Printer News

Chicago-based RR Donnelley & Sons Company is shutting down its Nashville plant, according to a report from The Tennessean. The closure is expected to be complete by early May.

As much as we've heard about 3-D printing in recent years, for many Americans, the fundamentals still feel inaccessible, even mythical. And maybe that's why, every year, when we hear this same familiar refrain—3-D printing's time has finally come!—we tend to shrug it off, and maybe even douse it in skepticism.

So take this for what you will: 3-D printing's time has finally come. And it may be small businesses that lead the way in its mass adoption.

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has achieved the goal of reducing its workforce by 5 percent after offering employee buyouts during the first quarter of FY 2015.

Following the addition of its sixth digital press, a Konica C1070 in 2014, Cleveland-based Dupli-Systems was able to increase sales by 10 percent compared to 2013.

Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, Conn., recently reported financial results for the full year 2014 and the fourth quarter.

"We are very pleased with our full-year financial results and our fourth quarter performance," said Marc Lautenbach, president and CEO, Pitney Bowes.

To better serve its growing Northern California customer base, Glendale, California-headquartered 4over Inc., has opened the doors to its new Operation Center in San Jose, Calif.

American Litho (ALitho), one of the region's fastest-growing commercial printing and direct marketing firms, has announced its goal to raise $20,000 on behalf of the American Cancer Society (ACS) in 2015.

Courier Corporation's board of directors has reasonably determined in good faith, after consultation with its independent legal and financial advisors, that the non-binding, unsolicited proposal from RR Donnelley & Sons Company to acquire the company for $23.00 per share in cash or RR Donnelley common stock is reasonably likely to result in a "Superior Proposal" as defined in Courier's merger agreement with Quad/Graphics Inc. 

Standard Register Co. is preparing to make what is expected to be a dramatic move that could include restructuring debt or possible sale of the company.

In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Jan. 22), the Dayton, Ohio-based company announced it was given an extension by creditors on meeting critical financial goals and hired three firms to assist in a major financial makeover.

Standard Register began speaking with its lenders late last year about changing financial arrangements, according to a December filing with the SEC.

After 20 years at the helm of McCormick Armstrong (McA), one of the nation's largest privately held printers, Chairman and CEO Jake Shaffer has hired John Bobbitt to take over the role as president of the company. Bobbitt will have day-to-day oversight of McA's printing, direct mail, catalog, fulfillment, distribution and other brand management operations.