Think Patented

Commercial printer company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ January 2012 edition.

Think Patented has expanded the availability of its industry-leading integrated marketing solutions with the hiring of Mark McIntosh, who will serve as a Strategic Programs Specialist for National Accounts. McIntosh will be based in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Joining Loken as new NAPL officers are former NAPL Secretary/Treasurer Nigel Worme, managing director and chairman of COT Printery, Christ Church, Barbados, who has become vice chairman; and Niels Winther, chairman and co-owner, Think Patented, Dayton, OH, elected secretary/treasurer.

The revolution in the printing industry is one of survival, of technology and redefining and reinvention. Think Patented boasts of offering digital static and variable data printing, mailing, fulfillment, promotional products and other Web-based solutions to go with its sheetfed offset printing arsenal.

Some 200 Marketing professionals, designers and print buyers converged on The University of Dayton Arena on Wednesday, March 9, to hear how “Print Delivers!” at an event organized by Think Patented. Attendees heard industry leaders make a case for the effectiveness of print, as well as a sustainable resource.

Commercial printing industry national news, featuring items on Clermont Printing & Office Supplies and Olympus Group.

The Unisource Worldwide Matching Challenge Grant has resulted in $100,000 of new financial support from the industry, along with adding 15 new supporters to the council ranks. “This additional support will fund new initiatives as well as support the ongoing programs of The Print Council, such as the Print in the Mix clearinghouse of print market research and the successful Print Delivers seminars.”

Commercial printer and bindery news from Across the Nation, including items on Standard Printing and Caramundi, in Printing Impressions April 2010 edition.

For printing salespeople toiling for a business that offers both digital and offset printing, the natural motivation is to sell a $30,000 web job as opposed to a $1,500 digital job.

NAPL will honor 18 graphic communications companies for their overall management excellence by presenting them with 2009 Management Plus Awards at the organization’s 2010 Top Management Conference in San Marco, FL, on February 16.