June 26, 2008
Pazazz and Cober Printing get triple certified
MONTREAL and KITCHENER, ON—Cober Printing and Pazazz have just announced new environmental certifications, making the shops triple-certified. more >>
Ontario shop gets new HP Indigo 5500
VAUGHAN, ON—Skylar Media Group has recently invested in a new HP Indigo 5500 5-colour press. more >>
New Komori Spica for Alberta shop
CALGARY—Full-service print and mail house provider Alberta Print Services has added a Komori Spica 429P to its shop floor. more >>
June 24, 2008
April shipments take a dip
OTTAWA—April printing shipments fell from 2007, just as they did in March, according to figures from Statistics Canada. more >>
Quebecor World gets approval to sell European business
MONTREAL–Quebecor World is going ahead with the sale of its European operations after it received final court approval, the company reported on Thursday. more >>
Douglas Printing grows
EDMONTON—Douglas Printing has expanded with two new printing divisions, DouglasXPress, and Maximum Imaging. Douglas XPress will handle short-run sheetfed jobs and Maximum Imaging will do large-format display graphics. more >>
New Printmaster for Ontario shop
MISSISSAUGA—Business documents manufacturer Multiple Pakfold is the new owner of a Printmaster QM 46-2 with a numbering unit from Heidelberg. more >>
June 23, 2008
Prodigy building up for lease
Brampton, ON—Prodigy Graphics has put its building on Parkshore Dr. on the market, either for sale or for lease, PrintCAN has learned. Asking price for the building and adjacent four acres behind the structure is $14.75 million. more >>
June 19, 2008
Quebecor World streamlines operations
MONTREAL—Quebecor World has merged its magazine, book and directory divisions into one. more >>
Rémi Marcoux receives Order of Quebec
MONTREAL—Transcontinental founder and executive chairman of the board Rémi Marcoux, received the National Order of Quebec yesterday in Quebec City. more >>
Trade Watch—imports up, exports fall in April
OTTAWA—April data from Statistics Canada shows another slow month of trading activity, with exports falling, just as they did in March, and imports making a gain of 5.2%. more >>
June 17, 2008
Big changes coming for publications mail
OTTAWA—Canada Post is making some dramatic changes to its letter carrier presort (LCP) pricing policy for publications mail, effective January 12, 2009. more >>
New board of directors for CPISC
OTTAWA—The Canadian Printing Industries Sector Council (CPISC) elected its new board of directors at the organization’s general meeting last week. more >>
June 12, 2008
Transcontinental reports favourable second quarter results
MONTREAL—Transcontinental saw growth of 2% in revenues and 11% in net income in the second quarter of 2008, ending April 30. more >>
Broadway Printers sold to Thunderbird Press
VANCOUVER—Thunderbird Press has purchased 97-year-old family run Broadway Printers. more >>
June 10, 2008
Cops bust major counterfeit operation
MARKHAM, ON—RCMP officers busted the largest counterfeit cash operation in 20 years on May 30, seizing more than $4 million in bogus currency along with the shop’s printing equipment. more >>
Hallmark closes Toronto plant
TORONTO—Hallmark Cards is eliminating 335 jobs in the U.S. and Canada over the next nine months, and has already shuttered its facility in Toronto, the company announced last week. more >>
Quebec shop installs second digital press
BOUCHERVILLE, QC—Trade printer Profecta Labels has added an HP Indigo ws4500, its second digital press, to its shop floor. more >>
June 5, 2008
Newsstand awards honour Canadian magazines
TORONTO—St. Joseph Media’s Toronto Life magazine led the pack of winners at the 2008 Newsstand Awards Tuesday evening. more >>
Print Three wins gold at Frankie Awards
TORONTO—Print Three Franchising Corporation picked up the gold at the annual Frankie Awards in Toronto in May, in the Direct Marketing category for its Real Estate One-to-One campaign. more >>
Friesens opts for a Presstek
HUDSON, NH—Friesens has added a Presstek 52DI digital offset press to its Altona, Man., facility. Friesens says the press is ideal for printing short-run, high-quality covers for its Book and Yearbook divisions because of its size and automation. more >>
June 4, 2008
Ultimate president passes away at drupa
MONTREAL—Founder and president of Ultimate Technologies David Watson passed away on May 31 from a heart attack at the age of 60. more >>
