Duncan
Todd named 2005 Benjamin Franklin Award Winner
To be honored at 28th annual Gallery of Superb Printing banquet on May
10 in Burlington, Mass.
Duncan G. Todd, whose family roots in New England commercial
printing extend back five generations to 1811, has been named the 2005
winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award by the Printing and Publishing
Council of New England. (More)
Seaboard
Bindery adds Nordson PUR system
Woburn, Mass. trade finisher upgrades PUR capabilities with
computerized application system
Seaboard Bindery, a bookbinding and post press services
company located in Woburn, Mass., has recently upgraded its PUR (polyurethane
reactive) binding capabilities with the installation of a Nordson binding
system. The machine features an even distribution of glue over a defined
area, greatly reducing makeready, production and wasted glue during
perfect binding production. (More)
Saltus
Press to produce licensed items for WPBA
The Women’s Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) has signed
Saltus Press to manufacture and distribute a new line
of WPBA branded planners, note pads, stationery, holiday cards, note
cubes, adhesive cubes, ornaments, and even cocktail napkins. Saltus,
a commercial printing company in Worcester, Mass., founded in 1906,
begins work with the WPBA this month. (More)
It
does make a difference
Is it sales and marketing or marketing and sales?
By John Graham
Without exception, every salesperson is a marketer, although often times
a frustrated one. To prove the point, recall what salespeople are always
talking about. They never stop trying to figure out a way to grab the
customer’s attention, find the customer’s pain or push a
customer’s hot button. But that’s not sales — it’s
marketing. (More)
Printing
and Publishing Council of New England Scholarship is alive and well
By Jim Hamilton
Since the inception of a scholarship program in 1957, it is estimated
that more than 2,000 New England college students studying printing
and graphic arts have benefited from scholarship grants in excess of
$2 million. (More)
Company
Profile
Lane Printing & Advertising: An entrepreneurial owner
sees the future is more than just printing
By John Scibelli
Frank
Lane has invested 31 years of his life in the printing and graphics
business. The love affair started in high school and was tested and
bruised early in his career. Through the help and guidance of close
friends, family and a network of business associates, Lane weathered
those difficult times, launched a business in his own image, and is
now looking at a bright future. (More)
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in printed version
Improving
workflow through proper planning and effective scheduling
By R. Scott Poole
One common mistake made by a lot of commercial printing firms is failure
to coordinate the planning and scheduling functions of their companies
in order to maximize efficiency and minimize redundancy in the production
of jobs. It is critical to streamline the workflow in your plant, eliminate
non-value-added production steps, have departments communicate effectively
with each other, and maximize productivity in every department of your
company.
The
yin and yang of printing:
Digital and traditional presses working in harmony
By Gerry Rector
Throughout the evolving digital trend, premium printing papers have
remained the best choice of papers to use — in any application.
By using the same premium papers for both digital and traditional offset
platforms, companies can further streamline the printing process. There
is less time wasted sifting through paper swatches, which means faster,
easier printed communications. Rector provides some guidelines from
choosing the best paper to suit your digital job to suggestions for
using smooth finish premium papers in digital processes.
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