Detailed Project Report on Newspaper Printing

NEWSPAPER PRINTING

[EIRI/EDPR/1617] (J.C.: 419)

INTRODUCTION

A newspaper press is defined as one where at least one periodical is printed.  In addition, this press is owned by the newspaper itself. A commercial press printing a newspaper is defined as a commercial press and not a newspaper - press.

Printing as it is understood in the modern context had its beginning in Europe in 1439 when the technique of printing from movable metal types was developed by Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany. Printing of some crude sort done from movable types was believed to have been produced in Holland by costar before Gutenberg. The Gutenberg's invention consisted essentially in making brass moulds and matrices by which type could be accurately aligned and cast in large numbers. The metal chosen for the type was an alloy of lead, tin and antimony. The technique of printing consisted in composing the type into words, lines and pages, inking the printing surface and printing sheets of paper in a manually operated press made of wood. The first book printed by Gutenberg was a Bible, in the year 1456. The art of  printing spread quickly all over Europe and by the fifteenth century about twenty million copies of over 40,000 different editions  had been printed mainly on hand presses. In the beginning of seventeenth century more or less regular newspaper printed from movable types started appearing in Germany, Austria the Netherlands and Italy.

The printing processes now in common use are broadly classified into four groups according to the principles on which their printing - image carriers are based. The  four  process families are - relief printing (letter press and flexography)  in which printing areas of the image carriers are raised above printing  (lithography and collotype) in which the  printing  and non  printing  areas are in the same plane of the  image  corner; intaglio  printing  (gravure)  in which the  printing  areas  are sunken  in  the  image carrier, non - printing areas  are  on  its surface,  and  screen printing (stencil printing)  in  which  the printing  areas consist of open pores of the image  carrier,  the blocked pores - constitute the non - printing areas.

COST ESTIMATION

Plant Capacity            2,40,000 Copies/Day

Land & Building (1000 sq.mt.)    Rs. 1.75 Cr

Plant & Machinery                    Rs. 83.00 Lac

Working Capital for 3 Months    Rs. 2.09 Cr

Total Capital Investment          Rs. 4.77 Cr

Rate of Return                          29%

Break Even Point                      46%

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

MARKET SURVEY

BIS SPECIFICATION

START A NEW NEWS PAPER/MAGAZINE/PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS

DETAILED PROCESS

METHOD OF TYPE SETTING AND PRINTING

PRINCIPLE OF OFFSET

SPECIFIC FOLDING METHODS

BALLON FOLDING

PROCESS FLOW SHEET

PLANT LAYOUT

PRINCIPLES OF PLANT LAYOUT

PLANT LOCATION FACTORS

EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THE PROJECT REPORT

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES

SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIAL

SUPPLIERS OF DTP SYSTEM/COMPUTERS

SUPPLIERS OF NEWSPAPER PRINTING MACHINERY

APPENDIX – A:

01. PLANT ECONOMICS

02. LAND & BUILDING

03. PLANT AND MACHINERY

04. OTHER FIXED ASSESTS

05. FIXED CAPITAL

06. RAW MATERIAL

07. SALARY AND WAGES

08. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS

09. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL

10. TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT

11. COST OF PRODUCTION

12. TURN OVER/ANNUM

13. BREAK EVEN POINT

14. RESOURCES FOR FINANCE

15. INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS

16. DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS

17. PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS

18. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)