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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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  • Harland Simon to upgrade Goss Uniliner Press Controls at Butler Eagle, PA
    2015-09-21 09:56
    Chicago, IL 18th Sept 2015 – Harland Simon has been selected to supply a controls upgrade to the Goss Uniliner press at Butler Eagle Printing, PA, in collaboration with Goss. This is the latest joint project between the controls and press specialists, who have got a long history of working together in Europe. In the Americas, this working partnership has also benefited customers including The New York Post, NY; El Mercurio, Chile and more recently, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Read more ...
  • New Arkitex workflow for newspaper producers and printers
    2015-09-17 13:02
    17.09.2015 – With its single, integrated user interface, Agfa Graphics’ Arkitex Production keeps all departments informed about the operations and their status, offering faster turnaround and increased productivity. Based on HTML5, Arkitex Production can be accessed, with full control, from any computer platform that supports a browser. Because the new interface is so easy to use, it allows operators to work with it after minimal training. Read more ...
  • Community Impact Newspaper to Launch New In-House Print Facility with Goss Magnum Compact
    2015-09-17 08:38
    September 16th, 2015 – Community Impact Newspaper of Pflugerville, Texas, has today confirmed its investment in a Goss Magnum Compact. The highly-automated Magnum Compact press will be central to the company’s new, purpose-built printing operation, designed to meet an ever-increasing demand for this regionalized, community newspaper. Read more ...
  • Agfa Graphics launches Attiro VHS, the top-speed clean-out unit for chemistry-free violet plates
    2015-09-16 09:45
    Mortsel, Belgium, September 15, 2015 – With an increased plate throughput speed of up to 3 m/min, the Attiro VHS easily handles plates from platesetters imaging up to 400 plates per hour, such as Agfa Graphics’ newest Advantage N-TR VHS. Read more ...
  • Uncompromisingly Safe with: Das Original
    2015-09-15 14:24
    15.09.2015 – There are great expectations in reliability, precision and quality that are linked to an investment in a traditional brand like manroland web systems. Read more ...
  • QIPC – EAE Performance Package meets with approval
    2015-09-15 13:20
    Oosterhout, 15 September 2015 – QIPC – EAE has sold yet another Performance Package. The Performance Package, which comprises an update of current systems from EAE and extra automation features from Q.I. Press Controls, ensures greater efficiency and product improvements for printing firms. The package also helps bring about even faster return-on-investment times then the products of Q.I. Press Controls and EAE do separately. This time it was the turn of IPM Press Print (formerly known as Sodimco) in Anderlecht, Belgium to buy the QIPC - EAE package. Read more ...
  • Ugra konstituiert den Technischen Beirat „swiss4color“
    2015-09-15 11:28
    St. Gallen, 15. September 2015 – Der Technische Beirat swiss4color hat zum Ziel, die ISO-Normen für die Druckindustrie in der Praxis zu testen und gegebenenfalls Verbesserungen für technische Problemstellungen und spezifische Anwendungsfälle auszuarbeiten. Die Mitglieder sind etablierte Fachleute aus allen Gebieten der Druckindustrie und setzen die Praxistauglichkeit im Alltag zuoberst. Read more ...
  • Krause program for the World Publishing Expo 2015
    2015-09-15 08:35
    14.09.2015 – Under the motto "Intelligent CTP systems - automated and integrated" Krause will present innovative CTP solutions for future production requirements in Hamburg. Read more ...
  • Goss marks 20 years leading press automation technology
    2015-09-09 21:42
    Twenty years after Goss Autoplate technology was brought to market, Goss International is honoring a key milestone in the history of offset printing. Introducing reductions in makeready time, labor and expense, the Autoplate innovation has extended the web offset advantage and created opportunities across a wide range of sectors and applications. Read more ...
  • Agfa launches N95-VCF, the next generation chemistry-free violet plate
    2015-09-09 21:08
    When Agfa Graphics first launched its chemistry-free plates for the newspaper industry in 2007, the industry got triggered yet hardly convinced. That completely changed with the introduction of the N94-VCF chem-free violet offset plate in 2011. Since then, more than 70% of Agfa Graphics' newspaper customers worldwide made the switch and use Agfa Graphics’ chem-free plate technology for the production of newspapers.​ Read more ...

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