Distributor News

I.D. Images LLC, the pressure sensitive label converter based in Brunswick, Ohio, has announced the launch of its new website, www.idimages.com.

The website features a clean, modern design, easy-to-navigate functionality and easy access to educational information. The new e-commerce platform enables customers to quickly and easily order products from a more user friendly system.

Tom Rizzi, formerly chief sales officer with WorkflowOne, has joined Proforma as its Senior vice president of business development.

Verified Label, Print and Promotions has completed the move to its new 12,000 sq. ft. headquarters at 7905 Hopi Place in Tampa, Fla. The increased space will allow the company to add an estimated six to 10 new employees to its current 18 employees in sales, customer service and production within the next several years.

Flint Group North America, Plymouth, Mich., recently launched Varn Ecolo-Wash 401, an ultra-low VOC press wash designed without aromatic or halogen-based solvents. With less than 100 g/liter VOCs, Varn Ecolo-Wash 401 complies with even the strictest environmental standards. It also limits waste by offering strong performance and lowers usage amounts compared to most products on the market.

Wright Business Graphics, Portland, Ore., announced the addition of David Holcombe to its sales team. Holcombe is a seasoned sales professional with a wealth of knowledge of print production, sales development and customer-centric solutions that drive bottom line results.

After a highly competitive tender process, HSBC has chosen HH Global, headquartered in Sutton, U.K. with offices worldwide, to deliver an end-to-end print management solution covering the Americas and Asia Pacific regions, recognizing its strength of service platform in these key markets.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe scored an economic coup and expanded Virginia's already substantial business ties with China on Wednesday as he unveiled plans for a major manufacturing facility in the Richmond suburbs.

The announcement caps a string of recent economic development deals involving China and Virginia, highlighting the country's growing importance in the commonwealth's economy as both a trading partner and an investor.

Under a deal that state officials called the largest ever between a Chinese investor and Virginia, Shandong Tranlin Paper Co. will create 2,000 jobs with a $2 billion plant that makes paper from corn stalks and other agricultural field waste

Quad/Graphics Inc., Sussex, Wis., will close two plants by the end of 2014. The first, in St. Cloud, Minn., employs 280 people and was acquired by Quad/Graphics from World Color Press Inc. in 2010. The second, in Woodstock, Ill., employs 550 workers and was originally operated by Brown Printing Company, which Quad/Graphics acquired in May 2014.

Scott Schoppert, owner of Printing Impressions in Martinsburg, has been in the printing industry for most of his life.

"I grew up in this business," said Schoppert, whose father owned The Martinsburg News, a weekly newspaper and print shop in Martinsburg that closed several decades ago.

"I learned everything I know from just being there all the time," he added. "Anytime I wasn't in school, I was there."

Though his father sold the shop before he was old enough to take over, Schoppert returned to the printing industry in high school when he began working for Martinsburg Printing Company.

Ennis Inc., Midlothian, Texas, this week announced its financial results for the first quarter ended May 31, 2014. The company's consolidated net sales for the quarter were $141.2 million, an increase of $2.7 million (1.9 percent) from $138.5 million for the same quarter last year.