Expect keen competition in WAN-Ifra’s International Color Quality Club with 18 Asia-Pacific and Gulf publishers among the 81 taking part worldwide.

India’s five biggest publishers, nine from Asia, three from the Gulf and one Australian company will take part in the 2012-2014 contest.

All have already met specific ISO standards and demonstrated to judges that they can reliably reproduce colour images and advertisements consistently, worldwide, and with the intended colour effect.

“This not only provides confirmation of the successful efforts aimed at achieving international standardisation, but also the motivation of personnel working in every printing plant, the correct choice of materials, impressive knowledge of printing techniques, and the skilful use of measuring and control,” says interim chief executive Manfred Werfel.

The winners were chosen from a field of 192 titles which applied for membership. Details of each woill be included in a book to be published in time for the World Publishing Expo (IfraExpo) in Frankfurt in October.

The successful publishers are:

Australia/NZ

West Australian Newspapers, Perth (The West Australian, Seven Days)

India

ABP, Kolkata, India (Ananabazar Patrika, The Telegraph)

Bennett, Coleman & Co, Kandivali, Mumbai, Airoli, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, and Sahibabad, India (The Times of India, Sunday Times, Mahasashtra Times)

HT Media, New Delhi and Mumbai, India (Hindustan Times, Hindi Hindustan, Mint)

Kasturi & Sons, Coimbatore, India (The Hindu)

The Printers (Mysore), Bangalore, India (Deccan Herald, Prajavani)

Asia

Apple Daily, Hong Kong (Apple Daily, HK)

Apple Daily Publication Development, Taipei, Taiwan (Apple Daily Taiwan, Sharp Daily)

Asahi Printech, Sakai-City, and Osaka, Japan (The Asahi Shimbun)

KHL Printing Co, Singapore (Asia Wall Street Journal)

Mediacorp Press, Singapore (Today)

Nanyang Press Holdings, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Nanyang Siang Pau, China Press)

Sin Chew Media Corporation, Pateling Jaya, and Selangor, Malaysia (Guang Ming Daily, Sin Chew Daily)

Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore (The Straits Times, Berita Harian, Lianhe Zaobao)

Utusan Melayu (Malaysia), Bandar Baru Bangi, Malaysia (Utusan Malaysia)

Gulf

Al-Yaum Media House, Dammam, Saudi Arabia (Al-Yaum Newspaper)

Masar Printing & Publishing, Dubai, UAE (Al Bayan, Emarat Al Youm)

United Printing & Publishing, Shahama, Abu Dhabi (7 Days, The National, Al Ittihad, Financial Times)