Darmstadt, 29 April 2005 – Ifra has published the updated, eighth edition of the English-language international Ifra Suppliers Directory 2005 – 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 2005 – webguide to the Newspaper and Magazine Industries is now available in its third print edition – and additionally in the PDF format (www.newspaper-community.com). Ifra Suppliers Directory (print version): This work of reference has been produced in a print run of 10,000 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 2005 contains about A4-sized pages and 200 entries from companies belonging to the newspaper industry in 30 countries with 300 product descriptions. In order to guarantee the most efficient search results, the directory is organised in 13 main categories (Advertising; Archiving; Business, Management and Organisation; Design; 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 223 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 version): Information from the printed version 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 third edition is the Ifra Newspaper-Community.com 2005 – webguide to the Newspaper and Magazine Industries. As a complement to the Ifra Suppliers Directory 2005, this guide to the suppliers industry, arranged in alphabetical order, offers brief company portraits and screenshots of their web presentations on 50 A5-sized pages as well as references to the Suppliers Directory 2005. With effect from April 2005, the web guide can also be downloaded as a PDF from the Ifra website. To obtain copies: Copies of the Ifra Suppliers Directory 2005 and Ifra Newspaper-Community.com 2005 can be ordered free of charge from Nicole Stummer at Ifra: phone +49.6151.733-785 or e-mail [email protected].