Integrity
Graphics celebrates 20th anniversary
The cloud-filled August skies broke apart, and the sun shined through
as the owners, employees, vendors and friends of Integrity Graphics
took time out of a work week last month to acknowledge the Windsor,
Conn. company’s 20th anniversary. (more)
CT
color control firm EPG buys GRIPdigital
GRIPdigital founder and color expert joins EPG
EPG (Essex Products Group), a leader in the manufacture
and integration of color control systems based in Centerbrook, Conn.,
has signed an agreement to purchase GRIPdigital, Inc.,
and is expanding its KeyColor line to include color measurement products.
(more)
Northeast
firms shine in Premier Print Awards
The Allied Group, Dynagraf & Finlay win one Benny Award
each; Meridian Printing wins three
Thirty-five printers from throughout Northeast took home 90 total awards
including six Benny Awards for having the top entry in a particular
category in the 2008 Premier Print Awards competition, the world’s
largest print awards event managed by Printing Industries of America/Graphic
Arts Technical Foundation. (more)
PINE
print awards competition is underway
Awards of Excellence entries due Sept. 17
Entries for the very best printed material produced in New England are
being accepted through Sept. 17 for Printing Industries of New England’s
Awards of Excellence competition. (more)
U.S.
Sen. Susan Collins visits Maine printer
JDF’s
profit potential gets prime time treatment at Graph Expo
Print jobs to be produced on show floor with JDF workflow
Demonstrating to printers JDF’s potential for profit, Graph Expo
2008 will showcase for the first time ever a JDF workflow live on the
show floor this Oct. 26 – 29, in Chicago’s McCormick Place
South. Involving several vendors and the CIP4 Organization, JDF Works
Print Shop Live! is designed to show attendees exactly what can be accomplished
with technologies that are already available today. (more)
Smith
Print installs 5-color Komori
The Smith Print has installed a new, fully automated five-color, Lithrone
SX29 (LSX 529) sheetfed offset press at the company’s 28,000 square-foot
facility in Norwell, Mass. (more)
$100,000
Verso Paper grant to benefit Northeast forests
Two-year grant to Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands will support
FSC work
Verso Paper Corp. will provide a $100,000 grant over two years to the
Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands (TCNF) to expand participation
in that organization’s Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) group
forest certification program. The program seeks to identify small, family
forestland owners and to certify their lands to the FSC forest management
standard. The Verso grant will provide resources to expand the forest
management programs throughout Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
New York and Vermont with a goal of adding 100,000 acres certified after
the first 12 months. (more)
Company
Profile
Born from a newspaper company, owner guides Sherwin Dodge
Printers & Mailers to its future
By John Scibelli
Doug Garfield doesn’t possess a crystal ball that holds the answers
to the future, but like most business owners, he’s doing his best
to craft a plan, execute it, and then hope for some good luck along
the way. (more)
Only
in printed version
Don’t
let the credit crunch stop your company’s growth
By Edward A. Testa
While the credit picture is more than slightly bleak, the funding faucet
is not turned off. Money is available. With that in mind, here are steps
to take to make your business more attractive to a lender.
The
case for process control
By Ron Ellis
Though not common in many printing plants today, process control is
destined to become a part of our future. Printing has long been undergoing
a transformation from craft to manufacturing. In addition to this march
from craft to manufacturing, the tight economy also is pushing printers
to become more efficient and requiring more process control.
A
closer look to improve the bottom line
By Ben Markens
In last month’s issue, we described the Contribution Pool, the
place where the difference between the costs directly identifiable with
an order and its selling price accumulate. With CF, the Contribution
Factor, the printer can quantify the quality of every order booked.
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