PrintXcel, Montrose, Ala., announced VersaSeal has introduced a new stock check that meets imageability requirements as outlined by the Canadian Payments Association. VersaSeal, a patented pressure-seal solution available to distributors and resellers, indicated this open format check product is now available for immediate shipment. The 11" Z-Fold check features a blue/green prismatic pantograph, microprint border, padlock icon and Canadian endorsement backer. Bilingual opening instructions are included on the check. Samples and pricing information can be obtained by contacting a local PrintXcel Sales Office at 1-866-FORXCEL (1-866-367-9235.) According to Brand Manager, Deanna Day, many customers have been requesting guidance on Canadian check imageability requirements.
Printegra
Headquartered in Peachtree City, Ga., Printegra announced major upgrades to its FormSource Limited and Copy Alert Laser Check lines. Design upgrades include new ink options, a prismatic feature and enhanced security elements, such as a new thermochromic lock icon. All of the products are Check 21 Compliant. According to Brand Manager Bill Reid, “We’ve added a host of new fraud deterrent security features and upgraded our design to give our distributors and their customers an improved value priced laser check solution. All of these features, as well as two new color and background choices, are available at no additional cost to our customers.”
During the October PSDA Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas, Print Professional’s editorial staff had a wonderful opportunity to meet with leading manufacturers and learn about their latest products and business solutions. Now, visitors to www.printprofessionalmag.com can view exclusive video footage of some of those meetings, featuring corporate executives from Ennis, Western States Envelope & Label, Printegra, Wilmer, Repacorp Label Products, Apex Color, Team Concept Printing & Thermography, Inspec Tech and NBS Systems. Visitors can also learn about a dynamic marketing opportunity available through Print Professional’s upcoming design contest. Manufacturers and distributors can gain national attention as award-winners in a competition recognizing the
Looking ahead to the new year, Casey Campbell, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Peachtree City, Georgia-based Printegra, offered some insights and expectations concerning how the company’s product line will fare in an ever-changing marketplace. Below are comments he shared with Print Professional: Printegra forecasts growth in our cut-sheet check and form product lines, as well as our commercial print shop products. We look for continuous products to [persist in their] decline and flatten out, while value-added cut sheets continue to show growth. Value-added cut sheet products consist of document security products, integrated form cards and form labels and pressure-seal
Printegra Addresses Hot Topics of the Print Industry at PSDA 2007
1. Ennis Headquarters: Midlothian, Texas Forms Sales $(000): 233,885 Total Sales $(000): 584,713 2 PrintXcel, Headquarters: Montrose, Ala. Forms Sales $(000): 69,036 Total Sales $(000): 76,707 3 Printegra Headquarters: Peachtree City, Ga. Forms Sales $(000): 66,857 Total Sales $(000): 89,142 4 Wise Business Forms, Headquarters: Alpharetta, Ga. Forms Sales $(000): 63,480 Total Sales $(000): 69,000 5 PRINTSouth Headquarters: Atlanta Forms Sales $(000): 47,310 Total Sales $(000): 47,310 6 Wright Enterprises Holding Company
1 Ennis Headquarters: Midlothian, Texas Annual Sales $(000): 584,713 Principal Officer(s): Keith Walters, Chairman, President, CEO Employees: 6,200 Locations: 44 2 Champion Industries Headquarters: Huntington, W. Va. Annual Sales $(000): 145,188 Principal Officer(s): Marshall T. Reynolds, CEO Employees: 740 Locations: 22 3 Western States Envelope & Label Headquarters: Butler, Wis. Annual Sales $(000): 117,900 Principal Officer(s): Mark S. Lemberger, President Employees: 731 Locations: 5 4 Printegra Headquarters: Peachtree City, Ga. Annual
1. Winner and Still Champion, Ennis Although not wishing to divulge specific acquisition targets at this time, the Ennis corporate team, headquartered in Midlothian, Texas, is continuing its strategy of acquiring companies that offer complimentary products to its existing line as, well as companies that offer products that could be sold through the existing distributor customer base. The strategy is obviously working, as the company again claims the top spot in Print Professional’s top 100 manufacturers ranking. And, while some in the industry fear the larger consolidators are creating pricing pressures that will ultimately commoditize products and services, Keith Walters, president and
Peachtree City, Georgia-based Printegra launched Printegra OnDemand—its new digital print shop division in Smyrna, Ga. Specializing in digital printing, the plant utilizes HP Indigo 5000 digital color and Kodak Digimaster technology. Printegra’s capabilities include short-run variable printing and mailing services, as well as full bindery services. According to brand manager Bill Reid, “This new state-of-the-art equipment allows us to produce high-quality black-and-white images, as well as crisp, vivid color. Our new capabilities are the perfect complement to our existing offset capabilities with a wide variety of products, including postcards, brochures, sell sheets and business cards.” Printegra, a trade only manufacturer of business forms and related products, is
Strategic plans, acquisitions, growth opportunities, strengthening core businesses, increased capabilities and one-stop-shops are the catch phrases for an industry in the process of massive belt tightening and consolidation. On the heels of the surprising Cenveo buyout of heavy-hitting print manufacturer Printegra, it seems there is no discernible end in sight. The print industry no longer looks even remotely similar to the print industry of years past. It is the slimmed down, bionic version that insists everything can, and will, be done under just a few roofs with a handful of decision makers at the helm. To put it in today’s pop culture terminology, this is
