PIA's Best Workplace In the Americas Awards Announced
PITTSBURGH—December 5, 2008—Printing Industries of America proudly announces the recipients of the 2008 Best Workplace in the Americas Awards. A total of 51 graphic arts companies, both Printing Industries of America members and non-members, were selected by a committee of distinguished Human Resource experts from within the industry. The program is designed to recognize graphic arts companies for 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 they should be proud of, the Best Workplace program recognizes outstanding accomplishment," said Jim Kyger, HR Director for Printing Industries of America. "The Best Workplace program stands out as one of the most difficult HR awards to achieve in any industry today, with over 300 metrics. The program is an excellent 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 balanceA total of 16 companies received the coveted designation Best of the Best, while 35 earned Best Workplace honors.
Best of the Best Category
Small Companies (up to 100 employees)
Crescent Printing, Onalaska, WI
Label World Kamylon, LLC, Rochester, NY
Omaha Print, Omaha, NE
Resco Print Graphics, Inc., Hudson, WI
Western Graphics, Inc., St. Paul, MN
Medium-size Companies (101-250 employees)
DISC Graphics, Inc., Hauppauge, NY
McNaughton & Gunn, Inc., Saline, MI
Midland Information Resource, Davenport, IA
MOSAIC, Cheverly, MD
Worth Higgins & Associates, Inc., Richmond, VA
Large Companies/Multi-plants (251+ employees)
American Packaging Corp., Rochester, NY
Malloy Incorporated, Ann Arbor, MI
The Sheridan Press, Hanover, PA
SmartHealth, Phoenix, AZ
Suttle-Straus, Inc., Waunakee, WI
Times Printing Co. Inc., Random Lake, WI
- Companies:
- Cohber Press
- Courier Corp.
- Edwards Brothers
- Elk Grove Graphics
- Flower City Printing
- Franklin Communications
- GPA, Specialty Substrate Solutions
- Great Lakes Integrated
- Hammer Packaging
- Hopkins Printing
- Kohler Print Group
- Malloy Inc.
- McNaughton & Gunn
- Morrison Communications
- Mosaic
- Omaha Print
- Schawk Inc.
- Smyth Companies
- Suttle-Straus Inc.
- Times Printing
- Vox Printing
- Western Graphics
- Worth Higgins & Associates
- People:
- Grant Dahlstrom
- Jim Kyger
- Places:
- America
- Americas
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Bryan, TX
- BURLINGTON, WI
- Chelsea, MI
- Cheverly, MD
- Chicago, IL
- Cleveland, OH
- Columbus, OH
- Davenport, IA
- DES PLAINES, IL
- Eagan, MN
- Elk Grove Village
- Fitchburg, MA
- Great Lakes
- Hanover, NH
- Hebron
- Hollywood, FL
- Hudson, WI Western
- Lincoln, NE
- Menomonee Falls, WI
- Miami, FL
- Midland
- Minneapolis, MN
- Morristown, TN
- Oconomowoc, WI
- Oklahoma City
- Onalaska, WI
- Pasadena, CA
- Phoenix, AZ
- Pittsburgh
- Random Lake
- Richmond, Va.
- ROCHESTER, NY
- Saline, MI.
- St. Paul, MN
- Sun Prairie
- Waunakee, WI
