Production of Le Nouvelliste, the daily newspaper for the Trois Rivières area of Quebec, will be shifting to the recently renovated Transmag printing facility in Montreal beginning June 4, ending its run at the T.R. Offset plant in Trois Rivières and leading to the shut down of that facility.
Transcontinental, owner of both printing plants, made the announcement today. The closure will affect some 50 employees.
The newspaper was the only publication printed at the T.R. Offset plant, while the enhanced Transmag facility has become a hub for newspaper production for Transcontinental since receiving some $60 million in investments over the past two years, including the installation of a MAN Roland web press with full colour capacity and a UV drying system, giving it the ability to print on coated newsprint.
“In the past three years, Transcontinental has invested heavily in new print technology, greatly increasing production capacity,” said Ted Markle, Transcontinental Printing Sector’s senior vice president, newspaper group, in a company release. “During that same period, the printing industry has undergone a major transformation. This has led to a complete review of our newspaper printing network and, unfortunately, to the closure of our newspaper printing operations in Trois-Rivières.”
