Best Workplace Winners Announced

PITTSBURGH—The PIA/GATF has announced the recipients of the 2007 Best Workplace in the Americas awards. Honors were given to 47 companies selected by a committee of HR experts from within the industry, with 18 companies given Best of the Best distinctions.

Entries are judged on criteria including management practices, work environment, training and development opportunities, recognition and rewards, workplace health and safety, financial security and work-life balance. The winners are:

Best of the Best, small companies (up to 100 employees): Crescent Printing, Onalaska, WI; Grant Dahlstrom/The Castle Press, Pasadena, CA; Label World, Rochester, NY; and Vox Printing, Oklahoma City.

Medium-size companies (101–250 employees): Communicorp Inc., Columbus, GA; CRW Graphics, Pennsauken, NJ; Midland Information Resources, Davenport, IA; MOSAIC, Cheverly, MD; Royle Printing, Sun Prairie, WI; Suttle-Straus Inc., Waunakee, WI; and Worth Higgins & Associates, Richmond, VA.

Large companies/multi-plants (251+ employees): American Packaging, Story City, IA, Columbus, WI and Rochester, NY; Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, MI and Lillington, NC; Malloy Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; St Ives USA, Cleveland and Hollywood, FL; The Sheridan Press, Hanover, PA; Thomson Corp., Eagan, MN; and Times Printing, Random Lake, WI.

Best Workplace, small companies (up to 100 employees): Elk Grove Graphics, Elk Grove Village, IL; GPA, Specialty Printable Substrates, Chicago; Jacob North Companies, Lincoln, NE; Kohler Print Group, St. Louis; Lauterbach Group, Waukesha, WI; Morrison Communications, Morristown, TN; Newman Printing, Bryan, TX; Source4, Chicago; Resco Print Graphics, Hudson, WI; and Tailored Label Products, Menomonee Falls, WI.

Medium-size companies (101–250 employees): Action Printing, Fond du Lac, WI; Boutwell, Owens & Co., Fitchburg, MA; Cascades Boxboard U.S., Hebron, KY; Cohber Press, W. Henrietta, NY; Commercial Letter, St. Louis; Hagadone Printing, Honolulu; Hopkins Printing, Columbus, OH; McNaughton & Gunn, Saline, MI; and PrintingForLess.com, Livingston, MT.

Large companies/multi-plants (251+): CL&D Graphics, Oconomowoc, WI and Rock Hill, SC; Courier Corp., N. Chelmsford, MA, Westford, MA, and Stoughton, MA; Dartmouth Printing, Hanover, NH; Disc Graphics, Hauppauge, NY; Flower City Printing, Rochester, NY; Hammer Packaging, Rochester, NY; Imagine! Print Solutions, Shakopee, MN; Schawk Inc., Des Plaines, IL (all locations); SmartHealth Inc., Phoenix; and The John Roberts Co., Minneapolis.