Manipal Digital Systems_Portfolio

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MANIPAL DIGITAL SYSTEMS
Your Best Pre-Media Production Partner

who we are
what we do
how we do it

who we are

MDS is a subsidiary of the
US$750 million Manipal Group
Manipal Group Quick Facts:
• Based in Manipal, India – close to Mangalore Seaport & Airport
• In Print Business since 1941 – India’s leading End-To-End Print Services Provider
• Employs over 15,000 people – education, healthcare, finance, media
• Operates daily newspapers, weekly and monthly magazine publications
• Owns India’s oldest private University - Manipal University (75,000 students)
• Operates 11 Hospitals, treating over 1 million patients per year.
• MDS traces its production roots back to India's first publishing business process
outsourcing (BPO) efforts in the 1970’s to Europe
www.manipalsystems.com

who we are

Who is MDS?

Print & Pre-Media Graphic Arts
solutions provider

High Quality, Scalable, Offshore
partner with skilled & experienced production labor

Low-Cost, Outsourced, Round-the-Clock Production
service provider

One-Stop Shop/Integrator of multi-disciplined skills
Cross-media solutions and production services producing projects
intended for print or web

what we do

What does MDS do?

Execute cross-media (print & internet) projects

Provide comprehensive content-related services
– from content creation TO content production TO print or online
channels TO distribution and logistics

Address wide-ranging needs from traditional pre-media,
imaging and page composition to
more integrated and technical production workflows
involving printing, finishing & global logistics


markets served
Who does MDS serve?

Publishing
• Book Publishing – Science, Consumer, Childrens, Educational, Medical
• Magazines, Custom Special Interest Publishing
• Journals & Scientific Publishing, Newspapers, Newsletters, Advertising
• Imaging & Retouching
• Websites, Microsites, Stores & Blogs

Marketing
• Print & Internet Catalogs – Retail & B2B
• Photography, Direct Mail, Marketing & Promotions
• Packaging Production

Corporate
• Marketing & Communications for Print, Internet & Rich Media
• Photography & Imaging Services

MDS+MPL advantage

Total Solutions Value Chain

Print Manufacturing Application & Solution Development
‐ Sheet‐fed, Hard‐case, Web Offset & Digital Printing ‐ Rich Internet Applications
‐ Saddle Stitch, Perfect Bound, Specialty ‐ Flex3 development
‐ ASP.Net Custom
Custom
Print
Print ‐ Macintosh Application Development
Development
Services
Services

Website
Website Premedia & New Media
Services
Services ‐ Image & Page Production
‐ Dynamic Publishing Integration
Integration
Website Services ‐ Content Conversion Services
Services
‐ Site Design & Maintenance
‐ Content Preparation Content
Content Integrating System & Process
‐ Content Management Production
Production ‐ Integrating Existing Technology
‐ Process Integration
Creative
Creative ‐ IT Enabled Projects
Services Process
Process
Services
Outsourcing
Outsourcing
Creative Services
‐ Design & Layout Cost Containment
‐ Illustrations ‐ Low Value Process Elimination
‐ Publishing MDS-MPL ‐ Process & Staff Integration
‐ Copy Editing
‐ Proof‐Reading
End-to-End Content
Services Platform


global solutions

Publishing Clients
Reed Elsevier, Holland CondeNast Publications - India
ESPN Books - NYC, USA Penguin Books, UK-India
Merriam Webster, USA-India Macmillan Publishing, UK-India
Spanish Publishing Group, USA Wins Holland, Netherlands
Geddes & Grosset, UK Yoyo Books, Belgium
RMS International, UK Creations for Children, Belgium
Alligator, UK A1 Graphics, Belgium
Imago, UK Olala Books, Belgium
Autumn Publishing, UK Egmont, Denmark
BK Books, UK Image & Colour, Italy
Award Publishing, UK Printing Studio, USA
Saldana, Spain Proforma, USA
Susaeta, Spain AM Productions, Canada
Times Publishing, India JPV, Iceland
Infosys, India
Wipro, India
Reliance, India

