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Undoubtedly, one of India’s leading media companies, Infomedia 18 has a strong market presence - our diverse business areas are spread across Business Directories, Magazine Publishing, Printing services, and Publishing Outsourcing. We are the undisputed market leaders in Yellow Pages and Special Interest Publishing, and are one of the most respected contract printers in the country. With offices panning 25 Indian cities manned by an over 1,700-strong team, we have a national footprint, supplemented by a rock-solid all-India network for ad sales and distribution.

Infomedia 18 Limited is a publicly listed company and is listed on Bombay Stock Exchange as well as the National Stock Exchange. Controlling stake in the company is held by Television 18 India Limited.

Consolidating as India’s leading player in the Publishing BPO sector
Independent estimates peg the size of the rapidly growing publishing vertical in the BPO space in India to be at approximately USD 250 million. Infomedia 18 Limited has successfully forayed into this segment and is poised to play a unique role going forward. Our carefully drawn up strategy involves consolidation and scale-up of our India operations, building partnerships with key international publishers and taking advantage of operational efficiencies and resultant economies of scale. This will enable us to provide a clear cost advantage for our customers.

We entered this space in December 2005 through the acquisition of Cepha Imaging in Bangalore and Keyword Group Limited in the UK. In April 2006, Infomedia acquired International Typesetting and Composition (ITC), operating through its two legal entities, a front-end called Software Services, LC, a limited liability company based in Florida, USA and back-end operations at American Devices India Private Limited, based out of Noida, India. American Devices India Private Limited is one of the leading providers of pre-press and publishing services catering primarily to the North American market. Key customers include McGraw-Hill, Thomson Learning, Wolters Kluwer, Pearson Education, Taylor and Francis, and the World Bank.

Together, these acquisitions provide Infomedia with an excellent platform for growth. Being the market leader in India’s publishing industry, Infomedia’s competencies blend effectively with the huge potential offered by the Publishing Outsourcing segment.
Apart from customer interface in the 2 major markets in the world, the UK and the US, these acquisitions have also provided the company a clientele spanning several of the finest book publishers across the world. 

Strengthening our Publishing business
Infomedia's publishing activities are focused at two broad categories - Special Interest Consumer Publishing and Business-to-business (B2B) / Trade publishing. At the moment, Infomedia has stamped its authority, publishing 20 titles spread across 8 Consumer magazines and 12 Trade magazines.

Strategic partnerships
As part of our endeavour to incorporate international standards as well as globally acclaimed brands into Indian publishing, we have entered into a Joint Venture (JV) with Reed Business International (a part of Reed-Elsevier), arguably the world’s largest B2B publishers. The JV will be launching Indian editions of Reed titles.

Our partnership with Ringier continues to grow with a steady flow of advertising from Chinese publications. The alliance with Ringier also covers conferences.

Our partnership with Future Publishing Limited saw the launch of T3 in India, while we launched Disney Adventures in collaboration with Walt Disney India Private Limited.Chip is published under a license from Vogel Burda, Germany, part of the Vogel Group, one of Germany's largest publishers.

We have also tied up with Google, Nokia and STAR India with a view to transcending media platforms and strengthening our position as a comprehensive directories and publishing solutions provider.

It’s a clear indicator - Infomedia 18 continues to retain its premier standing in the market - whether it is Business Directories, Magazine Publishing, Printing services or Publishing Outsourcing.