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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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  • 2016-02-05 09:32
    February 4, 2016 – Imprimerie de l’Avesnois/Digitaprint printshop located in northern France, has inaugurated a digital workflow that is the forst of its kind to Europe. Multiple weekly newspapers have been in digital print production as of January 2016. manroland web systems’ FoldLine is responsible for inline finishing. The investment is pursuing a major goal: a gradual transition to personalized newspaper printing. Read more ...
  • 2016-02-04 13:30
    UPM-Kymmene Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 4 February 2016 at 9:45 EET – has been appointed Executive Vice President responsible for UPM Paper ENA (Europe and North America) and member of the Group Executive Team as of 8 February 2016. Read more ...
  • 2016-01-27 14:05
    22.01.2016 – Der französische Druck- und Farb-Spezialist Alwan Color Expertise hat Anfang Januar Aktualisierungen für seine Software-Produkte ColorHub (Farbserver), Print Standardizer (Druck-Standardisierung) und Print Verfier (Druck-Kontrolle) bereitgestellt. Read more ...
  • 2016-01-27 13:07
    Wake Forest, North Carolina, 26.01.2016 – The Lufkin Daily News in Lufkin, Texas, has joined a growing number of newspaper companies making the switch to affordable thermal computer-to-plate solutions that are environmentally friendly and use no processing chemicals. Plate manufacturer Southern Lithoplate (SLP), the exclusive North American distributor of CRON-ECRM thermal newspaper CtP recorders, successfully matched the Lufkin News with the TP3664 unit and SLP Liberty NXP no-process thermal plate. Read more ...
  • 2016-01-25 10:01
    22.01.2016 – The INGEDE Symposium 2016 will take place on Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 from 9:30 to 17:00 at "Haus der Bayerischen Wirtschaft" in Munich, room "Europasaal". Read more ...
  • 2016-01-21 13:12
    (UPM, Helsinki, 21 January 2016 at 14:00 EET) – UPM has been ranked on the 25th place in the list of 100 most sustainable corporations by Corporate Knights, the Canadian-based media and research company. UPM is the only company in the Paper and Forest Products category. Read more ...
  • 2016-01-20 13:10
    Princeton, NJ (19th of January, 2016) – ProImage announces two new successful implementations of their already widely used SaaS ink optimization software OnColor ECO at two newspaper printers. The Newport Daily News/Newport Life Magazine, RI and the Manteca Bulletin, CA both recently installed the software and state immediate ink savings and print quality improvement. Read more ...
  • 2016-01-20 12:03
    (UPM, Helsinki, 19 January 2016 at 15:00 EET) – UPM has accepted a special invitation to join the United Nations Global Compact LEAD as of 1 January 2016. UPM is the first forest industry company and also the first Finnish company ever to receive such an invitation. Read more ...
  • 2016-01-18 14:07
    Oosterhout, 18 January 2016 – As from today, the products of German-based company Intro International become part of Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC). QIPC, developer and supplier of measurement & control systems for web offset printing presses, has acquired the assets and the intellectual property of Intro International as part of a so-called asset deal. Read more ...
  • 2016-01-15 11:32
    Chicago, IL, 15 January 2016 – Following their successful press control and drive upgrades in 2009 and 2012, Harland Simon has once again been selected by The StarPhoenix, this time to replace their obsolete on-unit quality controls. Read more ...

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