http://www.printcan.com/rss/news.php PrintCAN RSS en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:51:27 EST Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:49:36 EST http://www.printcan.com info@printcan.com webmaster@northisland.ca http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120207917.shtml Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:01:04 EST Toronto-based Convenience Group, architectural and window film specialists, have installed an HP Designjet L25500 printer.   The Convenience Group has clientele in the property, facility and retail management fields with strong ties with the architectural and interior design community. Sina Bagherzadeh of the Convenience Group http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120207887.shtml Tue, 7 Feb 2012 15:18:11 EST JWT Intelligence, a think tank headquartered in New York, released its 100 Things to Watch in 2012 list not long ago and there's a few items in it that point to a rise in print this year. Those items include printing of postcards from digital files. JWT noted Sincerely's Postagram app and Postcard on the Run "allow vacationers and others to turn snapshots into snail-mailed postcards." http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120207721.shtml Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:19:31 EST The sale of Quad/Graphics to Transcontinental (TC) has the green light to proceed. Transcontinental announced today that it received approval from the Competition Bureau of Canada for the indirect acquisition of Quad/Graphics' shares. The closure of the transaction is expected in the next few weeks. http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120206739.shtml Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:45:04 EST Ferrostaal Equipment Solutions North America, a print equipment supplier, has announced that Canadian Printing Equipment (CPE) will be its exclusive sales and service dealer for British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120206669.shtml Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:03:30 EST Epic Imaging has recently acquired another Fujifilm Acuity HD 2504 UV flatbed printer.   Epic Imaging is a digital signage and display graphics production facility based in Burnaby, B.C. It was founded more than five years ago and has recently doubled production floor space. Second from left is Chris Robinson (Epic Imaging president) with Bryan Hall, display graphics sales specialist, Western Region (Fujifilm) at right. They are joined by Epic staff. http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120203812.shtml Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:29:26 EST Douglas Holmes, who started a career in binding in 1950, passed away peacefully with family by his side Thursday morning. He was 81. Holmes's son, Bob Holmes, was reached at Holmes The Finishing House in Markham to speak about his father. "He was an incredible leader in the industry," he said. Douglas Holmes http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120203700.shtml Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:48:38 EST The Dead Tree Edition — a blog that provides analysis "and smart-aleck comments" related to the production of publications in the U.S. — is suggesting an open marriage with print. The Jan. 26 post entitled Dear Print, We Print Buyers Now Want an Open Marriage was written as a rebuttal of sorts — according to a post on WhatTheyThink.com — to an article about the rapid market climb of e-reading, citing a report from the Book Industry Study Group. http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120202717.shtml Thu, 2 Feb 2012 11:13:48 EST Manroland's sheetfed business has found an investor in Langley Holdings of Nottinghamshire, England, according to a press release posted on whattheythink.com today. Langley Holdings is a privately-owned engineering group. The takeover involves the sheet fed printing equipment division and production facilities (including all real estate in Offenbach, Germany). http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120131826.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:50:12 EST Catalyst Paper in Richmond, B.C. is filing for creditor protection while restructuring, but it will be business as usual through the process, according to the company.  "The operations of Catalyst and its subsidiaries are intended to continue as usual and obligations to employees and suppliers during the restructuring process are expected to be met in the ordinary course," reads a release on the paper manufacturer's website. http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120130717.shtml Jeff Hayward Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:13:45 EST The Canadian Business Press (CBP) is flexing the power of print by helping publishers and others spread that message for free. Trish Torrance, the CBP's executive director, said about a year of work went into the Power of Print: Healthy for Business campaign, which started with a committee discussing ideas and then passing them on to creative firm Hambly and Woolley in Toronto to create the components. "I am so thrilled by how it came out," she said of the ads. One of the power of print ads from CBP http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120127950.shtml Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:48:52 EST A Masthead analysis of ABC circulation figures suggests Canada Post is losing mail volumes faster than overall industry circulation declines as publishers increasingly turn to other distribution channels including single-copy sales, bulk distribution and newspaper inserts. In the last five years (June 2006 - June 2011), overall magazine circulation has declined 10.7% among ABC member magazines. (Not all magazines are declining.) But the volume of magazine distribution through mailed subscriptions has declined 18%. The volume of magazine circulation through other methods has actually increased 3.1%. The results were recently presented at a Toronto chapter meeting of the National Association of Major Mail Users. http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120127829.shtml Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:54:50 EST Dejong Printing has installed a new Komori LSX 629 press with coater, bought from K-North. Dejong offers prepress, offset printing and finishing services. Don Turner and Alex Dandajena of Dejong http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120124684.shtml Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:25:54 EST St. Thomas Printing, a family-owned commercial printing business, recently purchased a new Polar 66 cutter at the Graphics Canada show. The company was established in 1990 and has since been servicing the London, St. Thomas and Talbotville area. With the new cutter is Mark Groeneweg of St. Thomas Printing http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120119720.shtml Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:17:39 EST Former film giant Eastman Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a story in the New York Times today. Citigroup is reportedly providing Kodak $950 million in financing to allow the company to continue operating through the bankruptcy. Kodak is looking to sell off its 1,100 digital patents in the meantime. “Kodak is taking a significant step toward enabling our enterprise to complete its transformation,” said Antonio Perez, chairman and chief executive officer, in a news release on the company's website. “At the same time as we have created our digital business, we have also already effectively exited certain traditional operations, closing 13 manufacturing plants and 130 processing labs, and reducing our workforce by 47,000 since 2003. Now we must complete the transformation by further addressing our cost structure and effectively monetizing non-core IP assets. We look forward to working with our stakeholders to emerge a lean, world-class, digital imaging and materials science company.” http://www.printcan.com/news/2012/20120118907.shtml Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:47:31 EST Bloomberg is reporting today that industrial conglomerate Possehl & Co. based in Lübeck, Germany has bought Manroland's web press unit in Augsburg, but investors are still being sought for operations in Offenbach and Plauen. The latter sites will initially be taken over by management, insolvency administrator Werner Schneider told Bloomberg.