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The World Printers Forum (WPF) is an organisation of newspaper printers and suppliers within WAN-IFRA. Its objective is to encourage innovation and productivity as well as product development that can be instrumental for publishers to exploit future oriented news media products. It promotes the power of print and the sustainability of print production.

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  • 2016-06-08 10:12
    June 7, 2016 – Mayer & Söhne Druck- und Mediengruppe (GmbH & Co. KG) are equipping their existing Geoman newspaper printing system from manroland web systems for the future and renewing the 17-year partnership between the two companies. Mayer & Söhne are investing in a comprehensive electrical and mechanical retrofit. The machine will be additionally equipped with the modern new control station “ControlCenter” from manroland web systems. The contract was signed at drupa 2016. Read more ...
  • 2016-06-06 15:23
    Düsseldorf/Oosterhout, 3 June 2016 – The first week of Drupa 2016 has been phenomenal for QIPC-EAE. “Not only did we close the first week with an order intake of 2 million worth, but we are also getting very good responses on our new our product introductions IBS-100 and EAE desk 7”, states Menno Jansen, Chairman of QIPC-EAE. Read more ...
  • 2016-06-03 11:09
    02.06.2016 – Druck- und Pressehaus Naumann in Gelnhausen is a cutting-edge media company which publishes Germany’s youngest independent daily newspaper, the Gelnhäuser Neue Zeitung. The publishing house ordered a highly automated, double-width KBA Commander CL newspaper web press from Koenig & Bauer at Drupa 2016. The press line can print up to 90,000 full-colour Broadsheet newspapers per hour and will come on stream in summer 2017. “The Commander CL’s high productivity and impressive print quality coupled with short makeready times and low waste levels won us over,” says managing director Jochen Grossmann. The press has been the most ordered high-performance newspaper press in its press class since its market launch. KBA has sold 16 of these press lines with a total of 55 printing towers to customers in Germany, France, China and the USA. Read more ...
  • 2016-06-03 10:09
    03.06.2016 – The Chinese market for rotary presses is still one of the largest in the world today. China continues to play an important role in manroland web systems’ strategy. With a total of more than 60% market share for imported rotary press systems and almost 500 installed printing systems, the company is highly successful in the Chinese market. In order to strengthen the company’s presence and further expand its market position, manroland web systems opened its own market organization in China on April 1, 2016. Read more ...
  • 2016-06-03 09:48
    Düsseldorf, 1. Juni 2016 – Kodak gibt eine neuen Vertragsabschluss mit Caxton, CTP Publishers and Printers Limited, einer der größten Druckereien Afrikas, bekannt. Die Gruppe verlegt und druckt an zehn Standorten in Südafrika mehr als 140 lokale Wochenzeitungen, darunter die Zeitungen von Citizen Daily. Zusätzlich druckt die Gruppe zahlreiche Zeitungen anderer bedeutender Verlage. Der Auftrag umfasst die Installation von Kodaks Prosper S30-Eindrucksystem in bestehenden Offsetdruckmaschinen von Caxton & CTP. Dabei wird es sich um die erste Installation der variablen Drucktechnologie bei afrikanischen Zeitungen handeln. Read more ...
  • 2016-06-02 10:47
    Drupa, June 1st 2016 – Contiweb, a Goss International company, has announced at drupa 2016, Goss International (Hall 15, stand D51) is showing the latest innovation in its industry-leading range of heatset drying systems. New Contiweb Fluid Applicator (CFA) technology offers significant cost benefits for web offset printers, enhances print performance and productivity, and contributes to a better finished product. Read more ...
  • 2016-06-02 10:31
    Drupa, June 1st 2016 – At drupa 2016, Goss International has today disclosed further details of its strategic approach to partnerships, underpinned by a new collaboration with offset printing experts and equipment manufacturer, Presstek LLC. Read more ...
  • 2016-06-02 09:31
    Sussex, Wisconsin, USA, 02 June, 2016 – QuadTech Inc., worldwide leader in color and inspection technology, announced a competitively-priced register control option designed for single width, single folder newspaper press applications. The new Register Guidance with MultiCam TRIM was developed from the company’s proven MultiCam system. QuadTech’s MultiCam is the world’s best-selling register camera, with over 15,000 installed worldwide. Read more ...
  • 2016-05-31 14:23
    31.05.2016 – The clear focus on growth markets, such as digital, packaging and industrial functional printing, as well as innovative processes, such as LED-UV printing, defined the Koenig & Bauer Group’s (KBA) trade show stand and press conference at Drupa 2016. This follows the Group restructuring last year. Two announcements made a few days before the start of the trade fair underscore KBA’s goals to systematically expand its already strong position in the diverse packaging market: KBA plans to takeover Spanish die-cutter manufacturer Iberica AG S.A. from the Cerutti Group in Italy and KBA-Sheetfed has joined forces with XEROX Corporation in America to develop a digital B1 sheetfed press, the KBA VariJET 106 Powered by XEROX, for folding carton printing. Read more ...
  • 2016-05-31 13:53
    (PresseBox) (Düsseldorf, 31.05.2016) – Mit einer ganzen Palette von neuen Produkten der Marke Conti-Air kommt Drucktuchspezialist ContiTech zur drupa (31. Mai bis 10. Juni 2016). Alle sind fein abgestimmt auf die Bedürfnisse der Kunden und innovativ entwickelt entlang der technischen Anforderungen des Marktes. Die neuen Drucktücher Conti-Air Argon, Xenon UV und Onyx sind speziell für die Anforderungen der Maschinengenerationen mit Einzelantrieben entwickelt worden. Das ebenfalls neue Drucktuch Conti-Air Duo ist durch eine doppelte kompressible Schicht außerordentlich resistent bei häufigem Formatwechsel. Die weiterentwickelte Lackplatte Conti-Air Nitrocoat verfügt als einziges Produkt am Markt über eine integrierte kompressible Unterlage. Read more ...

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