March 1, 2009
Printing Impressions' Commercial Printer News for March 2009
Business Management - Operations
February 13, 2009
KEENE, TX—Southwestern ColorGraphics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southwestern Adventist University, has closed its doors, leaving 69 employees without jobs, according to the Cleburne Times-Review. Company President Larry Garret said the plant was a victim of the "weakening national economy," the paper reported.
February 13, 2009
BELLMAWR, NJ—Evergreen Printing has captured the contract to print the North American edition of The Guardian Weekly, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported. The venerable London publication is owned by Guardian Media Group. Terms of the deal were not revealed.
February 6, 2009
MONTREAL—Domtar Corp. will permanently reduce its fine paper manufacturing at its Plymouth, NC, mill by shutting down one of the two paper machines comprising the mill's fine paper production unit. This will eliminate 293,000 short tons of the mill's uncoated freesheet production capacity. Domtar plans to reduce staff across various parts of the mill by approximately 185 employees.
February 6, 2009
NEW CANAAN, CT—Jonathan Fogel, a former senior vice president at Sandy Alexander of Clifton, NJ, has joined MSP LLC as a partner. He is reunited with longtime Sandy Alexander execs Roy Grossman and Chip Stine, the founders of MSP.
February 1, 2009
BOLINGBROOK, IL—Goss International has appointed Jochen Meissner as its CEO. He succeeds Bob Brown, who will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors. Meissner had served as executive vice president and COO since he joined the company in 2002.
January 23, 2009
DAYTON, OH—Standard Register has appointed Joseph Morgan Jr. as president and CEO. He was also elected to a seat on Standard's board of directors. Morgan was named acting CEO last September. Prior to joining the company in 2001, Morgan served in executive roles at eflatbed.com and Sony Chemical.
January 23, 2009
NORTH MANKATO, MN—Taylor Corp. will halt production at its Corporate Graphics facility in Austin, MN, on April 17, leaving 27 employees out of work, according to the Austin Post-Bulletin. Work from Austin will be performed at other companies in the Taylor chain. Current market conditions and their effects on customer demand was cited by Taylor as the basis behind the decision, the paper reported.
January 16, 2009
DENVER—National Hirschfeld, a century-old business institution in the Mile High city, closed its doors this week, leaving 250 employees out of work, according to the Rocky Mountain News.
January 16, 2009
CHICAGO—RR Donnelley served notice to the former Heartland Press plant in Spencer, IA, that it planned to close for good by March 13. The move leaves 160 employees without jobs. The plant was obtained by Donnelley in the Perry Judd's acquisition.
