One of Canada's oldest independent equipment dealers

KBR Graphics auction on September 30th. The assets of KBR one of Canada's oldest few remaining  independent equipment dealers will be held at their old head office in Laval Quebec . The company closed on March of this year. Started in 1976 KBR has  represented such manufactures as Itek Graphix, Hamada, Ryobi, Challenge  and KBA.  KBR had the Standard/Horizon dealership for Quebec for at least 40 years. It was handling Graphic Whizard, Spiel, Ideal-MBM , Perfecta Wohlenberg and the Ryobi MHI offset presses.

Gregory Cochrane CEO of DMC

Data Communication Management (DMC) has said that  Gregory Cochrane, DCM’s Chief Executive Officer, is expected to resume his full-time responsibilities effective September 30, 2020, following a temporary medical leave of absence. It was announced by J.R. Kingsley Ward, Chairman of DCM’s board of directors. Also it was announces Chris Lund, Chief Innovation Officer, has acquired additional common shares of DCM.

From Landa Digital, from left, Nick Clements, business planner, Arik Gordon, CEO, and Benny Landa, founder, during a virtual Q & A

Karl Belafi Eastern Sales Manager

Standard Finishing Systems, a leading supplier of post-press and paper handling solutions, recently announced that Karl Belafi has joined the firm as the Territory Sales Manager for Eastern Canada. Belafi began his professional career 27 years ago at KBR Graphics, his family’s business, which was the oldest independent printing equipment dealer in Canada

Brampton plant

North Americas 4th largest printer and largest book printer.

Still Canada's largest printer by over a billion dollars

Transcontinental revenues decreased by $141.5 million, or 19.4%, from $728.9 million in the third quarter of 2019 to $587.4 million in the corresponding period of 2020.  The Packaging Sector, benefiting from a significant increase in volume in several segments supporting the retail supply chain for food and everyday consumer products, and despite the impact on revenues of lower raw material costs, generated solid organic growth of $6.7 million.

Stamps with Macdonald's head off

left to right: April Burke, Vice President of Operations ; Jerry Malfara, Director of Technical Services and Innovation and John McVeigh, President.

Bellwyck has recently installed a Speedmaster CX 102-8+LY-1+L with “Push to Stop” technology from Heidelberg at its Toronto headquarters – its second CX 102 in the last 18 months. Both presses are powered by Heidelberg’s Prinect workflow and are part of Bellwyck’s larger vision of transitioning into a “Smart Factory.”Bellwyck decided to design a very custom configuration for its newest Speedmaster CX 102, which has nine printing units, two coating stations and UV capabilities – the longest press of its kind in Canada.