Rapidas on Growth Curve in India

S Chand is one of the biggest publishing houses in India, its main line of business being textbooks for schools. It is also a longstanding user of KBA presses. Its first two- and four-color Planeta presses were ordered by the founder, Shyam Lal Gupta. In 2004 his son Ravinder Gupta signed up for the company’s first medium-format Rapida, also a four-color version. Since then S Chand has passed to the third generation and is now headed by Shyam Lal Gupta’s grandson, Himanshu Gupta, who recently decided to invest in a Rapida 105 universal. Press features include a nonstop facility at the feeder and delivery piles, washing systems and IR dryers. In addition to its printing plant and headquarters in Delhi S Chand operates remote publishing outlets in 26 cities throughout the country. At the last Frankfurt book fair the company was presented with a special award as the oldest exhibitor.