Sixth Annual KODAK SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award Program Recognizes 13 Printers for Excellence in Sustainable Printing Rochester, NY, January 22, 2019 – Kodak, a global leader in developing environmentally sustainable printing solutions, today announced the 2018 KODAK SONORA Plate Green Leaf Award winners, which includes 13 printers from around t...

Industry Veteran Bill Miller Announces His Retirement from Flint Group’s Commercial, Publication and Sheetfed Inks (CPS) Business Plymouth, MI – December 18th, 2018 After 42 years with Flint Group, long-time industry leader Bill Miller announced his plans to retire at the end of this year. “I will always feel passionate about this company,” said Mr...

Recruiting Efforts DO Get Results! Executive leadership of companies across the country are facing a critical issue that affects the future sustainability of their business. It is the ability to recruit young people into the industry to replace a retiring and departing workforce.

Printing Company "Takes the Plunge" for SOMT “PrintingCenterUSA is changing the lives of thousands of Special Olympics Montana athletes with their partnership with the Great Falls Polar Plunge,” said Mandy Patriarche, development director, Special Olympics of Montana. “Because of their efforts, athletes in the Great Falls area and around the state...

Gender Diversity – Who is Your Customer? Diversity in the graphic communication industry is an important value that should be embraced by businesses, associations, academia, and by individuals. However, presently the industry lacks in diversity in several ways:

Alumni in Print - Where Are They Now? Heather is at Indexx Scholarship recipients, now a part of our industry, share with us their goals, thoughts and motivations. Heather Ashe Malone is a Heidelberg CD102-6 Feeder Operator at Indexx, Inc. in Greenville, SC. Read her story.

Service providers and industry suppliers across the country have identified recruitment and replacement of aging employees as a major concern. The Think Patented Apprenticeship Training Program is designed to prepare individuals for occupations in all phases of our industry from creative to digital and offset printing through products and fulfillme...

Industry Must Act to Solve Talent Issues We all know why we are here. Baby boomers retiring, school programs dwindling and for many years now it is the reality to many that print is dying. And today we increasingly hear that students are not motivated to seek careers in manufacturing. They see it less flexible, lower paying and easily automated wi...

Digital, Analog, Hybrid – Observations from Labelexpo Americas 2018 Labelexpo Americas 2018 was an excellent way to gain an overview of the state of the label industry and its technology. Analog is still the dominate label print technology. But, it was digital that dominated the show floor. Hybrid solutions seemed to be an alternative for attende...

ROI is the answer to that question. PRINT 18 was shorter and smaller than the previous Graph Expo conferences at McCormick Center. Some key exhibitors were missing and many who were there had smaller booths. Although many exhibitors were satisfied with their booth traffic, they are seriously measuring the show’s ROI. PRINT’s organizers are challeng...