Kolkata;
The Times of India, Bennett, Coleman & Co, New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai;
The Hindu, Kasturi & Sons, Thiruvananthapuram, MM Nagar.
Japan (3)
Nikkan Sports Nikkan Offset, Osaka;
The Asahi Shimbun, Asahi Tokyo Printech, Tokyo;
The Asahi Shimbun, Asahi Tokyo Printech, Tokyo.
A full list of the 2010-2012 members is at www.colorqualityclub.org. A book of winning entries will be available at the annual Ifra Expo, to be held in Hamburg, Germany, from 4 to 6 October 4-6.
