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|headquarters = [[Kakkanad]], [[Kochi]]<br />
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The '''Kerala Books and Publications Society''' is a society owned by the Government of [[Kerala]] headquartered at [[Kakkanad]], [[Kochi]]. It is registered under the [[Travancore]] - Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Society registration Act, 1955{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}. It was established for printing the entire textbooks of [[Kerala State Education Board|SCERT]] syllabus required by the school children in the state and is functioning on a no loss no profit basis.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/KBPS-Confident-of-Completing-Textbook-Printing-in-Two-Weeks/2015/06/10/article2858062.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213080734/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/KBPS-Confident-of-Completing-Textbook-Printing-in-Two-Weeks/2015/06/10/article2858062.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 13, 2015 | title=KBPS Confident of Completing Textbook Printing in Two Weeks | publisher=New Indian Express | date=10 June 2015 | accessdate=19 July 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
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The Society started commercial production in August 1978{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}. The Society is also carrying out the printing of various Government Department & Universities and lottery tickets{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}.<br />
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The Society's Press at Kakkanad was established in 3.97 hectares of land at Kakkanad near Civil Station{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}. It is the biggest multicolour offset printing unit in Government Sector with a Harris M-300 High Speed Multicolor Web offset printing machine, four Web Offset colour Printing Machines, four Sheet fed Offset Printing Machines, three HMT Letterpress machines and a Label Printing Machine.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} It also has a Muller Martini [[Saddle stitcher]] imported from [[Switzerland]]{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}.<br />
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[[Category:Book publishing companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:1978 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1978]]<br />
[[Category:Publishing companies established in 1978]]<br />
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