PRINTER news

The Printing Association of Florida (PAF) announced that Hans Wegner, vice president of production services at Washington, DC-based National Geographic Society, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Graphic Arts Leaders of the Americas (GALA) Award for North America. Wegner is responsible for prepress, manufacturing, quality control and distribution of National Geographic, as well as the organization’s photographic imaging lab. The GALA award will be presented at the 26th annual GALA Award Banquet and Reception in Miami in February.