PRINTER news

The Ash Khan Honor Society of the Printing Industries of America inducted six industry notables and the late executive director of the Printing Industry of Minnesota at a recent black-tie gala in San Antonio. New members include: Thomas Hale Hawkins III, owner/president of Lewisburg Printing, Lewisburg, TN; Conrad Levenduski, owner/president of Ultimate Print & Mailing Solutions, Austin, TX; James Niesen, retired executive director of the Binding Industries of America; H. Winfield Padgett Jr., chairman of Padgett Printing, Dallas; J. Ralph Sowell Jr., president of Franklin Printers, Jackson, MS; Charles Stay, president and CEO of Bert-Co Industries, Los Angeles; and Kelvin Johnson, former president and CEO of Printing Industry of Minnesota, was posthumously inducted.