SUSSEX, WI—Quad/Graphics is expanding its clients’ opportunities to reduce postage costs by advancing the co-mailing capabilities across its entire manufacturing platform. At the center of this initiative is its new IntelliTrim technology that allows multiple titles to be bound together on a single, conventional saddle stitcher.In other company news, Quad was honored with the 2008…
‘Green Printer’ Criteria Determined INDIANAPOLIS—The Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership revealed at the recent National Environmental Health and Safety (NEHS) conference the criteria on how to become a sustainable, green printer. Printers that meet these requirements and are verified will be listed on the SGP Partnership Registry Website. There are two categories of SGP registration. The first is Candidate Pending Verification (CPV), which will give a facility a 12-month timeframe in which to meet all criteria for becoming an SGP Printer. Facilities that already meet the crieria can bypass the CPV category and apply for recognition under the SGP Printer category. Among other requirements,
SUSSEX, WI—Quad/Graphics has officially given the green light for its plan to expand the West Allis, WI, plant by 192,000 square feet to accommodate its growing direct mail operations. This move complements the previously announced 388,800-square-foot distribution center in Menomonee Falls, WI, for cross-docking freight produced in five Wisconsin facilities. The West Allis expansion sees production space being added on the northwest side of the plant. Construction is set to commence this month and is slated to wrap up by the end of March 2009. Roughly 1,000 people are employed at West Allis, a facility that covers more than one million square feet of
SUSSEX, WI—Quad/Graphics got the green light to proceed with a $14 million expansion of its West Allis, WI, printing plant, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The project, which would provide 80 new jobs by the time it is completed, received approval from the West Allis Plan Commission, according to the paper. Work could begin this spring on a 225,000-square-foot addition for production and storage space, according to City Planner Kristi Johnson. But Claire Ho, company spokesperson for Quad, told the paper that while the printer has considered West Allis as a target for expansion, a final decision had not been made, and
SUSSEX, WI—Quad/Graphics got the green light to proceed with a $14 million expansion of its West Allis, WI, printing plant, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The project, which would provide 80 new jobs by the time it is completed, received approval from the West Allis Plan Commission, according to the paper. Work will begin this…
Kevin Joyce—Eastman Kodak’s managing director of the Graphic Communications Group (GCG) for the United States and Canada (US&C)—has been named a company vice president and chief marketing officer of the GCG. David Wigfield, who was the managing director of GCG’s business in the United Kingdom, has been tapped to fill Joyce’s former position. Elinor Midlik, president of Prime UV Systems, received the 2007 Harold W. Gegenheimer Award for industry service by an individual. Midlik was honored because of her active involvement on the association’s Show Policy, Strategic Planning, and Programs and Meetings committees. The new vice president and general manager of xpedx Printing
NEW YORK—The ex-Goldman Sachs investment banking associate who was the brains behind the $6.7 million insider trading ring that involved employees from Quad/Graphics was sentenced to 57 months in prison. Eugene Plotkin was one of two men who traded on secret tips from various sources, including BusinessWeek magazine copies stolen by two Quad employees, Juan Renteria and Nickolaus Shuster. Last December, Renteria pleaded guilty to conspiracy and insider trading charges. He has yet to be sentenced. In all, six people involved in the ring have pleaded guilty, including Plotkin and accomplice David Pajcin. The scheme involved illegal trading on M&A news, including the Procter
NEW YORK—The ex-Goldman Sachs investment banking associate who was the brains behind the $6.7 million insider trading ring that involved employees from Quad/Graphics was sentenced to 57 months in prison.Eugene Plotkin was one of two men who traded on secret tips from various sources, including BusinessWeek magazine advance copies stolen by two Quad employees, Juan…
Eco-Friendly Printers Honored For Their ‘Green’ Printing Initiatives BRANCHBURG, NJ—Agfa Graphics recently selected H&S Graphics of Lodi, NJ, and Accell Graphics of London, Ontario, as the inaugural honorees for its Environmental Recognition Awards program. The award recognizes Agfa customers that use “green” printing technologies, promote environmental awareness to their customers using those technologies, and whose environmental efforts go beyond using Agfa’s ThermoFuse plate products. Additional steps taken by H&S and Accell include recycling 99 percent of production materials, printing on FSC- certified stocks, using green energy and cutting VOCs from their inks. INDUSTRY NEWS Corey B. Brinkema has been appointed
NEW YORK—A former Quad/Graphics employee pleaded guilty last month for his part in an insider trading scheme that pulled in more than $6.7 million. Juan Renteria pleaded guilty to conspiracy and insider trading charges at a U.S. District Court hearing here, according to a Reuters report. Renteria and Nickolaus Shuster were accused of stealing advance copies of BusinessWeek and passing stock names mentioned in the “Inside Wall Street” column to ex-Goldman Sachs employees Eugene Plotkin and David Pajcin. Renteria, the last of six defendants, was paid $500 or more for each copy of the magazine, according to reports. He faces a maximum of 25
