MONTREAL—Transcontinental Direct USA, the U.S. direct mail subsidiary of Transcontinental Inc., will consolidate production from its Warminster, PA, facility to its plant in Hamburg, PA. The move will result in the elimination of 460 positions, though employees will be offered the opportunity to apply for available positions in Hamburg. The transfer of production should be complete by January 2009.
CHANHASSEN, MN—With a dramatic decline in mail volume reducing the need for the facility's core of acquisition mail, IWCO Direct announced it was closing its Elm City, NC, facility, leaving 380 workers without jobs.
BALTIMORE—Vertis Communications has successfully consummated its prepackaged Chapter 11 plan and its merger with American Color Graphics (ACG). The new company will be headquartered here under the Vertis Communications brand. As a whole, the network boasts 100 worldwide locations and roughly 8,000 employees.
MARYSVILLE, OH—October 23, 2008—Univenture, Inc., is the award winning inventor and manufacturer of a wide array of eco-friendly products for direct mail, digital and document storage and packaging. The company will feature its comprehensive line of eco-friendly products and solutions at Graph Expo on October 26-29 at McCormick Place South in Chicago, IL in Booth 1582 located in the Mailing and Fulfillment Center.
ROCHESTER, NY—Oct. 22, 2008—Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today unveiled its Mail Shop in a Box program, a simple way for commercial and quick printers to add mailing services to their business. Xerox also announced a collection of new business development tools and services – including Web-based sales training and Webinars on industry trends.
HENRIETTA, NY—October 2008—At Graph Expo in Chicago , in booth 2070, Lake Image Systems will introduce the IntegraJET L400 Inkjet Printing System. An entirely new concept, the Lake Image Systems IntegraJET L400 Inkjet Printing System provides the most accurately matched printing in the industry, at the output of an inserter, stitcher, or card attacher, while enabling the use of thermal, solvent, and UV-based printhead technologies.
GAITHERSBURG—October 21, 2008—MCS, Inc., a leader in industrial and mailing inkjet technology and camera systems, is showing several new technologies for the first time at Graph Expo 2008 in Chicago, October 26-29.
NEW CANAAN, CT—Former Sandy Alexander executives Roy Grossman and Chip Stine announced they have formed MSP LLC, as a vehicle for making investments in printing-related companies with revenues in excess of $5 million.
DURHAM, NC—Oct. 16, 2008—BÖWE BELL + HOWELL (BBH), a leading provider of high-performance document management solutions and services, will unveil its latest innovations at this year's GRAPH EXPO, the most comprehensive graphic communications conference in the Americas. The event, to be held Oct. 26 to Oct. 29 at Chicago’s McCormick Place, will showcase the newest technologies and expertise from BBH and hundreds of other world-class vendors. BBH will be located in booth 1253, adjacent to the Mailing and Fulfillment Center.
ROCHESTER, NY—October 16, 2008—The Bennett Group, founder of the Mailing Training Institute, announced a free Seminar & Peer-to-Peer Panel Discussion on the topic of printers expanding into the lucrative mailing industry. Back by popular demand, the Peer- to-Peer Panel Discussion will feature Robert M. Dahlke Jr. of VISOgraphic, Inc. and Arthur Novick of Mercury Print Productions, Inc. with Mary Ann Bennett as moderator. The event is 11:30am to 1pm on Monday, October 27 at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Conference Center Room 12D. Lunch will be provided for all attendees. Industry professionals are urged to request a ticket to this invitation only event by calling The Bennett Group toll-free at (877) 743-3379 or e-mail sales@the-bennett-group.com.
