2015 SkillsUSA National Winners and Advisors Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 7, 2015—Printing Industries of America contributed to a successful graphic communications contest at the SkillsUSA Championships held June 23–26 in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to helping conduct the national competition, Printing Industries of America (PIA) sponsored a breakfast for competitors and their advisors and
Eight students from Dubiski Career High School in South Grand Prairie, Texas brought home top-ten finishes from the Skills USA National Leadership Conference this past June. “We were ecstatic to have them all place in the top 10 in the Nation,” stated Gloria Trevino, one of the students’ instructors. More than 6,000 career and technical
Hill Print Solutions, Dallas, TX and QuadWilliamson, Dallas TX have been recognized as “Benny” award winners in the 2015 Premier Print Awards Competition produced by Printing Industries of America. Hill Print Solutions, won in the category of Stationery Packages (1, 2, or 3 colors). Hill is one of Dallas’ oldest family operated companies and provides
NEW YORK—July 1, 2015—Japan Pulp and Paper (JP) announced the acquisition of the remaining 49 percent of the outstanding shares of Gould Paper (Gould). The acquisition was effected through JP’s consolidated U.S. subsidiary, Japan Pulp and Paper (U.S.A) (JPUSA), and makes Gould a wholly-owned subsidiary within the JP Group. JP has been making efforts to
NORTH MANKATO, Minn.—June 18, 2015—A bankruptcy court judge has approved Taylor Corp.’s $307 million-plus bid for Dayton, Ohio-based Standard Register, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The auction bid topped a proposed $275 million deal by Connecticut hedge fund and Standard Register shareholder Silver Point Capital. Standard Register employs 3,700 workers at 34 facilities throughout the
SAN JOSE, Calif.—June 16, 2015—Adobe has launched a milestone release of its flagship Adobe Creative Cloud tools and services. The 2015 release of Creative Cloud includes major updates to Adobe’s industry-defining desktop tools, including Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC, Premiere Pro CC and InDesign CC; as well as new connected mobile apps for iOS and Android.
It was reported in the Washington Post on Monday that the U.S. Postal Service will have to roll back a portion of its recent rate increase after a federal court ruled that the higher postage prices in place since January 2014 can’t be permanent. “Postal regulators had agreed to a 3-cent emergency postage hike for
ColorDynamics, Inc., Allen Texas (www.colordynamics.com) has received Sappi's North America Printer of the Year awards, which is regarded as one of the world’s most respected accolade of excellence in printed communications. This award recognizes innovation and excellence in print across 10 categories for work produced on Sappi papers. Sappi has been committed to rewarding printers who successfully
This past week, the Kansas City printing community honored key executives as well as the winning entries of the 26th Printing & Imaging Association of MidAmerica’s Annual Graphic Excellence Awards Competition. Over 200 hundred attended this annual held at the historic Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. “This was truly a special experience,” stated PIA MidAmerica’s Chairman
200 print professionals attended PIA MidAmerica’s 26th Annual Graphic Excellence Awards Gala on April 23rd at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The baseball themed event held at the Texas Rangers Hall of fame acknowledged the technical capabilities of the dozens of companies (from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri) participating in this year’s competition. As attendees