https://printcan.com/rss/news.php PrintCAN RSS en-us Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:20:51 UTC Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:18:27 EST http://www.printcan.com info@printcan.com webmaster@northisland.ca https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260805787.shtml Wed, 5 Aug 2026 13:53:32 EST Raddar,is a plastic bag with flyers distributed through Canada Post.  Community newspapers are raising concerns as a shift in national and local advertising distribution threatens the resources used to cover community events and government. Raddar, a new flyer and advertising platform launched by Montreal-based TC Transcontinental, Canada’s largest printing company and the single biggest player in flyer printing and distribution in the country. With Raddar, flyers are being distributed through Canada Post as a weekly print package—a bundle of flyers, advertising and occasionally some “content” – but not local news. https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260804035.shtml Tue, 4 Aug 2026 19:51:04 EST packaging and labeling solutions  Sleever and Avery Dennison launch INVENTRA, an intelligent shrink sleeve label with integrated RFID technology that enables item-level traceability, anti-counterfeiting, and inventory accuracy for beauty products without compromising design or efficiency.  Sleever® and Avery Dennison® announce the launch of INVENTRA®—an intelligent product that integrates RFID technology into the shrink sleeve label, designed to support the sector’s future transformations. https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260804018.shtml Tue, 4 Aug 2026 19:26:14 EST A free-to-use online graphic design tool. Create presentations, posters, videos, logos and more.  Cimpress has just revealed a new strategic partnership with Canva that is set to go live across more than 25 countries by the end of September. Cimpress has gone public about the new Canva partnership. It involves an initial set of VistaPrint-branded products available in the US and Canada, ahead of a wider roll-out. Online design and publishing platform Canva currently has more than 220 million active monthly users across 190 countries. https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260804864.shtml Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:44:24 EST Najib Jamal, president of Prodigy Graphics,  Both new presses are equipped with Koenig & Bauer’s market-leading automation, incorporating inline quality and content control alongside comprehensive performance reporting on all job parameters. These advanced features are set to significantly enhance production efficiencies and unlock additional capacity. With the two new Koenig & Bauer presses on their way, Jamal is confident that he’ll realize a 40% increase in both efficiency and capacity. https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260804851.shtml Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:26:27 EST StrataST Folder Gluer - Lipstick box  The new Strata line of ultra compact, ultra efficient folding & gluing system for straight-line + Auto lock cartons and pocket folders by Rollem International. Capable of production throughput within a space-saving footprint. The system was built with a modular design, allowing for expansion of capabilities at a later date, including the ability to add affixing feeders, inspection, https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260804840.shtml Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:10:41 EST Xerox paid $1.5 billion. Manufacture of A4 colour printers and multifunction printers.  Xerox has raised its full-year 2026 revenue and operating income guidance after a successful Q2 period, while its share price jumped by a third. Xerox recorded revenue of $1.92bn, up 22% or 21.2% in constant currency. Revenue was down 6.5%. For the companies Print and other segment, revenue climbed by 26.9% year-on-year to $1.73bn. IT Solutions’ revenue dropped by 8.9% year-on-year in Q2, to $194m. https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260729834.shtml Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:01:42 EST Industry knowledge for the global print and packaging production community Drupa has launched a new online knowledge platform to offer continuous market and future analyses for the international print and packaging industry. The new Drupa insights format has been developed in cooperation with Alliance Insights, the research division of Printing United Alliance. Access is available via one-time, free registration on the Drupa website.Drupa insights provides in-depth analyses of technological developments, market changes and economic trends. https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260729824.shtml Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:46:57 EST Independent extensive market research .  Keypoint Intelligence has released two new forecast reports analyzing the global wide format print market through 2029. These studies examine how print volume, technology adoption, and application value are shifting across regions and production environments. The reports, the 2024–2029 Global Wide Format Print Forecast and the 2024–2029 Wide Format Value of Print Forecast, https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260729814.shtml Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:32:42 EST   Cobalt Pro+ able to create plates for pad printing and etch promotional products. Inkcups has launched a new laser plate-maker that is up to 20% faster. The Cobalt Pro+ is now the highest wattage laser available in the company’s Cobalt line. The machine is suitable for users that require both laser etching and plate-making capabilities, offering both CO₂ laser technology and an etching area of 460x640mm, and enabling etching of one large plate or multiple plates at once. https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260728168.shtml Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:02:36 EST How much these tariffs will effect the Canadian printing industry is unknown.  President Donald Trump signed three Proclamations pursuant to Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose additional 50% tariffs on certain goods of Canada. Each Section 338 proclamation imposes a 50% tariff on a different set of Canadian imports, covering products including paper and paperboard used for graphic purposes,  Multi-ply paper and paperboard, Bleached paper and paperboard, coated, Cigarette paper, Envelopes of paper or paperboard, https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260728157.shtml Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:46:49 EST Ranking of Top North American printers  Printing Impressions does a ranking of the top 300 printers in North America. This year there were eight printers from Canada in the top 300. Ranking are in U.S. dollars. The Canadian printers in the top ranking include in order #2) Cimpress (Vistaprint)-Windsor $3.400 billion , #7) Transcontinental-Montreal $836 million, #20) Canadian Banknote Ottawa $334 million, #23) DCM Brampton $322 million, #84)Hemlock Vancouver $55 million, #158) Cowan Graphics Edmonton $24.5 million, #182) CJ Graphics  Mississauga $20 million and #198) Mitchell Press Vancouver $17.5 million. https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260728792.shtml Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:01:32 EST Richard( Rich) Bassett, founder and president.  Richard Basset was Born in Truro, Cornwall, UK, Rich immigrated to Canada as a young boy with his family, settling in Ottawa.  After graduating from Ryerson's Print Management program, Rich became Partner and President of Yorkville Press before merging with Maclean Hunter. In 1994 Rich Basset founded Basset Direct, which specialized in high-impact and personalized marketing campaigns, and produces oversized and multi-panel brochures, self-mailers, pop-ups and custom formats. https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260722869.shtml Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:51:31 EST Sackville historic train station Keagan Hawthorne owner of Gaspereau Press will move the operation to the Sackville train station. Taking over the heritage building is a "big responsibility, and it's a big project," said Keagan Hawthorne, the Sackville poet and printer who recently took over the award-winning publisher. We're really excited to be able to open up our print shop and invite the community in, to be able to show how we make books and why we make books the way we do," said Hawthorne. Gaspereau is known for the extra effort and care it puts into design, typography and printing.   https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260722841.shtml Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:12:26 EST   Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George B.C. Canfor's Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George B.C. and Finch Paper's mill in Glens Falls, New York. Canfor said in the pulp and paper sector continues to face significant challenges, including a structural shift in global pulp markets. It also said persistent challenges accessing fibre have resulted in a prolonged period of unsustainable financial losses for Canfor Pulp. The closure will reduce annual Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulp production by about 300,000 tonnes and there will be about 300 job losses. https://printcan.com/news/2026/20260722820.shtml Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:42:14 EST ChromaStar S in action  Heidelberg has launched a new range of ink dispensing systems that allow printers to create their own special colours accurately, on-demand. The ChromaStar Series comprises four models, starting with the entry-level ChromaStar X for manual batch production, but with digital formula management. The compact ChromaStar S has 20 dosing heads and optional external pumping of 20kg or 200kg for higher consumption colour components.