EASTLAKE, OH

SINCE WE do not cover international printing events, the following item did not appear on our news pages this month. But we seem to have hit another patch of fatal, machinery-related incidents. The most recent accident happened in Australia, where an 18-year-old man was dragged head-first into a box printing machine in mid-February. It took 45 minutes to extricate the worker, who died later that day at a hospital.

EASTLAKE, OH—Frank W. Milbourn, president of The Milbourn Pressworks, started his company on his dining room table. It was a short-lived arrangement. Even the sturdiest of tables can't support a printing press. So five years ago, he moved out of the dining room and into a 3,000-square-foot facility in Wickliffe, OH. As The Milbourn Pressworks grew, the 3,000 square feet eventually began to feel as cramped as the table. Milbourn leased more space, growing to 6,500 square feet. Ultimately, however, that still wasn't enough. "We couldn't provide new jobs," Milbourn says. "We couldn't add new equipment." Since Milbourn had leased out all of the

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