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Access Labels Acquires Label Division of Farnell Access Labels of Amherst, Nova Scotia, has acquired the pressure-sensitive label manufacturing division of Farnell Packaging of Dartmouth, which will increase the capacity at Access’ facility by between 20 to 30 percent. >> Read full article
Ekstein Named 2016 Community Leader of the Year Jeff Ekstein, President and CEO of 63-year-old Willow Printing Group in Concord, Ontario, has been named PrintAction’s 2016 Community Leader of the Year, as part of the 11th annual Canadian Printing Awards program. >> Read full article
HP to Acquire Samsung Printer Business HP Inc. reached a definitive agreement to acquire Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s printer business in a deal valued at US$1.05 billion, as the company plans to disrupt and reinvent the US$55 billion copier industry. >> Read full article


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Judging Underway for Canadian Printing Awards Eleven industry leaders have gathered today at the Toronto Botanical Gardens to pour over more than 200 entries submitted into the 2016 Canadian Printing Awards program. The judging panel will spend a full day analyzing and evaluating entries through a blind scoring system. Judges are tasked with considering issues like printing process, run length and repeatability across submitted samples. The judges will determine the top projects – featuring some of the world’s best printing – across more than 20 categories. The day will conclude with a half-hour discussion and multiple rounds of voting to determine the 2016 Best of Show project. >> Learn More…
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Agfa Wins Three Product of the Year Awards Agfa Graphics has won three Product of the Year awards at SGIA Expo for the second year straight, including two systems built in the company's Canadian manufacturing facility based in Mississauga, Ontario. >> Read full article
Aleyant Acquires Tucanna Software Aleyant of Wheaton Illinois has acquired Tucanna Software, following the company’s acquisition of a one-third investment in Tucanna in November 2014, adding colour software to its MIS portfolio. >> Read full article


From PrintAction September 2016

Driving Dots Part II of “The pulse of print heads” focuses on the advances of manufacturing piezo and thermal systems for use in inkjet presses taking greater aim at commercial printing and packaging. When a production inkjet system requires dozens of print heads each costing a few thousands dollars, for example, the manufacture of print heads directly relates to the initial purchase price of inkjet systems and subsequent print head replacement costs. Print head makers and their press-building OEM partners – if not one and the same – have put both nanotechnology and MEMS into play for decades now to help drive the adoption of inkjet. >> Read More

Event Calendar

ERP Vendor Congress Location: Fourpoints by Sheraton Meadowvale, Mississauga, ON Date: October 4 – 5, 2016 >> More Info
OPIA London Golf Classic Location: Pine Knot Golf and Country Club Date: September 21, 2016 >> More Info
Graph Expo 2016 Location: Orlando, Florida Date: September 25 – 28, 2016 >> More Info
2016 PAC Conference Location: Niagara Falls, ON Date: September 28 – 29, 2016 >> More Info
MultiCam Canada Open House Location: MultiCam Canada, Concord, ON Date: October 21 – 22, 2016, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm >> More Info
2016 Canadian Printing Awards Gala Location: Palais Royale, Toronto, ON Date: November 10, 2016 >> More Info
Graphics Canada Location: International Centre, Mississauga, ON Date: April 6 – 8, 2017 >> More Info