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Postal Hike
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Celebrate Print and the People Who Make It Happen!
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Join us for a celebration of excellence in the printing industry! Help honor this year's recipients and nominees of the Women in Print Excellence Awards. See all of this year's Graphics Excellence Awards Best of Category and Best of Division winners, and cast your vote for your favorite for the People's Choice Award. Who has won this year's Top Awards?!
Hurry, deadline to register is tomorrow - Wednesday, May 29! We need to turn in the counts to the caterers.
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Packaging by the Numbers 2024
Market reports for packaging of cosmetics, beer, glass, beverages, and for protective packaging and active packaging are featured in this slideshow. Read and see more on PackagingDigest.com.
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Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing—2010–2021
According to County Business Patterns, in 2021 there were 578 establishments in NAICS 322212 (Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing). This category saw a net decrease of 18 percent since 2010. In macro news,inflation in April eased a bit. Read more in this data analysis on WhatTheyThink.com.
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Lawmakers Are Asking the USPS Regulator to Block DeJoy's Latest Price Hikes
House Democrats are asking the U.S. Postal Service’s regulator to block its latest proposed price hike, saying another increase would threaten the future of the mailing agency. Read more on GovExec.com.
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Booksellers and Librarians Agree: Young Readers Are Fueling the Printed Book Boom
According to the new report Gen Z and Millennials: How They Use Public Libraries and Identify Through Media Use, Gen Z and Millennials (roughly ages 13 to 40) are using public libraries, both in person and digitally, at higher rates than older generations. Read more by Two Sides North America.
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Video - Hot Foil Stamped Letterpress Calendar (2024) – Paper Inspiration
Fashion has Fashion Week. Technology has the Consumer Electronics Show. And letterpress design has “The Letterpress Calendar” produced every year by France’s MR CUP. See more by Sabine Lenz of Paper Specs.
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Printers may not be able to control the chaos around them (macroeconomic factors) but can control how they react to those changes. We discuss the changes to costs of paper, difficulty in finding staff, change in rates for capital expenditures, and the recent energy crunch. This lesson is 26:13 in length.
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Have some news to share? We want to hear about member company achievements, activities and anything else that's new at your business. Press releases, photos, company e-newsletters, and links to social media posts and blogs welcome! Send your news to Sharon Flick.
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Specialty Print Communications to Receive First U.S. Installation of Canon ProStream 3160
Specialty Print Communications (SPC), Niles, IL, a direct marketer offering a full spectrum of solutions for national brands, will become the first company to have the Canon ProStream 3160 installed in the United States.This milestone was announced by Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc. Read more.
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ITU AbsorbTech Earns Top Workplace Recognition for the Fifth Consecutive Year
Posted on their website blog by ITU AbsorbTech, New Berlin, WI:
ITU AbsorbTech has been named a Top Workplace by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Top Workplaces for the fifth consecutive year. The Top Workplaces program is Southeast Wisconsin’s most prestigious recognition of the region’s best employers. Read more.
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Project Spotlight: Tactive Eclipse 3DDM
Posted on their website blog by Tactive, Indianapolis, IN:
At Tactive, we’re all about turning gratitude into an experience and this year, we took direct mail gifting to the next level. Get ready to “unbox” our 2024 customer appreciation 3DDM – a kit that wasn’t just a thank-you gift, but a full-blown eclipse extravaganza in a box that left our recipients totally starry-eyed. Read and see more.
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Xeikon and Sappi in Sweet Collaboration
Candy packs produced with Xeikon TITON toner technology and Sappi Seal Silk paper demonstrate a sustainable and fully recyclable packaging solution that is also food-safe. Read more.
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Color Ink Discusses Their Komori GL640 advance and the Reasons Behind Their Success
Posted on YouTube by Komori America:
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Catch all the main points as Color Ink, Sussex, WI, talks about their business changes over the last few years and how they are now poised for growth in both the commercial and packaging markets. See more. | |
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The Great Lakes Graphics Association is the trade association dedicated to representing the graphic arts industry throughout Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin through education, promotion, and public affairs. It represents approximately 13 percent of the total print market in the United States with its three-state region, accounting for combined annual shipments of nearly $19 billion. Founded in 1886, GLGA celebrated its 135 year anniversary in 2021 and continues to be the oldest print trade association in North America. | | | | |
