A Minuteman Press full-service design, marketing and printing business located at 130-564 Main Street in Penticton, British Columbia, was a proud Silver Sponsor of the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canada Curling Championships recently. Co-owners Andre Martin and Barbara Jenic attended the nine-day event that brought together Canada’s best, and saw Team Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones … Read more →
Toronto-based Printer Gateway, one of Canada’s largest nationally recognized web-to-print trade printers, has closed its doors. The company had a huge array of offset, digital and wide-format presses as well as cutting, bindery, shrink-wrapping and folding equipment. It was a leader in business-card production as well as brochures, booklets, flyers, postcards etc. Shuttered by owner … Read more →
Andrew Miller, President of Toronto-based ACM Consulting, is a leading expert in operational excellence and has helped companies like 3M, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Siemens, Scotiabank, the YMCA, Philips and Becton Dickinson, accelerate growth, maximize profitability and boost performance. He’s the author of Redefining Operational Excellence and The Unified Theory of Profitability. His insights … Read more →
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) has partnered with Toronto’s Ryerson University, donating both time and money to inspire the next generation of Ryerson Graphic Communications Management (GCM) students – while also supporting the Canadian printing industry in its mission to attract the best possible talent. In doing so, Konica Minolta has exposed students to some … Read more →
The red carpet was rolled out as Jim Hammer, President of Hammer Packaging, and his executive team and employees welcomed Koenig & Bauer President and CEO Claus Bolza-Schünemann – who arrived from Germany to Hammer Packaging’s headquarters in Rochester, New York. Bolza-Schünemann was especially interested to inspect the new KBA Rapida 106 41-inch, 8-colour press … Read more →
“It’s been an exciting year at Landa Digital Printing, as we’ve made major strides towards our goal of revolutionizing the printing industry with our Nanography technology,” said Yishai Amir, CEO of Landa Digital Printing. “We’ve begun the rollout of our Nanographic Printing presses with the installation of our first Landa S10 Press at Graphica Bezalel … Read more →
The Ryerson Image Centre (RIC) will present a series of experimental shows confronting the traditional power dynamic between photographer and subject. Collaboration: A Potential History of Photography suggests that photography – a medium traditionally understood as one dominated by singular creative adventurers – is better defined by collaboration and interaction. Alongside this exhibition, Jim Goldberg’s … Read more →
If there’s one thing I’ve learned after spending 50-plus years in this industry (other than the hard work put in by printers 24/7), is their generosity when it comes to helping worthwhile causes and giving back to their respective communities – both here and south of the border. Tandem Printing in Eagan, Minnesota has been … Read more →
Here, guest contributor Sheila Donnelly, head of Operations at Precise Continental, an award-winning specialty printer located in Harrison, NJ, explores the value-added technology of embossing. “You can’t touch something without being touched yourself.” – Dr. David Eagleman We often talk about what we see and what we hear, but what about the objects that we … Read more →
For Minuteman Press franchise owner Dan Murias of Red Deer, Alberta, the time was right to move his design, marketing and printing business to its new 6,800-sq.-ft. location at 6781 52 Avenue on the “North Hill” in Red Deer, Alberta. “The vast majority of industry and commerce in Red Deer is on the North Side,” … Read more →
The Ryerson Image Centre (RIC) has announced its new website (www.ryersonimagecentre.ca), launched in conjunction with the Toronto University’s fifth anniversary. It celebrated the milestone earlier this fall as part of Nuit Blanche Toronto – and it’s been five years to the day since the centre’s opening in the Fall of 2012. The new website, with … Read more →
The new study reports that currently, 71% of total publishing printing revenues are concentrated in five markets – China, U.S., Japan, U.K. and France. However, the largest share and fastest pace of future growth will be primarily among emerging nations in the Asia-Pacific region. India’s large market will be the most opportune global bright spot, … Read more →