American
Banknote Corporation acquires Arthur Blank & Co.
Acquisition expands U.S. card manufacturing operations &
broadens global opportunities
American Banknote Corporation, parent of the ABnote
Group, has acquired the Arthur Blank & Company
of Boston, for an undisclosed amount of cash and stock. (More)
Turley
Publications’ president receives SBA national award
Palmer, Mass. company recognized for disaster recovery from
2005 flooding
The devastating flood that spilled into the Palmer, Mass. headquarters
of Turley Publications, Inc. in October 2005 could
have easily spelled the end of a company. (More)
Fibermark
completes two acquisitions
Permalin Products & Permafiber Corp. of West Springfield,
Mass.
Brattleboro, Vt.-based FiberMark has acquired the assets
of Permalin Products and Permafiber Corporation,
based in New York City and West Springfield, Mass. respectively. (More)
Area
printers among Sappi’s North American Printers of the Year
Kirkwood Printing, Meridian Printing, W.E. Andrews & Canfield
& Tack chosen from field of 2,000
Three New England printing companies and one New York printer were among
eight companies nationally selected as gold award winners in Sappi Fine
Paper’s 2007 North American Printers of the Year competition.
(More)
Five
marketing and sales mysteries revealed
By John Graham
In the months leading up to the introduction of the iPhone, rumors abounded
— and Apple did nothing to quell them. Nothing. No comment. According
to Tim Beyers of the Motley Fool, as reported in The New York Times,
“When Apple does nothing to stop rumors from circulating, the
feeding frenzy gets more and more intense. They like the pot to be stirred
and not to disturb it, just like a fine sauce simmering. By talking
sparingly, they get talked about.” (More)
Company
Profile
From two comes one: Neoprint thrives from merger of Northeast
Offset and Sullivan Brothers Printing Company
By John Scibelli
In an era of ongoing industry consolidation, two Merrimack Valley region
printing companies saw in each other a possible solution to their own
mounting challenges. (More)
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in printed version
Guerrilla
marketing
When it’s good, it’s great. When it’s bad, it’s
illegal
By Steve White
The marketing campaign for Cartoon Network’s Aqua Teen Hunger
Force paralyzed a major city, resulted in a $2 million fine, put two
people in jail and one high-level network executive out of a job. It
also brought the term “Guerrilla marketing” to the forefront
of America’s consciousness. When done correctly and with precise
planning it can be extremely effective, such as the Guerrilla marketing
firm that placed signs around cities looking for missing socks, all
used to publicize a Sci-Fi Channel TV show about the Bermuda Triangle.
But when it’s not well planned, the results, as we saw in Boston,
can be devastating.
Camera
RAW: To process or not to process
What it is and how and when to work with it
By Ron Ellis
From a prepress perspective, a CMYK TIFF file is a usually the preferred
way to save image files, however, most images are not created by prepress
professionals. Often they are created by professional photographers,
or by someone simply using a digital camera to take photos. Most often
the result delivered by these cameras is an RGB JPEG or TIFF file. From
time to time, however, you may receive a RAW file. The camera RAW file
format can be dangerous for inexperienced users, but there are times
when prepress professionals have a reason to use it.
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