OCTOBER,
PRODUCTION
1963.
jOURNAL
PAGE
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The INCA Research Institute
is, however,, to
bc completely
independent
of the Techmcal
Univcrsily
and is to work
as an industri+
trainina and research centre.
” An association
where there prevails
a Irankness,
honesty
and earnest
desire for progress and co-operation,
where technical
and commercial
experiences
are freely exchange4
and all lcelings
and consideration
of competition
are forgotten.”
()N
rhese
words
of
Dr.
Walter
M.
Matuschke
the International
Newspaper Colour
Association
was founded
on
the 24th January,
1961, between
Dr. Walter
M. Matuschke
IAxel Springer
& Sohn, Hambug),
Mr. lames
R. Spencer
(Liverpool
Daily Post & Echo, Liverpool),
Mr. Maurice
Brebarr
(La Derni&x
Heure,
Brussels).
Dr. W.tller
hl. hl~ruschke.
who is acknowledged thruugbou~
Abe world for his technical
gen!us. guides and dlrecls
the INCA
in his
“,lice as President.
i
members prohlen~s 2nd Lbat real rnpid progress
could onlv be obtained by so mtlrna,e active but
somll group. II was decided “01 LO publicise the
sssoci.~tioli
with the only view of increasing
membership
Ap~licdlioos
for membership
lbllve ahvays
been welcomed bv INCA and mformatlon
and
sssistmce
are r&d,ly
pass&d on to noomembers. However,
as is the policy of other
-dssocialions,
information
or research
under
conduc;
arc restricted
to members.
A nonmember is mosr welcome to vuil the plants of
any of Ihe INCA-members.
where they will find
the ume willingness and co-operario”
pertaming
inlorm~rion
and guidance
as exists between
INCA.membrrs.
To avoid duplicarion
of work.
INCA realised ,be ~mporlance and aecCSSitY for
a co-operdlion
and exchange
of informa,ion
brlwceo fellow dssoci.,tionS. INCA’S allempts 1”
esubhsh
,hbs connecuoo
did no, mce~ with
f~v”u,.,hle
results
Two
Group
Membership
INCA-membc~rblp
IS divided ,n~” ,w” 31”“~s:
Full members
Atwcidle
members
A, plc,eol INCA comprises 18 Full members
cod three A,$“cule
members and dpplic~tlons
on bound wtll double lhls Baure wilhm
the
“err
12 Inolllhs.
The comhlned
publlrhlng
slreoglh
of INCA is I-1Y “ewspapers
w1,b a
total cirrul,ln”n
of 65.151.433 c”p,es per day.
The qoalilicuioos
needed lor membership
arc
rhilc the spplicanl
is enraced In. or Intends 1”
“ccop~ hin,rPlf wilhin Iwo years. with newspaper
c~loor praduclian.
The cpplicsn( Mull possess a
siocerc desire I” openly fn,crchange
economical
ad lrcbnical
inlarmation.
banning all leelings
or lhoushts
of compclilioo.
chinery
and equipment
employed.
but III
mg in the personal “know bow” and mentalit
y
each plant.
%cause of [his maior factor INCA studic !I
:h and every plant individually.
Firstly
rh ,e
:hnical Commitree
studies the equipmenf en
‘yed by the pertaining
member. The” the sla ‘Ir:
dergoes certain vroductio”
tests. whereby a
.so”31 “know
how” techniques and mentali( Y
revealed. These tesls also serve as a basris
the work undertaken
by the INCA Ecooomi
mmitlee.
:rorn this study Abe Technical Committee
the
IWS up a “Stalf Tr:lining
Programme”
to so!
pertaioiog
plnnt. and ,he staff is then traine
o ~bc mosl exac! and economicill
melbod c
“or pr”duc,i”n
hitherto
known to us.
Jnder
rhe slricr
supervislbn
of the INCI
:hnical Commitlee
fbe lrnining
is effected i
plant of Messrs. Axe1 Springer & Soho.
l’echnical
problems are presided over by th
,
I
--
Dr.
\Valter
M.
M&uschke
cc”““mY.
prodoclioo.
q”sli(y.
reliahilify
and
speed.
1” r.tio”alise
exisling working methods.
lo lnverrigale
and develop
working
m~thodr
bitbert”
“0, in “se for newspaper prod”c,i”“.
to co-ordinate
tke prodocls
of other printing
procedures im” ,he body of newspapers.
lo inverligalr
present available
raw maleriah
and 1” specify, dr,crmi”e
cod staodxdire
soilable require,oc”,s.
