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Print World: The World of Shorter-Run Printing is the biggest show of its kind in North America. Especially with the expanding implementation of digital presses, the shorter-run market is rapidly growing. In 2008, the show welcomed nearly 10,000 attendees. This year, from November 20-22, Print World will be presented at the Direct Energy Centre in downtown Toronto with over 125,000 square feet of exhibition space.
St. Thomas Printing, a family-owned commercial printing business, has recently invested in a new Polar 66 cutter. It was purchased through Heidelberg at the recent Graphics Canada Show. The company was established in 1990 and serves the London, St. Thomas and Talbotville area in Ontario.
A new Polar 115X has been installed at Mail-O-Matic Services, located in Burnaby, BC. Equipped with a touch screen, the device has "helped make finishing and final cutting a breeze." Purchased from Heidelberg, the cutter adds to a complement of automated finishing equipment at Mail-O-Matic.
Cascades Boxboard is Western Canada's leading folding paperboard box manufacturer, serving the region for the past 26 years. The company, based in Winnipeg, has recently purchased a new Polar 115X cutter and a Polar LW1200-6 stack lift.
Fastar Printing, a Toronto-based print shop, has recently installed a glue binding machine from Hans Gronhi Canada. "This new perfect binding machine increases my capacity to meet customer demands," says the company's owner.
Capital Colour Graphics, located in London, Ontario, has recently invested in a brand new Polar 92X Cutter from Heidelberg. The company has been servicing the London area for over 17 years. The guillotine cutter features high productivity and cutting accuracy.
Standard Finishing Systems has been named Xerox's partner of the year in the colour finishing category, for its continued contributions to Xerox, its customers and the printing industry. The award was among 15 that Xerox presented to partner firms for superior finishing and digital workflow software solutions.
ABC Printing, a commercial printer that has been servicing the Kitchener area for over 50 years, has just installed a brand new Polar 92X Cutter from Heidelberg. The programmable high-speed device cuts a range of products from paper, paper board, plastic foils and more. The guillotine has an 18.5-inch colour display and touch screen operation.
The month of November marks a big anniversary for Sydney Stone -- 60 years since the company was founded in 1951. The man himself, Sydney R. Stone, began his career at 14 at a Toronto print shop. Today, the company he started now distributes equipment from 10 different manufacturers to printers all over Canada.
Montreal's Quadriscan, a full-service commercial and book printer, has recently purchased a new Standard/Horizon BQ-470 PUR perfect binder. Purchased through KBR Graphics Canada, the fully-automated device produces up to 1,350 perfect bound books per hour.
GBC has collaborated with Canon, and the two companies are bringing their own specific expertise to large format printed output and finishing processes. GBC and Canon are working together to offer these solutions to the market. GBC has also recently announced its new Magnapunch 2.0 tabletop puncher.