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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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  • The New York Times Continues to Rely on Robust Palletizers from Schur
    2017-09-26 10:17
    21.09.2017 – When it was time for The New York Times to expand the palletizing area at their printing plant in New York, it was a natural step to send a request to the Swedish manufacturer Schur Packaging Systems AB. After six Winrob III palletizers from Schur have already been successfully in operation for more than ten years and The New York Times has now decided to invest in two additional Winrob III systems. Read more ...
  • UPM Specialty Papers has strengthened its presence in digital media
    2017-09-26 09:51
    (UPM, Helsinki, 25 September 2017 at 10:30 EET) – UPM Specialty Papers has strengthened its digital presence by launching www.upmspecialtypapers.com. Read more ...
  • manroland: New service contracts – A recipe for success in Africa
    2017-09-25 13:15
    September 20, 2017 – manroland’s service encompasses the entire range of service offerings of the company. That means comprehensive support, be it consultation on optimal spare and wear parts in original quality, training, classic repair service, upgrade and automation solutions or maintenance of the printing systems. All of that is now covered by the new comprehensive service contracts. Numerous African customers have already made the decision to invest. Read more ...
  • 200 years Koenig & Bauer: The future needs an origin
    2017-09-22 10:47
    Würzburg, 22.09.2017 – With almost 700 guests from all over the world, Koenig & Bauer celebrated its 200th anniversary in the Vogel Convention Center (VCC) on 21 September. Many of the participants took the opportunity to visit the parent plant in Würzburg. In addition to state-of-the-art production facilities and the new Demo Center for digital and flexo printing presses ‒ soon to be equipped with machines ‒ they experienced historical and current printing presses in production from the broad portfolio of the oldest printing press manufacturer. A circular motion press from the year 1868 printed an engraving of the company's birthplace, the monastery Oberzell, a Super Olof Intaglio III press printed a specimen banknote, the Genius 52UV from KBA-NotaSys printed a security document, the digital web press RotaJET L printed, among other things, a 2.2m long poster of the Würzburg-born basketball star Dirk Nowitzki, who plays in Dallas, USA, since many years. And the world's largest inkjet press, the HP T1100S, produced for HP by Koenig & Bauer, printed a 2.8 m wide topliner for corrugated board. Read more ...
  • Kodak Announces Plate Price Increase
    2017-09-19 11:50
    Rochester, NY, Monday, September 18, 2017 – Kodak announced that it will increase the price of all Kodak offset printing plates globally. Plate prices will increase up to 9%. Read more ...
  • Canon Solutions America announces partnership with OneVision Software
    2017-09-18 12:00
    Regensburg / Melville, 18.09.2017 – Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., today announced its partnership with OneVision Software AG, an international provider of innovative and cost-efficient software solutions for the printing, publishing, and media industry. As part of the collaboration, the two print industry mainstays are poised to redefine customer care through an innovative and unique approach to combining both hardware and software offerings. Read more ...
  • Personalien Axel Springer: Christian Nienhaus stellt Verlagsbereich Print auf
    2017-09-14 12:47
    13.09.2017 – Christian Nienhaus, 57, verantwortet als Geschäftsführer übergreifend alle Printangebote von Axel Springer in Deutschland inklusive Print-Vermarktung, -Vertrieb und Druckereien. Zum 1. Oktober 2017 stellt er den Verlagsbereich Print personell auf. Ziel ist es, durch ein fokussiertes Team, klare Verantwortlichkeiten und weniger strukturelle Komplexität Chancen noch besser zu nutzen. Im Vordergrund steht deshalb die markenübergreifende Zusammenarbeit der Kernfunktionen, die für ein schlagkräftiges Zeitungs- und Zeitschriftengeschäft notwendig sind. Read more ...
  • MHI-PPM Receives Order for Three Sets of „Diamondspirit" Newspaper Offset Presses from Hokkaido Shimbun
    2017-09-07 13:41
    Tokyo, September 5, 2017 – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Printing & Packaging Machinery, Ltd. (MHI-PPM), a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) based in Hiroshima, has received an order for three sets of "Diamondspirit" newspaper offset presses from The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, a newspaper company headquartered in Sapporo. The new presses are to be installed successively at the main printing facility of the company's subsidiary Doshin Sogo Printing in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, between July 2018 and September 2019. Read more ...
  • The New York Times Investing in Goss Controls Upgrade on Seven Colorliner Presses
    2017-09-07 12:41
    Durham, N.H., July 20, 2017 – The New York Times (NYT) has begun the major project of upgrading the controls on their Goss presses. The NYT have five Goss Colorliners and two Colorliner 85 presses in their College Point, NY facility. Read more ...
  • UPM listed as the industry leader in the global Dow Jones Sustainability Index
    2017-09-07 11:09
    (UPM, Helsinki, 7 September 2017 at 09.00 EET) – UPM has been listed as the forest and paper industry leader in the in the Dow Jones European and World Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for 2017-2018 for the fifth time. Read more ...

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