SCOTT, QUEBEC—

Solisco, has announced the acquisition of Norecob. Norecob  plant is in St. Jules Quebec with  about 90 employees, 2 half webs, 5 colour 40 and a Timson Bookpress . They specialties in catalogues, books, magazines and promotional material. Pierre McCann. Norecob's former president will become  Solisco's Vice President of Manufacturing Operations.Both companies are in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec .

ST. LAURENT—

Pazazz Printing is moving to Mitchel Lincoln building in St. Laurent. Pazazz will be merged with Michell Lincoln's display division Imacor. All the production staff will become unionized the same as Mitchel Lincon employees. Pazazz went into creditor protection in January of this year.

ROCHESTER, NY—

 It has been estimated that approximately 4,500 job have been eliminated so far this year at Xerox. The eliminations came through  attrition, layoffs, and a new outsourcing agreement. The outsourcing agreement announced in March with HCL of New Delhi, India, could cost up to 6000 jobs.

BRAMPTON—

MARKHAM—

 Some of Bant Printocut bankruptcy numbers are in. The company owed around $500,000 of that only about $30,000 was secured creditors. Of the total owed about $200,000 to a Die Cutting Equipment manufacture . Also over $80,000 was owed to a steel rule trade shop. Unconfirmed reports were the company was put into bankruptcy by the owner.

KIRKLAND, QUEBEC—

GERMANY—

Claus Bolza-Schünemann Koenig & Bauer’s chief executive said the business had taken “careful note” of the recent financial releases from listed competitors Heidelberg, Bobst and Komori. In general, we believe that price cuts to expand or maintain market shares in limited markets, which can at most be subject to macroeconomic fluctuations, is the wrong concept.

ROCHESTER, NY—

Miraclon – the new home of KODAK FLEXCEL Solutions – has received a coveted 2019 InterTechTM Technology Awards for the innovative KODAK FLEXCEL NX Ultra Solution. This  international awards program, sponsored by Printing Industries of America (PIA), recognizes technologies that are predicted to have a major impact on the graphic communications and related industries.

TORONTO—

Imaged Advertising Creations (IAC) is the first company in Canada to install the 17-ft. wide EFI VUTEk FabriVU 520 dye-sublimation printer from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. IAC, which is a full-service visual communications company, will leverage the quality, productivity and expanded format of the printer to grow its dye-sublimation business into new markets and industries.“The size of this printer, at 17-ft., opens up new markets for us ,” said Sean Sadhoo, general manager of IAC

TORONTO—