Bernadette Business Forms

Hazelwood, Missouri-based Bernadette Print Group and Jet Envelope welcomed George Mitschele, Jr., as the companies’ president and COO. Mitschele is responsible for the overall welfare of the corporations, including strategic planning, management recruiting, forming strategic relationships, capital formation and operations reviews and oversight, as well as investor and financial community relations. Mitschele brings years of experience to his new role, having previously worked in various leadership positions at Glatfelter Papers and USA Direct, followed by a COO position at Skelly and Loy. Bernadette Print Group and Jet Envelope are privately owned printing companies, providing services in the commercial, forms and direct marketing sectors.

Headquartered in Hazelwood, Mo., Bernadette Print Group acquired St. Louis-based Jet Envelope effective April 27. Direct mail printing is one of Bernadette Print Group’s specialties, and with the addition of envelope printing capabilities, the company is better able to provide a complete service to its customers. Since 1984, Jet Envelope has been producing high-quality, economically priced printed envelopes and letterhead for the trade only. Its product line includes all sizes of commercial envelopes, in run sizes ranging from 1,000 to more than one million pieces. Jet Envelope is currently in the process of relocating its operation—including eight presses and its customer service team—to Bernadette

It has been a year since Hazelwood, Missouri-based Bernadette Business Forms was purchased by local investor J. Paul Behrens, and became Bernadette Print Group. Under his direction, the company has significantly upgraded its facility and equipment. To provide the latest in four-color flexo processes, Bernadette Print Group purchased a new Mark Andy 13" 220 Series flexo press, as well as an Anderson Vreeland digital 20-watt laser plate engraver. On the offset side, the company has upgraded three additional presses to eight-color capacity, for a total of six eight-color presses now in operation. Each press has been equipped with GMI cip three-color controls, and CCI

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St. Louis-based Bernadette Print Group, formerly known as Bernadette Business Forms, was purchased by J Paul Behrens. Behrens, a local St. Louis businessman, is injecting the company with new energy. He has made investments into new equipment, such as automatic color control systems and register units to improve quality and make ready times, a turret rewind unit for jumbo rolls and an eight-color Mark Andy flexographic printer. In addition, Behrens has appointed Brian Curran as general manager, Barry Korman, former owner of Jet Envelope of St. Louis, as sales manager, and Rick Niehaus as marketing director. For more information, visit www.bbf.com.

DMIA’s annual Print Solutions conference and exposition will be held Oct. 3-5 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. The conference will provide three days of educational sessions, including a presentation by this year’s keynote speaker, Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and co-author of “Contract with America.” Join Gingrich as he analyzes the current political climate in Washington, DC, and educates attendees on effective leadership. This year’s conference will feature equipment demonstrations, offering distributors better insight into how various applications are produced. In addition, exchange centers will be located on the show floor with more than 34 hours of