World Printers Forum
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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.
World Printers Forum
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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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2016-07-28 13:46Konstanz, 28.Juli 2016 – Die Mitglieder des International Newspaper Color Quality Club (INCQC) stehen für hohe und konstante Druckqualität. Die Druckerei Konstanz, ein Unternehmen des Südkurier Medienhaus, konnte sich die Mitgliedschaft beim INCQC für zwei weitere Jahre sichern. Damit ist die Druckerei auch weiterhin Mitglied des Star Club, dem Kreis der weltweit besten Zeitungsdruckereien, die mehrfach ihr hohes Qualitätslevel unter Beweis gestellt haben. Insgesamt schafften 64 Verlags- und Druckunternehmen aus 26 Ländern den Einzug in den Color Quality Club 2016 – 2018. Ausgerichtet wird der Wettbewerb vom Weltverband der Zeitungen und Nachrichtenmedien (WAN-IFRA). Read more ...
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2016-07-28 11:21Sassenberg, Germany, 28.07.2016 – New online presence of technotrans AG. The design focused primarily on user-friendliness and optimisation for mobile devices. In addition, the system supplier and cooling and fluid technology specialist has introduced a new applicant management system. Read more ...
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2016-07-27 14:38July 27, 2016 – Who can best integrate hardware and software into my existing workflow? This skill is crucial to publishing houses and printing companies that are planning an investment project. Only with a highly automated, integrated workflow printers can realize business models and production processes that are profitable both in the short and long term. This applies to book, newspaper, and advertisement printing, in web offset and digital. Read more ...
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2016-07-27 14:04July 15, 2016 – The time has come: Having been announced over the past two months and having been greeted enthusiastically on first viewing at by many of the manroland web systems customers at drupa 2016, the new manroland web Store opens its digital doors on Friday, July 15, 2016. Read more ...
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2016-07-26 14:06Princeton, NJ (21st of July, 2016) – ProImage is proud to announce the sale of two NewsWay Workflow Systems to the Evening Post Publishing Company. The two systems will manage the workflow of the Aiken Standard in Aiken, SC and of The Post and Courier in Charleston, SC respectively. Read more ...
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2016-07-19 11:51Oosterhout, July 2016 - No fewer than ten mRC-3D cameras supplied by Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry, will soon be on their way to India. Pudhari Publications is set to carry out an investment programme with the aim of improving automation on its printing presses at its plant in Kolhapur. The mRC-3D system will ensure full automation on the colour register on the Manugraph Cityline press with five towers. Read more ...
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2016-07-14 16:18Largest flexo newspaper printer in the U.S. renews its trust in QIPC-EAE Americas to implement retrofit strategy. Read more ...
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2016-07-08 08:56(PresseBox) (Darmstadt, 07.07.2016) – Die automatisierte Qualitätssicherung durch Inspektionssysteme stellt einen einfachen Weg dar, Qualität und Produktivität einer Drucklinie zu steigern. Eine neue Inspektionslösung ermöglicht jetzt auch kleineren Druckereien durch leistungsfähige Technologie den Einstieg in die Produktion nach Premiumqualitätsstandards. Mit kompakten Abmessungen sind sie an die typischen Produktionsumgebungen der Schmalbahn angepasst. Zudem lässt sich das betriebsfertig kalibrierte System aus der Plug&Inspect-Produktwelt schnell in Betrieb nehmen und über eine berührungsempfindliche Oberfläche bedienen. So können Druckereien die Menge der verkaufsfähigen Produktion steigern und zugleich die Makulatur minimieren. Read more ...
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2016-07-06 14:3006.07.2016 – The takeover of Iberica AG S.A. in Spain by German press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) announced on 23 May 2016 is now complete with the signing of the purchase agreement by Officine Meccaniche G. Cerutti S.p.A. (OMGC) from Italy. The KBA Group expands its extensive portfolio for packaging customers in print finishing with the acquisition of the die-cutter manufacturer based in Barcelona. Iberica with some 60 staff produces medium and large-format flatbed die-cutters for board and corrugated packaging. KBA has been active in this market successfully for some time with its presses. The takeover and integration of Iberica underscores the global KBA Group’s focus on growth markets and greatly improves the Spanish die-cutters’ growth prospects. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price or further details regarding the takeover. For the transaction OMGC has been advised by Fredericks Michael & Co. Read more ...
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2016-07-06 11:48Oosterhout, 6 July 2016 – The Dutch specialist in measurement and control equipment for the printing industry, Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC), has received a new order from Omani Establishment for Press, Printing, Publishing and Distribution L.L.C. in Oman. QIPC will be responsible for installing an mRC-3D system for colour register in its plant, based in the Omani capital of Muscat. Omani Establishment decided to invest in colour register because it now wants to focus its efforts increasingly on commercial products, alongside its newspaper-printing activities. 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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