New
England printing veteran leads buyout of five U.S. facilities
Acme Printing in Wilmington, Mass. & Packaging Graphics
in Pawtucket, R.I. back under local control
A private investment group put together by Gary Stiffler, a former executive
vice president of Quebecor World’s Commercial Division, along
with two private investors, has purchased five commercial printing companies
across the country from Quebecor World including Acme Printing
Company in Wilmington, Mass., and Packaging Graphics
in Pawtucket, R.I. The other facilities are in Orlando, St. Louis, and
Detroit. The purchase was for $70 million. (More)
Saltus
Press celebrates a century of service
Four generations of family ownership guide Worcester, Mass. company
Saltus Press, a full-service commercial printing company
in Worcester, Mass., will celebrate its 100th year of operation this
year, as four generations of the Saltus family have been directly involved
in the company’s day-to-day operation. (More)
DS
Graphics expands print options with iGen3
DS Graphics Inc. of Lowell, Mass., has expanded its
digital print services group through the addition of a new Xerox iGen3.
The equipment was installed recently and is in operation. (More)
Getting
the CEO to get marketing
By John Graham
“What does it take to do good marketing?” This is the question
a speaker asked the 50 seminar participants from financial services
companies. No sooner had the question been asked when a woman said,
“Keep the CEO out of it.” Along with laughter, heads were
nodding all over the room. (More)
Professional
referrals:
A primary and growing source of new business
By Sid Chadwick
Responses to the question on the client’s customer survey: “How
did you first hear of our organization?” were startling. Well
over half of the 36 percent of responses indicated either, “Already
a supplier when I started this position,” or “Professional
referral.” Well down on the list in terms of original contact
were, “Sales Rep contact,” and “Company direct mail
piece.” (More)
Company
Profile
Move to the North Shore launches new era for
Shawmut Printing
By John Scibelli
From their new home in the Cherry Hill Business Park off Route 128 in
Danvers, Mass., Shawmut Printing barely resembles the company that made
its home in Chelsea, just across the Mystic River from Boston, for the
past 54 years. (More)
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in printed version
Quality
control: Making sure you are in spec
By Ron Ellis
Quality control can mean many things in a printing plant, but often
it means making sure that the printed product meets or exceeds the quality
that we expect from that plant. This can be measured in a variety of
ways, but the truth is that is most often done visually and that deviations
are not noticed until too late in the process. There are a variety of
quality control tools that are available. The tools can be used to simply
check against a benchmark, or they can be used to improve quality by
showing what a press or proofer is doing, and how to improve that quality
against a standard such as GRACol or SWOP. While these may seem like
simple applications they can be used in a variety of ways.
Making
a digital supply chain a reality for small printers
By Bill Davison
A Digital Supply Chain is a comprehensive end-to-end solution that addresses
the extended network of participants in the delivery of any product
or service. Few organizations of a similar size have as complex a supply
chain as the small to mid-sized printer. Larger printers have been at
work for some time on building a world-class digital supply chain that
removes cycle time, human intervention and probability for error from
the process to the greatest possible extent. However, as our world becomes
increasingly digital, the ability to build an efficient and effective
digital supply chain is within reach of printers of any size. |
