In March 2024, PrintWeek revealed the highly awaited shortlist for its esteemed Power 100. The polling period spanned from 15 March to 30 March, accumulating an impressive tally of over 10,000 votes.
Kai Buentemeyer, director of Bindwel has experience of more than 30 years in manufacturing machines which have produced almost half the books consumed around the world. As the erstwhile CEO of Kolbus - a market leader in soft and hard cover adhesive binding machines - he has seen how publishing industry and book printing evolved globally, from close quarters. Buentemeyer has been visiting Indian book print firms and one multinational publisher in Delhi NCR. Dibyajyoti Sarma reports.