Manipal Digital Systems [mds]

www.Techmarq.eu

creative content

Pre-Press & Creative Services
• Pre-Press / Pre-Media Production for Print & Internet
• Typesetting & E-Book Publishing – PDF Creation or Conversion
• Design, Layout & Page Composition – Adobe CS InDesign, QuarkXPress
• Copy Editing & Proof Reading
• Digital Soft Proofing & Machine Wet Proofing
• Imaging Services & High-End Retouching
• Advertising Production – Pre-Flighting & Print-Ready PDF Creation
• Automated Publishing (direct from database or files)
• Custom & Special Interest Publishing Solutions
• Packaging Design & Prototyping


New media

New Media Production
• Creative & Graphic Design Services for New Media
• Website Design & Development
• Website Design, Maintenance, Content Hosting and Distribution
• Microsites, CMS / Blogs using Drupal, Joomla, BlogEngine, etc.
• Web Image Production – web-optimized RGB
• Online Advertising – Animated Images, Flash, etc.
• Cross-Media Workflows – HTML, SGML & XML
• Digital Conversion & Schema Development
• Rich Media Production – Flash/Flex
• Database Publishing Production – Automation From & To InDesign & Quark


technology solution

Technology Solutions
• Online, Collaborative Technologies – Universal Proof application
• Rich Media (Flash) & Rich Internet Application (RIA) Development
• Web Applications & Software Development – Cocoa, .NET, Java, PHP
• Digital Content Conversion
• Digitization, OCR Scanning & Manual Data Capture
• Database Development from legacy documents
• Custom Programming
• Next Generation Interfaces – Adobe Flex & Microsoft Silverlight
• Macintosh Application Development – Cocoa, AppleScript
• Asset Management Systems


MDS+MPL advantage
the Cost advantage
• Savings from offshore production labor
• Flexible costing (per-project basis or long term)
• Latest, automated solutions to streamline workflows

the Time advantage
• Overnight turnarounds due to the 12-hour time difference
• Working around-the-clock - 24/7, 365 days

the Customized Solutions advantage
• The right resource Mix – Dedicated Lines & Dedicated Staff
• Scalable resources for long or short-term needs
• Serving all requirements of creative, production, new media or technology solutions


MDS+MPL advantage

the Quality advantage
• Exceed Quality Expectations - the best… delivered the first time, every time
• Dedicated project management teams fluent in English
• Efforts at understanding customer’s requirement and then implementing or
developing the appropriate supporting technologies and resources
• Best-of-breed approach to technology infrastructure for seamless
integration with customers – from telecommunications, network architecture,
security, asset and project management to utilizing standard point applications for
all content creation


- Children's Books

- Education Books

- Scientific Books

- School Books, Textbooks

- Magazines, Catalogs

- Custom Publishing

- Promotional Material


portfolio Book Publishing

Coffee Table Books


Penguin Books


Childrens Books


Reed Elsevier

portfolio Magazine Publishing

Conde Nast Magazines

portfolio Magazine Publishing

Magazine Covers

portfolio Publishing

Magazines


Vector Illustrations &
Diagram Rendering


Database-Driven Publishing Automation


Data Intensive Encyclopedias


Scientific Books & TextBooks


Childrens Books & eBooks


Multi–Lingual School Books


Spanish Publishing Group, Boston, USA


Booklets



Magazines
Design, Imaging, Layout, Advertising


Newsletters


Flyers


Brochures
&
Catalogs


Brochures

- High-end Retouching

- Color Management

- Color Correction

- Silhouette & Masking

- Shadow Creation

- Swatch Matching


portfolio Imaging


portfolio Imaging

Close-Up

portfolio Imaging

High–End Retouching

- Flash & Flex Content

- E-Book

- XML/SGML/HTML Conversion

- Interactive Advertisements

- Rich Media Content


portfolio Interactive

Multimedia Web Banners


Multimedia Web Banner


Online Rich Media

- Package Design & Layout

- 3-D Visualization

- Die-Cutting

- Prototyping

- Proofing


portfolio Packaging


- Web Design

- E-Commerce

- Portfolio

- Flash Website

- CMS Website Design


portfolio Websites

Content Management
System-based
Websites

Drupal
Joomla
WordPress
Yahoo
BlogEngine

Design,
Development,
Custom Modules
& Extensions


portfolio Websites

Newspaper Websites

portfolio Websites

Pinnarp, The Netherlands (Drupal Website Design & Development)

portfolio Websites

www.Techmarq.eu (Joomla Website Design & Development)

- MDS Connect

- Studio Connect

- Proof Connect

- Book Connect

- Product Colorizer

- MDS Imager

- MDS MetaSync

- Sales Connect


portfolio Software

Studio Connect

MDS-ProjectsConnect
Task Wall Board

User can create task boards and upload images to the board for proofing.

