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his year media firms from all over the world with a
total of 165 newspaper titles competed in WAN-
IFRA’s (World Association of Newspapers and News
Publishers) global quality competition. For 20 years the
competition has been carried out at two-year intervals. It
aims to promote high-quality colour printing in newspaper
production on the basis of globally recognised standards
in order to offer readers attractive print media and ad
clients a first-class advertising medium. 76 publishing
and printing firms from 26 countries won a membership
to the exclusive International Newspaper Color Quality
Club 2014-2016. The award ceremony will be held during
the World Publishing Expo from 13 to 15 October 2014 in
Amsterdam.
A raft of awards for KBA users
29 newspaper printing firms which operate web
presses fromKoenig&Bauer (KBA) were among thewin-
ners. This represents nearly 40 percent of all the prizes
awarded. Along with the many prominent newspaper
houseswith conventional wet offset presses, seven users
of the waterless KBA Cortina compact press again also
belong to the world’s best:
The award-winning KBA newspaper customers are:
• Al Nisr Publishing, Dubai, UAE (Gulf News),
• Botnia Print, Kokkola, Finland (Keskipohjanmaa),
• Brune-Mettcker Druck- und Verlags-GmbH, Wil-
helmshaven, Germany (Wilhelmshavener Zeitung),
• Druckerei Konstanz in Konstanz, Germany (Kon-
stanzer Anzeiger, Südkurier),
• DZB DruckzentrumBern, Bern, Switzerland (Berner
Zeitung),
• E. Holterdorf, Oelde, Germany (Die Glocke),
• El Telégrafo, Guayaquil, Ecuador (Diario El Telé-
grafo),
• Frankfurter Societäts-Druckerei, Mörfelden, Ger-
many (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Frankfurter Allge-
meine Sonntagszeitung),
• Märkische Verlags- und Druck-Gesellschaft, Pots-
dam, Germany (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung),
• Feza Gazetecilik, Trabzon, Izmir, Adana, Ankara,
Istanbul, Turkey (Zaman Cumartesi, Zaman, Zaman Pazar,
Today’s Zaman, Zaman Cuma),
• Freiburger Druck, Freiburg, Germany (Badische
Zeitung),
• GöttingerTageblatt,Göttingen,Germany(Göttinger
Tageblatt),
• Heilbronner Stimme, Heilbronn, Germany (Heil-
bronner Stimme),
• Mayer &Söhne Druck- &Mediengruppe, Aichach,
Germany (Aichacher Zeitung),
• Mediacorp Press in Singapore (Today),
• Nordost-Druck, Neubrandenburg, Germany (Nord-
kurier),
• Nordsee-Druck, Bremerhaven, Germany (Nordsee-
Zeitung, Sonntagsjournal der Nordsee-Zeitung),
• Pressehaus Stuttgart Druck, Stuttgart, Germany
(Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgarter Nachrichten),
• Printing Partners Brussels, Groot-Bijgaarden,
Paal-Beringen, Belgium (Het Nieuwsblad, L’Avenir, De
Standaard, De Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Belang van
Limburg),
• Rheinpfalz Verlag und Druckerei, Ludwigshafen,
Germany (Die Rheinpfalz),
• Singapore Press Holdings in Singapore (The Straits
Times, Berita Harian, Lianhe Zaobao),
• Tamedia, Zürich, Switzerland (Tages Anzeiger),
• Tamedia Publications romandes, Centre
d’Impression Lausanne, Bussigny, Switzerland (Tribune
de Genève),
• The Printers (Mysore), Bangalore, India (Deccan
Herald, Prajavani),
• Ungeheuer + Ulmer, Ludwigsburg, Germany (Lud-
wigsburger Kreiszeitung),
• United Printing & Publishing, Abu Dhabi, UAE, (7
Days, The National, Al Ittihad, Financial Times, Al Roeya),
• V-TAB AB, Västerås, Sweden (VLT),
• West Australian Newspaper, Perth, Australia (The
West Australian)
• Zeitungsverlag Aachen, Aachen, Germany
(Aachener Zeitung).
KBA congratulates its customers and all the other
winners on this
29 KBA users among the world’s best newspaper printers
Ronnie Cox Graphic Supplies launches blockless hot foiling
R
onnie Cox Graphic Supplies, in association
with Flesher Corporation, launched and dem-
onstrated the Flesher Hot Foil Lettering Sys-
tem at Fespa Africa.
Hot foiling has always been a time-consuming
and costly process requiring a foiling block and
skilled operators. Foiling is also a relatively slow
process and can be quite wasteful depending on
the skill of the operator and the design to be foiled.
The Flesher Corporation Hot Foil Lettering System
completely eliminates the need for a foiling block
and also simplifies the foiling process while reduc-
ing the volume of wasted foil.
The system connects to a standard computer
via USB cable. The text to be foiled is simply typed
onto the screen in the layout required. The operator
presses ‘Print’, and that’s it! Variable data foiling
at the push of a button. The hot foiling system can
apply foil onto almost any product that will accept
hot foil stamping. Foiling can be done at any stage
of the production process. A wide range of products
can be foiled including diaries, card wallets, note
books, university dissertations, certificates, busi-
ness cards and many more.
The foiling process uses a multi-character
print-wheel. The print-wheel can house up to 200
characters, including letters, numbers, punctuation
marks and special images. Company logos can be
incorporated, and the registration of the machine is
so good that images can be made up from multiple
stampings in perfect register. The print-wheels are
interchangeable making the system very versatile
and flexible. Print-wheels can be ordered directly
from Flesher Corporation and delivery is guaran-
teed within a few days of the order being placed.
The machine range comprises many variations
from handfed versions, to fully automatic machines
equipped with cover feeders and stackers.
Said Dick Bruce, vice president of Sales for
Flesher Corporation, ‘Hot foiling has always been
such a difficult, expensive and slow process that it
is often not viable in the modern industry. We have
changed that. With our Hot Foil Lettering System,
printers of all sizes can now control their own foil-
ing requirements. The system cannot replace the
larger and complex foiling requirements but it can
simplify the process of foiling lettering. This system
has proven very effective with in-house printing de-
partments at Colleges, Universities and even larger
corporations. For commercial printers it offers an
additional revenue stream and the ability to give
their customers added value.’
Paul Cox, managing director of Ronnie Cox
Graphic Supplies commented, ‘This system will
allow smaller printers to differentiate themselves
in a very competitive market. The system is easy
to use and very versatile. The stamping pressure,
depth and impression can be adjusted allowing ef-
fects such as debossing to be handled, as well as
conventional hot foiling. This system is a must for
printers wanting to improve or expand their range
of services.’
For more information on the Hot Foil Lettering
System contact Paul on
011 794 6225 or e-mail