Tire ecunom~cal question is nno[ only Iha1 01
f s. d.. bul ~1s” thar of ptlblisbmg
p”I,cy. poll.
firal .uld cronmnici8l
iollucoccs
of a country.
gcncr.,l m.?rkrliop. “ppn%ilioo or compcliliou
nod
adverlising
1~~1~11s.INCA promoles
oewspapc,
colour
for advcrtismg
purposes
by holdtng
general mcelings betweeo iIs members, and rhc
advertising
circles of that counlry.
During these
meetings
Ihc adverrising
agents are fully in.
formed as I” the possibilities
of their residenl
newspaper
publishers.
INCA
also studies the
cllect and trend of colour on its pertaining
public.
we JR confident that the technical
problems
of colour prod&o”
and sciendlic research in,
volvcd riced no, bc detailed as it is self.eviden!
to anybody
who is concerned
therewith
ant
lighted by the many various graphic ass”clatlo,“l
all founded with the aim to study and moderms,
lhcsc principles of production.
How
INCA
Works
Alrhouyh
the final product
is a newsPaPc:
the produr~,on method var~cs vastly from “sh”
This vari.lioa
is not only in t e (
to “shop.”
Wider
Association
Intended
INCA’s original idea and planning was to erect
P Research Centre solely for the purposes of
u qCA. but the plans have in the meantime
interest “ulside
its member:f dsed widerpread
alp. and approaches
f” participate
in such a
P reject were received from the supply indurlry.
ress manufacturers.
ink makers and rhe paper
r ldustrv and several fellow Associations.
Taking into accounf that several Associations
‘e consideriug
to either form a laboratory
al
une kind or build a documentafion
centre. and
I avoid duplicalion
of such projects of slmillr
m, the suggeslions
and oilers received were
:-evaluared
and tbe plans of an “Inter-Associaon Rcscnlcb
Centre”
for reel-fed
prinliog
merged.
Nerotmtions
between the INCA, F.I.E.I.. and
a&is
other
associa(i”ns
have
now
been
vered into in order Lo consider the PossibililY
I qstablishing
this Research Centre on a broader
Andrew
Tbomron
Allied
Laodo”. Enpland.
Benneu.
Bombay.
Rizzoli
Milan.
INCA MEMBERSHIP
FULL
In view 01 this, Mr. Crahtree
asked
us to say that he regrets
if any misunderstanding
has arisen
regarding
the exccllenr
research
work of INCA
following
his remarks,
and,
at his
request,
we have given this space to
the Secretary
of INCA
to present
details
of its constitution,
aims, objects, achievements,
and the membership qualifications
of this organisation.
Coleman It
India,
Co. Ltd.
Ed:lorc
Italy.
Argus Sooth
Johannesburg,
MEMBERS
‘ritr Molden
Crosdruekerel
sehafl mbH
ienna. Austria.
F. Kutzncr
Newspapers
N.V. Drukkerlj
de Spasmeslad
Haarlem.
Holland.
F.I.E.,.
has proposed
to locate the doculeutarion
centre. which forms the first part d
be, Research: Centre.
Jaooed by thepl,
in
Research
larmstadt
as part of tp,e comblncd
entre.
lo our
issue of April
last,
the
Production
journal
carried
a.,. full.
report of the Newspaper
Society’s
Web
ORset
Conference
held
in London.
The Chairman
of that Conference,
R.
T. Crabtree,
in his closing
speech,
made
reference
to the membership
and the public
relations
work
of the
lnternati&al
Newspaper
Colour
ASSOciation.
The Secrctarv
of this oreanexception
to
ihis
isation
took
statement,
and also iaid it could
be
harmful
to their
clans
to develbo
a
research
centre.
.
African Newspapers
South Africa.
Buchdruckerel
Berichthaus
Zurich. Switzerland.
und. Verlaggesell-
Knight
Mjomi.
Newspapers
Fla.
Inc.
a DernlcCre Hrurr
russels. Belgium.
Evening and Sunday
Philadelphia.
Pd.
;beq;Uphio6
Axcl Springer & Soho
Hambur3.
Ce~~nao,‘.
irenoble.
Frdnce.
e Figaro
aris. France.
Bulletin
ASSOCIATE
IUEST-France
ennes. France.
