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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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  • Contiweb to Become Independent
    2018-03-01 15:19
    1 March 2018 – Contiweb, a renowned specialist in state-of-the-art technologies for advanced drying and web-handling products for printing, today announced its plan to formalize its separation and operate as an independent company. Today Goss and manroland web systems announced the combination of their printing press businesses, with expected completion in mid-2018, subject to regulatory [and other] approvals. After transaction close, Contiweb will become a separate company under the ownership of American Industrial Partners with operations headquartered in Boxmeer, Netherlands. Read more ...
  • Kodak Libra VP Plates perfectly made for automated processes in newspaper production
    2018-02-28 14:26
    28.02.2018 – R. Weeke Betriebs GmbH of Barleben, near Magdeburg (Germany), focuses exclusively on its core business: printing and finishing of newspapers, advertising supplements and freesheets. Weeke, which employs around 300 people at its Barleben Printing Center, belongs to the Magdeburg Media Group, whose best-known printed product is the daily Volksstimme. Read more ...
  • UPM paid EUR 65 million as incentives to employees in 2017
    2018-02-28 11:54
    (UPM, Helsinki, 28 February 2018 at 10:05 EET) – UPM paid a total of EUR 65 million as short-term incentives to employees in 2017. The incentives were paid for the good 2016 results. The figures are outlined in UPM's Annual Report that was published today. Over the last four years, the sum has been EUR 58 million per year on average. Read more ...
  • Druckergebnisse auf einem neuen Niveau durch Austausch der Sprühfeuchtwerke
    2018-02-27 09:50
    Sassenberg, 27.02.2018 – Die Brune-Mettcker Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH aus Wilhelmshaven druckt verschiedene Lokalzeitungen sowie Produktionen für das Online-Portal Jadedruck.de. Im Wettbewerb glänzt die Druckerei der Norddeutschen vor allem mit ihrer mehrfach ausgezeichneten Druckqualität. Dazu investiert das Unternehmen regelmäßig in seine Anlagen. Neue Sprühfeuchtwerke sorgen dabei für ein bisher nicht erreichtes Druckergebnis. Read more ...
  • Two new cooperation partners for Market-X
    2018-02-26 14:37
    February 23, 2018 – GWS Printing Systems and Schreiber + Weinert will also offer their products on manroland web systems’ B2B online market place. The involvement of Schreiber + Weinert represents a first, in that they are suppliers who do not originate from the printing industry. Read more ...
  • Koenig & Bauer announces a 3.7 per cent price increase effective 1 April 2018
    2018-02-23 10:30
    Würzburg, 23.02.2018 – Koenig & Bauer announces a price increase with effect from 1 April 2018 for the entire product portfolio. Read more ...
  • Equipped for the Insert Boom with the FlexLiner
    2018-02-22 12:28
    20.02.2018 – While the run sizes and number of editions of the Goslar daily newspaper have decreased, the insert market in the town in Lower Saxony is booming. The newspaper publishing company, which has been run by the Krause family for four generations, has recorded growth of some 40 percent over the last five to six years in the case of the “Goslarsche Zeitung”, which is published three times weekly, and of two advertisement papers. The compact design of the FlexLiner made it the optimal solution for the small production hall to handle the boom in inserts. Read more ...
  • Jeffrey Bernhardt Joins Southern Lithoplate as Regional Sales Manager
    2018-02-20 11:02
    Wake Forest, N.C., February 19, 2018 – Southern Lithoplate, Inc., a leading manufacturer of digital printing plates and associated CTP solutions, has announced Jeffrey Bernhardt, has joined the SLP team as Regional Sales Manager. Read more ...
  • WAN-IFRA Project: Sustainability of Newspaper Production
    2018-02-16 15:14
    The Board of WAN-IFRA’s World Printers Forum decided in October 2017 to run a project on the sustainability of newspaper production. Read more ...
  • Breakthrough in India – the success stories of 2017 continue
    2018-02-14 12:15
    February 14, 2018 – In line with the success stories of manroland web systems in the year 2017, there has been yet another breakthrough. The latest one being in Kolkata, India where manroland sold a three tower Cromoman 4-1 press to Bartaman, one of the leading Bengali language newspapers coming out of the eastern part of the country. The press has been sold with a Service Level Agreement and is the second Cromoman 4-1 to be installed in eastern India. Read more ...

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