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, 1955Template:Citation needed. It was established for printing the entire textbooks of SCERT syllabus required by the school children in the state and is functioning on a no loss no profit basis.[1]
Overview
Template:Unreferenced section The Society started commercial production in August 1978Template:Citation needed. The Society is also carrying out the printing of various Government Department & Universities and lottery ticketsTemplate:Citation needed.
The Society's Press at Kakkanad was established in 3.97 hectares of land at Kakkanad near Civil StationTemplate:Citation needed. 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.Template:Citation needed It also has a Muller Martini Saddle stitcher imported from SwitzerlandTemplate:Citation needed.
References
- ↑ KBPS Confident of Completing Textbook Printing in Two Weeks. New Indian Express(10 June 2015).