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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.
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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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2015-10-05 18:58Starting in late 2015, the Imprimerie de l'Avesnois/Digitaprint printing house in northern France will digitally produce the weekly newspaper L´Observateur. This will allow the regional newspaper to present local contents that are more relevant to its readers as well as advertising offers tailored to local retail zones. manroland web systems is in charge of the workflow integration and the inline folder finishing with FoldLine – from the printed web directly to the finished newspaper. Read more ...
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2015-10-05 18:55KBA-Digital & Web Solutions in Würzburg and Swedish manufacturer Tolerans located in Stockholm have built on their longstanding collaboration with a cooperation agreement regarding stitchers for retrofits and new press projects. Read more ...
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2015-10-05 18:40KBA-Digital & Web Solutions was present as an autonomous company at the World Publishing Expo (WPE) newspaper trade show in Hamburg for the first time after the completion of the Group restructuring. It has been spun-off from the Parent Koenig & Bauer (KBA). Little has changed in the management of this web division responsible for the segment digital and offset printing, but there have been many changes to its structure, range of tasks and company philosophy. Managing director Christoph Müller, who remains a member of the Group executive board, drew attention to this during the company’s press conference on the first day. Read more ...
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2015-10-05 18:22Fujifilm today announces it has recently completed the acquisition of a newspaper workflow solution, Elara Software. Fujifilm will be using World Publishing Expo 2015 (5-7 October, Hamburg Messe, Stand 4.350) to demonstrate this new workflow solution as well as outlining what this means for its future strategy in the newspaper market. Read more ...
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2015-10-05 18:18Hamburg, 2015-10-05 -- World Publishing Expo, the world’s largest trade exhibition for the news publishing industry – kicks off today in Hamburg. UPM will be in attendance showing its strong commitment to newspaper publishing and coldset printing. Read more ...
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2015-10-02 11:19St. Louis, MO, October 1st , 2015 – Pressline Service, Inc. is pleased to announce the sale of a Pressline FlexPress to the Boston Globe for their new printing facility in Taunton, MA. The new FlexPress is equipped with a total of 22 zones and four folders and will allow the Globe to print its current newspaper products as well as additional commercial and newspaper products. Read more ...
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2015-10-01 11:4230.09.2015 – Arkitex Enhance IntelliTune is aimed at newspaper printers that use large quantities of different quality images arriving from a wide variety of sources. IntelliTune is unique to the newspaper market as the preferred tool to improve images fast and completely automatic. The result on press are high-quality images with a consistent look and feel throughout the whole publication. Read more ...
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2015-10-01 11:18(UPM, Augsburg, October 1, 2015 at 10:00 EET) – UPM has published a new version of the UPM paper product catalogue. The catalogue presents UPM Paper ENA (Europe and North America) product portfolio and relevant environmental information. Read more ...
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2015-09-30 15:0430.09.2015 – KBA Report No. 47 has just come out. Under the motto “Products, practices, perspectives” the new 52-page issue of the KBA Group’s customer magazine illuminates own product and process innovations along with user reports on plans, investments and business models for printers throughout the world. The topics covered are as wide-ranging as KBA’s own product spectrum which ranges from offset printing on paper, board and metal, flexo printing on film, digital inkjet printing of books, decor and laminates to inkjet and laser coding blister and packaging for cosmetics. The magazine also naturally contains specialist articles, such as automation and process levels in industrial production or energy efficiency when printing. In the editorial KBA president and CEO Claus Bolza-Schünemann points out that the increasing digitalisation of our daily lives also creates new markets for print. His plea: “Print must remain relevant.” Read more ...
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2015-09-30 10:3230. September 2015 – Die weltweit wichtigste und größte Fachmesse der Zeitungsindustrie, die World Publishing Expo (WPE) findet vom 5. bis 7. Oktober 2015 in der Messe Hamburg statt. Erwartet werden über 7.000 Fachbesucher, überwiegend Führungskräfte von Zeitungsverlagen und Medienunternehmen aus rund 100 Ländern. 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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