2004 HALL OF FAME John Bell -- Ethics Really Matter

Once the necessary capital was in place, The Ovid Bell Press enjoyed a technological growth spurt during the 1970s. Its sheetfed offset capabilities were then augmented in 1994, in the face of dwindling market share to its web brethren.

"During the recessionary period in the late '80s and early '90s, the market softened rather dramatically and many web printers, in desperation, were taking all the web work they could get," Bell recalls. "Therefore, we lost many of our larger customers in that soft period. We very quickly recognized, from a competitive standpoint, that we had to defend ourselves and make ourselves more marketable at the same time."