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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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2016-10-04 13:5230.09.2016 – Every day, up to 60 000 bundles of newspapers and magazines are leaving the Mediaprint printing house in Vienna. Until now, the palletizing of bundles has been handled manually. To make this process more efficient and productive, the Austrian printing house has decided to automate the palletizing process and ordered a SCP – Schur Compact Palletizer. Read more ...
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2016-09-30 16:39At the World Printers Forum Conference 2016, which was organised in conjunction with WAN-IFRA India Conference 2016 in Kolkata, India, Ms. Nandini Choudhury, from DIC India Limited, presented comprehensively the pros and cons of UV ink in newspaper production. Read more ...
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2016-09-30 12:36Oosterhout, 30 September 2016 – It was a year ago that an automation system supplied by Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) was installed for the very first time at the Star Tribune printing plant. The mRC-3D for register control is now functioning to the complete satisfaction of the Star Tribune based in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA). “We're extremely happy with the improvements in quality and reductions in waste.” Read more ...
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2016-09-29 14:25September 29, 2016 – manroland web systems awaits you at the WPE 2016 in Vienna from 10th-12th October 2016, stand C550. The web offset printing market leader will of course have its customised solutions, business models and strategies for modern newspaper production, whether it be offset or digital, at hand. manroland web systems will present different business models, which have been newly developed together with customers as well as the most modern and efficient newspaper printing machines of the year 2016. Read more ...
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2016-09-27 10:06September 26th 2016 – As part of its ongoing strategy to establish industry partnerships that can deliver value-added solutions for customers, Goss International has announced a new collaboration with Elettra Srl, leading manufacturer of automatic blanket washing systems. Read more ...
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2016-09-26 13:53September 26, 2016 – manroland web systems has successfully met the scheduled milestone for the Phase 1 portion of the controls retrofit project underway at the Star Tribune Media Company, based in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The scope of Phase 1 includes replacing the existing obsolete control system installed in 2003 with a new manroland web systems PECOM system and operator interface. Read more ...
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2016-09-21 09:23September 21, 2016 – On September 21, 2016 the best practice guide ‘Optimised Paper Handling and Logistics’ has been launched publicly at the World Printers Forum Conference held in conjunction with the WAN-IFRA India Conference in Kolkata, India. Read more ...
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2016-09-20 10:46September 20, 2016 – Absolutely punctual and reliable processes paired with expertise for disassembly and reassembly: Relocating a printing press is challenging. manroland web systems successfully relocated a Uniset newspaper press within the city of Warsaw to the printing plant of the ZPR Media media company within a very short space of time. Read more ...
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2016-09-16 11:42(UPM, Augsburg, 12 September 2016 at 14:45 EET) – UPM Paper ENA will simplify its organisational structure. The new model consists of two strategic business units (SBUs) with revised customer focus, product ownership and asset allocation. Read more ...
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2016-09-15 14:53Hinwil/Zürich, 15. September 2016 – Die Hinwiler Valecom AG realisierte auf heute, Donnerstag, für ifolor, den Schweizer Marktführer für personalisierte Fotoprodukte, die weltweit grösste MemoStick® Kampagne dieser Art. Der ifolor-Haftnotizzettel klebt heute auf der Frontseite von über 30 Tageszeitungen und deren Regionalausgaben in der ganzen Schweiz und im Fürstentum Liechtenstein – darunter auch auf allen Ausgaben der Pendlerzeitung 20 Minuten. Leserinnen und Leser von über zwei Millionen Zeitungsexemplaren erhalten einen 20 Prozent Gutschein auf alle Fotoprodukte von ifolor. Die auch logistisch höchst komplexe Leistung vollbrachte die Valecom im engen Zusammenspiel mit ifolor, den Zeitungsverlagen sowie mit elf Druckzentren aller grossen Medien- und Verlagshäuser der Schweiz. 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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