Once every two years since 1994 the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, WAN-IFRA, has offered newspapers worldwide an opportunity to demonstrate their colour printing excellence by organising a print-quality competition. In the 24th edition WAN-IFRA has opened the competition to the newspapers and magazines .

This competition has been organised by the World Printers Forum (WPF), the print community within WAN-IFRA. Club membership is offered to all companies who have successfully produced high-quality newspapers consistently over an extended time-period by following international printing standards. The quality evaluation of is composed of two parts – an evaluation based on objective measurements made on a print test element (WAN-IFRA “Cuboid”) that participants must print five consecutive days of a week chosen by them in the month of March; and a visual inspection of the general print quality by a jury of international newspaper experts. Participating companies must meet the defined quality criteria and should print without any common possible quality defects. This competition rewards those companies that not only print within approved international standards but also establish a fool-proof system for print production.

“By their successful participation in the competition, the companies have demonstrated that they can supply printing in outstanding quality and offer readers and advertisers high-quality products”, said Ingi Olafsson, WAN-IFRA’s Deputy CEO. “The Color Quality Club is more than a technical printing competition, as it offers participating companies the additional possibility to benchmark their printing quality against recognised international standards and improve it.”, he adds.

A brochure presenting the successful participants and their publications will be available at this year’s virtual conference of World Printers forum, shduled in the month of october 2020.

Complete list of ICQC 2020-2022 members are listed below, also can be downloaded in the attached PDF.

More information about the awarding procedure will be communicated and updated shortly.

CONTACT - INQUIRIES

Prabhu N – ICQC Project Manager
Mobile +91 87921 78292, E-Mail <prabhu.n@wan-ifra.org>

Ingi Olafsson – WAN-IFRA Director
Mobile +49 15125923318, E-Mail <ingi.olafsson@wan-ifra.org>