MONTREAL—

 Graphiscan has bought Quadriscan of Montreal. Quadraiscan a commercial printer started in 1991 has a Komori 40" sheetfed offset, Die cutter , Indigo Digital, wide format and bindery equipment. QuadriScan of with 90 employees and $14 million in sales. Quadriscan started out as a film trade house and when the film market started to die moved into printing. Started as a film trade house and  are now a full commercial printer. 

CHICAGO—

 My Press Needs and Manroland Sheetfed North America have announced a new sales and marketing partnership. Manroland Sheetfed North America will represent MPN’s Crest™ Clamshell product line throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, with exclusivity in the packaging, corrugated,  commercial printing, point of purchase display/retail graphics markets.  My Press manufactures large Crest

ROCHESTER . NEW YORK—

 Xerox  said they will fight to retain its number one spot in cut-sheet inkjet as it unveiled a range of new products  that made it “a true play against offset”. Xerox has announced the new Colour Accelerator module for the B3, 300ppm Baltoro High Fusion inkjet press platform. Xerox claims you can go with higher ink coverage on more media, competing with  offset coated and higher gloss.

NEW YORK—  

Former President Barack Obama’s new memoir is not only a bestseller, the first-day sales is a record for publisher Penguin Random House.The 44th president has had the most anticipated book launch in the print industry. Obama’s memoir chronicles his two terms in the White House, with about 3.4 million hardcover copies printed.

TORONTO— 

Connectng for Results  has engaged industry veteran Howard Conway to join the organization. With over four decades of experience, Conway’s breadth of knowledge and expertise brings complimentary skill sets which further enhance the CFR offering. With a successful track record in tried and true methodologies, Howard is an expert in the areas of change management and customer service, and is instrumental in creating a positive and inspired work culture.

BRAMPTON— 

Holland & Crosby and Artisan are moving all of their manufacturing into the old Transcontinental Web plant in Brampton. Both were acquired by Transcontinental Printing Division, Holland & Crosby in  October 2019 and  Artisan in January of 2020. The plant is about 110,000 sq. ft. and will have about 125 staff working from this location.

GERMANY ,—

Koenig & Bauer the worlds second larges press manufacturer, finishing equipment  for  range of print and packaging applications including specialist areas such as metal decorating, corrugated printing and security presses has almost hit breaking even at an EBIT level in Q3.

BRAMPTON—

 DATA Communications Management  announced its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020. Net income was $8.6 million compared with a net loss of $10.0 million in the first three quarters of 2019. Revenues during the first three quarters of 2020 were $198.7 million compared with $211.4 million in the first three quarters of 2019, a decrease of $12.7 million or 6.0%.

BURNABY, BC—

 Mitchell  Press has launched a new trade finishing division, “PACIFIC BINDERY, a division of Mitchell”. Mitchell Press has acquired key equipment,  personnel, capabilities, and trademark rights of well-established trade finishing bindery, Pacific Bindery Services Ltd . Forty eight year old Pacific Bindery  cested operations  in September.

SWITZERLAND—

 Layflat.com new company dedicated to providing them with advanced automated bookbinding systems to take advantage of the rapidly growing premium layflat book market. All-in-one  integrated  complete automatic feeding, gluing, and assembling, it creates photobooks by gluing pages back-to-back and inserting cardboard in between sheets.