Transcontinental Inc.

Announcing its results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, TC Transcontinental reported revenues increased 1.1 percent.

If catalogers and magazine publishers were looking for the right mix in 2013, their main challenge in 2014 was ensuring a seamless integration between print and the Web. As a result, more and more catalog and publication printers are changing their focus from solely providing ink-on-paper products to becoming true multi-channel partners.

In a $5.5 million transaction, Transcontinental Inc. has sold its consumer magazines and their accompanying Websites, as well as all related platforms to TVA Group. The brands involved in this transaction include: Coup de pouce; Elle Quebec; Decormag; Le Bel Age Magazine; Magazine Vero; recettes.qc.ca; Canadian Living; Style at Home; Elle Canada; Good Times; The Hockey News; and more.

MONTREAL—Transcontinental Inc. announced that it will be closing its Transcontinental Concord printing plant in Concord, Ontario, and its Transcontinental Edmonton printing plant in Edmonton at the end of December.

Transcontinental Inc. will be closing its Transcontinental Concord printing plant at 89 Connie Crescent in Concord, Ontario, and its Transcontinental Edmonton printing plant at 18,130, 114th Avenue in Edmonton, Alberta, at the end of December 2014. The reorganization will result in a total of 120 layoffs.

Transcontinental Inc. is ceasing publication of 20 local Quebec weeklies in a reorganization of its weekly newspaper business. The move will result in the layoff of about 80 employees.

Montreal-based Transcontinental said on Wednesday that most of the titles will be integrated with other community papers it owns in the same regions.

Also on Wednesday, the federal Competition Bureau said it has approved the sale of 14 Transcontinental weeklies, of which three will continue to be operated as traditional newspapers and 11 will be online only.

One of North America's oldest newspapers has slashed over 100 jobs with the closing of its in-house printing facility. The Gazette of Montreal has contracted TC Transcontinental to print the city's most popular English-language paper.

Transcontinental Inc. has completed the transaction to acquire the 74 weekly newspapers of Sun Media in Quebec and their related Web properties. Transcontinental now owns all the weekly newspapers acquired from Sun Media.

Transcontinental Inc. announced that it has priced an offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 3.897 percent senior unsecured notes due in 2019. "The announced debt offering will provide the corporation with continued flexibility to pursue its transformation and execute its growth strategy supported by a strong balance sheet," said Nelson Gentiletti, CFO and development officer of Transcontinental Inc.

Significant transactions were announced throughout the spectrum of packaging technologies in March, from the basics—paper making for packaging products, to the sophisticated—global management of brand identity at multiple print providers across the globe, many using different printing technologies.

One way to move into packaging is to buy your way in. Transcontinental did exactly that by acquiring flexible packaging printer Capri Packaging. Although the full details of the transaction were not made public, based on its stated goal to jump into flexible packaging, the acquisition looks like a smart deal for Transcontinental.