King Printing Company, a leading manufacturer of high- quality short-run books, announced that it has further expanded its global book production alliance with the addition of Mumbai- based Vakils Premedia. King Printing has been working closely with Milan- based Rotolito Lombarda for boproduction services in Europe and Africa. The addition of Vakils not only expands King’s and Rotolito’s affordable distribution footprint but also adds expert pre-media resources to supplement those located in their Boston and Milan headquarters.
“As a family-owned business, we are very particular about our partnerships,” said Adi Chinai, managing director of King Printing Company, in operation since 1978. “We personally know and trust the families that own and operate Rotolito and Vakils. All three companies have second and third generation management. We have similar business ethics and quality standards, and we have full confidence in their ability to deliver to the exacting demands of our publishers and authors. We are especially excited about Vakils’ eBook expertise that will allow us to reduce our cycle time and keep costs in line for these labour- intensive file conversions to a wide variety of eBook file formats.”
“We are living in a global economy,
and we’re facing new challenges and opportunities everyday,” said Emanuele Bandecchi, marketing manager at Rotolito Lombarda. “For this reason, we consider this alliance as necessary to our ability to be competitive in a difficult market.” Rotolito, founded in 1976 by Emanuele’s father, Paolo Bandecchi, is today one of the largest private printing companies in Europe, with long-term experience in the production of books, catalogues, magazines and flyers. “Our existing and potential customers, who are working all over the world, will surely take advantage of this relationship, thanks to the high standards King and Vakils can provide respectively in printing and prepress,” he added.
Vakils Premedia provides integrated pre-media services which include packaging, prepress, ePublishing and cross-media services. The company is equipped with best-in- class infrastructure and IT security systems as per ISO 27001:2005 standards. Vakils Premedia is a subsidiary of Vakil & Sons, a pioneer in the colour printing and quality publishing business for more than 66 years. With the advent of digital publishing technology, Vakils has pioneered pre-media services print and ePublishing while continuing to excel in its printing and publishing business.
“We are delighted to be part of the King Printing-Rotolito Global Alliance,” said Bimal Mehta, managing director of Vakils Premedia. “The Alliance will make it easier and more affordable for foreign publishers to print and distribute within India, as well as for Indian publishers to take advantage of US and Europeanresources without any concerns about quality or reliability.”
Publishers will not only save time with the pre-media services offered by the global alliance, but will also save significant shipping dollars on books and print materials that need to be supplied in the various members’ geographies. “With the addition of Vakils to our network,” Chinai added, “we already have interest from publishers who were previously printing books in the US and shipping them to India in order to maintain control over the process. However, the samples we have shown them from Vakils are impressive, and they are amazed at how this will revolutionize their global business.”
Publishers can find King Printing at www.KingPrinting.com, and information about King’s self- publishing services at www.AdiBooks.com. For more information on Rotolito Lombarda, visit www.rotolitolombarda.it. Vakils Premedia can be located at www.vakilspremedia.com.