MEMBERS
The Ottawa Cilizen
Ottawa. Cnnada.
es Deroi&rcs Nouvelles
trasbourg,
Fraoce.
‘he Liverpool
Daily
iverpool.
England.
J’Alwce
Post and Echo
The Arahi Shimbuo
Tokyo, Ispan.
Ltd.
Tremnn
Trenmn.
Times
N.I.
Newspapers
J I
ccsrary c~mm~~~~on~ to rtu<y
;;I””
.a
d research “rganlsan””
1
,.‘I?,
the problem ,
I” deal ther
Twice
Yearly
Mietings
Twice a year INCA holds a acneral mecfil
mecfif
,cre all aspects of cuiuur itrc dlsc”ssX??i
dlscussX7i
ported on in a frsnk.
friendly
atmosphc,
atmosphe,
d undersmnding.
A new introduction
is
If-yearly meeting for the heads of the vario
lengrsving.
parmlenu
photography.
om. elc.1. INCA found it most be”efici$,
lher these me” under one roof and to I
em exchange rheir opinions,
opinions.
experiences
al
fliCUlrlcS
Ooce d month INCA ~ssucs I “hlonfhly
New
l,er:*
l,er.‘* This newsletter
newsletler
iocorpora~es
incorporates
informatis
informati8 0”
thered from “or Technical Commitlee.
Eton
ical
ical
Committee.
Equipment
Manufacture
raph,c
lournals.
and other
Graphic
Tra
ssociations.
This newsletter
Includes-besid
includes-besid
I our techmcal data and information-a
cola
int produced by one of “or members togeth ,e,
ith a full realisafion
report concerning
t b=
me involved.
PI10.
coots. merhods employed.
,ctmn procedure. etc. erc.
To list lNCA
would be ratf
INCA achievements
ratt
dilhculr
task. considering
that
the INC
“dies exh
planl
pl,inl
indivldoally
individually
and its p,
PI
mm
methods
melhods
ore changed and applied
Iit ,he pertaining
pl.lo~.
p1.l”~ This I” ilself
itself doub
Id changes ench of Lbe ““meroos
technil
:velopme”tr
achieved
in the various
depa
C”lS.
If has been learnt. and you will agree. thal I a
rndardised
and generahsed method is far fn ml
cannoi be successfully applied by 8SK.
:xible and cilnnm
The INCA was instr)l,mental
to successfu IIY
,lr”duce
ROP-Colour
, tot”
France,
Holla, Id.
u,r~a. South Africa and India after Lraini “g
“51r1a.
mestat% of rhe pertaini&?
pertaini g members.
be
between an i nk
A long: and close co-&ratio”
berween
of
aoofnxurcr
and INCA gaw the development
te “Glycol”
ink now successlully
ia use ill
:‘,r Ih?
IhP world.
world.
,er
A slight modlficdrlon
“to a linotype
made it
,ssible for INCA 1” cas, in zmc.
Plans
for the Future
In order to solve dnd cope with the ma
[bat bdve arisen and keep abre
P’.“hlcms
scicnlific
taki
w ilh the rapid
scicnrific
development.
Plant
in lo consideration
that the individual
plant
with daily demands. INCA h
fu wily occupied
and is oow io Abe process of establir
lb &led.
Ccotre.
in g II proper Rcscarrb Ccolre.
The Hesearch Cenrre is located in Darmsta
;ermany)
Germany) and will be equipped wilb Lbe ml
,odcrn and “eressary machinery
,“dern
sod equlpme
snd relevsnl staK, so that experimel
nglneers sod
,“ld
ndd he conducted under “shop eondkioos.”
‘t
esearch Centre is to cootal” letterpress.
letterpress, grav,
,d otlset romry
rotary presses. with all the prelimin,
rocessiog deparlments.
The equfpmenl
will
onaled by or on loan from the various UIPI
ICturerS.
The Research Cenrre will be working
In PI
“se harmony
with the Technical
University
urmstadt
with IW special institutes
for’PiiDtl
fo*‘PriDtl
iachinery
and Process and Paper Tcchnolo
Technolo
: is to put at the disposal of the Uolrcrs
Unlrer~
xilitles
for graduals
and post-gradua,te
r’y’
post-graduab
n problems of newspaper
and magazme
magazlllc
“ction
under
production
condition?.
CCP
J-operation
will be attained
by leadrag’pr
~-operation
mulacturerr
from all over the world.
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