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TORONTO—

 The Board of Trustees at Canadian Print Scholarships is creating a Scholarship to honour Don Gain's industry leadership.  Canadian Print Scholarships is establishing a fundraising campaign to create a scholarship named for Don Gain . He was a passionate supporter of the printing industry in Canada, Don served in many volunteer positions including nearly 15 years of service to Canadian Print Scholarships. He became involved in 2002 as a Trustee and within 3 years accepted the role of Chair of the Board.

MISSISSAUGA—

 Sydney Stone, Canada’s exclusive Morgana dealer has announce the North American release of the AutoCreaser Pro XL. Morgana’s new Adaptive Process Control (APC) monitors sheet feeding in a closed loop process.  The Feeder continuously checks the paper float zone and automatically makes adjustments on the fly.  Running at a maximum of 8,500 A4 sheets per hour, with no loss of accuracy. The new

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PRINTING United Alliance and Idealliance have announce they are planing to merge the organizations. The board of directors at each organization  have unanimously voted to merger. Last year, SGIA and PIA officially merged to become PRINTING United Alliance, the largest graphic arts association in North America. SGIA had bought NAPCO which publishes Printing Impressions and does events. The proposed merger of the two  industry organizations will be finalized on March 1,

MONTREAL—

 Multi Bookbinding has announced their  newest investment the Boxer BX200.  The new on-demand custom carton equipment  advantages includes the ability to create cartons of the exact size needed, calculated for the weight or quantity required.No need for packing paper or other stuffing materials, a stronger box suitable for shipping via couriers and the option to pick the type of cardboard required: single-wall or double-wall.

SWITZERLAND— 

Bobst has bought out its start-up partner in Mouvent, which makes inkjet presses for label and textiles printing, as it looks to develop the business. Bobst  has acquired Radex’s 49.9% stake in the partnership to take full ownership of the Mouvent business, which launched three years ago. Mouvent  uses Fujifilm Samba printheads,

FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA—

 Domtar  has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Personal Care business to American Industrial Partners for $920 million. Domtar has said it is reinforcing its focus on building an industry-leading Paper, Pulp and Packaging company.  Domtar has decided to enter the containerboard market. The Kingsport, Tennessee mill is being  converted to continerboard,  with the ability to produce  approximately 600,000 tons

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CHICAGO—