The Ontario Printing & Imaging Association’s (OPIA’s) annual Excellence in Print Awards night held May 30th at St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Etobicoke, Ontario, saw several leading printing companies earn awards for their seemingly boundless creativity and exceptional print quality in 34 categories that included Sheetfed, Web, Digital and Specialty Printing. Four Awards … Read more →
Print industry marketing research leader Smithers-Pira’s 2019 Digital Print Week U.S. took place at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Florida earlier this month. Two exceptional, informative and well-attended events included Digital Print for Packaging U.S. June 4-5, followed by Digital Print for Textiles U.S. June 6-7. Digital Print for Packaging U.S. featured an impressive … Read more →
Online print leader Printi (Sao Paulo, Brazil) has invested in three new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 Presses and a fully automatic Suprasetter 106 CtP system. The complete package, the largest contract in 20 years from the German OEM, has been in operation since March. Twelve Heidelberg technicians installed them over 8 weeks. Once that had … Read more →
Industry veteran Thomas Morin will become President of TC Transcontinental Packaging (Montreal) effective Monday, July 1, 2019. Based in Chicago, Morin will report to François Olivier, President and CEO, and will be part of the company’s Executive Management Committee. Since 2104 this position has been held by Brian Reid, President of both TC Transcontinental Printing … Read more →
Color-Logic (West Chester, Ohio) has donated more than 150 copies of its Touch7 Photo ECG Software to Toronto’s Ryerson University for use in its School of Graphic Communications Management (GCM) colour management curriculum. “The Ryerson Graphic Communications Management Program provides students with hands-on workshops and real-world workflow and colour-management experience,” said Mark Geeves, Color-Logic’s Director … Read more →
Nazdar Ink Technologies (Shawnee, Kansas) has announced the appointment of Woodrow Williams III as Vice President of Global Manufacturing, effective earlier this week. Williams will oversee manufacturing operations and materials management for Nazdar’s global manufacturing locations in Shawnee, Kansas and Stockport, UK. In his new role he’ll also be responsible for providing strategic leadership and … Read more →
A random survey of almost 200 readers of GAM (Graphic Arts Magazine) taken in May has yielded some facts that you may find surprising – and that we’ll be following-up on with the goal of making our magazine more informative, more helpful and more engaging. Here are some of the highlights: The majority surveyed worked … Read more →
Domtar Corporation has announced that Marie Cyr will be manager of the company’s paper mill in Dryden, Ontario effective Thursday, August 1, 2019. Cyr succeeds Jim Blight, who will retire in August. Since December of 2013, Cyr has served as the Windsor, Ontario Mill’s Pulp Mill Manager and Superintendent, responsible for developing its strategy and … Read more →
Today we’re inundated with advancements in digital printing technology. And though digital is definitely growing and presenting us with some amazing value-added options in terms of packaging, short runs and finishing, offset still rules the printing industry landscape – by a wide, wide margin! According to print industry research leader Smithers Pira, by 2022 digital … Read more →
Last month I attended Agfa Graphics’ wide-format open house at its Canadian headquarters and production facility in Mississauga, Ontario. Live demos of its Jeti Tauro, Jeti Mira and Anapurna models left no doubt as to the high quality of output from these sophisticated flatbeds. The next day I went to the opening of Epson’s first … Read more →
A new Jetmaster 1750 Digital Press will be installed this fall at The Central Group (Mississauga, Ontario) from Castelldefels in Barcelona, Spain. The Central Group (with locations in Mississauga, Montreal, New York and Chicago) is a “Performance at Retail” company that combines strategy, research, intelligent design and professional execution to offer exceptional in-store branded experiences. … Read more →
PrintLink, a leading provider of permanent placement HR solutions for senior management, middle management and hands-on highly skilled talent within the graphic communications industry, has announced that Dino Scalia has joined the company as its Senior Vice President. Scalia possesses an extensive amount of experience and insights that he gained as a leader in the … Read more →