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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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  • All-round service for customers worldwide: Mosca looks back at two successful years of One Service
    2020-01-20 14:03
    Waldbrunn, Germany, 15 January 2020 – Two years ago, Mosca introduced a service concept that is unique in the industry. Under the name One Service, the strapping machine specialists offer customers globally standardized maintenance, repairs, installations and support for machine relocations. Mosca has now drawn some initial conclusions about One Service’s effectiveness. In Germany, where over 2,000 machines are covered by maintenance contracts, there were hardly any ad-hoc troubleshooting calls. One Service also ensures easier planning and more reliability at the end of the packaging line. Read more ...
  • Great West Newspapers Print Production Growing
    2020-01-17 10:45
    16.01.2020 – Even in this twilight period of newspaper production, opportunities still exist and there are some bright spots already to be noted in this new year of 2020. This past Sunday night, January 12 saw Great West Newspapers (GWN) of St Albert, Alberta begin new daily production of Postmedia’s tabloid Edmonton Sun along with a second regional daily and 14 other weekly and twice-weekly newspapers. GWN has been printing Postmedia’s metro broadsheet, the Edmonton Journal since the summer of 2013. Although this work is another new size and format for GWN and represents a substantial increase in volume to their already busy printing plant, no major changes were necessary. That’s due in large part to the efficiency of the specially designed and highly efficient Multi-Format triple width press installed in 2013. Read more ...
  • Amedia upgrades to MWM's latest technology
    2020-01-15 10:31
    14.01.2020 – Amedia Trykk is expanding its advanced technological platform based on Print 365 by updating and adding new cloud-based MWM tools during the first half of 2020. Read more ...
  • manroland Goss web systems GmbH appoints new representative for customers in the Benelux
    2020-01-15 10:06
    14.01.2020 – With manroland Goss web systems Benelux, the new subsidiary of the Netherlands based group company GWS Printing Systems, manroland Goss web systems is strengthening its presence in the Benelux region. Read more ...
  • Mosca meistert herausforderndes Jahr 2019 erfolgreich
    2020-01-14 14:20
    Waldbrunn, 07.01.2020 – 2019 war für die Mosca GmbH ein spannendes, von Veränderungen und Großprojekten geprägtes Jahr. Den Schwankungen auf dem Weltmarkt begegnete der Maschinenbauer mit Anpassungen des Portfolios und einer Fokussierung auf umsatzstarken Märkten, etwa im asiatischen Raum. Um für weiteres Wachstum gerüstet zu sein, setzt Mosca intern auf Zusammenhalt und starke neue Unternehmenswerte, die von einer Mitarbeitergruppe für den deutschsprachigen Raum definiert wurden. Der Tag der Ausbildung am Hauptstandort in Waldbrunn vermittelte den Wert der eigenen Mitarbeiterausbildung für gesundes Unternehmenswachstum und erreichte damit viele Interessenten. Read more ...
  • Muller Martini at drupa 2020: Connect Your Business with Finishing 4.0
    2020-01-13 11:17
    January 7, 2020 – At drupa 2020, Muller Martini will be offering new solutions and business cases related to the topic of connectivity under the slogan “Connect...” It will also offer exciting ideas and recommendations for the cost-effective production of high-volume products. Read more ...
  • QIPC-EAE supplies automation to Shanghai United Media Group again
    2020-01-07 11:47
    Oosterhout, 7th January 2020 – Shanghai United Media Group can continue to rely on press automation of Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) and EAE Engineering Automation Electronics (EAE) in the future. The Chinese media group, one of the largest in the country, is updating its existing QIPC automation with a new mRC-3D colour register control system. The EAE control system will be updated as well. "The Chinese market continues to be of great importance to us." Read more ...
  • VRM Druck investiert in neue Versandanlagen des schweizerischen Herstellers Ferag AG
    2019-12-18 13:50
    Rüsselsheim/Mainz, 17. Dezember 2019 – Die VRM Druck GmbH & Co. KG mit Sitz in Rüsselsheim, eine hundertprozentige Tochter des Medien- und Serviceunternehmens VRM GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz, schließt ihr erfolgreiches Geschäftsjahr mit einer technischen Investition in zweistelliger Millionenhöhe ab und kauft drei Versandanlagen des in der Schweiz ansässigen Maschinenlieferanten Ferag AG. Zum Investitionsumfang zählen Transport- und Zwischenlagersysteme für die Zeitungsproduktion, EasySert-Einsteckanlagen für Beilagen sowie Palettierer des Herstellers Segbert. Die gesamte neue Infrastruktur wird ab dem zweiten Halbjahr 2020 bis Ende des Jahres 2021 während der laufenden Produktion installiert und schrittweise in Betrieb genommen. Read more ...
  • Druckhaus Wittich in Germany: Universal conveyor clears the way for automation and improved workflow
    2019-12-17 11:21
    17.12.2019 – Linus Wittich Media Group counts among the largest publishers of local newspapers in Germany. The Group also operates three printing plants, the largest being Druckhaus Wittich KG Föhren in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate: from here alone, around 200 local newspaper titles leave the presses every week. Ferag MultiStack compensating stackers recently began organizing those into handy bundles. By switching to Ferag technology, Wittich was able to overcome several challenges at a single stroke. Read more ...
  • MWM and Pressgrannar extend collaboration
    2019-12-10 07:59
    02.12.2019 – MWM is to continue the successful collaboration with Pressgrannar – whose four printing plants in central Sweden produce 13 daily newspapers and also a great external production of printing material – by supplying the printing company with pre-calculation and post-calculation printing plant tools. Read more ...

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