[UPDATED June 28, 2013, 2:00PM EST] K-North Inc. has ended its distribution agreement with Komori America. Steve Ranson, who served as VP at the company, is forming a new entity called K-North Services Inc., which is to begin operations in Georgetown, Ontario on August 1, 2013.
K-North Inc. of Mississauga, owned by President Liana Howard, became Komori America’s sheetfed press distributor for Ontario and Western Canada in 2003 and proceeded to reestablish the Komori press brand across the country. Ranson was heavily involved in this effort through his previous role as Vice President of K-North Inc. He now takes on the title of President of K-North Services Inc.
“We look forward to continuing the great success of Komori in Canada,” says Ranson.
Over the past decade, K-North Inc. placed new-generation Komori technologies like the Lithrone S40, SX29, and GL40 into dozens of Canadian pressrooms. The organization also ran one of Canada’s largest press service departments through its Komori-Kare program (established 2010) and REMOTE-ACCESS (established 2012).
“We at K-North Inc. felt it was the right time to cease selling new machinery,” reads a statement issued this morning by K-North Inc. “During the last few months, we together with Komori America discussed the right way to provide peace of mind to our customers, and we are both happy to report that effective August 1, 2013, a new business, K-North Services Inc. will continue the work and take over all Komori obligations. Furthermore, the right management and ownership has been put in place headed by Mr. Steve Ranson.”
When K-North Services begins operations on August 1, 2013, the new business will also distribute consumable products like the K-Press blanket cloths and Finito blankets, as well as KUDA guillotines and peripheral equipment.
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