Iowa

Elise Hacking Carr is senior production editor for Print & Promo Marketing magazine, and managing editor for PRINTING United Journal.

The Iowa House and Senate have voted to spend more money to print road maps of the State of Iowa. "I know the maps are being used," Representative Daniel Huseman, a Republican from Aurelia, said. "We know that because, for example, this year they ran out of them early."

The state is scheduled to spend $242,000 to print 1.8 million maps in 2015. The Iowa DOT, however, will be printing maps once every two years rather than once a year. It means about a million fewer maps will be available for distribution over the two-year period.

Jim Eaton, CEO, and Pat Rhoades, president of Allegra Marketing, Print, Mail, together with Mitch Eaton, Lance Eaton and Jeannette Heuer of The Printing Station have announced a merger between the two companies.

Allen Simon is hopeful.

The merging of the Printing Industry of Minnesota, Inc. (PIMN) and the Printing Industry of the Midlands (PIM) has been approved by their respective boards.

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