World Association of News Publishers


Winners of WAN-IFRA’s International Color Quality Club 2018-2020 Announced.

Winners of WAN-IFRA’s International Color Quality Club 2018-2020 Announced.

Frankfurt – 2018-06-20

The new members of the International Color Quality Club 2018–2020 (ICQC) for newspaper and magazines have been determined. 67 publication titles produced by 54 publishing and printing companies in 20 countries have achieved membership in the ICQC for two years.

Once every two years since 1994 the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, WAN-IFRA, has offered newspapers worldwide an opportunity to demonstrate their colour printing excellence by organising a print-quality competition. In the 23rd edition WAN-IFRA has opened the competition to the magazines as well, because many publishing and printing companies are no longer printing only newspapers but magazines as well.

This competition has been organised by the World Printers Forum (WPF), the print community within WAN-IFRA. 121 publications from all over the world participated in this year’s competition. The qualified International Color Quality Club members are listed in the attached table in alphabetic order.

Club membership is offered to all companies who have successfully produced high-quality newspapers consistently over an extended time-period by following international printing standards. The quality evaluation of is composed of two parts – an evaluation based on objective measurements made on a print test element (WAN-IFRA “Cuboid”) that participants must print every day of a specified week per month for a period of three months; and a visual inspection of the general print quality by a jury of international newspaper experts. Participating companies must meet the defined quality criteria and should print without any common possible quality defects.

This competition is, as a matter of fact, not only to print within approved international standards, but also to establish a fool-proof system for print production.

“By their successful participation in the competition, the companies have demonstrated that they can supply printing in outstanding quality and offer readers and advertisers high-quality products”, said Manfred Werfel, WAN-IFRA’s Deputy CEO. He continued: “The Color Quality Club is more than a technical printing competition, as it offers participating companies the additional possibility to benchmark their printing quality against recognised international standards and improve it.”

A brochure presenting the successful participants and their publications will be available at this year’s IFRA World Publishing Expo from 9 to 11 October in Berlin, Germany. At IFRA World Publishing Expo the new Club members will receive their certificates and new members of the Star Club of multiple winners will be honoured. Companied from South and East Asia will collect their certificates during WAN-IFRA India annual conference, 25 to 27 September, in Hyderabad, India.

More information about the International Color Quality Club, the Star Club and the World Publishing Expo is available at colorqualityclub.com and www.ifra-expo.com/home.html.

Members of the International Color Quality Club 2018–2020

Companies

Publications

Print/Publication Sites

Countries

ABP Pvt Ltd

The Telegraph, Anandabazar Patrika

Barasat

India

Alma Manu Oy

Moro

Tampere

Finland

Apple Daily Printing Limited

Apple Daily (Hong Kong)

Tseung Kwan O

Hong Kong

Apple Daily Publication

Apple Daily (Taiwan)

Taipei, Shin Wu

Taiwan

Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd

The Times of India

Kandivali – Mumbai, Lucknow, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru

Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Airoli -Mumbai

Pune

India

Botnia Print Oy

Keskipohjanmaa

Kokkola

Finland

British Industries Printing & Packaging Co.

Al Jarida

South Sabahn

Kuwait

Brune-Mettcker Druck- und Verlags- GmbH

Wilhelmshavener Zeitung

Wilhelmshaven

Germany

Casa Editorial El Tiempo S.A.

El Tiempo Bogotá, El Tiempo Cali

Colombia

Colombia

CIL Centre d'Impression Lausanne SA

Le Matin

Bussigny

Switzerland

Delo d.o.o.

DELO

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Druck Carinthia GmbH & Co KG

Kleine Zeitung

Carinthia

Austria

Druck Styria GmbH & Co KG

Kleine Zeitung

Styria

Austria

Druckerei Konstanz GmbH

Südkurier

Konstanz

Germany

DZB Druckzentrum Bern AG

Berner Zeitung

Bern

Switzerland

DZZ Druckzentrum Zürich AG

Tages-Anzeiger

Zürich

Switzerland

El Colombiano S.A. & CIA. S.C.A.

