Best (Printing) Workplaces in the Americas Awards Announced
PITTSBURGH—November 1, 2007—Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) proudly announces the recipients of the 2007 Best Workplace in the Americas Awards. A total of 47 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 which 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 they should be proud of, the Best Workplace program recognizes outstanding accomplishment,” said Jim Kyger, HR Director for PIA/GATF. “This program is a way to give employers doing innovative, yet cost-effective HR programs, the recognition they deserve.”
Entries are judged on the following criteria:
• Management practices
• Work environment
• Training and development opportunities
• Recognition and rewards
• Workplace health and safety
• Health and Wellness
• Financial security
• Work-life balance
A total of 18 companies received the coveted designation Best of the Best, while 29 earned Best Workplace honors.
Best of the Best Category
Small Companies (up to 100 employees)
Crescent Printing Company, Onalaska, WI
Grant Dahlstrom Inc./The Castle Press, Pasadena, CA
Label World, Rochester, NY
Vox Printing, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK
Medium-Size Companies (101–250 employees)
Communicorp, Inc., Columbus, GA
CRW Graphics, Pennsauken, NJ
Midland Information Resources, Davenport, IA
MOSAIC, Cheverly, MD
Royle Printing, Sun Prairie, WI
Suttle-Straus, Inc., Waunakee, WI
Worth Higgins & Associates, Inc., Richmond, VA
Large Companies/Multi-Plants (251+ employees)
American Packaging Corporation, Story City, IA; Columbus, WI; & Rochester, NY
Edwards Brothers, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI & Lillington, NC
Malloy, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI
St Ives Inc USA, Cleveland, OH & Hollywood, FL
The Sheridan Press, Hanover, PA
Thomson Corporation, Eagan, MN
Times Printing Co. Inc., Random Lake, WI
- Companies:
- Action Printing
- Cohber Press
- Courier Corp.
- Edwards Brothers
- Elk Grove Graphics
- Flower City Printing
- GPA, Specialty Substrate Solutions
- Graphic Arts
- Hagadone Printing
- Hammer Packaging
- Hopkins Printing
- Imagine! Print Solutions
- Kohler Print Group
- Malloy Inc.
- Midland Information Resources
- Morrison Communications
- Mosaic
- Schawk Inc.
- Suttle-Straus Inc.
- The John Roberts Co.
- Times Printing
- Vox Printing
- People:
- Jim Kyger
