Vogel Business Media India, the wholly owned publishing subsidiary of Vogel Business Media, is launching the new trade magazine "Modern Manufacturing India" in January 2013. The Indian title will have an initial print run of 15,000 copies and will be published in cooperation with the leading American publisher Gardner Business Media Inc. and the leading Indian Machine Tool Builders' Association (IMTMA) in Bangalore. Initially, six issues per year are planned.



The new media brand is dedicated to production technology and the machine tool industry in India, which plays a key role there. This industry has recently experienced enormous growth rates of around 19 percent annually. An e-paper edition has been part of the media concept from the outset and is intended to become the mouthpiece of the Indian association and at the same time of production engineers throughout Asia.



"We took the right step two years ago with the founding of our Indian publishing house and have been gradually expanding our offering for our customers and their Asian activities ever since," comments Stefan Rühling, CEO of Vogel Business Media: "The Indian market is currently one of the most interesting for both media and mechanical engineering."



Jens Otte joined Vogel Business Media on February 1, 2012 as Director of Marketing, Sales and Business Development in the Industrial Media publishing division. He will also assume overall responsibility for the Indian business as part of the planned launch of the magazine "Modern Manufacturing India". Paresh Navani will remain Managing Director of the Indian publishing house Vogel Business Media India Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai and will report directly to Jens Otte. Otte has a great deal of experience in India and has already supported the founding of the Indian publishing subsidiary.



Vogel Business Media is one of the leading German specialist information providers with over 100 trade journals, over 100 web portals, over 100 business events as well as numerous mobile offerings and international activities. The company is headquartered in Würzburg. The print and online media primarily serve the industrial, automotive, information technology and legal/business/tax sectors. The company celebrated its 120th birthday in 2011.