El Colombiano

Envigado-Antioquia

Colombia

Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd

The New Indian Express

Bangalore

India

FAZ -Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH

Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Mörfelden-Walldorf, Potsdam

Germany

 

Freiburger Druck GmbH + Co. KG

Badische Zeitung

Freiburg

Germany

Heilbronner Stimme GmbH & Co. KG

Heilbronner Stimme

Heilbronn

Germany

Herold Druck und Verlag AG

Wiener Zeitung

Wien

Austria

Infoglobo Comunicação e Participações S.A.

O GLOBO

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

Jagati Publications Limited

Sakashi Telugu Daily

Balanagar - Hyderabad, Nacharam - Hyderabad, Nizamabad, Nalgonda,

Mahabubnagar, Karimnagar, Warangal,

Khammam, Kurnool, Anantapur, Kadapa, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Tadepalli Gudem, Mangalagiri,

Bangalore, Tirupathi,

Nellore, Ongole, Vijayawada, Guntur

India

Jagran Prakashan Ltd

Dainik Jagran

Noida

India

Kaleva365 Oy

Kaleva

Oulu

Finland

La Voz del Interior S.A.

La Voz del Interior

Cordoba

Argentina

Landsprent ehf.

Morgunbladid

Reykjavik

Iceland

Malayala Manorama Company Ltd

Malayala Manorama Daily,

The Week Magazine

Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kollam, Calicut, Kottayam

India

Märkische Verlags-

und Druck-Gesellschaft mbH Potsdam

Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung (MAZ)

Potsdam

Germany

Masar Printing and Publishing

Emarat Al Youm

Al Bayan

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Medios Publicos

El Telegrafo

Guayaquil

Ecuador

Mittelbayerisches Druckzentrum GmbH & Co. KG

Mittelbayerische Zeitung

Regensburg

Germany

MM Publications Ltd

Vanitha Malayalam Magazine

Kottayam

India

Nordkurier Druck GmbH & Co.KG

Nordkurier

Neubrandenburg

Germany

Prensa Libre S.A.

Prensa Libre

Guatemala

Guatemala

Presse, Druck- und Verlags GmbH

Augsburger Allgemeine

Augsburg

Germany

Pressehaus Stuttgart Druck GmbH

Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgarter Zeitung

Stuttgart

Germany

Printing Partners Paal – Beringen SA

Gazet Van Antwerpen

Paal - Beringen

Belgium

Rheinpfalz Verlag und

Druckerei GmbH & Co. KG

Die Rheinpfalz

Oggersheim

Germany

Russmedia Verlag GmbH

Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeitung, Vorarlberger Nachrichten

Schwarzach

Austria

Sakal Papers Private Limited

Sakal

Pune

India

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

Berita Harian, Lianhe Zaobao, The Straits Times

Singapore

Singapore

Süddeutscher Verlag Zeitungsdruck GmbH

Süddeutsche Zeitung

Munich

Germany

Telangana Publications Pvt. Ltd

Namasthe Telangana

Hyderabad

India

The Hindu Group Publishing Private Ltd

The Hindu

Bengaluru, Kochi, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Madurai

India

The Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Co Ltd

The Mathrubhumi Daily

Kannur, Thrissur, Kochi, Trivandrum

India

The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.

Prajavani, Deccan Herald, Prajavani – Hubli-Dharwad

Hubli-Dharwad, Bangalore

India

Turkuvaz Haberlesme Ve Yayincilik A.S.

Sabah

Istanbul

Turkey

Ungeheuer + Ulmer KG GmbH & Co.

Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung

Ludwigsburg

Germany

United Printing & Publishing

The National, Al Ittihad

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

Verlag Nürnberger Presse, Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co.KG

Nürnberger Zeitung, Nürnberger Nachrichten

Nürnberg

Germany

VRM Druck GmbH & Co. KG

Darmstädter Echo, Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz

Rüsselsheim

Germany

V-TAB AB

VLT

Västerås

Sweden


Contact/Inquiries

Prabhu N – ICQC Project Manager
Mobile +91 87921 78292, E-Mail <prabhu.n@wan-ifra.org>

Manfred Werfel – WAN-IFRA Deputy CEO
Mobile +49 172 93 222 43, E-Mail manfred.werfel@wan-ifra.org

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