The Ticker
Posted Oct. 6, 2008
-- Graphic Arts Online, 10/6/2008 7:19:00 AM
NightHawk Graphics, NJVC, AccuPrint, EcoVisual Communications, MTA, FetterGroup, not-so-green washing, immigrant workers exploited, Canon dealer acquisition, Ricoh, PIA/GATF education award, EskoArtwork , Ramsey Press, today's quote and more.
Premedia firm and specialty printer NightHawk, Medford, OR, expands and adds integrated communications management services. For more
U.S. Department of Defense IT provider NJVC, Vienna, VA, has been approved for GPO work. Its print production facility includes prepress and bindery, as well as three manroland 5-color presses. For more
Quick printer, Accu-Print, San Antonio, TX, increases postpress capacity with a POLAR 78 cutter from Heidelberg. For more
Wide-format printing and marketing consultancy EcoVisual Communications, Wayland, MA,
opens its doors, focusing on a 'green' approach. For more
Strapped for cash, New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority is selling ad space on the exterior of its subway cars, reports Advertising Age. The first buyer is the History Channel. MTA also is offering ad space on its turnstiles.
Diversified printer FetterGroup, Louisville, KY, is partnering with the EPA in the Energy Star and WasteWise programs. For more
Industrial launderer G&K Services agreed to pay $330,000 to settle VOC emissions claims under Wisconsin's air-pollution laws. The Green Bay company was charged with washing loads of printer towels simultaneously or in prohibited washers, according to a local TV news report.
Some Jamaican workers at a Cinram DVD replication facility in Huntsville, AL, are getting back up to $1,300 each from the Ambassador temp agency that hired them, after a HUD investigation confirmed they were charged exorbitant rent and provided substandard living conditions.
Canon USA acquires NEWCAL Industries, a dealer with a facilities management operation in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more
Digital office equipment provider Ricoh Professional Services creates managed print outsourcing services. For more
The PIA/GATF Education Awards of Excellence recipient for 2008 is Mark Barbour, founding director and curator of the International Printing Museum. For more
Mark Quinlan has been appointed president of EskoArtwork North America. For more
RIT graduate Pamella Stomel joins Ramsey Press, Mahwah, NJ, as account executive. For more
With Graphic Arts BlueBooks online, printers are just a few mouse clicks away from finding a trade partner or other industry supplier.
Worth a Click: Why should you go to Graph Expo later this month? Chief editor Bill Esler explains his rationale in the current issue of Graphic Arts Monthly.
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