ISRAEL—

ROCHESTER . NEW YORK—

Maze ransomware has reported in their list of victims  Xerox added to the list. It appears that the encryption routine had completed on June 25. Xerox has yet to confirm or deny a cyberattack on its network but screenshots from the attacker show that computers on at least one Xerox domain have been encrypted.

TORONTO—

ATLANTA—

FAIRFAX , VIRGINIA—

 PRINTING United ( old SGIA Show)  originally scheduled to take place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on October 21-23, 2020, will now move to a online experience this fall due to constraints surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

GEORGETOWN, ONTARIO—

Komcan Inc. and MBO America have reached an agreement where Komcan Inc will be the sole authorized distributor of MBO equipment in Canada. The agreement is to include sale of equipment, parts supply, and service of the MBO line of equipment. MBO has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Komori

TORONTO—

MONTREAL—

 Transcontinental says about up to  1,600 temporarily laid-off staff have brought back in the last several weeks.The company says a gradual recovery in printing volumes has allowed it to recall more than one third of the employees laid off because  of COVID-19. "Obviously, things are improving as many businesses are back to business, they're back advertising," chief financial officer Donald LeCavalier said in a conference call

TORONTO—

 Postmedia's Toronto printing plant press room workers have applied to be certified as a union under the Canadian Media Guild. The union, part of CWA Canada,  filed  with the Ontario Labour Relations Board this week when a majority of the plant's workers signed union cards. The Union says Postmedia cut workers wages during the pandemic   even though the company was deemed  an essential services , and did not  do enough to ensure their safety.

CHICAGO—

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised questions about the lifespan of the virus on a variety of surfaces, including paper and paper-based packaging products. Some service providers are capitalizing on consumer uncertainty by suggesting or requiring that their customers go paperless for safety reasons.There is no proof of this.  A study published in the May 2020 issue of The Lancet reported on the stability of Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2)