Japs-Olson Co.
Japs Olson reports increased efficiency thanks to its newly installed Speedmaster XL 106-6+LYY-P-6+L from Heidelberg.
The printers who attended the 5th annual Inkjet Summit left with the bearings and insights they needed to gain a competitive advantage.
Idealliance has awarded Japs-Olson Company the 2017 G7 Master Qualification in Color Management certification.
As a 107-year-old commercial print and direct mail production company, Japs-Olson Co. continues to invest in the future of print.
Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting Japs-Olson of Minneapolis—a printer that can trace its roots all the way back to 1907! Japs-Olson embodies the lean manufacturing approach to today's direct mail. What I saw was a "holistic" integrated process. Japs-Olson is capable of sending more than four million pieces a day into the USPS mail stream. To do this efficiently, you need critical thinking to be applied at every stage of the process.
The Goss Pacesetter Club admits new members each year as specific targets are met and productivity records continue to be broken.
Japs-Olson aims to expand its current facility, but doing so would mean the property would straddle two Minnesota cities.
Attendees of the 2015 Continuous Improvement Conference have the option to tour three manufacturing plants in the Minneapolis area. Japs-Olson, Western Graphics and Tennant Co. will all be opening their doors to visitors, showing how continuous improvement strategies and concepts are being applied at their firms.
Commercial printer company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ September 2014 edition, featuring Japs-Olson, Standard Register, Fry Communications, Flashpoint Graphix, Gill Studios, The Flottman Co., Graphic Visual Solutions, Printing and Graphics Association MidAtlantic and The Master's Press.
Chris Illa, a dedicated and well respected employee of Japs-Olson Co. for 24 years, has died after a long illness with cancer. He served as director of operations, and was instrumental in the implementation of the company’s Lean initiatives and workflow improvement.