Print Action - June 2009

PRINT NEWS

JAMES GANDY, co-founder of Gandinnovations, saw his company file for Chapter 15 under the bankruptcy protection act in the United States and in Canada under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. In 2007, Mississauga-based Gandinnovations moved into a new 150,000-square-foot facility. At the time, the company had 420 employees worldwide, with 250 in Toronto. The company recently celebrated the sale of its 2,100th Jeti machine. In 2008, the SGIA honoured James Gandy with the DPI Innovator Award. (At press time, Gandinnovations received an extension to stay proceedings until June 19.)

BRUNO MÜLLER becomes the CEO for the Switzerland-based Müller Martini, carrying on the tradition of what is still a family-owned operation. At the age of 45, he has been part of the Müller Martini Group for 20 years, including several years leading the Mailroom Systems Division. In 2005, he took over management of the newly launched OnDemand Solutions division. The company’s previous CEO, Rudolph Müller, who led for 18 years, becomes chairman of the board. The origins of Müller Martini trace back to Hans Müller, who in 1946 started manufacturing bookbinding – first a handfed saddle stitcher – equipment with a company named Grapha Maschinenfabrik. The name Martini was added to the company in 1969.

JANICE O’BORN and Earle O’Born chaired the recent Brazilian Carnival Ball, attended by over 1,800 guests, in Toronto, to help raise $2.6 million for the SickKids Foundation. Earle O’Born is the CEO of The Printing House, which was a title sponsor of the event, among a list that also includes Rogers Communications, BMO Financial Group, CIBC, RBC, TD Bank Financial Group and George Weston Limited. During its 43 years, the ball has raised more than $55.6 million for numerous causes in health care, research, education and culture.

DURST, self-described as a manufacturer of in-dustrial-strength digital printing equipment for the wide-format graphics, photographic and ceramic tile markets, established a new wholly owned subsidiary in Canada, to be called Durst Canada Inc. This news follows Durst’s recent move to acquire the assets of Montreal-based Rotoworx Systems Inc., which focuses on finishing systems for the narrow-web label industry. Durst Canada Inc., to be run by CEO Per Frost, has established new facilities in the Montreal suburb of Dorval, where the continued engineering and manufacturing of the Rotoworx products will take place.

Photo: Jeff Weiner

EDWARD LIN, owner and production manager of Sunrise Printing, oversaw the installation of a new Presstek 34DI offset press. Based in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Sunrise’s previous production revolved around a 2-colour press. In addition to the new press, which has been boosted by a monthly contract to print 15,000 to 20,000 full-colour magazines with 16 to 20 pages per issue, Lin also integrated Presstek’s Momentum Pro PDF software into Sunrise’s workflow.

ANNE MULCAHY has stepped down as CEO of

JEAN-FRANCOIS COLPRON, VP of product management and marketing at Heidelberg Canada, helped steer the accreditation for Saphira Bio LT process inks under the EcoLogo program. According to Heidelberg Canada, Saphira Bio LT inks contain low levels of Volatile Organic Compounds, of around two to three percent, as determined by Environmental Protection Agency methodology. Verification for the EcoLogo mark was performed by Ottawa-based TerraChoice Envi-

Xerox after running the company since 2000.

ronmental Marketing. Saphira Bio LT inks,

Mulcahy, now 56, began her Xerox career as a
relative to other common litho inks, are said
to have 30 percent or more vegetable oil con-
sales representative in Boston in 1976. In-
coming CEO, Ursula Burns, 50, joined Xerox
tent and over 60 percent bio-derived renew-

in 1980 as a mechanical engineering summer
able raw material content. These inks also
conform to GRACoL G7 certification and ISO

intern. In 2000, she was named senior VP of

corporate strategic services and then, in April

2846-1 standards.

2007, Burns was named president of Xerox.

JOHN GAGLIANO, president of St. Joseph Print & Documents, signed a $3-million deal to purchase printing technology from Canon Canada, just a couple months after announcing plans to open a new 140,000-square-foot facility in Concord, Ontario. This investment represents the first stage of a $25-million investment plan to be coordinated with the new facility. However, much of the new Canon multi-function fleet, 80 machines in total, will be positioned within St. Joseph’s ePRINT it business, which is a network of 31 printing centres across Canada.

