WARD GRIFFIN, CEO of Ottawa-based The Lowe-Martin Group, received a $25,000 rebate cheque
from Hydro Ottawa and the Ontario Power Authority for its participation in the Electricity
Retrofit Incentive Program. Among several en-ergy-use programs, Lowe-Martin highlights its
recent T5 lighting retrofit, which provides a 66
percent longer lamp life than the previously installed system, as well as energy savings of over
370,000 kilo-watt hours per year. In January
2009, Lowe-Martin also received the Hydro Ottawa Companies for Conservation Award.
SAL INDOVINA, owner of Mississauga-based
MacLaser Printing, oversaw the installation of a
new Morgana UFO, primarily to handle the
company’s right-angle and roll-folding work.
The 18 x 25-inch format machine features automated fold plates, side-lay register, and swing-up perforating and scoring, while pulsed suction
feeding aids in the separation of toner-based
work with high levels of static and curl. Indov-ina also purchased an optional cross-fold unit
for the Morgana UFO, which has the ability to
swing to the left or right and run straight in-line
for roll folding.
DAVID ADAMS of C.J. Graphics and Greg
Maloney of AGOG House of Lenticular helped
to produce PrintAction’s 2010 Buyer’s Guide,
which last month received a top award in the
printing category of the 20-year-old Applied
Arts Awards program. The printing category was
judged by industry veterans David Allan (Rhino
Print), Glen Warren (Warren’s Waterless), Jack
Youngberg (Somerset Graphics), Rose-Ella Morrison (DDB Canada) and Wayne Wilbur (Astley
Gilbert). Other award recipients in this year’s
printing category include: St. Joseph Print, An-dora Graphics, Metropolitan Fine Printers,
Kallen Printing, Graphic Direction, 3S Printers,
Colour Innovations, Rhino Print, Cirque du
Soleil, Transcontinental Ross-Ellis, Peel Graphics
and Somerset Graphics.
NATIONAL ENVELOPE, based in Uniondale, New York, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protec- tion on June 10, while describing its intentions to reorganize under a financial-restructuring plan. Founded in 1952, National Envelope now claims to be the largest manufacturer of envelopes in the world, with 14 manufactur- ing facilities, two distribution centres, and ap- proximately 3,500 employees in the U.S. and Canada. The company expects to keep all of its facilities open during the Chapter 11 reor- ganization process, being led by Interim CEO Stephen Gawrylewski.
PIERRE ROBERGE, President of Montreal-based
Etiquettes Profecta, announced plans to move
into a new 39,300-square-foot facility in
nearby Saint Hubert. To avoid disruption to
its current service and production flow, the
company plans to make its move in several
phases leading into September 2010. Etiquettes Profecta (Profecta Labels) Inc. was established in 1992 and currently focuses on
both flexography and toner-based printing for
clients in Canada and the United States. Profecta’s significant growth over the past couple
years, including a 23 percent growth in sales
and the opening of 166 new accounts in 2009.
Much of that growth is attributed to the company’s move into toner-based production four
years ago, which now involves two HP Indigo
ws4500s.
BRYAN HALL becomes a Display Graphics Sales
Specialist for the Western region of Fujifilm
Canada’s Graphic Systems Division. Hall has
more than 20 years of printing-industry experience, including his work in the wide-format
arena, which also involved ink and media
sales. He joins Fujifilm after most recently
working with Mondrian Hall.
CHRIS GINGRAS becomes an Account Manager
for technology distributor KBR Graphics, as
does Aaron Hunter. Gingras and Hunter will
manage the western and eastern Ontario regions, respectively, as well as co-manage the
Greater Toronto Area. Hunter has more than
15 years of experience in the industry and was
previously with Maratek Environmental and
Presstek Canada. Gingras has 16 years of experience in the industry and started his career
at Advance Printing in Paris, Ontario, as a
press and bindery operator before moving on
to Cober Printing of Kitchener. He then
worked as a finishing technician and product
demonstrator for Heidelberg.
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