CHICAGO—

 Current trends can be described as a revival of the North American book market – and not only in softcover but also in hardcover. At the virtual spring conference of the Book Manufacturers Institute (BMI), which describes itself as the graphic arts industry association focused on the book manufacturing market, Some interesting statistics to support this trend. Unit sales of printed books” from NPD BookScan, which covers 85 percent of book sales in the US showed that the number of printed books sold in the US increased from about 694 million in 2019 to about 750 million in 2020.

MONTREAL—

 Flint Group, a  global supplier of print consumables  announced the launch of Flint Offset Packaging Solutions (FOPS), a new division aligning the route to market for Sheetfed Inks, Press Room Chemicals and Printing Blankets.Whilst the Sheetfed and Image Transfer Technologies teams have worked closely together for many years, servicing their common customer base,

CHICAGO—

 Private equity firm Chatham Asset Management is making a bid for  RR Donnelly. The dissident share holder , own approximately 14.9% of the outstanding common stock and  is the largest bondholder of Chicago-based RR Donnelley & Sons (RRD), is seeking to buy the remaining shares of North America's largest commercial printing company for $7.50 per share in cash. It would represent a 52.1% premium over RRD's closing price of $4.93 per share on Oct. 11.

SCARBOROUGH, TORONTO—

BOSTON—

 Sappi North America , a manufacture  of diversified paper, packaging products and pulp, opened its call for entries for the 2021 Ideas that Matter grant program.  Ideas that Matter invites designers from around the world to show how print design can improve the lives of others.  Designers will be able to submit ideas that include paper packaging projects in addition to print and digital communications projects. Entrants are asked to align their submissions with at least one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

VAUGHAN, ONTARIO— 

ASL Print FX, with three North American locations, has earned an impressive 83 technical awards over the last ten years – primarily for the high-end labels it produces for the wine & spirits market  which for ASL includes both its highly skilled operators and three Gallus presses installed at its Vaughan, Ontario location. Producing labels for the luxury market, which also includes health and beauty,

MONTREAL—

 Transcontinental  chief executive Francois Olivier will be retiring in December after 28 years with the company, serving  13 years as CEO.  Peter Brues, a member of its board of directors  and chair of the audit committee , will become CEO. Olivier has transformed  Transcontinental from a commercial printer into into a flexible packaging company. After joining the Printing Sector of Transcontinental in 1993, he rose through the ranks, going from General Manager of one to several printing plants,

NEW YORK—

  Xerox Holdings Corporation announced  the company will transfer its common stock listing (XRX) from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to the  Nasdaq Exchange. The company will continue being listed under the ticker symbol “XRX” after the transfer occurs.  Xerox considers it's future as a  high tech  company. Xerox says it  is leveraging its research and development capabilities to advance a variety of new technologies aimed at solving the world’s biggest challenges.

NORTH AMERICA—

ROCHESTER . NEW YORK—