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...

The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation is publishing profiles featuring some of their more than 6000 former scholarship recipients. This series gives you an up close and personal insight into the thoughts and motivations of the former students who are a part of our industry today. As our current employees reach retirement and leave, replacin...