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1931: The Tatas took over the Commercial Printing Press, and it functioned as an in-house printing unit for the Tata Group.
1955: The press was spun off separately and got incorporated as Tata Press Ltd.
1984: The Tata Press Limited got listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Over the years, the company leveraged its strengths in printing to expand into value-added segments such as directory services, special interest publishing and direct marketing and ended up becoming the dominant player in each of these categories.
1992: The stand-alone Yellow Pages, the Tata Press Yellow Pages were launched in Mumbai. Since then, numerous directories have been added to our portfolio.
1995: Tata Press Database Services was conceived as a Direct Marketing Division, which was eventually named as Direct Edge.
1997: Better Photography, Special Interest Magazine was launched. The subsequent years have witnessed a gamut of special interest magazines and business publications being launched.
2000: The company was renamed Tata Infomedia.
2003: The Tata Group exited Tata Infomedia, in order to focus better on its core businesses, and their share was bought by ICICI Venture, India's leading private equity player. Following this, the company was renamed Infomedia India Limited.
2005: Our Company entered into joint venture agreement with Reed Elsevier Overseas B. V., Netherlands, for the incorporation of Reed Infomedia India Private Limited.
Our Company forayed into the publishing outsourcing segment acquiring a majority stake in Cepha Imaging Private Limited.
2006: Our Company acquired Keyword Group Limited.
Our Company acquired Software Services LC and American Devices India Private Limited.
Our Company entered into a scheme of arrangement with its equity shareholders for the purchase of the equity shares of our Company from its existing shareholders. ("Buyback Scheme of Arrangement"). Pursuant to the Buyback Scheme of Arrangement, our Company purchased approximately 14% of the then existing equity share capital.
2008: Television Eighteen India Limited acquired control over the board of directors our Company.
2009: Scheme of Arrangement for inter-alia merger of I-Ven Interactive Limited with our Company, filed with the High Court of Judicature at Bombay.



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