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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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  • Integrated management system at Kodak’s Osterode plate manufacturing facility successfully recertified
    2018-04-11 13:47
    Osterode, 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 ...
  • Development of Digital Ink System technology to expand with acquisition by Baldwin Technology Company
    2018-04-11 12:51
    Milwaukee, 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 ...
  • Kodak announces John O’Grady as new President of Print Systems Division
    2018-04-10 10:54
    Rochester, 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 ...
  • Improved planning, controlling and safety of your production – OneVision with new software generation 18.1
    2018-04-05 13:55
    Regensburg, 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 ...
  • Tensor completes final phase of replacing Solna press in France
    2018-04-05 10:57
    Woodridge, 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 ...
  • Koenig & Bauer achieves or exceeds targets for 2017
    2018-03-22 21:39
    Würzburg, 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 ...
  • US printers and publishers unite to stop newsprint tariffs
    2018-03-19 17:20
    Members 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 ...
  • CRON Europe appoints Stefan Werner as new Sales Director, EMEAR
    2018-03-19 13:54
    Dusseldorf, 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 ...
  • Koenig & Bauer receives iF Design Award
    2018-03-19 12:57
    Würzburg, 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 ...
  • Kodak entwickelt das Drucken mit fortgesetzten Investitionen in Technologie weiter, um die Rentabilität und Nachhaltigkeit sowie das Potenzial von Druckern für die Expansion in neue Märkte zu verbessern
    2018-03-15 11:26
    Rochester, 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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