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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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2018-04-11 14:47Osterode, Germany, April 11th, 2018 – Kodak provides offset printers with a modern portfolio of plates for high quality, profitable and environmentally efficient production. Strict compliance with environmental, quality and occupational safety standards, as well as continuous improvements in these areas, is a central element of the Kodak philosophy – and plate manufacturing is no exception. A quality management system to ISO 9001:2015 was introduced for this purpose at Kodak’s biggest plate manufacturing facility in Osterode (Germany) back in 1995; it was followed in 2001 by an environmental management system to ISO 14001:2015 and in 2005 by an occupational health and safety management system to BS OHSAS 18001. ISO 50001, the energy management standard, has been implemented since 2013. Read more ...
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2018-04-11 13:51Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 11 April, 2018 – Baldwin Technology Company Inc. has reached an agreement with Quad/Graphics Inc. to acquire the intellectual property rights for the Digital Ink System, enabling continued development of the technology. Baldwin is a world leader in providing process automation solutions, consumables and services for the print, packaging, textile and corrugated industries. Read more ...
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2018-04-10 11:54Rochester, NY, April 09, 2018 – Today Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: KODK) announced John O’Grady, current President of the Consumer and Film Division and former General Manager of World Wide Sales for Print Systems Division, will become President of the Print Systems Division effective April 24, 2018. Read more ...
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2018-04-05 14:55Regensburg, 05.04.2018 – Improved production planning. Simplified production controlling. Dashboards that provide an overview of your production at a glance. These help to identify bottlenecks at an early stage and to take countermeasures. These are the highlights of the new software generation that the German manufacturer OneVision will release in the upcoming weeks. Release 18.1 includes the workflow management software Workspace, the prepress suite Asura, the PDF editing software Solvero and the automated image enhancement software Amendo. Read more ...
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2018-04-05 11:57Woodridge, Illinois, USA, March 27, 2018 – The sale of two 4-high towers completes the final phase of replacing a Solna D300 pressline at La Societe Cherbourgeoise d’Editions in Cherbourg France. Tensor began to replace the old Solna press with the first phase in 2009 a second phase in 2013 and now the final phase. The final configuration consisting of eight T400 towers and one H50 folder. The press is highly automated with shaftless drive, spray dampening, remote ink control including ink pre-setting and closed loop register control. Read more ...
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2018-03-22 22:39Würzburg, 22 March 2018 – Driven by strong revenue and earnings in the fourth quarter, Koenig & Bauer fully achieved or ex-ceeded its guidance for 2017. The printing press manufacturer’s consolidated figures show that with the increase in revenue, earnings and order intake achieved last year it is well on track towards achiev-ing its medium-term targets by 2021. Read more ...
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2018-03-19 18:20Members of the US printing, publishing and paper-producing industries, which employ more than 600,000 workers, are announcing the formation of Stop Tariffs on Printers & Publishers (STOPP), a coalition to fight proposed countervailing duties (CVD) and anti-dumping duties (AD) on imports of Canadian uncoated groundwood papers including newsprint and other papers. Read more ...
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2018-03-19 14:54Dusseldorf, 19/03/2018 – Celebrating extraordinary growth in European markets in 2017, CRON-Europe today announces the appointment of Stefan Werner as its new Sales Director, EMEAR. Read more ...
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2018-03-19 13:57Würzburg, 14.03.2018 – Koenig & Bauer has been named among the winners of this year’s iF Design Award and can thus point proudly to a world-renowned seal of design excellence. At the grand award ceremony on 9 March 2018, the RotaJet web press picked up the coveted trophy in the discipline “Product design”. Read more ...
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2018-03-15 12:26Rochester, New York, 13. März 2018 – Drucker, Branchenanalysten, Medienvertreter und Influencer nahmen vom 28. Februar bis zum 1. März 2018 an der „Taking Print Further“-Veranstaltung in der Kodak Firmenzentrale teil. Bei dem zweitägigen Branchenforum standen neueste Kodak Technologieinnovationen im Blickpunkt, die beim Einsatz prozessfreier Platten, im Digitaldruck und im funktionalen Drucken neue Möglichkeiten eröffnen. Gleichzeitig gab es im Rahmen der Veranstaltung intensive Diskussionen zu den Trends, die Einfluss darauf haben, in welche Richtung sich das Drucken künftig entwickelt. 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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