March 23, 2010
Esquire, Marie Claire, Popular Mechanics, and Town&Country will be new additions to Brown's relationship with Hearst and will begin production in January 2011.
Brown Printing
March 1, 2010
The acquisition of two new SIM co-mailers brings the total number of co-mail lines in its Bolingbrook, IL facility to five.
February 12, 2010
CHICAGO—Penton Media has filed a prepackaged plan of reorganization under Chapter 11, the publisher announced on Tuesday. The parent company of American Printer and Paper, Film & Foil Converter magazines, Penton is saddled with more than $1 billion in liabilities. Its assets fall between $500 million and $1 billion, according to court documents.
February 10, 2010
The largest trade debt creditor was magazine printer Worldcolor, which was listed as being owed $1.59 million. Next came fellow printer R.R. Donnelley, which is owed $1.41 million. Other notable creditors include Hallmark Data Systems ($532,661.38), Brown Printing ($207,814.64), ON24 ($114,577), QuadGraphics ($81,885.48) and direct marketing media company Walter Karl ($63,273.72).
October 27, 2009
It utilizes PLANET codes to identify and track each individual mail piece — from the moment it enters the delivery stream until the time it reaches the mail carrier.
July 20, 2009
DiMS! organizing print will launch its DiMS.NET! product in the North American market at PRINT 09. DiMS.NET! is the latest generation of the popular DiMS! system, which automates the complete range of web-enabled administrative and printing processes across an entire enterprise.
May 1, 2009
Printing Impressions' Bindery & Finishing News for May 2009
February 27, 2009
Minnesota legislators hope to close a loophole they say is hurting the state’s printing companies. Ten days ago, Brown Printing announced plans to trim 8 percent from its workforce at all three of its U.S. plants. In Waseca, where approximately 1,000 people are employed, layoffs are expected to be in the range of 80 to 100 employees over the next few weeks, according to Harry Popiel, Vice President Human Resources.
February 27, 2009
WASECA, MN—Brown Printing has been awarded a $90 million-plus multi-year contract to produce the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) catalog and circular programs. The agreement builds upon an 18-year relationship between Brown and AAFES, which is a multi-channel retailer that offers products to authorized customers via catalog, retail stores and online. The programs include catalogs and a weekly circular offering 30,000 items to its customer base.
February 24, 2009
Brown Printing Co. announced today that it has been awarded a multi-year contract in excess of $90 million to produce the Army & Air Force Exchange Service catalog and circular programs. This agreement significantly augments the relationship between Army & Air Force Exchange Service and Brown.
