Archive for the ‘Print Service Provider Spotlight’ Category

Hammer Packaging Thriving on Change

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Dr. Ashok Rao, Dean of RIT's E. Philip Saunders College of Business has a blog post on Rochester-based Hammer Packaging. In his blog post Rao describes some of the challenges the company has faced in the last two decades: Since taking over as president and CEO Jim Hammer has fostered a ...

Promotional Postcards Drive Revenue for Minneapolis Printer

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Minneapolis-based PostcardBuilder was highlighted in yesterday's Star Tribune newspaper "Promotional postcards prove profitable, popular". The company has built a profitable business around offering Web-based design and ordering of a single printed product: the promotional postcard: Kurt Johnson had this promising idea for a new business: a generic website where smaller corporate clients ...

4Over Cuts Ribbon on New Dayton Facility, Gives Company Gateway to the East

Monday, November 19th, 2007

On Thursday of last week I was honored to be invited to the official ribbon cutting of 4Over's new 105,000 square foot production facility in the Huber Heights area of Dayton. The space was previously occupied by garment tag and label manufacturer Paxar (now Avery Dennison) who closed the facility ...

Lulu Acquires PrintOnDemand.com domain - Launches Printing Service Aimed at B2B Market

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

Self-publishing service provider Lulu has acquired the PrintOnDemand.com business. The web site was owned by Chuck Surprise and offered weekly news updates about digital printing and a directory of digital print services providers. Currently the site does not offer either of these services. Lulu is using the site as a ...

GPS lands $164 million deal from U.S. Government

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

The Department of State awarded a 10-year contract worth $164 million to its revamped in-house printing and publishing organization, Global Publishing Solutions (GPS). This deal has been discussed and speculated on for months by industry insiders. The Department expects to save approximately $80 million dollars over the life of the ...

Small Printer Mixin Politics and Print

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Here's a print firm that found a niche in politics. This is a small printer that found a niche, but it also reminds me of the effort companies like Gateway Press in Louisville puts into their niche. Gateway does a ton of work for for the Federal Government. They have ...