2013 Hall of Fame : Frank Defino Sr. - Printing's Heavy Hitter

Maintaining competitiveness has presented a formidable challenge for Defino, as many of his contemporaries cut prices, unwittingly commoditized their offerings and faded without a true value proposition.

Defino has kept busy on the association front, garnering affiliations with a host of organizations past and present, including the Printing Industry of Illinois, the Chicago Print Production Club, Litho Club of Illinois, Digital Indigo Customer Exchange (DICE), Digital Solutions Cooperative (Dscoop), Print on Demand Initiative (PODi), Direct Marketing Association (DMA), International Prepress Association (IPA) and the IDEAlliance.