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”.

KETTERING, ENGLAND—

 Timsons Engineering has been acquired by Steve Fyfe, the CEO and founder of Canada-based Magnum Digital Solutions, which specializes in high-speed digital finishing systems. Prior to founding Magnum in 2009 Fyfe had been managing director at Timsons North America for nearly 20 years. Timpson Book Web presses are custom designed specifically for printing books. Timsons Engineering has its own foundry and machine shop. It offers casting, contract engineering and CNC services. The firm employs around 60.

BRAMPTON, ONTARIO—

 DATA Communications Management Corp. (“DCM”), announced that it has acquired Octacom Limited (“Octacom”), a Canadian provider of intelligent document processing (“IDP”) and digital transformation solutions, for $54.0 million. Founded in 1976, Octacom is a privately held enterprise software and services company that provides business process outsourcing and automation solutions across a broad range of industries. By combining AI-enabled data capture, automated workflows, and collaborative process design, Octacom helps organizations reduce costs,

BELGIUM— 

C.P. Bourg has unveiled a preview of its new Auto Mode functionality for the Bourg Booklet Maker (BBM), designed to automate job changeovers and eliminate one of the most common production bottlenecks in digital finishing environments.The new feature enables the BBM to automatically process booklets with varying page counts without requiring operator intervention between jobs.

TOKYO, JAPAN—

 Konica Minolta has launched its JETvarnish 3D Web 400 digital embellishment machine for the label print market.The Web 400 is the latest generation roll-to-roll digital embellishment press from MGI Digital Technology.  Available in six configurations, the machine can feature a hot foil unit, inline semi-rotary die cutting unit and one or two print engines.

HOFHEIM, GERMANY—

 Heidelberg has announced it will now take over the production of Polar products. On 1 July Heidelberg said it had also reached an agreement to take over the production of Polar equipment. German firm PCT Maschinenbau, which manufactured Polar equipment on Heidelberg’s behalf, entered self-administered insolvency proceedings in April. Heidelberg had already acquired the brand name, intellectual property and service business of Polar in the summer of 2025.

BRANTFORD, ONTARIO—

 APD Printing, has installed a second HP Indigo 18k press, significantly expanding its digital printing capacity. The new press allows continuous production even during preventive and corrective maintenance, eliminating downtime and doubling the order processing capacity. The HP Indigo 18k system delivers high-speed digital printing with precise, consistent colours, supporting simultaneous runs of multiple jobs without compromising quality.

BURLINGTON , ONTARIO—

 Troika Systems Ltd., a supplier of 3D inspection and quality control technology for the flexographic, gravure, and printing industries, has announced a new partnership with Canflexographics Ltd.  Canflexographics will represent Troika Systems’ inspection systems across Canada, bringing its technology and local technical support directly to Canadian printers and converters.