MILFORD, NH—Label manufacturer Spear is shutting down its manufacturing operations here and will transfer them to the company's Mason, OH, facility, according to the Nashua Telegraph. Sixty jobs are being lost in Milford, though 30 positions will open in Mason, and many of those posts could be filled by transfers.
LAS VEGAS—Creel Printing is streamlining operations by transferring Creel Printing of California's production and equipment to its 250,000-square-foot facility here. The move centralizes manufacturing and enhances its capabilities while reducing Creel's cost structure. Customers will reportedly realize postal savings as well.
RENO, NV—Pat Brady, the former Nevada State Printer and longtime executive for Reno Printing, died Tuesday at the age of 83 after a long battle with lymphoma. As a college football player with the University of Nevada, Mr. Brady set an NCAA record in 1950 with a 99-yard punt against Loyola, CA, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. He later became a punter for the Pittsburgh Steelers. In 1971, Mr. Brady was appointed Nevada State Printer.
MONTREAL—A new era in newspaper printing kicked off Monday for Transcontinental Inc., which began producing the San Francisco Chronicle at its new 338,000-square-foot plant in Fremont, CA. The facility will print 270,000 copies of the Chronicle from Monday to Saturday and 360,000 on Sunday.
PARSIPPANY, NJ—Hammer Co., a third-generation, family owned business that provided commercial printing, packaging, direct mail and fulfillment work, is going out of business. Six of its sales representatives have been hired by Sandy Alexander of Clifton, NJ.
PETERBOROUGH, NH—Graphic Dimensions of Atlanta is opening a printing plant here in a building formerly occupied by New England Business Services, according to the Concord Monitor. The new facility will bring in roughly 20 employees when it opens in August. Mike Baron, formerly of Printegra Corp., has been named the plant's general manager, according to the paper.
BUFFALO, NY—Mod-Pac Corp., which specializes in custom paper board packaging and personalized printed products, is rationalizing its product lines in order to focus on custom folding cartons. As a result, the company will exit the commercial printing business. With the move, Mod-Pac expects to realize roughly $1.2 million in improved operating results. About 23 positions will be eliminated as a result, with 25 others reassigned to jobs mainly in the custom folding carton line.
NEENAH, WI—Outlook Group announced the appointment of Glen Yurjevich as CEO. He succeeds Cal Aurand, chairman of Outlook Group's board of directors, who was serving as interim CEO. Aurand will continue in his role as chairman. Yurjevich most recently served as interim president of Whitefield Industrial Coatings in Oshkosh, WI, an industrial coating and paint company.
MARTINSBURG, WV—Firefighters battled through the night to douse a press fire and clear out thick clouds of smoke at Quad/Graphics' plant here. No injuries were reported, but the smoke caused about $100,000 worth of damage, according to The Journal of Martinsburg, WV.
WINSTON-SALEM, NC—Jostens is closing its yearbook printing plant here over the coming months in an effort to consolidate operations, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The move will result in the loss of 185 jobs.
