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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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  • Goss appoints Alles International as agent in South Korea
    2016-01-11 15:10
    January 11th, 2016 – Goss International has recently appointed Alles International as its agent for South Korea with a view to gaining advantage from the company’s established presence in the market as well as its expertise across a broad range of print disciplines. Alles International will be responsible for the sales, installation, parts and servicing of Goss’ web offset systems and ancillaries for commercial printing, newspaper publishing and packaging print production. Read more ...
  • New Head of ABB Printing
    2016-01-06 10:30
    Baden, Switzerland, January 6, 2016 – ABB, one of the leading suppliers of automation solutions for the newspaper industry, has announced a change in its management. Damian Staedeli has been appointed Head of ABB Printing with effect from January 1 of this year. Read more ...
  • Star Media Group awards major contract to Ferag
    2016-01-06 09:27
    Hinwil, 23rd of December 2015 – Malaysian company Star Media Group Berhad (formerly known as Star Publications (M) Berhad) (“Star Media Group”) has ordered new mailroom technology from Ferag. The media group is equipping two printing centres with four inserting lines, MultiStack compensating stackers and bundle evacuation technology. Star Media Group is placing its trust in Ferag and the development opportunities that come with Ferag mailroom technology. Read more ...
  • RM Machinery Names Veteran Sales Professional Scott Brown to Sales Team
    2016-01-04 14:23
    Carneys Point, New Jersey, 04.01.2016 – Scott Brown, a 30-year veteran of printing press sales, has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Sales for the Western Region of RM Machinery Inc. (RMM), enabling RMM to more effectively serve existing and prospective customers. Read more ...
  • Ferrostaal Vietnam new agent for EAE in Vietnam
    2016-01-04 13:06
    Oosterhout, November 2015 – EAE welcomes Ferrostaal Vietnam as a new agent! Ferrostaal Vietnam will represent EAE in the entire graphical market of Vietnam. Due to the collaboration between Q.I. Press Controls and EAE, the agency decided it was about time to add EAE in their portfolio. Menno Jansen, Director Q.I. Press Controls, believes that having just one agent for both Q.I. Press Controls and EAE makes sure that the efficiency and effectiveness of the combination QIPC – EAE will be well known in all Vietnam. Read more ...
  • ABP believes in the power of QIPC – EAE
    2015-12-23 09:02
    Oosterhout, 22 December 2015 – Media conglomerate ABP is the first in India to have placed a combined QIPC – EAE order. The efficiency and effectiveness of a 'combi-package' made for a persuasive argument with the ABP media group. Recently, the order was successfully installed at ABP: Q.I. Press Controls supplied the mRC-3D for colour register and EAE will carried out a complete retrofit on the Goss Universal 70 in ABP's printing plant in Kolkata. Read more ...
  • KBA Commander CL for Mitteldeutsche Zeitung in Halle
    2015-12-22 11:53
    21.12.2015 – The DuMont media group in Cologne, Germany, is one of Koenig & Bauer’s (KBA) oldest customers. Their association dates back 180 years. The traditional publishing house recently opted once again for cutting-edge newspaper press technology from the Würzburg-based press manufacturer. A highly automated KBA Commander CL will come on stream in autumn 2016 at subsidiary MZ Druckereigesellschaft in Halle. With its high level of productivity, enormous flexibility and extremely short makeready times thanks to automatic plate changers, the web press from KBA-Digital & Web Solutions will replace a KBA Express delivered in the early 90s. Read more ...
  • The CoLiner Pre-Gathering Unit Absorbs Increases in Insert Volumes Optimally
    2015-12-22 10:44
    17.12.2015 – Thanks to their modular design, Muller Martini systems can be adapted to new market requirements at any time. A typical example is the CoLiner pre-gathering unit, which can be seamlessly docked onto the ProLiner newspaper inserting system if insert volumes increase. Read more ...
  • OTM Avistryk acquires cut-off register system from Q.I. Press Controls
    2015-12-22 10:22
    Oosterhout, 15 December 2015 – Offsettrykkeriet Midtjylland - OTM for short - is a Denmark-based printing company which is constantly striving to upgrade its equipment to meet the demands of the modern age. The company is the only printing company in Denmark which has ever been a Member of WAN-IFRA's International Newspaper Color Quality Club and is relentless in its search for new ways of raising the quality of its products. For several years, OTM has been keeping a close eye on the development of the Q.I. Press Controls cut-off register system. During the 2015 World Publishing Expo in Hamburg, OTM finally took the plunge and ordered the mRC-3D cut-off register for its printing plant in Ikast. This represents OTM’s third order with Q.I. Press Controls. Read more ...
  • Glunz & Jensen introduces their second Flexo Centre – now in the USA
    2015-12-21 12:08
    21.12.2015 – In November 2015, Glunz & Jensen opened their first Flexo Centre in Rosate (Milan) Italy, and now they announce the opening of their second Flexo Centre – this time for the Americas market – located in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, USA. Read more ...

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