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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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  • 2019-04-28 16:18
    Printing, a name used for several processes by which words, pictures, or designs are reproduced on paper, fabrics, metal, or other suitable materials. These processes, sometimes called the graphic arts, consist essentially of making numerous identical reproductions of an original by mechanical means. The printed book has thus been called the first mass produced product. Read more ...
  • 2019-04-25 13:57
    25.04.2019 – For a newspaper publisher to invest in a totally new production plant with two new presses and an extensive mailroom, which is to say investing in growth, was courageous and rather unusual for 2012. So it has to be a minor sensation that five years on, the same publishing house extended its operation with a new building, a third printing press and the largest inserting capacity in Germany at present. Such is the road that Mittelrhein-Verlag in Koblenz has gone down – with evident success. Read more ...
  • 2019-04-25 11:56
    Montreal, April 24, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ – Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today announced a four-year renewal of the master collective agreement covering unionized employees of three U.S. pulp, paper and tissue mills. Unionized employees voted overwhelmingly to ratify the agreement at facilities in Calhoun (Tennessee), Augusta (Georgia) and Coosa Pines (Alabama). Read more ...
  • 2019-04-18 12:42
    Würzburg, 18.04.2019 – Koenig & Bauer Report No. 54 is out now. The latest 60-page issue of the Group’s customer magazine spotlights current news, innovations and trends from the print industry. Boasting a revised layout, it contains a wealth of articles and reports on interesting developments relating to sheetfed and web offset, digital and flexo printing, and numerous special applications. Read more ...
  • 2019-04-17 12:57
    17.04.2019 – The first MainPads at Herold Druck in Vienna as well as at Mayer & Söhne Druck- und Mediengruppe in Aichach are now being used to manage press operations. The MainPad is the new mobile service & maintenance tablet from manroland Goss web systems (MGWS). It reduces downtime and increases convenience levels when it comes to maintenance and repairs of press equipment. Read more ...
  • 2019-04-14 17:29
    11.04.2019 – Milan-based RCS Group (Rizzoli Corriere della Sera) is one of Italy’s largest media groups and operates several printing centres that supply the country with newspapers such as the Corriere della Sera and the Gazzetta dello Sport sports daily, known for the pale pink paper used for printing. Twelve to fifteen years after installation of the mailroom technology currently in use in Pessano, Padua and Rome, it was now time to adapt the control electronics in particular to today’s state of the art – a major project that took place in 2018. Read more ...
  • 2019-04-08 11:40
    5th April, 2019 – A recent and deadly explosion at Jiangsu Tianjiayi Chemical in China is severely impacting the global raw material supply chain, including materials used in publication and UV printing inks. Read more ...
  • 2019-04-05 09:16
    Oosterhout, March 2019 – The German printer WE-Druck invested in a new Koenig & Bauer press at the end of 2018. When the press will be put into operation in the summer of 2019, the Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) automation systems will provide it with the most modern measuring and control equipment. Read more ...
  • 2019-04-05 07:22
    Oosterhout, 3 April 2019 - Rakesh Dave, managing director of Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), did not shy away from the big words after winning a new order from Times of India. He spoke of "one of the most important hits in India". The Dutch specialist in measuring and control equipment for the printing industry is allowed to automate the manroland REGIOMAN press in Bangalore of the leading Times of India group again. QIPC also announces new orders from Malayala Manorama and The Printers House. Read more ...
  • 2019-04-04 12:37
    04.04.2019 – El Liberal, one of the most important regional newspapers in Argentina, selects a complete retrofit by manroland Goss web systems. This forms an essential investment by El Liberal for the future and the preservation of the print edition of this newspaper. This investment enhances technical availability and the machine will be upgraded to the state-of-the-art in terms of automation. The measures taken, such as the modernisation of the control system or the installation of new drive regulators, will result in higher efficiency and fewer production interruptions. Read more ...

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