TC Transcontinental closes Owen Sound RBW Graphics plant, cuts 360 jobs

TC Transcontinental will close its RBW Graphics printing plant in Owen Sound, Ontario, at the end of January 2027, eliminating 360 jobs. Employees were told at an all-hands meeting on 14 October 2026. A local editor said the group has been consolidating print operations at other plants; the site's workforce had fallen from more than 600 in 2015 to about 400 by 2020 after a Rogers magazine contract ended in 2019.

Why this mattersThe closure removes a 400,000-square-foot print site as Transcontinental concentrates printing work at its other plants.

• 360 jobs go when the plant closes at the end of January 2027
• Employees were told at an all-hands meeting on 14 October 2026
• The plant employed more than 600 people at its 2015 peak, when it held a Rogers magazine printing contract
• The Rogers contract ended in 2019 and the workforce fell to about 400 by 2020
• RBW Graphics has operated in Owen Sound since 1907, in its current 400,000-square-foot facility since the 1970s
• According to the Owen Sound Current editor, Transcontinental has been consolidating print operations at other plants

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