IAPHC of Toronto held its annual golf tournament at the Cardinal Golf Course in Ket-tleby, which was won by the team of Bob Fletcher, Kieron Pope, Troy Morris and Ian Noble. The honest golfers award was presented to the team of Joanna Liu, Tony Chiovitti, Mike Perry and Valerie Holland. Closest to the hole was by Frank Stein, while George Millar took the prize for straightest drive, Gord Washburn won for longest putt, and PrintAction associate publisher, Stephen Longmire, won longest drive. Heidelberg Canada was the event’s title sponsor.

KONICA MINOLTA CANADA completes a restructuring of its executive team with three key appointments, including new president Satoshi (Sol) Tachioka, whose career at Konica Minolta spans 29 years. In addition to his time spent in Japan, Tachioka has also worked in Hong Kong and Germany, playing a key role in the technological development of the bizhub press line. Grant Hume, who spent 17 years with Xerox, becomes executive VP for sales, service and marketing. George Tanouye becomes VP of finance and administration. A chartered accountant, Tanouye previously worked as a senior manager at KPMG in Toronto.

DAVE ALLAN, owner of Allan Graphics Ltd., oversaw the installation of a new Xerox 700DCP, purchased through Fujifilm Canada. Allan Graphics, in business since 1976, is said to be the largest commercial printer in the Kingston area, with 19 employees. The company’s primary customer base spreads from Cornwall in the east to Peterborough in the west and all of Northern New York.

MARK HURD, CEO of HP, announced a significant loss in its second quarter of this year as profit dropped 17 percent to US$1.72 billion when compared with the year ago quarter. While HP’s services division is profitably expanding, revenue specifically in the company’s Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) declined 23 percent to US$5.9 billion. IPG supplies revenue was down 14 percent, while commercial hardware revenue and consumer hardware revenue declined 40 percent and 31 percent, respectively. Printer-unit shipments decreased 27 percent overall, with commercial printer hardware units down 36 percent and consumer printer hardware units down 23 percent. As it announced the Q2 results, HP also pointed to new plans to cut an additional 6,400 workers – on top of previously announced cuts of 24,600 jobs.

FARNELL PACKAGING of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, becomes only the second company in Canada to become certified to the newly developed food safety standards for packaging materials. The safety measure directly concerns those materials that have direct or incidental contact with food and beverage products.

ROBERT BURTON, chairman and CEO of Cenveo, signed a merger agreement to acquire all of the common shares of Nashua Corporation. The stock and cash transaction is valued at approximately US$44.4 million, including the assumption of Nashua debt. It is anticipated that Nashua’s shareholders would own approximately 11 percent of the combined company, if the deal passes regulatory approval. Cenveo claims the move will expand its offerings to the pharmaceutical, retail and grocery store shelves, and pressure sensitive label mar-kets.Nashua, with operations across the United States, was founded in 1849 and had annual revenues of US$265 million in 2008.

INX INTERNATIONAL has opened up a new Toronto-based field office, in addition to its preexisting national head office in Terrebonne, Quebec. The ink maker now has 25 facilities across North America and 50 worldwide. The new 15,000-square-foot Toronto facility, which will be lead by GM Ron Deegan, who is also director of sales for the Liquid Ink Division, will handle warehousing and distribution of various ink products, including flexographic, gravure, UV, offset, and aqueous and UV coatings.

INTERPROVINCIAL GROUP purchased a Kodak NexPress S2500, from reseller Spicers, with plans to develop variable-data personalized marketing campaigns. Interprovincial’s new 5-colour press runs at a speed of 2,500 A3 sheets per hour, or 83 A4/letter images per minute. The company has been using the fifth-unit to experiment with Kodak’s Intelligent Dimensional Coating Solution and Dimensional Clear Dry Ink technologies. Based in Scarborough, Ontario, Interprovincial Group specializes in mailing services and primarily serves the publication segment.