Ashraf Jaffer, the owner of Scan Copy Print and Budget Printing in Edmonton, Alberta, immigrated to Canada from the Republic of Congo in 1976 when he was only 16 years old. He and his family were looking for a better life and more opportunities in a new country. Jaffer’s boldest move came in 1995 when … Read more →
IQDEMY Quantum Technology SA (Sierre, Switzerland) introduced and displayed its Quantum Dots (QD) technology at the InPrint 2017 tradeshow in Munich, Germany November 16-18, 2017. Among other important applications, it can provide for unique, individualized and non-breakable authentication of brand products as well as security applications. Basically, a Quantum Dot is an extremely tiny semiconductor … Read more →
Digital printing technology has changed virtually every industry it’s touched. Here, Hayley Elsaesser, a Canadian fashion designer who picked up her love of fashion while living in Sydney, Australia, briefly explains how the technology is revolutionizing the fashion industry by offering designers new ways to produce fabrics locally. Elsaesser started with a simple sewing class … Read more →
In late January, Graphic Arts’ Editor-in-Chief Filomena Tamburri attended EFI’s 2018 Connect User Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Attracting almost 1,000 users and a host of partner vendors, the conference is also an opportunity to get an update from EFI about the evolution of its business and the wider industry. A big theme at this … Read more →
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 →