First of all, I would like to thank all those who attended our Printing Survivor 2011 event in Toronto last month. A special thanks to speakers John Foley Jr., Jay Mandarino, Arjun Basu and Peter Muir for their inspiring presentations, and to our sponsors – Gold Sponsor Konica Minolta, as well as Sina Printing, SNZ Trading, Green Dot Litho and Harrison Mailing Services. We plan on making next year’s event just as timely and relevant, based on continuing feedback from our readers. Check our wrap-up story and audience comments on pages 28 and 29.
Speaking of events, don’t forget to visit the Graphics Canada Show November 10 – 12 at the Toronto International Centre, the largest and longest-running Canadian printing industry trade show. Please stop by our booth (#2011) at the top of Hall 2 and say hello. We’re looking forward to meeting old friends and making many new ones. And we’ll be having a draw at the show for a valuable prize.
Congratulations to Toronto print finisher Sydney Stone on its 60th anniversary and to Farnell Packaging of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on its 50th anniversary. Their longevity is a real inspiration to many in our industry. Congratulations also to Esko Artwork for their successful one-day Toronto Roadshow event last month at Ryerson University in Toronto.
After running a feature on Torstar Chairman John Honderich in our magazine last month, I see that Torstar subsidiary Metroland has just purchased Ontario’s Performance Printing, publisher of some Eastern Ontario newspapers as well as a commercial printer. I wish them the best moving forward. You might want to check out a recent Printing Industries of America (PIA) report titled “Competing for Print’s Thriving Future” that cites print logistics as the real – and perhaps only – solution for a printer to remain competitive in the future.
In people news, HP has named Meg Whitman as CEO, and HP Canada recently made several executive appointments and re-assignment of responsibilities that further enhances its ability to bring its industry-leading imaging and printing products to market. Also, Claus Bolza-Schünemann was recently named CEO of KBA and Doug Aldred has been appointed President of Flint Group’s Packaging and Narrow Web Divisions for Europe and North America.
Sadly, two highly-respected and much loved industry leaders passed away recently: George Hurley, senior vice-president and partner, Toronto’s C. J. Graphics, and Raymond Russell, who worked for more than 40 years in our industry in Canada, and spent the last 32 years with Fujifilm Graphic Systems. They will be remembered and they will be missed.
Until next month, as always, stay positive and stay focused.
