Sandy Alexander

In an address entitled “Creating New Opportunities for Growth-Explore, Evolve, Execute,” Sandy Alexander’s Michael Graff recounted some of the unsustainable business practices that printers and their suppliers brought upon themselves for several years leading up to the Great Recession.

The 2011 Offset and Beyond conference, May 23-25, 2011, at the Omni at ChampionsGate, FL, will feature forward-thinking industry print executive keynotes from leading-edge companies that are creating new opportunities for growth utilizing strategies, solutions and tactics that address both the offset and integrated printing production environment.

CLIFTON, NJ—High-end commercial graphics communications provider Sandy Alexander has acquired another Durst RHO UV inkjet production digital printer, a five meter-wide 500R for “soft” out-of-home media. With the purchase of its fourth Durst UV inkjet digital printer, the company looks to expand its presence in the $10 billion market sector.

Sandy Alexander has acquired another Durst RHO UV inkjet production digital printer, a five-meter-wide 500R for “soft” out-of-home media. With the purchase of its fourth inkjet printer, the company continues to expand its presence in the $10 billion market sector.

NEW YORK—The Printing Industries Alliance Franklin Event Committee has announced the recipients of its 2011 Power of Communications Awards. In the printing category, Michael Graff—president and CEO of Clifton, NJ-based Sandy Alexander—will be feted this fall at a gala in Manhattan.

The 2011 winners are: printing—Michael Graff, president & CEO, Sandy Alexander, Clifton, NJ; publishing—Laura Reid, vice president, production, Hearst Magazines, New York; and retail advertising—Rita Little, vice president, marketing, Bed Bath & Beyond, Farmingdale, NY.

Commercial printing industry news from Printing Impressions’ November 2010 edition, featuring items on Messenger Press and All Color Offset Printers.

CLIFTON, NJ—Sandy Alexander has acquired a pair of new-generation Rho UV inkjet production digital printers—the 98-inch-wide Rho 900 for rigid substrates, and the 5-meter-wide Rho 500R for "soft" media.

In conjunction with the equipment acquisition, Sandy Alexander has built an addition onto its Clifton, NJ, facility and hired wide-format imaging veteran Brian Madigan as general manager of its new wide/grand-format division: SandyWide. “This expansion into the wide- and grand-format market, which is estimated at $10 billion annually and continues to grow, is a natural progression for our long-term strategic growth,” said Mike Graff, President and CEO.

Thirty nationally-recognized companies are sponsoring the Printing Industries Alliance’s upcoming 2010 Franklin Event to date. More than 500 senior executives from the printing, advertising, publishing and graphic sectors are expected to attend the popular annual gala scheduled for Wednesday, September 29.