NAPL Honors Best Managed Graphic Communications Companies
PARAMUS, NJ—1/11/2007—NAPL (www.napl.org), the trade association for excellence in graphic communications management, has selected 17 graphic communications companies to receive its 2006 Management Plus Awards, which recognize management excellence in all phases of operation. The highest Management Plus honor, the William K. Marrinan Hall of Fame Award, is bestowed on Bloomington Offset Process, Inc., a full-service printing, mailing, and fulfillment company based in Bloomington, Ill. (See NAPL January 11, 2007, press release, “2006 NAPL Management Plus Hall of Fame Award Goes to Bloomington Offset Process, Inc.”)
Three companies earned Management Plus Gold Awards, 10 received Silver Awards, and two were named Merit Award winners. Gold Award winners were Z3 Graphix, Lenexa, Kan; Action Printing, Fond du Lac, Wis.; Dome Printing, Sacramento, Calif; and McArdle Printing Co., Inc., Upper Marlboro, Md.
“Management Plus award winners are the kinds of organizations that have what it takes to succeed in today’s challenging marketplace—a high degree of management excellence in all operational areas,” said Joseph P. Truncale, NAPL president and chief executive officer. “I and everyone at NAPL extend our sincere congratulations to all the 2006 Management Plus honorees.”
The awards will be presented at a special banquet on Saturday, March 10, during NAPL’s 2007 Top Management Conference in Santa Barbara, Calif. The annual NAPL Management Plus program is sponsored by American Printer magazine, Compass Capital Partners, Ltd., and MAN Roland. In addition to receiving the award, the Hall of Fame inductee and the top Gold Award winners in each category (there are five categories based on sales volume and one for in-plant printers) have the honor of presenting scholarships to the graphic communications schools of their choice. The scholarships are funded by NAPL and the Management Plus sponsors.
All Management Plus award winners become members of the NAPL Management Plus Society, a peer group dedicated to improving and promoting the graphic arts. The Society offers valuable opportunities for networking with executives of leading companies in the industry.
2006 NAPL MANAGEMENT PLUS AWARD WINNERS
William K. Marrinan Management Plus Hall Of Fame Award
Category 4 – Over $10 - $25 million in sales
Bloomington Offset Process, Inc., Bloomington, IL –Thomas Mercier, President & CEO
Gold Awards
The top Gold Award Winner from each category receives the added honor of naming a four-year graphic arts school of their choice to receive a $1,000 scholarship.
Category 2 - $1 - $5 million in sales
Z3 Graphix, Lenexa, KS – Kelly Schoen, CEO, (scholarship)
Category 4 - $10 - $25 million in sales
Action Printing, Fond du Lac, WI – Robert Carew, President, (scholarship)
Category 5 - Over $25 million in sales
Dome Printing, Sacramento, CA – Tim Poole, President (scholarship)
McArdle Printing Co., Inc., Upper Marlboro, MD – Lisa Arsenault, President
Silver Awards
Category 2 - $1 - $5 million in sales
Swifty Printing & Graphics, Arlington, TX – Jerry Mechell, President
Category 4 - $10 - $25 million in sales
Bradford & Bigelow, Inc., Danvers, MA – John Galligan, President
Classic Graphics, Charlotte, NC – David Pitts, President
Daily Printing, Inc., Plymouth, MN – Don Bergeron, Executive Vice President
Think Patented, Dayton, OH – Ken McNerney, President/Owner
Western Graphics, Inc., St. Paul, MN – Tim Keran, President/Owner
Category 5 - Over $25 million in sales
ALL-STATE LEGAL, Cranford, NJ – Robert Busch, President/CEO
ColorDynamics, Allen, TX – Charles Chalifoux, President
The EPI Companies, Marietta, GA – William Woods, Jr., CEO
Hammer Packaging, Rochester, NY – James Hammer, President/CEO
Merit Awards
Category 2 - $1 - $5 million in sales
Wordsprint Inc., Wytheville, VA – Bill Gilmer, President
Category 5 - Over $25 million in sales
Nies/Artcraft Companies, St. Louis, MO – James Finger II, President/CEO
About Management Plus
Unlike other graphic communications competitions in which printed pieces are judged, NAPL’s Management Plus program judges management excellence. Graphic communications companies are asked to conduct an analysis of specific areas of their operations. In that way, the program becomes a diagnostic tool that printing company leaders can use to judge their own management performance against accepted industry standards. Management Plus entrants are judged on how they perform against industry standards in nine key areas: internal control systems; financial performance; marketing/sales plan; business planning; human resources; environmental/safety concerns; quality control; community/industry affairs; and vendor relations. For more information about NAPL’s Management Plus program, contact Robin Schabacker, program coordinator, at (800) 642-6275, ext. 6307, or rschabacker@napl.org.
About NAPL
Chartered in 1933, NAPL (www.napl.org) is a not-for-profit trade association representing companies in the $100 billion + graphic communications industry and dedicated to excellence in graphic communications management. NAPL’s comprehensive slate of business-building solutions provides company leaders with the strategies, insights, and guidance they can use to make informed business decisions, minimize risk, anticipate change, and profitably grow their business. For more information on membership in the NAPL Network, which includes NAPL, the R&E Council of NAPL, and the National Association for Quick Printers (NAQP), visit www.napl.org or call (800) 642-6275, Option 5.
