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2015-06-09 09:34Kinna, June 4, 2015 – The Västerslätt industrial area, northwest of the centre of Umeå, is the location of the “Nya VK huset” (New VK building). The area is almost completely enclosed by European highway 12 that links Norway, Sweden and Finland as well as European highway 4 that runs from the north to the south in Sweden, making this site a highly strategic location. One of the two buildings holds the headquarters and editorial offices of the Swedish dailies Västerbottens-Kuriren and Västerbottens Folkblad. In the other building, Daily Print i Umeå AB operates its newspaper printing business. Since 2006, the company is a fully-owned subsidiary of Västerbottens-Kuriren Media Aktiebolag. In addition to the Group’s own newspapers, the printing plant also prints the northern editions of the two large Swedish dailies Dagens Industri and Dagens Nyheter. Read more ... -
2015-06-08 12:08Mortsel, Belgium, 05 June 2015 – Agfa Graphics today introduced the new high-speed platesetter for the high-volume newspaper market. The Advantage N TR VHS (Trolley Load, Very High-Speed) produces up to 400 plates per hour, which is 50 plates faster than the Advantage N TR HS. Read more ... -
2015-06-02 14:09Sud Ouest, Bordeaux (France), 1st June 2015 – Newspaper Sud Ouest in Bordeaux, France, has brought a 15-year-old mailroom into shape with a UniMail production control from Realcom, the Norwegian software developer. It was clear project planning and a transparent solution that won the day for Realcom. The open UniMail system allows Sud Ouest to extend the mailroom with components from all manufacturers. Read more ... -
2015-05-28 11:5227.05.2015 - Since the Westfalen-Blatt newspaper group continues to believe in print, it has commissioned an entirely new printing center, featuring a state-of-the-art mailroom system from Muller Martini. Read more ... -
2015-05-28 10:2228.05.2015 - The printing plant belonging to media group Aschendorff in Münster, Germany, has been in operation for over 250 years. An important new chapter is set to begin there in spring 2016 with the production start-up of a Commander CL ordered recently from Koenig & Bauer (KBA). Read more ...
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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 newspaper industry is under pressure globally. While in the West, decline of the newspaper has been rapid, in the East, newspapers will probably survive for longer. However, there are several pressures on the newspaper industry in the East as well – competition from digital readership, increasing input costs, reducing advertising spends, and so on. In such a scenario, it is important for newspaper industry players to collaborate to improve internal operational efficiencies across the industry. Through such an effort the overall industry will stand to benefit. With this objective in mind, an industry-wide benchmarking exercise was carried out to identify specific improvement opportunities across players. The result has been extremely encouraging. This report details out the methodology and findings of this benchmarking exercise. -
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