PRINCE GEORGE, BC— 

Canfor's Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George B.C. and Finch Paper's mill in Glens Falls, New York. Canfor said in the pulp and paper sector continues to face significant challenges, including a structural shift in global pulp markets. It also said persistent challenges accessing fibre have resulted in a prolonged period of unsustainable financial losses for Canfor Pulp. The closure will reduce annual Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulp production by about 300,000 tonnes and there will be about 300 job losses.

HEIDELBERG GERMANY—

 Heidelberg has launched a new range of ink dispensing systems that allow printers to create their own special colours accurately, on-demand. The ChromaStar Series comprises four models, starting with the entry-level ChromaStar X for manual batch production, but with digital formula management. The compact ChromaStar S has 20 dosing heads and optional external pumping of 20kg or 200kg for higher consumption colour components.

AURORA, ONTARIO— 

Flagship Software Ltd., an industry leader in postal and shipping logistics software since 1992, has announced the launch of iAddress™ Flex. The newly engineered, browser-based solution provides pay-as-you-go address correction and data file enhancement without requiring any local software downloads. The platform is purpose-built for occasional or small-volume work by database managers, municipalities, utilities, political campaign managers, printers and direct mail lettershops

MONTREAL—

 Kyocera Nixka Inkjet Systems has announced the successful installation and production deployment of its Belharra high-speed photo printing system at Les Pros de la Photo, one of Canada's leading photo printing companies based in Montreal. This installation represents the first Belharra system deployed on the North American continent, marking a significant milestone in the international expansion of Kyocera Nixka Inkjet Systems.

WASHINGTON, DC—

 The American Forest & Paper Association released the June 2026 Printing-Writing Monthly report. According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 8% in June compared to June 2025. Using the latest trade data available from the U.S. Census Bureau, purchases of total printing-writing papers decreased 1% in May compared to the same month last year.

SACKVILLE, NEW BRUNSWICK—

Keagan Hawthorne owner of Gaspereau Press will move the operation to the Sackville train station. Taking over the heritage building is a "big responsibility, and it's a big project," said Keagan Hawthorne, the Sackville poet and printer who recently took over the award-winning publisher. We're really excited to be able to open up our print shop and invite the community in, to be able to show how we make books and why we make books the way we do," said Hawthorne. Gaspereau is known for the extra effort and care it puts into design, typography and printing.

MINNEAPOLIS—

 Deluxe announced that it has entered into agreement to acquire Celero Commerce ("Celero"), a financial technology company focused on optimized payment solutions for small to mid-sized businesses and strategic partners, for $625 million. The transaction advances the ongoing Deluxe transformation strategy to shift the revenue mix towards higher growth Payments and Data segments.

TORONTO— 

Thomson Reuters has said it will sell a 51 per cent stake in its Global Print business to KKR for about US$500 million and form a venture with the private equity firm that would hold exclusive license to distribute its content in print and digital books. The deal will allow Thomson Reuters to keep intellectual property rights and editorial control over its content portfolio, as well as a 49 per cent stake in the venture. The Global Print business supplies legal and tax information to customers worldwide in print and digital book formats and offers commercial printing services to book publishers.

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 Durst has bought a majority stake in CoCoCo software developer. CoCoCo is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that typically sits between equipment on the factory floor and a print business's MIS/ERP. Built on JDF and JMF standards, it creates a dataflow between printing presses, pre-press systems and workflow software from multiple vendors/manufacturers connecting them into “one transparent, AI-ready production ecosystem”.