TC Transcontinental (Montreal) has announced that Isabelle Marcoux, Chair of its Board of Directors, has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. This is the second generation of the Marcoux family to be granted this exceptional Canadian honour. Her father, Rémi Marcoux, founder of TC Transcontinental and a current Director on its Board, … Read more →
The Ghent Workgroup (GWG, Belgium) has released a new specification to address issues within the sign and display printing market – specifically viewing distance, scaling factor and support for wide-gamut colours. Viewing distance is the average distance between the final printed work and a typical viewer. This can be as little as one metre (3 … Read more →
Electronics For Imaging’s (EFI’s) annual Users’ Conference, EFI Connect, will be among the most informative and valuable in the event’s 20-year history – thanks in part to keynote sessions that deliver new insights and expertise in workflow management and automation, integrated digital print, and industry growth marketing strategies, said the company. Keynote speakers for the … Read more →
News Media Canada (Toronto) has announced that it will fund 105 journalists at 94 host news organizations across Canada under the Government of Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative. News Media Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) program will provide funding to grant recipients, to hire reporters to create new journalistic content covering civic issues and institutions of … Read more →
On behalf of everyone here at Graphic Arts Magazine, I’d like to wish each and every one of you a relaxing and joyous Christmas and holiday season with your friends, family and loved ones. I’d also like to wish all of you – including our readers, advertisers, columnists and other contributors – a profitable and … Read more →
Ricoh USA (Exton, Pennsylvania) has announced an extremely positive response to its recent ConvergX – Ricoh’s Partner Leadership Forum November 18 – 21, 2019 at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event, designed for key decision makers at Ricoh Family Group (RFG) dealer partners, took a new approach this year and … Read more →
The Lowe-Martin Group, with headquarters in Ottawa and production facilities in Mississauga, Ontario, provides communication solutions that span a wide range of products and services – including sheetfed offset printing, digital printing, direct and multi-channel marketing, online ordering, direct mail, large-format and security printing, in-house pre-press and bindery services, e-business solutions and warehousing and logistics. … Read more →
Brace Holdings, owner of SaltWire Network and New Brunswick-based Taylor Printing Group Inc., has announced that it’s purchased Nova Scotia’s Bounty Print Limited, located in Halifax. Specific terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Bounty Print specializes in offset, digital and wide-format printing, as well as finishing and direct-mail services. “Purchasing Bounty Print enables Taylor … Read more →
Printing Industries of America (PIA) has announced the launch of its new Process Control Fundamentals Course in its online iLearning Center. Process control is a crucial function ensuring that a system is constant, predictable and continually operating at optimum performance with only normal variations. In the printing industry, process control is the cornerstone of any … Read more →
In the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2019, Adobe (San Jose, California) achieved a company record quarterly revenue of $2.99 billion (USD), which represents 21% year-over-year growth. In its fiscal year 2019, Adobe also achieved a record annual revenue of $11.17 billion, which represents 24% year-over-year growth. “Adobe’s phenomenal performance in Q4 capped a … Read more →
CJ Graphics’ 33rd annual open house party and fundraiser was held Friday evening December 6, 2019 at its expanded location in Mississauga, Ontario, and attracted 1,675 guests. The popular annual industry event is held on the first Friday of every December and is known throughout the industry as the first major party that kicks off … Read more →
SGIA (Reston, VA) and NAPCO Media (Philadelphia, PA), creators and organizers of the Printing United tradeshow, have announced that Andy Cvitanov has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this new position, he’ll oversee all operations within the newly formed company – including association infrastructure, strategy, audience development, finance, IT, human resources and many more. … Read more →