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Proforma Gives Back to Local Community with Holiday Fundraising
January 5, 2021 at 12:53 am

Participating in charity fundraisers during the holiday season has become a long-standing tradition with the support team members at the Proforma Worldwide Support Centers in Cleveland and Tampa, Fla. Each year, team members pull together to collect...

Why Growing Technology is Still No Match for Laser Cut Sheet Products
December 22, 2020 at 3:34 am

There’s an argument to be made that the negative impacts of technology have already been felt. Traditional print models have been modified, yet many products still stand to gain. For example, within the world of laser cut sheets and unit sets, products like...

X-Rite Solutions Help Printers Produce Pantone's 2021 Colors of the Year
December 22, 2020 at 2:44 am

X-Rite Incorporated and Pantone LLC, global leaders in color science and technology, announced that the official spectral color values for PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray + PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating are now available in PantoneLIVE, a cloud-based digital color standard ecosystem...

Next Level Apparel Names Randall Hales as New CEO
December 15, 2020 at 8:29 pm

Next Level Apparel, Los Angeles, announced that Randall Hales has joined the company as co-CEO along with Joe Simsolo. Simsolo will be transitioning out of the day-to-day management of the company during 2021, but will continue to...

Executive Perspectives: Brad Friedman of City Paper Company
December 8, 2020 at 2:33 am

As part of Print+Promo’s ongoing feature, Executive Perspectives, we get to know leading professionals in the print and promotional industry. This month, we interviewed Brad Friedman, CEO and president of City Paper Company, Birmingham, Ala. Here, he discusses...

Michael Makin to Depart PRINTING United Alliance
December 1, 2020 at 8:11 pm

PRINTING United Alliance today announced that Michael Makin, who was serving as executive vice president since the merger of SGIA and Printing Industries of America (PIA), will depart on Jan. 1 after a successful transition of the combined organizations...

DKS – Digital Kopy Services Announces New Label and Converting Capabilities
November 24, 2020 at 6:46 pm

DKS – Digital Kopy Services, Sarasota, Fla., has a new state-of-the-art label printing and converting service designed to save the printing trade both time and money while delivering superior quality results. The new Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 230 Digital Label Press produces...