San Antonio Plant To Close Direct-mail company Focus Direct LLC is closing its San Antonio production facility and eliminating 78 jobs. The terminations are expected to start May 14 and will take no longer than two weeks, according to a letter the company sent to the Texas Workforce Commission last week.Focus Direct is diverting the work
Hallmark Acquires SpiritClips KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 30, 2012) -- Hallmark Cards, Inc., today announced the acquisition of SpiritClips, a broadband subscription-based online video service and film production company that offers heartwarming short films, family friendly movies and documentaries.Based in Los Angeles, California, this small, start-up business was founded in 2007 by Rob Fried, an Academy-award
Dee Bisel Selected as Kansas City Executive of Year Dee Bisel of Minuteman Press in Lawrence, Kansas will be recognized as the Kansas City Executive of the Year at the PIA MidAmerica Graphex Awards Gala in Kansas City on May 10, 2012. Bisel will be the 56th such executive honored with this award, which is
Dahlgren To Receive PIA MidAmerica Visionary Award March 21, 2012, Dallas, TX -- Harvey Dahlgren, Chairman of Epic Products, has been selected to receive the inaugural PIA MidAmerica Visionary Award. The Award has been created to recognize individuals who have had a major influence on the graphic arts community through their vision, leadership, and actions. The
Dave Everett named EHS Professional of the Year PIA MidAmerica has named Dave Everett of Lifetouch Publishing as the 2012 recipient of the Gary R. Reniker Environmental Health and Safety Professional of the Year Award. The announcement was made at the Lifetouch Publishing facility in Kansas City, Missouri before a group of Lifetouch coworkers on
HP Launches New Press Line Last week Hewlett Packard (HP) announced several press lines designed to compete in the packaging production space. The 30-inch/762-millimeter (mm) wide, web-fed HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press and the 29.5-inch/750-mm wide, sheet-fed HP Indigo 30000 Digital Press use the same high-quality, versatile printing technology that is used on the HP
Dejan Featured Speaker in Kansas City Marie Langdon, Shaugnessy Paper and Daniel Dejan, Sappi Paper Daniel Dejan, with Sappi Paper, was the featured speaker at a PIA MidAmerica breakfast on Wednesday, March 7th. The program was co-sponsored by Sappi and Shaughnessy Paper.Dejan’s program titled “Print In The Media Mix” covered the key elements which make
Special Announcement fromMichael Makin, President and CEOPrinting Industries of America February 23, 2012 At a meeting held prior to the Vision 3 Summit a group of industry leaders convened to explore opportunities to unify NAPL and Printing Industries of America. This action was taken for several reasons: the economic conditions of the past several
Kansas City Celebrates 125 Years of Association In the spring of 1887, a handful of printers came together to create an organization which would “develop and foster a kindly feeling among master printers, and improve the printing industry.” The organization was called the Typothetae of Kansas City, and that same year printers from similar organizations
Acquisition of Williamson Expands Service and Geographic Footprint February 2, 2012. Quad/Graphics, Inc., a global provider of print and related multichannel solutions, announced it has purchased Dallas-based Williamson Printing Corporation, a full-service commercial and specialty products printer specializing in short- to medium-runcatalogs, case-bound books, direct mail and other promotional products.The acquisition expands the company’s growing
