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SEWICKLEY, PA—November 10, 2006—Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) proudly announces the recipients of the 2006 Best Workplace in the Americas Awards. A total of 55 graphic arts companies were selected by a committee of distinguished HR experts from within the industry. The program is designed to recognize graphic arts companies for their outstanding human relations efforts that contribute to a successful workplace. “Since 2000, the Best Workplace program has recognized industry leaders from small, medium, and large firms in the graphic arts industry for their outstanding human relations practices. While every company that entered this year’s competition has HR programs

NEW YORK—The private equity firm of Wellspring Capital Management has acquired a pair of printers—The Press of Ohio and D.B. Hess Co.—that serve the education, catalog and general commercial printing markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the respective companies will maintain their current management teams and locations. Wellspring, which manages more than $2 billion in equity capital, “. . .will help us continue to maximize the highest product quality and responsive service that our customers have come to expect over the past two decades,” noted David Bracken, president of Brimfield, OH-based The Press of Ohio. “Wellspring is the ideal partner to help us

NEW YORK—The private equity firm of Wellspring Capital Management has acquired a pair of printers, The Press of Ohio and D.B. Hess Co., that serve the education, catalog and general commercial printing markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the respective companies will maintain their current management teams and locations. Wellspring, which manages more than $2 billion in equity capital, “...will help us continue to maximize the highest product quality and responsive service that our customers have come to expect over the past two decades,” noted David Bracken, president of Brimfield, OH-based The Press of Ohio. The Press of Ohio provides services including digital

WASECA, MN—Brown Printing has approved a three-year project that will see a 150,000-square-foot expansion added to its headquarters here, increasing plant capacity by about 15 percent. The project, which carries a $55 million price tag, is slated to begin next month. The project will include the replacement of two older presses with two modern, high-capacity web offset presses. Harry Popiel, Brown Printing's vice president of human resources, said that the company had yet to sign a purchase agreement but had narrowed the field to two manufacturers. Perfect binders will also be added to match the increase in printing capacity. Other planned acquisitions include an automated storage

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