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Cleveland-based Proforma, a leading North American provider of graphic communications solutions, recently welcomed 10 new offices to its network.

Temple Inland, which caused a major fish kill on the Pearl River in 2011 when it released pollutants from its Bogalusa paper mill (in Louisiana), was ordered to pay $3.3 million in criminal penalties, according to U.S. Attorney Dana Boente.

U.S. District Judge Ivan R. Lemelle also sentenced the Austin, Texas-based company, a subsidiary of International Paper, to two years probation.

Temple Inland’s fines will be used in part to help the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality pay for equipment and emergency vehicles used to monitor, test and respond to dumping, sills and leaks that violate environmental laws.

Dayton, Ohio-based WorkflowOne, a leading provider of promotional marketing and print management and marketing services, announced that Thomas Rizzi has been named vice president of promotional products, reporting to Robert Abbonizio, senior vice president of customer solutions.

Whether it's general products or market-specific forms, ingenuity is the best policy. Even in a conservative marketplace, setting yourself apart from the crowd is critical for success. Case in point: More than a dozen years ago Hart Information Services in Austin, Texas, wanted to penetrate the insurance market on a national level. "We were latecomers to the national marketplace," said Sherrell Kidd, vice president, "and our chances of penetrating it weren't great. In most cases, the insurance industry is very conservative, and if these companies are being provided services through a reliable and dependable vendor, they're slow to change." Adding to

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