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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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  • 2015-10-29 16:19
    29.10.2015 – Process reliability is crucial in the mailroom – the Connex.Mailroom process management system gives newspaper publishers and mailshot producers that assurance in the future, too, thanks to state-of-the-art technology. The successor to Muller Martini’s well-known MPC impresses with its extremely high degree of automation, extensive navigation, cutting-edge technology and maximum performance. Read more ...
  • 2015-10-29 15:12
    Oosterhout, 29 October 2015 – Q.I. Press Controls has received yet another order from Malayala Manorama. The organisation, which has the most widely sold and circulating newspaper in India, has purchased the mRC-3D for its plant in Kollam, India. Q.I. Press Controls has been working with the newspaper for many years already. Results at its other sites have proved so good that Malayala Manorama had no hesitation in ordering Q.I. Press Controls’ register system for its Manugraph Smartline press in Kollam. Read more ...
  • 2015-10-20 15:23
    Oosterhout, 20 October 2015 – In 2013 Q.I. Press Controls installed 124 mRC-3D cameras at the The Columbus Dispatch’s printing plant. Two years ago, as part of a face-lifting exercise, The Columbus Dispatch decided to adapt its printing presses to enable them to print in 3V format. The aim was to bring machinery into line with ongoing quality and efficiency improvements being implemented by the business. At the time, The Columbus Dispatch was the first in the US to introduce the mRC-3D from Q.I. Press Controls. Now, two years on, the system is operating at full capacity, is living up to the expectations of The Columbus Dispatch, has led to significant savings in cost and waste, and - not least - gives Q.I. Press Controls yet another reason to take pride in its automated solutions. Read more ...
  • 2015-10-20 11:14
    19.10.2015 – manroland web systems and its customers have been high flyers at the World Publishing Expo (WPE) 2015 in Hamburg. Read more ...
  • 2015-10-19 10:52
    Hamburg, October 16, 2015 – Bucking the trend: Despite a lower number of visitors and fewer walk-ins, the World Publishing Expo 2015 will go down as a resounding success for ppi Media: "Our booth was full from start to finish. In those three days, we held roughly 120 conversations with current and potential future customers, conducted demonstrations and answered questions in lively discussions. There was no time to catch our breath. Nonetheless, we did notice that the hall in general was not quite as full as it had been in previous years. For us, however, the World Publishing Expo remains the most important and profitable event of the year just after ppi's Open Days," says Norbert Ohl, Managing Director at ppi Media, putting it all in a nutshell. Read more ...
  • 2015-10-15 10:46
    Hamburg, 5 October 2015 – Indian newspaper Namasthe Telanga-na has ordered two production lines from Ferag. Each line com-prises one Ferag HPC High Performance Conveyor and two pro-grammable HPS High Performance Stackers. Read more ...
  • 2015-10-15 10:38
    Hamburg, 5 October 2015 – Ferag developed the HPC High Performance Conveyor and HPS High Performance Stacker for the emerging markets. But newspaper printers in the Western industrialized nations are just as interested in the new technology. Read more ...
  • 2015-10-15 10:28
    Hamburg, 5 October 2015 – This summer, The China Press Bhd put three EasySert lines from Ferag into operation. The newspaper company has achieved its set targets of greater reliability when as-sembling newspaper products, plus increased efficiency. Read more ...
  • 2015-10-14 11:36
    14.10.2015 – DC Thomson has today released the official Thunderbirds Are Go Magazine to accompany ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures’ action adventure series Thunderbirds Are Go. Read more ...
  • 2015-10-13 14:20
    Eysins, Switzerland, October 5, 2015 – Kodak is expanding its plate portfolio with a brand new violet offset plate which will be unveiled at WAN-IFRA World Publishing Expo 2015 in Hamburg, Germany. Compatible with market-leading violet CTP platesetters and plateline equipment, the KODAK LIBRA VP Digital Plate meets the demanding requirements of newspaper production and the quality needs of semi-commercial printing applications. At the same time, Kodak’s new LIBRA VP Digital Plate provides the flexibility for improved efficiency in either conventional plate processing or with a streamlined easy chem setup. Read more ...

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