Women in Printing — It’s a Man’s World (Not!)

“Each time the company made an acquisition, my father told me to ‘go run it.’ So, I did,” concludes Lampe. “In retrospect, running all of those businesses was the best education I could have ever had.”

KAREN DEMAIO
President
21st Century Finishing
Saddle Brook, NJ

21st Century Finishing, in business since 1990, was initially geared for foil stamping and hologram applications. When Karen DeMaio joined the company in 1998, she believed that “there was more to finishing than just stamping.”