George Ryan

Associated Printing Productions Inc. (APPi) captured 27 awards including one Flamingo Award (Prestigious State of Florida First Place Award), 13 Best of Category, 12 Awards of Excellence and one Judges Award at the 25th Annual Florida Print Awards ceremony.

The printing industry's largest and most prestigious statewide graphic arts competition recognized APPi as being among the top printers in Florida as they dominated the competition. The Printing Association of Florida presented the awards to commercial printer APPi during a banquet on August 3, 2012 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Graphics of the Americas 2008, being held Feb. 27 to March 1 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, has announced the debut of the Design for Personalized Communication Conference, led by noted industry consultant and analyst Steven Schnoll. The full-day conference will feature sessions on removing the variable selling barriers; review of technology tools; building the right business model; strategic and tactical design considerations; creating a variable sales and marketing plan; and managing the additional value-added services required for personalized promotional campaigns. “The combination of current applications and emerging technology has the potential to create tremendous revenue opportunities for savvy graphic communication companies,”

With suppliers and distributors increasingly taking on functions once exclusive of each other, are the terms used to describe their roles still accurate? As a company acquires production capabilities, is there a point at which it ceases to be an independent distributorship? What about manufacturers with direct selling divisions? These are hotly debated issues, and will remain so as the industry evolves. While the language describing emerging business models may be undecided, there’s strong agreement across the independent supply channel concerning the harsh realities of maintaining profitability. Add to this the fact that unique new challenges keep emerging, driven by technology and multimedia marketing trends.

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