Another at-one-time great canadian company (when it was Cascades!) sold out to the Americans- followed by weak leadership in the Canadian market and it is no surprise to see this happening. Why do people act surprised? Americans with Mexican distrubution, cheap labor and tax write off for the company. Now people wonder why we need more unions to protect the workers....

IP stated the reason they are closing Xpedx-Canada is becausing of a declining print market in Canada. Laughable !! Guys, there is also larger declining print market in the USA. Just look at the facts, Here is the truth in my opinion, It's called high debt ratio. 1 month ago, it  bought Temple Inland for $6 billion, 6 months ago IP bought an Indian paper company in Bombay, India. So, they have a high debt ratio and the distribution business is not profitable. IP is concentrating in overseas manufacturing in China, India, Brazil, Russia.

This closure is the direct responsibility of the Canadian management team. Frankly they weren't very good compared with their competitors.

1st, they were a great supplier because of the people. 2nd, watch paper pricing rise ... with lack of competition.

Just read the 5-year plan on their web site! The plan was to be gone in 5 years! "Welcome to xpedx Canada xpedx Canada was founded in late 2007 with a five year plan to provide cross-Canada business-to-business distribution of an exceptional range of materials, equipment and services: from digital imaging papers to 10 colour printing presses, from specialized plastics to high speed wrapping equipment, from hand sanitizers to commercial floor scrubbers and from fulfillment to complex logistics services. Our knowledgeable team supports commercial printers, packagers, shippers, manufacturers, retailers and high-traffic facilities. 2008 - xpedx Canada began Canadian customer transactions from a 150,000 square foot class A Toronto distribution facility and two Paper & Graphics stores. Our staff level reached 40 and multiple projects were completed including environmental tri-certification in Ontario (FSC, SFI, PEFC), the launch of xpedx.ca and construction of our sample fulfillment centre. 2009 - xpedx Canada expanded geographically to Western Canada with the acquisition of Gould Canada which includes facilities in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. Today, xpedx Canada has a staff of 110 talented people operating from four distribution centres and two Paper & Graphics stores. The company has a primary focus on the supply of printing paper, graphic consumables and equipment to commercial printers. In the near future we will be adding packaging to our product mix, and continuing our geographic expansion. xpedx Canada Inc is an International Paper (IP) company, a global leader in paper and packaging. In 2008, IP had revenue of $25 billion and facilities in more than 20 countries. xpedx, with 2008 revenues of $8 billion in 230 locations, is the leading single-source distributor of paper, graphic supplies and equipment. Our services include warehousing, third-party logistics, transportation and distribution management, all supported by a robust eBusiness platform. At xpedx our goal is to allow our customers to focus on their core business while we take care of the rest."

Hmmm -- Quad is trading its Canadian operations to Transcon for their Mexican ones, Xpedx is shutting down its Canadian facilities to concentrate on their US and Mexican ones ... Thank heaven for free trade. Mexican employees are the same expendable commodities that Canadian ones are, but they cost you less during the time you are making use of them.

Another tax write-off for IP at the expense of their employees...

Will the real paper merchants please stand up? Let's start specifiying some great North American sheets. Bye bye Endurance.

They should have left Gould alone.

They werent a great supplier anyway....

You're kidding! Well a company managed like it was (like Americans) deserves to go back where they started! All those poor employees that trusted and lived by what they were told.