Italy

Following its announcement in July to partner with Gruppo Cordenons, the Italian maker of high quality fine papers, Neenah Paper has launched a world-class selection of colored, pearlized and textured papers, The Design Collection, available now.

Neenah Paper has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Gruppo Cordenons, the Italian maker of high quality fine papers, to market and distribute all Cordenons papers to the US and Canada.

Castelli North America, the promotional planners, journals and notebooks supplier based in Sparks, Nev., announced that Fran Ford, Jr. has been named president of the company, effective immediately.

Election season is officially in full swing. With the conventions now a thing of the past, and the debates before us, nothing demonstrates America’s love of democracy and competition than the race for the White House. Regardless of which side of the political spectrum you fall on, the presidential race is a fascinating reminder of American culture and our entrepreneurial spirit.

Tax-supported institutions are ripe for reform so tax dollars can be saved. Officials, elected and appointed, acknowledge this, but seem stumped on how to move beyond rhetoric to action. This is true not only in the United States, but worldwide.

Chicago-based InnerWorkings, Inc., a leading provider of global print management solutions, has acquired Productions Graphics. Headquartered in Paris, Productions Graphics is a leading international print management firm with particular strength in Continental Europe. Productions Graphics has offices in countries such as France, Hungary, Germany, Spain and Italy.