Darmstadt – Ifra has published the updated, ninth edition of the English-language international Ifra Suppliers Directory 2006 – Suppliers and Service Providers to the Newspaper and Magazine Industries. This specialised industry directory has been highly appreciated and used for years as a valuable source of up-to-date company and product information. The Ifra Newspaper-Community.com 2006 – webguide to the Newspaper and Magazine Industries is now available in its fourth print edition – and additionally in the PDF format (www.newspaper-community.com). Ifra Suppliers Directory: This work of reference has been produced in a print run of 8500 copies. It covers all aspects of the organisational and technical process for the production, marketing and distribution of newspapers. Here you will also find partners to support you in solving your tasks in the area of the New Media. The Ifra Suppliers Directory 2006 contains 176 A4-sized pages and about 230 entries from companies belonging to the newspaper industry from 26 countries with more than 300 product descriptions. In order to guarantee the most efficient search results, the directory is organised in 12 main categories (Advertising; Archiving; Business, Management and Organisation; Editorial; Electronic Media; Industry and Company Information; Information Technology; Mailroom and Distribution; Materials and Consumables / Materials Handling; Miscellaneous; Prepress Production; Presses and Printing), which are in turn divided into 114 logical sub-categories. With this product, Ifra gives the decision-makers at newspaper houses a practical guide to help them quickly locate the information and contacts that they need in their daily work. Ifra Suppliers Directory Online: Extensive industry information is available also in the Ifra Suppliers Directory Online on the Ifra website www.ifra.com under “suppliers directory” – incl. search engine. Ifra Newspaper-Community.com: Published in the fourth edition is the Ifra Newspaper-Community.com 2006 – webguide to the Newspaper and Magazine Industries. As a complement to the Ifra Suppliers Directory 2006, this guide to the suppliers industry, arranged in alphabetical order, offers brief company portraits and screenshots of their web presentations on 54 A5-sized pages as well as references to the Suppliers Directory 2006. With effect from April 2006, the web guide can also be downloaded as a PDF from the Ifra website. To obtain copies: Copies of the Ifra Suppliers Directory 2006 and Ifra Newspaper-Community.com 2006 can be ordered free of charge from Nicole Stummer at Ifra: phone +49.6151.733-785 or e-mail [email protected].