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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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  • German Design Award for RotaJet from Koenig & Bauer
    2019-02-14 13:55
    Würzburg, 14.02.2019 – Koenig & Bauer is among the proud winners of the German Design Award 2019, earning a “Winner” commendation from the German Design Council for the RotaJet digital web press. The RotaJet convinced the jury in the category “Industry” with its ultra-modern, high-class feel and clearly struc-tured look. It already implements a new press design which Koenig & Bauer will be transferring to all other presses by drupa 2020. Read more ...
  • Managing director Jan Kasten says goodbye to ppi Media
    2019-02-14 13:24
    February 13, 2019 – On 28 February 2019, our current managing director and CTO, Jan Kasten, will leave the company to take a break from his career. The two shareholders, Dr. Hauke Berndt and Manuel Scheyda, will remain as managing directors. Read more ...
  • ABB drives retrofit for Richmond Times-Dispatch
    2019-02-12 13:39
    Baden, Switzerland, February 11, 2019 – BH Media Publishing Solutions has ordered a drives retrofit from ABB for two Mitsubishi presses at its print site in Mechanicsville, Virginia, USA. The Times-Dispatch Hanover County production plant prints the daily Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Newport News Daily Press and an assortment of BH Media weeklies and other publications. Read more ...
  • Q.I. Press Controls delivers automation to Sanoma’s home base
    2019-02-12 11:23
    Oosterhout, 11th February 2019 – The two Sanoma printers in Finland are optimised with the systems of Q.I. Press Controls – Engineering Automation Electronics (QIPC-EAE). QIPC-EAE, the Dutch specialist in measuring and control equipment for the printing industry, helps media giant Sanoma's printing companies work more efficiently. Read more ...
  • 26th Koenig & Bauer Commander CL goes to Münster
    2019-02-11 08:34
    Würzburg, 07.02.2019 – The Aschendorff Group is the leading media supplier in Münster, Germany, and the surrounding region. With another investment in a Commander CL newspaper press from Koenig & Bauer, the company is continuing its successful growth course, having already fired up its first Commander CL two years ago. Read more ...
  • Paper instead of plastic? The new packaging regulation at the INGEDE Symposium
    2019-02-10 17:13
    07.02.2019 – INGEDE invites to the 28th INGEDE Symposium on 13 February 2019 at Haus der Bayerischen Wirtschaft in Munich. The world of paper recycling and deinking meets in Munich every year: The INGEDE Symposium is the only international meeting covering all aspects from recyclability and paper recovery to the treatment of paper for recycling. With more white packaging entering the recycling stream, these fibres become increasingly interesting for deinkers: How can the paper industry benefit from the new packing legislation? is one of the questions to be answered. Read more ...
  • Dave Soden Named Managing Director for manroland Goss web systems Americas
    2019-02-05 10:42
    04.02.2019 – manroland Goss web systems Americas announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dave Soden as Managing Director, overseeing operations of the equipment & services provider in North America, effective immediately. Greg Blue, previous Managing Director of Durham Operations, will be moving into a transition support position with manroland Goss web systems Americas. Read more ...
  • Parzeller-Wochenblätter: Frisches Layout und noch lokalere Inhalte
    2019-02-05 10:32
    Fulda, 01. Februar 2019 – Ab dem 2. Februar 2019 erscheinen die Wochenblätter „Marktkorb“, „Vogelsberg Wochenbote“ und „Kinzigtal Woche“ erstmals in einer komplett neuen Gestaltung – inhaltlich wie optisch. Das neue Layout stammt aus der Feder des international erfolgreichen Kommunikation- und Zeitungsdesigners Hans Peter Janisch (59). Read more ...
  • Resolute Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter and 2018 Results
    2019-01-31 13:43
    Montreal, Jan. 31, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ – Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today reported net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, of $36 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, compared to $13 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, in the same period in 2017. Sales were $932 million in the quarter, an increase of $34 million from the year-ago period. Excluding special items, the company reported net income of $4 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, compared to $14 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2017. Read more ...
  • Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace (Strasbourg): Increased efficiency from automatic insert processing
    2019-01-30 14:36
    29.01.2019 – Groupe EBRA publishes several large regional newspapers in the eastern half of France. One of those is L’Alsace, production of which moved from Mulhouse to the Strasbourg printing plant of Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace (DNA) in the summer of 2018, thus realizing major cost economies. Among the measures taken in Strasbourg was a reorganization of the mailroom for more efficient insert processing. Read more ...

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