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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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  • Druckhaus Ulm-Oberschwaben further automates production with QIPC
    2018-07-24 10:41
    Oosterhout, July 2018 – In 2014, printers Druckhaus Ulm-Oberschwaben (DUO) completed a comprehensive renewal programme, having invested in four Colorman autoprints from manroland. The very next year saw the start of the search for a reliable and innovative solution for colour density control, which DUO has now found in the shape of the IDS-3D system from Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). Read more ...
  • Printall AS intensifies partnership with Q.I. Press Controls
    2018-07-24 10:15
    Oosterhout, July 2018 – The Estonian-based printing concern Printall AS is set to intensify its collaboration with Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), the Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry. The Koenig & Bauer Compacta heatset printing press in its Tallinn plant is to be equipped with a new automation system supplied by QIPC. “This new system from QIPC will be quicker and more reliable than our current automation system.” Read more ...
  • HT Media, India, are equipping an obsolete Interbus Loop with a modern system
    2018-07-24 09:39
    July 11, 2018 – The ravages of time take their toll, even on the electronics of a 12-year-old Colorman press at HT Media in New Delhi, one of the largest newspaper printers in India. A necessary investment in contemporary technology is the basic precondition required to ensure at least 7-10 more years of secure production, at a fraction of the costs of a new acquisition. Read more ...
  • Harland Simon to upgrade press drives for Advance Local
    2018-07-23 11:59
    Chicago, IL, 17th July 2018 – Harland Simon has been contracted to complete an upgrade of two of the eight press drives on a Goss Colorliner press for Advance Local in Harrisburg, PA. This upgrade follows a project in 2017 where Harland Simon has already replaced one of the drives and will help Advance Local to maintain a reliable platform to fulfil their demanding print schedule. Read more ...
  • United States Department of Commerce Announces Termination of Supercalendered Paper CVD Order
    2018-07-23 10:22
    Montréal, July 6, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) is pleased to announce that the United States Department of Commerce is formally revoking the countervailing duty order on supercalendered (SC) paper from Canada, retroactive to August 3, 2015. Collection of cash deposits on imports of SC paper from Canada will cease, and all cash deposits that have been collected from importers of record since August 3, 2015, will be returned with interest. Read more ...
  • The Times & The Sunday Times reach 500,000 subscribers
    2018-07-06 19:45
    London, 6 July 2018 – News UK today announced a major subscription milestone with The Times and The Sunday Times reaching 500,000 subscribers at the end of June 2018. Digital subscribers have overtaken print subscribers for the first time, with digital-only subscriptions up 20 per cent year on year to 255,000, in the most successful year since the digital subscription model was launched in 2010. Read more ...
  • Trelleborg unveils French online shop for printing blankets and chemicals
    2018-07-06 10:22
    5 July 2018 – Printers throughout France now have the opportunity to purchase industry-leading Vulcan, Rollin and Printec offset blankets, as well as a range of press chemicals, direct from Trelleborg’s printing solutions operation following the creation of an e-shop option for the French market. Read more ...
  • Societal impacts have a visible role in UPM's EMAS reporting
    2018-07-06 09:55
    (UPM, Helsinki, 6 July 2018, 10:00 EET) – UPM has today published the EMAS (EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) statements of its pulp and paper mills. The statements are more extensive than ever. Over the years, the company has reported on environmental impacts at its pulp and paper mills in Europe, China and Uruguay. Now the reports also provide a thorough analysis of the company's societal impact at a local level. Read more ...
  • NELA celebrates 2,000 optical register punching and bending systems
    2018-07-05 13:01
    Lahr and River Falls, WI, 21st June 2018 – In June, Brueder Neumeister GmbH delivered its 2,000th VCP vision punch/bender, the machine is now being installed at the Irish News. This number is a landmark in a success story that began in the early 1980’s and made the family-owned company a world market leader. The technical principle is still used in today’s high-tech NELA machinery. Read more ...
  • UPM joins Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative to enhance sustainability in its supply chains
    2018-07-05 12:33
    (UPM, Helsinki, 5 July 2018 at 10:00 EET) – UPM has joined Together for Sustainability (TfS), a chemical industry initiative that promotes and improves sustainability practises within its supply chains. By joining the initiative the member companies share a wide coverage of supplier data, such as audit reports and sustainability assessments performed by independent experts. Read more ...

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