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 →
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 →
Tradeshow organizer APTech (Association for Print Technologies) has announced the return of its RED HOT Technology Recognition Program to Print 19 in Chicago (McCormick Place North, October 3-5, 2019). The program showcases exhibitors’ newest products and services featured on the show floor. “Sales opportunities and the collaboration that leads to growth, go to the risk-takers, … Read more →
A group of concerned associations, educators and industry representatives has formed the Graphic Communications Workforce Coalition. As stated in its organizing documents, “The purpose of the coalition will be to coordinate the efforts of all organizations representing the broad scope of the graphic communications industry for creating awareness, recruitment of new people into the industry, … Read more →