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7 October 2026
GREATER TORONTO AREA—
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Evan Solomon, Canada’s minister of artificial intelligence and digital innovation
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Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), announced a combined investment of nearly $26 million to support 31 Greater Toronto Area businesses and organizations as they respond to tariff-related pressures, strengthen domestic supply chains, and position themselves for long-term growth.
7 October 2026
WOODSTOCK, GEORGIA—
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Print & Mail, Packaging and RFID Equipment ...
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Think Ink, a sister company of industrial inkjet specialist MCS, has acquired assets of print and mail, packaging and RFID equipment manufacturer Kirk-Rudy. The new operation will be known as KR Engineering, a division of Think Ink, and will operate from Kirk-Rudy’s existing 9,290sqm facility in Woodstock, Georgia. Think Ink will continue its operations in Maryland, Chicago, Florida, and now Georgia.
7 October 2026
NORTH BAY, ONTARIO—
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Postmedia's North Bay printing plant
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Postmedia has confirmed it will shutter its printing press in North Bay, which is expected to impact the 11 employees at that facility. In an email to employees the publisher confirmed it will cease the print editions of the Sudbury Star, North Bay Nugget, the Sault Star, the Timmins Daily Press, the Elliot Lake Standard and Espanola's Mid-North Monitor. Those publications will become all-digital instead.Postmedia will also cease publishing the Cochrane Times-Post altogether.
7 October 2026
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY—
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Print gains ground in the integrated media mix
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Sixty-nine percent of print buyers surveyed expect the share of print in their communications and media mix to increase over the next twelve months. Rather than signalling a return to traditional communication models, this points to a more deliberate allocation of roles across different channels: print is being deployed where physical presence, precise targeting and tactile quality can make a distinctive contribution to communication.
7 October 2026
MORTSEL, BELGIUM—
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Elio Essenza ink jet label press
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ECO3 has entered the inkjet label press market. All presses use Kyocera piezo printhead technology and are driven by ECO3’s established Apogee Digital workflow system. The Elio range comprises three models starting with the entry-level Elio Essenza, a compact device that prints substrates from 110mm-330mm wide at up to 50m/min, or 25m/min at the maximum resolution of 600x1,200dpi.
7 October 2026
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AccurioPress C8100 Series
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Konica Minolta has launched a new, more autonomous addition to its AccurioPress portfolio that it has nicknamed ‘The Intelligent Press’.The AccurioPress C8100 Series goes beyond traditional automation by combining AI, real-time sensing and autonomous optimization.The series, which also includes the AccurioPress C8090, includes a raft of advanced sensors that enable autonomous printing while new options support automatic print quality adjustment and paper detection.
7 October 2026
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,—
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KODAK PROSPER Plus 5 Imprinting System
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Kodak has launched the KODAK PROSPER Plus 5 Imprinting System, expanding portfolio with a 152 mpm (500 fpm) solution that adds KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology to existing presses and finishing lines. Designed for printers and converters, the PROSPER Plus 5 enables variable data printing, coding, serialization, personalization and versioning without replacing current equipment,
30 September 2026
BURLINGTON, ONTARIO—
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Artificial Superintelligent workflow
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Significans Automation is releasing a revolutionary new software - Significans Architect. Architect is a purpose-built platform (subscription-based, cloud software) for the print and packaging industries. It is a radical Artificial Superintelligent workflow solution that enhances the customer experience with Esko's premier product, Automation Engine as it builds analyzes, diagnoses, and auto-fixes workflow schemas.
30 September 2026
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA—
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created their Digital Printing Division in 2025
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EFI and Agfa’s Digital Printing Solutions business are merging under a combined company generating sales of around €540m ($868m Canadian). EFI which is owned by private equity firm Siris, will hold a 60% interest while Agfa will hold a 40% interest in the new company. The new company will bring together the operating capabilities of EFI and Agfa DPS under a governance structure whereby Siris and Agfa will act as equal partners.
30 September 2026
BURNABY, BC—
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A magazine, catalogue and direct mail printer out of Ottawa.
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Royalty-only deal wins court approval after a year-long search, and a proposal is planned to preserve tax attributes for the Mitchell Group.
Mitchell Press Limited filed a notice of intention to make a proposal on August 31, 2026, with MNP Ltd. as proposal trustee. The Burnaby printer is winding down, and on September 17 the court approved the sale of its customer list to Dollco Print Solutions Group Inc. In 2022, after several years of losses, Mitchell Press bought a $5 million Landa digital press. It had technical issues, which the manufacturer disputed, and the new work never materialized. The company leaned on its BMO credit line, which grew to about $4 million.
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