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Newspaper Production

Publishers and printers around the world have come to expect WAN-IFRA to provide the most up-to-date know-how about production processes, whether it be in prepress, printing, workflow or postpress. Its range of advisory services, trainings, reports and events are unparalleled.

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  • 2016-08-25 13:56
    25.08.2016 – In diesen Wochen beginnen 90 junge Menschen bei der Koenig & Bauer-Gruppe (KBA) eine Berufsausbildung mit guten Perspektiven angesichts des sich verstärkenden Fachkräftemangels. Im Bogenoffsetwerk Radebeul (KBA-Sheetfed Solutions, KBA-Industrial Solutions) werden 28 und im Stammwerk Würzburg (KBA-Digital & Web Solutions, KBA-NotaSys, KBA-Industrial Solutions) 38 Nachwuchskräfte intensiv in Theorie und Praxis auf das Berufsleben vorbereitet. Bei den Tochtergesellschaften in Bad Oeynhausen (KBA-Kammann), Frankenthal (Albert-Frankenthal), Mödling bei Wien (KBA-Mödling), Stuttgart (KBA-MetalPrint) und Veitshöchheim (KBA-Metronic) starten 24 Auszubildende. Die Mechatroniker und Industriemechaniker der KBA-Metronic erwerben in der staatlich anerkannten KBA-Werkberufsschule in Würzburg ihr berufliches Wissen. Weitere Unternehmen aus dem Umland nutzen die anerkannt hohe Qualität der KBA-Ausbildungsstätten in Würzburg und Radebeul für die Ausbildung ihres Fachkräftenachwuchses. Mit über 11 % liegt der Anteil weiblicher Berufsstarter über dem Durchschnitt im Metallgewerbe. Read more ...
  • 2016-08-24 09:13
    (UPM, Helsinki, 24 August 2016 at 10:30 EET) – UPM supply chain goes mobile in November when the paper business is looking for new, innovative solutions for its supply chain at Junction hackathon in Helsinki, Finland. Junction is Europe's leading hackathon and a converging point for developers, designers, and entrepreneurs from across the world. UPM offers participants of the hackathon the challenge to create digitalised solutions, services and data analytics using supply chain data. The application period has started and continues till October. Read more ...
  • 2016-08-23 10:07
    Oosterhout, 23 August 2016 – It’s certainly not the first, and probably not the last time a Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) automation system has been installed on one of the printing presses at the Guangxi Daily. The Chinese media group decided to invest in an mRC-3D system for colour register control as part of an expansion on a tower for a Goss Magnum 65 press in Nanning. “Guangxi Daily is a satisfied client who knows exactly what it’s getting from us”, was the message. Read more ...
  • 2016-08-23 09:47
    22.08.2016 – A company that inserts over a billion inserts into newspapers each year is reliant on flawless processes in the mailroom. That explains why Oppermann Druck und Verlags GmbH & Co. KG in the German town of Rodenberg will commission two new Muller Martin ProLiner inserting systems in a few weeks’ time to supplement its two existing SLS3000 systems. Read more ...
  • 2016-08-22 13:17
    19.08.2016 – Kodak hat vor einigen Monaten die violettempfindliche Libra VP Platte neu auf den Markt gebracht, die für den anspruchsvollen Zeitungs- und Semicommercial-Druck entwickelt wurde und flexible Möglichkeiten für eine umweltfreundlichere Plattenverarbeitung bietet. Die Libra VP ersetzte in Kodaks Druckplattensortiment die VioletNews Gold Platte. Statt mit herkömmlichem Plattenentwickler und Regenerat erfolgt die Verarbeitung der Libra VP mit einer Auswaschlösung mit niedrigem pH-Wert. Dabei kann der Anwender zwischen einem reinen Einbad-Entschichtungsprozess oder der vereinfachten konventionellen Verarbeitung in der Auswaschlösung, gefolgt von einem Spül- und Gummierschritt, wählen. Read more ...

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