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After the evaluation of the results of the International Color Quality Club 2020–2022 (ICQC) competition for newspapers and magazines, eligible new members are joining the WAN-IFRA Star Club of elite printers.
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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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2016-07-04 13:47Regensburg, 04.07.2016 – The new software versions for Workspace, Asura and Amendo will offer OneVision clients various new and expanded modules and features for more automation, stability and reliability in the production workflow and improved output quality. Read more ...
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2016-07-01 11:53Siegburg, Germany, 1st July, 2016 – Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA, one of the leading international suppliers of printing inks for packaging applications, labels and catalogs, and Flint Group, a global solutions provider to the packaging and print media industries, have received approval from the competition authorities to complete the planned transfer of Siegwerk’s Heatset & Newsink product lines to Flint Group. Read more ...
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2016-07-01 10:10(UPM, Helsinki, 1 July 2016 at 9:30 EET) – According to the agreement announced on 26 April 2016 the UPM Schwedt mill site and relevant assets have been transferred from UPM to LEIPA Georg Leinfelder GmbH on 1 July 2016. Read more ...
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2016-06-30 14:5130.06.2016 – The world’s first inkjet web printing system with a web width of over 30in (76.2cm), the RotaJET L-Series from Koenig & Bauer (KBA), has been officially certified by the International Association of the Deinking Industry (INGEDE). Test prints with newly developed inks which were used to print on coated stock at this year’s Drupa and were evaluated by INGEDE were shown to be extremely deinkable. Deinking, the process of removing ink or toner from paper, is of great importance when it comes to an orderly recycling chain. “The very good results achieved once again by the high-volume inkjet press from KBA clearly show that it is possible to design inkjet printwork in such a way that they can be easily integrated into existing recycling chains,” says Axel Fischer, expert for recycling print products at INGEDE. RotaColor inks from the previous press series the RotaJET 76 were certified as extremely deinkable in 2014. Read more ...
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2016-06-29 10:31Düsseldorf/Oosterhout, 28 June 2016 – The second week of Drupa 2016 proved even more successful than the first for Q.I. Press Controls - Engineering Automation Electronics (QIPC-EAE). The specialist in automation for the printing industry added 6.3 million Euros to its order books during the 11-day Düsseldorf-based event, trebling the 2 million Euros in orders that had been taken in the first week. And, it's likely that even more orders will follow, says QIPC-EAE chairman, Menno Jansen. Read more ...
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2016-06-23 11:0923.06.2016 – Read about Mail Newspapers UK’s success story of gaining full control over their image enhancement and image processing. Mail Newspapers is one of the leading national newspapers, magazine and online publishers in the United Kingdom and part of the DMGT Group. Mail Newspapers is responsible for the publication of the “Daily Mail”, United Kingdom’s second biggest newspaper. The company has more than 2,000 employees and is specialized in the printing of newspapers with water based inks. Besides that, Mail Newspaper is the largest flexographic newspapers printer in the world. Read more ...
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2016-06-22 09:50June 21, 2016 – The Brazilian printing sector would appear to have been waiting for this: the Commercial Former from manroland web systems. The unit transforms double web newspaper printing systems like the Geoman and the Colorman temporarily into single web printing presses – with all the benefits of a web width variability. Read more ...
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2016-06-21 10:51Sussex, Wisconsin, USA, 21 June, 2016 – QuadTech today announced that Aamoda Publications Pvt. Limited (APPL), one of South India’s largest newspaper publishing houses, has made a landmark purchase, with the QuadTech® Register Guidance System with MultiCam™ and QuadTech Ribbon Control System with MultiCam™ each being installed on 28 web offset printing presses. Read more ...
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2016-06-17 11:01June 16, 2016 – From the 31st of May until the 10th of June 2016 manroland web systems welcomed customers, media representatives and numerous visitors from around the world at drupa 2016 in Düsseldorf. As the leading partner and overall solutions provider for web offset and industrial digital printing, manroland web systems showed a wide range of solutions, systems and innovations, all aimed at making the customer more successful. manroland web systems convinced their customers and is able to boast satisfactory results. Read more ...
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The current widespread interest in digital publishing does not mean the possibilities of print have been exhausted – far from it, according to the three speakers at Monday morning's Print World session on the Power of Print Innovation.
Published in Business Print Production World Publishing Expo Blog by Anton Jolkovski on 2016-10-10 16:05
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While our industry has been absorbed with going digital over recent years, many legacy newspapers have renewed their print products to meet changing audiences' needs and expectations about newspapers.
Published in Digital Media Editor's Weblog Print Production by Ingrid Cobben on 2016-09-20 12:06
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The trend toward consolidation of newspaper printing centres is slowly coming to a halt, says consultant Sabine Sirach. After all, for printed daily newspapers, there are physical limitations to the distribution distances that can be covered while still being up-to-date and relevant.
Published in Print Production World Publishing Expo Blog by Brian Veseling on 2016-09-08 16:54
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"The print industry – suppliers and users alike – must continue to adjust its approach and follow the example of classic industrial branches in order to remain fit for the future," says Robert Heitzer.
Published in Print Production World Publishing Expo Blog by Brian Veseling on 2016-09-07 15:13
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Print publishers should use graphic design in addition to other tools to improve sustainability, asserts Pedro Matos, a design...
Published in Print Production World Publishing Expo Blog by Brian Veseling on 2016-08-08 11:21
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Since 2005, WAN-IFRA has certified several newspaper printing plants based on ISO 12647-3. Use the certification to improve production workflows, quality level, staff know-how, and market position.
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The International Color Quality Club is the only worldwide printing quality competition for newspapers and magazines. Its goal is to improve the quality of reproduction and printing in production, while also increasing competitiveness as well as training and motivating all personnel.
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The Materials Management Database project was launched as a spinoff of the Newsprint and Newsink Guide. Today it is used by printers, pressroom foremen and technical management as an information source for facts and advice for dealing with the materials used in producing newspapers. Among other informaton you find the specification of the WAN-IFRA Bar Code for paper reels in this online database. Most of the entries in the database originate from the members of the Material Management Committee; some come from outside sources (as marked), after review and approval by the committee. This database is continually being updated and expanded. New entries will be marked with a label in red type.
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