Canadian Trade Printers — Going North of the Border

“The Toronto market is home to a group of companies that developed the model, including Prodigy Graphics and West Star,” notes Dennis Low, president of PointOne Graphics, based in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke, Ontario.

PointOne started as a back-alley duplicating shop that was more of a service bureau. Late in the 1990s, the company obtained its first 40˝ press, and its growth skyrocketed. The printer moved into a 70,000-square-foot facility two years ago, and now operates 24/7 with 100 employees and annual sales of $30 million. Buoyed by a fleet of sheetfed presses, including a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105, PointOne recently installed its first web, a five-color MAN Roland Rotoman.