HAMBURG, GERMANY—

 Feldmüehle a major player in the German label and packaging markets. It gave up making graphic papers to concentrate on the more buoyant packaging and labeling sectors. Feldmühle ships annually some 80,000 tons of label and flexible packaging papers to 90 countries worldwide, and it describes itself as the world’s leading producer of non-adhesive label papers.

NORWALK, CONNECTICUT—

 Xerox with its stock price experiencing a dramatic sell-off following a disappointing quarterly report and a significantly reduced full-year forecast. The company's shares plummeted over 11% in a single day. On the day of the earnings release, Xerox stock collapsed by 11.43% to $3.04. The bearish sentiment persisted, with shares falling an additional 10% by November 3rd. Xerox reported a quarterly profit of $0.20 per share, which exceeded expectations, was entirely eclipsed by a substantially weakened annual outlook.

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 Canon has entered the industrial corrugated printing market with a new high-volume inkjet machine.The iB17 prints directly onto corrugated boards up to 1,700mm wide and 1,300mm in length, initially in CMYK and with orange, violet and green to come in future. Substrate thickness is from 1mm to 8mm.The corrPress iB17 uses water-based inks that are printed on top of a primer so no special coating is required.

RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO,—

 iPostal1, digital mailbox service, has launched a partnership with Staples Canada, making iPostal1's unique digital mailbox solutions available in all Staples store locations across Canada.  iPostal1's  digital mailbox services can be used by choosing a Staples Canada store as its mailing address at iPostal1.com. Customers can sign up for a digital mailbox to remotely manage mail and packages from their smartphone using the iPostal1 app – including viewing, forwarding and scanning mail, scheduling pickups, and discarding or shredding unwanted mail.

CHICAGO—

 The U.S. sustainable packaging market is poised for significant growth over the next decade, according to new market sizing research from Towards Packaging. Valued at $49.18 billion in 2024, the market is projected to reach $73.81 billion by 2034, representing a compound annual growth rate of 4.15%. This steady expansion is being driven by a combination of shifting consumer expectations, regulatory pressures, technological innovation, and material advancements. Among packaging materials, paper-based products held the largest revenue share in 2024,

VAUGHN, ONTARIO—

 PAC Digital Imaging meeting November 19: Secure by DesignA Leader’s Guide to Keeping Cybercriminals out of Your Business. It can take under a minute for an experienced criminal to hack into your systems, steal sensitive information and eventually ruin your business and even your personal life! Studies have shown that about 54% of potential customers will not do business with you if you cannot protect their data! Keynote speaker René-Sylvain Bédard, a Canadian cyber-defender, noted author, and founder of leading cybersecurity firm Indominus

WIESLOCH-WALLDORF , GERMANY— 

Heidelberger has topped off its anniversary year by winning a renowned Red Dot Award for the Print Media Center (PMC) at its Wiesloch-Walldorf site in Germany, which has been rebranded as the Home of Print. The accolade going to HEIDELBERG is the “Brands & Communication Design 2025” award in the “Retail Design – Showrooms” category. The PMC is the world’s largest, most state-of-the-art customer demonstration and competence center for the printing industry,

BRAMPTON , ONTARIO—

 DATA Communications Management (“DCM” ), a provider of print and digital solutions that help simplify complex marketing communications and workflow, announced that its CCM360 software platform was named to the Aspire Leaderboard by independent advisory firm Aspire Customer Communications Services (CCS) in recognition of DCM’s leadership among its Canadian peers in the customer communications management (CCM) and customer experience management (CXM) software space.

TORONTO— 

The clock has been set for a potentially historic moment – a possible strike in the book printing & publishing industry. Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3261 who work at the University of Toronto Press and Bookstore requested a “no board” report from the Ontario Labour Relations Board yesterday evening. A strike or lockout is legal 17 days after a “no board” is issued. The application follows a strike vote that received more than 90 percent support.

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,—

 Xerox has announced the new Proficio™ PX300 and Xerox® Proficio™ PX500 Production Presses. Designed to help print providers compete and grow in a rapidly evolving mid-production colour market, this line represents the next-generation of production technology. The Proficio PX300 and PX500 presses are built specifically with graphic arts and commercial print in mind,  automation, colour consistency, and application versatility.