Acme Printing President, Francis Canzano Jr., Succumbs to Cancer
October 15, 2009
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WILMINGTON, MA—October 15, 2009—Francis W. Canzano Jr., president of Acme Printing Co., passed away on October 13th after a long battle with cancer. He was 67 years old. A member of the Boston Litho Club, he has won numerous national and international awards in the Graphic arts industry.
Since its founding in 1930, Acme Printing remained a privately-held business operated by the Canzano family until April 1998 when Acme was acquired by the Commercial Division of World Color, which subsequently merged to become Quebecor World in November 1999. Acme became a division of The MATLET Group in 2005.
Having worked in every operating department on a part-time basis since a teenager, Francis W. “Fran” Canzano, Jr. began his full-time career at Acme in 1965 in sales. Fran quickly demonstrated strong performance as a result of highly-developed professionalism and resourcefulness; this resulted in being promoted to Vice President of Sales in 1969. In 1982, Mr. Canzano was appointed President of Acme Printing.
During his 40 years with Acme, Fran has successfully steered the company through a variety of significant technological, cultural and marketplace changes. Under Mr. Canzano’s leadership, Acme has evolved from a local printer of election ballots and store flyers to become one of North America’s most highly-regarded web and sheet fed printers.
In 1998, judges selected Acme as the “Sappi International Printer of The Year”, from among 1,300 other printers in a worldwide competition. In 1999, Acme was again selected as the “North American Printer of The Year” by Sappi. More recently, in 2007, Acme won first place in the Gallery of Superb Printing awards in several categories including Annual reports, heat set web printing, magazines, direct mail and binding.
Mr. Canzano has long been a believer in customer satisfaction and in the value of forging solid relationships. As a result Acme has maintained many long-standing customers over the years.
Industry and community involvement has been an important and constant theme to Mr. Canzano. Printing industry organizations in which Fran has held leadership positions are: Boston Litho Club, Boston Club of Printing House Craftsmen, P.I.N.E. and P.I.A.
His contribution to the community has been consistent and significant. Most notably, Mr. Canzano was a past director of the Don Orion Home for Elderly, a trustee of the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital and a director (for 22 years) of the New England Home for Little Wanderers, an orphanage and private child welfare agency.
Since its founding in 1930, Acme Printing remained a privately-held business operated by the Canzano family until April 1998 when Acme was acquired by the Commercial Division of World Color, which subsequently merged to become Quebecor World in November 1999. Acme became a division of The MATLET Group in 2005.
Having worked in every operating department on a part-time basis since a teenager, Francis W. “Fran” Canzano, Jr. began his full-time career at Acme in 1965 in sales. Fran quickly demonstrated strong performance as a result of highly-developed professionalism and resourcefulness; this resulted in being promoted to Vice President of Sales in 1969. In 1982, Mr. Canzano was appointed President of Acme Printing.
During his 40 years with Acme, Fran has successfully steered the company through a variety of significant technological, cultural and marketplace changes. Under Mr. Canzano’s leadership, Acme has evolved from a local printer of election ballots and store flyers to become one of North America’s most highly-regarded web and sheet fed printers.
In 1998, judges selected Acme as the “Sappi International Printer of The Year”, from among 1,300 other printers in a worldwide competition. In 1999, Acme was again selected as the “North American Printer of The Year” by Sappi. More recently, in 2007, Acme won first place in the Gallery of Superb Printing awards in several categories including Annual reports, heat set web printing, magazines, direct mail and binding.
Mr. Canzano has long been a believer in customer satisfaction and in the value of forging solid relationships. As a result Acme has maintained many long-standing customers over the years.
Industry and community involvement has been an important and constant theme to Mr. Canzano. Printing industry organizations in which Fran has held leadership positions are: Boston Litho Club, Boston Club of Printing House Craftsmen, P.I.N.E. and P.I.A.
His contribution to the community has been consistent and significant. Most notably, Mr. Canzano was a past director of the Don Orion Home for Elderly, a trustee of the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital and a director (for 22 years) of the New England Home for Little Wanderers, an orphanage and private child welfare agency.
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