MDS-UniversalProof
PDF Creation

User can print to take the hard copy of selected content and tagged annotations details.
Also provision to create PDF which contains tagged annotations details.


portfolio Software

Book Connect

portfolio Software

Project Connect

Manipal Press Limited [mpl]

www.Techmarq.eu

MPL print services

Print Services

Founded In 1941 – over 65 years of printing
• ISO Certified by NQA for ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System
• Close proximity to Mangalore Sea-Port for global shipping
• India’s largest Security Printer– servicing over 150 banks & 20 universities
• India’s only private Intaglio Printing Facility
• India’s first & largest Variable Data Forms Printer
• 1500 Multi-National Clients in multiple sectors – security, books, magazines, forms,
catalogs, packaging, etc.
• 2008 Revenues of $125 million
• 1800+ Employees


Manipal Press
MPL Divisions
• Commercial Printing Division (CPD) SPD

CFD BFD
• Books, Magazines, Catalogs,…
• Variable Data Printing Division (VDP)
• Security Printing Division (SPD) CPD MPL VDP

• Checks, Diplomas, Lottery,…
PKG
• Business Forms Division (BFD) & CARDS
LABELS
• Statements, Bills,…
DigiGO!
• Cards Division
• Confidential Division (CFD)
• Packaging & Labels – Cartons,…
• DigiGo!

MPL print services

Printing Services
Varied Project Platforms - Digital to Web Offset
• Over 500,000 sq. feet of manufacturing facilities with over 200 printing devices
• Digital Presses [HP Indigo, Kodak, Nipson]
• Heat/Cold Web-Fed Offset [Komori, Harris, Pacer, Albert, KBA, Manugraph]
• Sheet-Fed Offset [Heidelberg Speedmaster, Komori Lithrone, Mitsubishi D3000LX ]
• Sheet-Fed Screen Printing [Heidelberg SM102, Proteck ST74]
• Comprehensive Stitching/Binding/Finishing Options
• Global Logistics (25 days to North America & Europe)
Continued Investment in Technology Platform
• US $20 million in Ongoing Infrastructure Investment & Joint Ventures
• First Distributed Digital Print Model in India – DigiGo
• a first-of-kind web-based printing workflow management system to cut down
processing time for customized printing needs across India

MPL print services
Finishing Services
Latest Equipment, Multiple Options, Varying Capacity
• Hard-Case Binding – 50,000 books/day [MullerMartini NormBinder, Hauraf, Bookline BL500]
• Smythe Sewn, Center Sewn, Side Sewn
• Perfect Binding – 250,000 books/day [MullerMartini AcoroA7, Welbound2000, Sulby12]
• Saddle-Stitching – 400,000 books/day [Heidelberg Pacesetter, Polygraph Flowline, BravoPlus]
• Programmable Cutting machines [Proteck, Robocut, Polar Mohr, Perfecta, etc.]
• Section Sewing, High-speed Stitching machines [MPL Custom-Tech]
• Auto Combination Folding machines [VEB Polygraph, Horizon Cross Folder]
• Lamination, Die-cutting, Hotfoil Stamping, Spot UV Screens [HMT, Proteck]
• Wiro-Binding [Renz Auto]
• Punching [Renz Super 700]
• Shrink Packing, Box Strapping
• 500 Finishing Employees

Perfect Binding, Saddle Stitching, WiroBinding, HardCase Binding.
Capabilities for all types of books. Global Market : Servicing 12+ Countries


Consumer Publishing Books


Childrens Books www.manipalsystems.com


Coffee-Table Books


Manipal Digital Systems Ltd.
Global Headquarters: Press Corner, Manipal 576104, Karnataka, India
Email: Sales@ManipalSystems.com Website: http://www.ManipalSystems.com
USA: 1 (212) 812-2139, Europe: 44 (208) 819-7834 International: 91 820 257 1151 - 55
Fax: 91 820 257 0131 & 257 1162

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