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Grand Prairie Students Win Top Honors

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

Dallas Printers Win a Benny!

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

Japan Pulp and Paper Acquires Remaining Shares of Gould Paper

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

Standard Register Acquired By Taylor

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

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Adobe Launches 2015 Creative Cloud

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.

USPS Loses Rate Increase

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 Recognized As Sappi North America Printer Of The Year

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

ColorDynamics Expands Digital Capabilities

ColorDynamics Adds HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press ColorDynamics has purchased an HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press, to support its growing digital print production business and expand its product offerings. The HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press will allow customers to take advantage of the new capabilities made possible by the 20x29-inch format which opens up design

HP To Split Print/Computer Business

Hewlett-Packard Plans to Break in Two Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to break in two, separating its personal-computer and printer businesses from its corporate hardware and services operations, according to people familiar with the matter.The company plans to announce the move as early as Monday October 6, the people said. It is expected to be effected as a tax-free

Western Capital Resources to Acquire AlphaGraphics

Western Capital Resources Enters Into Merger Agreement OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Capital Resources, Inc. (OTCQX: WCRS) and BC Alpha Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company owning approximately 90% of the ownership interests in AlphaGraphics, a franchise model global leader in marketing and print communications, announced today that they had