Business Management - Operations

Quad/Graphics is eliminating 50 positions at its former Brown Printing publication printing facility in Waseca, Minn., as part of a plan to better position the plant for long-term success by focusing on special interest publications and journals. Claire Ho, Quad/Graphics' director of corporate communications, told the Waseca County News that impacted workers at the roughly 488-employee operation will be offered other positions within the company, primarily within its Wisconsin network of plants.

Written in Otto Boutin’s typical humorous style, this next installment relates why many printers started their own printing businesses.

During the third quarter, Heidelberg’s operating result (EBITDA) and the net result after taxes improved further compared to the same quarter of the previous year. A large number of orders placed at drupa for presses with longer delivery times that were presented at and ordered during the trade show will be supplied on schedule in the fourth quarter. The series launch of these products at the end of the financial year will also generate higher sales and a better results than in the previous year.

Minuteman Press franchise Co-owner Garth Sanders, will join the umpire crew of the 2017 Little League Softball World Series.

Sappi has announced a $165M capital project to expand its capabilities to include a variety of consumer packaging products.

Bernie Lacy, owner of Litho Press, a third-generation Indianapolis-based commercial printing company, shares his thoughts with FOX59 on why he thinks President Trump's recent executive order making cuts to regulations "is a great start" for businesses and a positive move for growth and jobs.

As part of our Flashback Friday series, here’s another installment of the once-popular column that was written by Otto Boutin.

Verso Corp. was approved for a six-year $1.2M tax incentive by the Ohio Tax Credit Authority, ahead of a move that consolidates its Memphis, Tenn., headquarters with its larger Miamisburg, Ohio, facility. Verso officials said that the move should be completed by the end of the second quarter, reported the Dayton Business Journal.

Colter & Peterson is marking its 85th year in business by moving into new headquarters in West Caldwell, N.J.

Due to the closure of the Cenveo Graphic Arts Center commercial printing operation by March 31, 91 workers will be layed off.