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Printing Impressions' Across the Nation Commercial Printing News for April 2009

THE WORLD is full of people who grouse about the company they work for, bemoaning the manner in which operations are conducted, and placated by the notion that if they were in charge, things would be done differently. Manny and Jorge Hernandez, who began their respective careers working for other printing companies, could have chosen the grouser tact. But these brothers didn’t just want to be in charge.

IT’S HARD not to automatically view everything through the frame of the current economic climate. In most cases, however, the business challenges companies are struggling with were preexisting conditions that have now been greatly amplified. The trend toward print buyers, at every level, cutting back their order quantities is a case in point.

Printing Impressions' Bindery and Finishing News for April 2009

Printing Impressions' Commercial Printing Supplier News for April 2009

In the midst of an extended economic downturn, longtime owners of Heidelberg’s peak-performance Speedmaster XL 105 can point to the real-world benefits of access to the fastest speeds and highest level of automation available in sheetfed offset printing.

ServiceAccess is the latest addition to a growing portfolio of services from the Access Group of companies, which includes PressAccess, a leading supplier of superior pre-owned printing equipment with an unparalleled, 12-month warranty program; GreenAccess, a mill-direct paper recycling program; and CleanAccess, an ultrasonic cleaning service for blanket washers and anilox rollers.

HEIDELBERG, GERMANY—Heidelberg has stepped up its cost-cutting initiatives with the announcement that it is laying off another 2,500 employees. The move is expected to result in a total savings of 400 million euro, double the previous target for the 2010/2011 fiscal year set by Heidelberg. In all, the company is reducing its workforce by 5,000.

Glynn Hanes, owner of New Hanover Printing in Wilmington, NC, is the lucky Printers Advantage member who won the Heidelberg Saphira Consumables Sweepstakes, and with it up to $10,000 in free Saphira consumables for up to one year.

The Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA), held its 61st Annual Technical Conference at the beautiful and historic Hotel Monteleone, located on the world famous Royal Street in New Orleans, LA, on March 15-18, 2009.