Iowa plant part of Transcontinental's Coveris purchase

TC Transcontinental has signed a deal to sell its paper and woven polypropylene packaging operations to Hood Packaging Corp. for about $239 million.Under the deal, Hood Packaging will acquire paper packaging operations and buildings in Iowa, Pennsylvania and Georgia.The company will also acquire paper and woven polypropylene packaging operations in Spartanburg, S.C.,

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Xitron, an independent developer of Harlequin RIP® and workflow products for commercial, flexo, digital, and high-speed inkjet printing has been acquired by Harlequin RIP manufacturer Global Graphics PLC  . A nearly 30-year Harlequin OEM, Xitron is one of Global Graphics’ longest standing partners.“Xitron is the lead player in prepress RIPs with some 35,000 Harlequin RIP-based installations around the world and an impressive network of dealers and distributors.

With declining sales and hostile bid for HP

The gloves are off as two of the biggest names in print are now in a battle for control, with Xerox aiming at making a hostile takeover of HP, following the latter's rejection  of its initial $33bn bid. Xerox is launching its bid for a company that is more than three times its size, with a cash and shares offer.The price is still be less than HP's year high in 2019. The HP board accuses Xerox of “aggressive words and actions”, and questions the ability of Xerox to raise the cash for the deal.

Prince Edward Island Plant

Transcontinental has announced  the closure of its  Prince Edward Island plant located in Borden-Carleton by the end of January 2020 at the latest, and a reorganization of activities at its Transcontinental Halifax plant. This decision is in line with the Corporation’s strategy to continuously optimize its printing platform, adjusting the capacity and costs to business volumes. The decision to optimize TC

Replaces Graphic Expo and Print

Brand Print Americas 2020 is a trade show aimed at meeting the requirements of printers of marketing materials and collateral for the brand customer. It claims to be the  the only trade show that focuses solely on the growing areas of print, namely: point of sale and point of display materials, collation packs, direct mail and fulfillment, luxury

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