PINE’s
117th Awards Gala provides night of gathering and celebration
Dick Williams, Bay State Envelope honored as well as 25-year
member companies of PINE
More than 130 people attended Printing Industries of New England’s
117th annual awards celebration last month to recognize and honor numerous
achievements made across the region’s commercial printing and
graphic communications industry. (More)
PINE
credit union merges with Metropolitan Credit Union
Graphic Arts Credit Union board looks to members’
future needs; merger effective Jan. 1
The Graphic Arts Credit Union, a full service credit union that has
served family members and employees of member companies of Printing
Industries of New England since its creation in 1977, is merging with
Metropolitan Credit Union, one of the largest credit unions in Massachusetts.
(More)
Courier
Corp. purchases second MAN Roland press
Installation of 4-color press set for 2005 in Kendallville,
Ind.
Courier Corporation, one of the country’s leading
book manufacturers and specialty publishers, has purchased a second
MAN Roland Lithoman four-color press in two years. The new press, representing
a capital investment of approximately $12 million, will be installed
next to an identical press placed in operation earlier this year at
Courier’s Kendallville, Ind. plant, significantly boosting Courier’s
capacity as a producer of high-quality four-color books for the education
and trade markets. (More)
Braintree
Sir Speedy grabs top Bay State ranking in magazine survey
In a recent survey conducted by Graphic Arts Monthly, Sir Speedy
Printing of Braintree was ranked first among Massachusetts
printers and 42nd among quick printing firms throughout North America.
(More)
Bring
on a financial executive? Now may be the time
By Don Worfolk
As a printing company owner or chief executive officer, do any of these
scenarios sound familiar? (More)
Charles
River Publishing fills printing need at Democratic National Convention
Prints daily National Journal newspaper during four-day event
By Michael P. Greenstein
There are no events more important to political publications than the
quadrennial national political conventions. (More)
Company
Profile
Big changes are brewing at specialty color sheetfed
shop Kirkwood Printing
By John Scibelli
A big change is in the works for Kirkwood Printing, a 31-year-old specialty
sheetfed company in Wilmington, Mass. Three veteran sales professionals
who were core members of Acme Printing Co., also in Wilmington, have
purchased Kirkwood from founder Kirk Krikorian. They plan to double
the current annual sales of $11 million in the coming years. They hope
to boost sales by $5 million in the next year alone. (More)
Only
in printed version
“How
can we help?”
Marketing and sales made simple — and right
By John Graham
As a nation, we take pride in being helpful. When you cut to the core,
marketing and sales focuses on a single question: “How can we
help?” If you don’t understand this issue, you can’t
understand either marketing or selling.
Getting
ready for 2005: A few things to watch
By Ron Ellis
As we go into to 2005 there are a few things worth watching. Prepress
continues to get more automated, and the opportunities to streamline
and improve workflows grow. The main thrust of prepress tools is that
the process continues to get more and more automated. According to Ellis
inkjet proofing, softproofing, JDF and InDesign are just a few items
for printers to keep an eye on during the new year.
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