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Rank: 1 Company: WorkflowOne, Dayton, Ohio Sales $(000): 1,000,000 Principal Officer(s): Greg Mosher, Chairman, CEO Locations: 150 Rank: 2 Company: Proforma, Cleveland Sales $(000): 293,000 Principal Officer(s): Greg Muzzillo, Founder, Co-CEO; Vera Muzzillo, Co-CEO Locations: 650 Rank: 3 Company: American Solutions for Business, Glenwood, Minn. Sales $(000): 239,776 Principal Officer(s): Larry Zavadil, President Locations: 410 Rank: 4 Company: GBS, North Canton, Ohio Sales $(000): 90,143 Principal Officer(s): Eugene Calabria, President, CEO Locations: 12 Rank: 5 Company: Merrill Corp., Monroe, Wash. Sales $(000): 83,950 Principal Officer(s): Mark Rossi, President Locations: 6 Rank: 6 Company: The Shamrock Companies, Westlake, Ohio Sales

Effective tools when independent of one another, forms and labels partner up for dynamic results. Forms and labels come together in a few ways to accomplish all sorts of nifty things for businesses. Kansas City, Missouri-based GRI (Graphic Resources Incorporated)—formerly Dial Business Forms—has been specializing in form/label combinations for 25 years, with particular emphasis on solutions for the health-care industry. For instance, a form and tamper-proof label combination provides added value in processing samples for drug testing. At Genforms, a division of Ennis that's headquartered in Cerritos, Calif., forms featuring integrated labels are a core product. The lion's share of the orders are

With this issue, another successful Top Design Contest has come to a close. We received scores of entries representing every niche of products sold by distributors. Once again this year, Rick Lewis, president of Stratis Print Communications, Long Beach, Calif., took Best of Show, along with staff graphic designer Louis Nidorf, also from Stratis. This year's award was for a 139-page book that depicts a compelling, focused journey through Cuba. The book is comprised of photographs taken in Cuba by 18 students and two professors from Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, Calif. Details can be found on page 24. One Platinum Award was presented this

The financial market demands a full array of services in addition to quality products. Mergers, acquisitions, outsourcing and new technology are just some trends distributors must follow in order to stay competitive in the financial forms business. More often than not, maintaining a lucrative business involves branching out from traditional sales—financial institutions want more than just standard stationery and bank notices, they also want special needs items and products using the latest technology. In other words, they want total fulfillment. When Michael Sampietro president of Sampietro Enterprises, Memphis, Tenn., started his business he saw the writing on the wall. "I realized that