ABS Graphics

Hundreds of clients, vendors and industry representatives attended ABS Graphics’ open house event in Itasca, Illinois.

Binding and finishing news briefs featuring ABS Graphics and Hunkeler Innovationdays.

The installation of new Komori H-UV technology, will allow ABS to expand its capabilities related to special print effects and coating techniques, and allow it to print on a wider range of substrates from newsprint to coated papers to plastics

Leading the award honors were Action Graphics of Lincoln Park, NJ; Castle Press of Pasadena, CA; Hatteras Press of Tinton Falls, NJ; and Specialty Print Communications of Niles, IL. Each company won five awards. Specialty Print Communications led the parade of Gold Awards, with three top prizes.

Commercial printer company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ January 2012 edition.

“Choose Print” uses objective, verifiable facts to get the word out that print is not only a strong driver of both online and off-line sales, it’s also recyclable, renewable and sustainable. Plasma screens in its GRAPH EXPO booth will display the images and videos used on the campaign’s postcards.

ABS Graphics, a print and streamlined workflow solutions company, has won two “Best of Category” awards for its production of JP Morgan Chase’s “Ultimate Rewards Sales Kit Program” and “International Trading Calendar.” Through its Pinnacle Print Awards, the Printing Industry of Illinois/Indiana Association seeks to recognize the excellence of printers across Illinois and Indiana.

The 2012 Printing Impressions 400 list of the largest printing companies in the United States and Canada as ranked by annual sales.

Cunningham, CGI Reunited JERSEY CITY, NJ—Michael Cunningham has returned to the organization he helped start. Cunningham was named CEO of The CGI Group, the successor to Cunningham Graphics International, which he founded in 1989. He will report directly to CGI Chairman Peter Furlonge. Cunningham has served as a professor at San Diego State and is a research professor at Cal Poly, as well as an adjunct professor at New York University. American Banknote Buys Firm FORT LEE, NJ—American Banknote, parent company of ABnote Group, finished a deal to obtain Arthur Blank & Co., of Boston, for an undisclosed amount of cash and stock. Arthur Blank & Co.

Printer Lauded For Energy Conservation VERONA, WI—By changing all of its work-area lighting from metal halide lights to fluorescent fixtures made by Orion Energy Systems, Park Printing House saved 45 percent (45,290 kilowatt hours per year) on its lighting bill and collected an award for its efforts. Dickinson Press, in Grand Rapids, MI, has bolstered its management team with the addition of Michael Linder as vice president of sales and chief marketing officer and Paul Heroman as vice president of operations. Long-time New England printing executive Duncan Todd has been named president of Daniels, a Merrill Communications Co. In a move to reinforce the company's position,