SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN—

 Abacus Signs Ltd. has voluntary closed it doors . Founded in 1979 the owners sent a letter to customers from President Rob Cremers saying they were closing saying "economics can no longer support keeping the doors open". The operation had been reducing in size over the last several years.

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 Help encourage children to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own. What was your favourite story as a kid? World Book Day encourages you to get it out and read it through again, maybe to your children or grandchildren.

WIESLOCH-WALLDORF, GERMANY—

 On March 11, 1850 – exactly 175 years ago – the Hemmer, Hamm & Co. bell foundry and machine shop opened in Frankenthal. Besides bells, it also made printing presses, which laid the foundations for the company now called Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG). Precision, quality, and innovation were the success factors that transformed HEIDELBERG from a workshop based in the Palatinate region of Germany to a global player in the printing industry.

WEIHERHAMMER, GERMANY— 

Agfa and BHS Corrugated have sealed a new partnership whereby Agfa becomes the exclusive supplier of inkjet printing engines for the BHS Jetliner range. The new strategic commercial agreement also involves Agfa becoming a BHS Certified ink supplier. When Agfa acquired Inca Digital from Screen in 2022 the group also took over the relationship with German manufacturer BHS,

CAMBRIDGE,UK—

 By absorbing less ink into the board, the same print quality is achieved with less ink, enabling faster printing and significantly reducing production costs as well as the total cost of ownership. With less substrate penetration, high-viscosity inks can remove the need for primers, simplifying the printing process and improving sustainability by reducing drying energy and fluid usage – resulting in brighter, more vibrant prints on uncoated and unprimed corrugate boards.

MISSISSAUGA , ONTARIO—

MONTREAL—

 Flint Group has expanded its support for Label & Narrow Web customers in Canada with the opening a new distribution facility in Montreal. The facility will warehouse and distribute Flint Group’s water-based, UV curable, and UV LED dual-curing inks, as well as coatings for Narrow Web applications. Previously, customers in the Quebec region had relied on Flint Group’s Toronto facility for their ink supply requirements.

TORONTO—

 Specialties Graphics Finishers Inc (in the business since 1939) and Anstey Book Binding (in the business since 1883) has been sold. One of Toronto's largest trade binderies with a staff of over 50 and a 62,000 Sq. Ft. plant, In Toronto's east end. Specialties does work printers from 8 provinces and 17 States (up to 3000 miles away). Know for doing work that no other bindery could do. The Beange family has owned it for 60 years.

WüRZBURG, GERMANY—

 Koenig & Bauer closed the 2024 financial year with a historically strong final quarter as planned in a challenging global economic market environment, thus reaching all the targets defined in November 2024 required to meet the updated full-year forecast. Operating EBIT of €46.5m (previous year: €32.0m). After drupa, the Sheetfed segment did not see any decline in demand, posting an order intake of €220.8m (+45.5% YOY) in the final quarter, which was also the strongest quarter of the year.

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 Fujifilm has announced "double digit" price increases to a range of its consumables and services. FujiFilm said it remained impacted by challenges including increased labour costs, elevated freight and warehousing expenses, sustained energy prices, and higher costs from suppliers,