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Flesh Co Runs 5S Kaizen Event
February 21, 2017 at 5:20 pm

Flesh Co has begun phase one of a three-phase 5S program involving its offsite warehouse in Parsons, Kan. The building was originally the short-run print division of Flesh Co. Today, the location serves as warehousing for customer stock, inventory, parts and special projects...

Billing Software Provider AVR Expands Print Operation with Pitney Bowes AcceleJet
February 21, 2017 at 5:31 pm

Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Conn., announced that utility software and billing solutions provider AVR is leveraging the Pitney Bowes AcceleJet Printing and Finishing System to support its growing print operation. AVR was founded as a billing software provider for utility companies in the Houston area. Its expertise is in data and records management. But, as the company has grown...

PPEF Scholarship Application Opens
February 14, 2017 at 8:58 pm

The Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) is now accepting applications for college scholarships. Promotional products professionals and their children are eligible to apply for college scholarships...

GPA Announces the 2016 Print & Design Contest Winners
February 14, 2017 at 9:08 pm

GPA, Chicago, announced the winners of its 2016 Print & Design Contest, which has been honoring creativity and excellence in printing since 2004. Companies across North America submitted their entries on GPA substrates...

Verso Corporation Names B. Christopher DiSantis as CEO
February 7, 2017 at 3:15 pm

Verso Corporation, Memphis, Tenn., announced that B. Christopher DiSantis became the CEO and a director of Verso effective Feb. 1. An entrepreneurial leader with extensive manufacturing experience...

thumbprint Hires Director of Marketing
January 31, 2017 at 7:39 pm

thumbprint, Apopka, Fla., has hired Jennifer Candler to join its team as director of marketing. With more than 10 years of experience in the corporate health care marketing world, Candler brings an enthusiastic mission for creating change...

Geiger and The Swag Coach Announce Affiliation
January 31, 2017 at 8:06 pm

The Swag Coach program, Falls Church, Va., has recently joined Geiger, Lewiston, Maine, as an affiliate. Josh Frey, founder of The Swag Coach Program and On Sale Promos officially joined Geiger. Frey, a 20-plus-year industry veteran and entrepreneur, has experience both selling to and servicing his own clients...

MAR Graphics Expands Imaging Capacity
January 24, 2017 at 9:26 pm

MAR Graphics, Valmeyer, Ill., has added an additional Xerox Nuvera 314 Perfecting Production System to its fleet of digital print devices. MAR Graphics uses the sheetfed black-and-white imaging system to produce a wide variety of mail, transpromo and other print projects...