manipal digital systems

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MANIPAL DIGITAL SYSTEMSYour Best Pre-Media Production Partner

who we are

what we dohowwe do it

MDS is a subsidiary of theUS$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

who we are

www.manipalsystems.com

Who is MDS?

Print & Pre-Media Graphic Artssolutions provider

High Quality, Scalable, Offshorepartner with skilled & experienced production labor

Low-Cost, Outsourced, Round-the-Clock Productionservice provider

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

who we are


What does MDS do?

Execute cross-media (print & internet) projects

Provide comprehensive content-related services– from content creation TO content production TO print or onlinechannels 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

what we do


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

markets served


Total Solutions Value ChainMDS+MPL advantage


Print Manufacturing‐ Sheet‐fed, Hard‐case, Web Offset & Digital Printing‐ Saddle Stitch, Perfect Bound, Specialty

Custom Development

Custom Development

Process Outsourcing

Process Outsourcing

Integration Services

Integration Services

Content Production

Content Production

Print Services

Print Services

Website ServicesWebsite Services

MDS-MPL End-to-End Content Services Platform

MDS-MPL End-to-End Content Services Platform

Website Services‐ Site Design & Maintenance‐ Content Preparation‐ Content Management

Creative Services‐ Design & Layout‐ Illustrations‐ Publishing‐ Copy Editing‐ Proof‐Reading

Premedia & New Media‐ Image & Page Production‐ Dynamic Publishing‐ Content Conversion

Application & Solution Development ‐ Rich Internet Applications‐ Flex3 development‐ ASP.Net‐Macintosh Application

Integrating System & Process ‐ Integrating Existing Technology‐ Process Integration‐ IT Enabled Projects

Cost Containment ‐ Low Value Process Elimination‐ Process & Staff Integration

Creative ServicesCreative Services

Publishing Clients

Reed Elsevier, Holland ESPN Books - NYC, USAMerriam Webster, USA-IndiaSpanish Publishing Group, USAGeddes & Grosset, UKRMS International, UKAlligator, UKImago, UKAutumn Publishing, UKBK Books, UKAward Publishing, UKSaldana, SpainSusaeta, SpainTimes Publishing, IndiaInfosys, IndiaWipro, IndiaReliance, India

global solutions


CondeNast Publications - IndiaPenguin Books, UK-IndiaMacmillan Publishing, UK-IndiaWins Holland, NetherlandsYoyo Books, Belgium Creations for Children, BelgiumA1 Graphics, BelgiumOlala Books, BelgiumEgmont, DenmarkImage & Colour, ItalyPrinting Studio, USAProforma, USAAM Productions, CanadaJPV, Iceland

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Manipal Digital Systems [mds]

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

creative content


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

New media


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

technology solution


why us

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


MDS+MPL advantage

what have we done


- Children's Books

- Education Books

- Scientific Books

- School Books, Textbooks

- Magazines, Catalogs

- Custom Publishing

- Promotional Material

Book Publishing


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S c i e n t i f i c B o o k s & T e x t B o o k s


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Spanish Publishing Group, Boston, USA



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- High-end Retouching

- Color Management

- Color Correction

- Silhouette & Masking

- Shadow Creation

- Swatch Matching


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H i g h – E n d R e t o u c h i n g

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- Flash & Flex Content

- E-Book

- XML/SGML/HTML Conversion

- Interactive Advertisements

- Rich Media Content


Interactive

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- Package Design & Layout

- 3-D Visualization

- Die-Cutting

- Prototyping

- Proofing


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- Web Design

- E-Commerce

- Portfolio

- Flash Website

- CMS Website Design


Content ManagementSystem-based

Websites

DrupalJoomla

WordPressYahoo

BlogEngine

Design,Development,

Custom Modules& Extensions

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Websites

N e w s p a p e r W e b s i t e s

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Websites

Pinnarp, The Netherlands (Drupal Website Design & Development)

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- MDS Connect

- Studio Connect

- Proof Connect

- Book Connect

- Product Colorizer

- MDS Imager

- MDS MetaSync

- Sales Connect


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S t u d i o C o n n e c t


Task Wall Board

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

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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.

MDS-UniversalProof


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Manipal Press Limited [mpl]

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


MPL print services

MPL Divisions • Commercial Printing Division (CPD)

• Books, Magazines, Catalogs,…

• Variable Data Printing Division (VDP)

• Security Printing Division (SPD)

• Checks, Diplomas, Lottery,…

• Business Forms Division (BFD)

• Statements, Bills,…

• Cards Division

• Confidential Division (CFD)

• Packaging & Labels – Cartons,…

• DigiGo!

Manipal Press


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MPL

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


MPL print services


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


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Manipal Digital Systems Ltd.Global Headquarters: Press Corner, Manipal 576104, Karnataka, India

Email: [email protected] 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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