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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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  • 2018-08-14 13:45
    Waldbrunn, Germany. 14 August 2018 – The executive team at the family-owned Mosca GmbH is expanding. Alfred Kugler joined Timo Mosca and Simone Mosca as one of the company's members of the management board on July 23, 2018. Read more ...
  • 2018-08-14 11:06
    14.08.2018 – We at Prakash Web Offset Pvt Ltd are elated to announce the installation of our new press at Nagpur with the reputed Hindi Newspaper Navabharat for their press at Nagpur City. The Prakash Speedster press supplied has Five 4Hi Towers and a Folder of speed of 36,000 cph. The press is of 546mm cut off and features spray dampening and Auto Reel Changers. Read more ...
  • 2018-08-09 14:45
    Wake Forest, N.C., 08.08.2018 – Citing the reaction by hundreds of printers to its quality reproduction on press and the strongest latent image among no-process lithoplates in the market, Southern Lithoplate’s latest generation Liberty NXP no-process plate is on course to set a company record for customer adoption. Read more ...
  • 2018-08-09 14:02
    Hamburg (ots), 09.08.2018 – Ein schneller Blick aufs Smartphone ersetzt oft die Lektüre der Tageszeitung, ein schnelles Web-Video die 20 Uhr-Nachrichten. Wohin führt uns die Digitalisierung und welche Auswirkungen hat sie auf den Medienkonsum? Dieser Frage ist Statista mit einer repräsentativen Studie im Auftrag von nextMedia.Hamburg im Vorfeld des scoopcamp 2018 auf den Grund gegangen. Gemeinsam mit der Deutschen Presse-Agentur lädt nextMedia.Hamburg zur jährlichen Innovationskonferenz für Medien in Hamburg ein. Die jüngste Studie ergab gute Nachrichten für die klassischen Medien: Eine knappe Mehrheit der Deutschen glaubt, dass Printprodukte eine Zukunft haben. Read more ...
  • 2018-08-07 10:45
    07.08.2018 – technotrans SE can look back on a successful first half of 2018. Business with the new technology markets and the plastics processing industry stood out as the clear driver of growth. The company increased its overall revenue by 4.1 percent in the period under review, to EUR 107.4 million. Operating profit (EBIT) climbed 7.9 percent to EUR 9.1 million, and the corresponding margin improved by 0.3 percentage points to 8.5 percent. technotrans also reaffirmed the forecast for the full year. Read more ...
  • 2018-08-02 15:02
    Montréal, Aug. 2, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today reported net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, of $72 million, or $0.77 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $74 million, or $0.82 per share, in the same period in 2017. Sales were $976 million in the quarter, an increase of $118 million from the year-ago period. Excluding special items, the company reported net income of $66 million, or $0.71 per share, compared to a net loss, excluding special items, of $3 million, or $0.03 per share, in the second quarter of 2017. Read more ...
  • 2018-08-02 09:31
    St. Louis, August 1, 2018 – Baldwin Vision Systems, a business division of Baldwin Technology Company Inc., held a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening celebration at its new headquarters on Tuesday, July 24. The new office is located at 2900 Swenson Drive, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. The city of Waukesha is located just outside the western suburbs of Milwaukee, with fast access to Mitchell International Airport and the smaller Waukesha County Airport. Read more ...
  • 2018-08-01 10:56
    26.07.2018 – Verlagsgruppe Passau has switched from manual insert picking to Ferag’s innovative one2out system. This enabled the company not only to bring the entire process in-house, but also give a further acceleration boost to production. Read more ...
  • 2018-07-31 12:02
    14.06.2018 – Fairfax Media has opened up a wealth of opportunities for its New Zealand printing plants by restructuring production within the Group. First the Wellington plant was converted and expanded, and now Christchurch Print Centre (CPC) on South Island has followed suit. For Ferag, this challenging task was yet another opportunity to demonstrate how numerous technologies from various sources can be optimally combined while giving due consideration for ongoing production. Read more ...
  • 2018-07-31 11:00
    30.07.2018 – Swiss company Ferag continues to launch new as well as enhanced technologies that offer innovative newspaper publishers and printers improved revenue opportunities, cost reductions, or both. At the IFRA World Publishing Expo 2018, set to take place at Messe Berlin from 9 to 11 October 2018, one Ferag focus will be “personalized inserting”. On show will be new applications for the TapeFix module and a newly developed single sheet feeder. Tailor-made retrofit packages for Ferag systems will also be under the spotlight in Hall 21a, Stand E.02. Read more ...

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