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 Canva has announced a major restructure, with more than 1,200 jobs to go worldwide, as the graphic design platform takes immediate action to simplify the way it operates. In a letter to all employees: “This is without doubt the hardest moment in our thirteen-year history" The job cuts will impact 1,271 people, 22% of Canva’s total headcount. Employees are known as “Canvanauts”. Canva said 2026 had been Canva’s “hardest year yet” and growth had slowed for the first time in a decade. 

MONTREAL— 

Flint Group will increase prices across its packaging inks and coatings portfolio in the USA and Canada, effective December 14, 2026. The adjustment reflects sustained cost pressures during the second half of 2026.High crude oil prices are severely driving up the cost of essential petrochemical precursors,

MONTREAL—

  Marquis Book Printing  has installed an HP PageWide Advantage 2200 Press at its Montmagny, Quebec facility, marking the 100th installation of HP’s Advantage 2200 platform worldwide. The installation expands Marquis’s colour inkjet production capabilities on coated and uncoated papers, enhances inkjet output quality, and adds inline coated book capabilities.

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,—

  Xerox Proficio Jet CF1200 is a continuous-feed inkjet press that uses third-party developed piezoelectric drop-on-demand printheads with three-level gradation and up to three drop sizes. The press delivers speeds of up to 160m/min (525 feet/min) at 1,200dpi. Billed as “the smallest 20-inch press in its class” at 8.5m (28 feet) long, the press can handle between four million and 30 million letter/A4 impressions per month.

AUGSBURG, GERMANY—

The Lübeck-based Possehl Group, a diversified industrial conglomerate, is acquiring the re- maining shares in manroland Goss web systems. The Possehl Group previously held a 51 percent stake and will continue to provide full financing for the company. With this full acquisition, the Possehl Group is consolidating managerial responsibility for manroland Goss under a single ownership structure.  manroland Goss is a provider of web offset printing and digital finishing solutions. With 1,000 employees worldwide,

BURLINGTON , ONTARIO—

 Kelly and Christine Roberts have announced that Pascal Ross will become owner and President, effective January 1, 2027. The move comes following their retirement at the end of this year. With more than 20 years at Canflexographics and a career dedicated to the flexographic printing industry,Ross brings excellent technical knowledge, extensive industry experience, and longstanding relationships with global manufacturing partners and Canadian clients.

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,—

 Kodak has reported year-on-year increases in revenue, profitability and cash generation third quarter of 2026, with its Advanced Materials & Chemicals unit (AM&C) continuing to drive growth. Results released (3 November), Kodak recorded consolidated revenues of $276m for the three months to 30 September 2026, up 3% on the same period last year. Gross profit climbed by 7% year-on-year to $73m,

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,—

 Xerox has expanded its production print portfolio.The Xerox Proficio Jet CS1100 is a B3 cut-sheet inkjet press that delivers speeds of up to 300 A4 images per minute.It features new Xerox-developed, proprietary printheads while a high-definition ink formulation delivers 1,200x1,200dpi resolution with 2-bit variable-drop imaging for precise dot placement and to produce smoother coverage and finer lines with crisper small text and knockouts.

WASHINGTON , DC—

 American tariffs on cartons, boxes and cases of corrugated paper or paperboard are among the products being removed from the list under tariff Section 338. Trump is adjusting which products are subject to a 50% tariff under Section 338, effective Oct. 30, according to documents from the White House last week. The changes include some packaging components and materials. Trump first ordered the 50% tariffs in July. Canada introduced retaliatory tariffs in September.

MONTREAL—

 Supremex Canada's largest envelope maker announced a restructuring plan as it estimated a $10 million to $12 million hit to annualized operating earnings from tariffs. Supremex is consolidating envelope and carton production and accelerating back-office technology. Supremex will consolidate certain U.S. and Canadian envelope locations into more efficient ,  shrink its Saint-Laurent, Quebec, commercial print facility