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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Printers have been struggling and over the last few months a number have been closed or sold. It's a hard process when your business is on the edge. PrintCEO reported on Pazazz Printing's file to restructure just about two months ago. In just over 9 weeks, the company has reorganized ...
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
An amazing video about a disappearing skill - sign painting.
Now that super wide printers can cover something as wide as 5 meters, the old fashioned sign painter is going the way of typesetters.
This is a beautiful - and sad - tribute to a dying craft.
Click on the image below and ...
Posted in Digital Imaging, Printing Industry, Wide Format and Inkjet | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010, Nationwide Graphics acquired the assets of Premier Graphics in a "uniform commercial code sale” from GE Capital. Nationwide Graphics provided day-to-day management of Premier Graphic's operations under a management contract since early 2002. The purchase price was not disclosed.
"Premier Graphics was a company we managed and ...
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Sunday, March 21st, 2010
This time last year, the Seattle Post Intelligencer – fondly called the P-I here in Seattle – made the move from paper to pixels. So how has it gone?
Seattlepi.com, the online successor to the print version of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, celebrated its first year with music, free cupcakes ...
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
In mid-January, Alonzo Printing closed its doors after more than a year of struggling financially. Jim Duffy, owner of Alonzo Printing for 22 years, shared his thoughts on the closure and had some advice for others in the same situation.
WTT: Alonzo Printing was not just a flagship green printing company, ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Premier Graphics is being sold under a “uniform commercial code sale” by GE Capital, which is foreclosing on the business and liquidating the assets. Premier Graphics consists of five print facilities: The Argus Press (Niles, IL), The Jones Company (Chattanooga, TN), McQuiddy Classic Press (Nashville, TN), Saint Clair Press (Indianapolis, ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
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At PMA 2010, the trade event for “everything photo,” Mohawk Fine Papers announced the acquisition of LabPrints, a developer of workflow software and services for professional photographers and photo labs. “Wait,” you say, “a paper company bought a software company?” In search of clarification, I spoke to Bart Robinson, Mohawk's ...
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