St. Petersburg, FL

DocuLynx, Inc., a provider of archive, retrieval, electronic distribution, and web presentment solutions for print service providers, today announced that its Mercury Web Presentment software earned an award in Xplor International’s “Innovator of the Year” competition. DocuLynx was one of only three companies recognized by this prestigious organization for the development of a software solution that has notably impacted the print service provider industry in 2008.

Industry consolidation, economic uncertainties, soaring costs for raw materials and energy and many other forces are changing our industry at the speed of thought. At NPES’ 75th Annual Conference, November 15-17 in St. Pete Beach, FL, participants will have an opportunity to learn firsthand how one progressive print organization managed to overcome these challenges. Read on for this preview of how, by developing strategic partnerships with industry manufacturers and service providers, the Valpak Manufacturing Center in St. Petersburg, FL has become a showcase of automated print production—and has managed to hold the line on costs for its customers, increased its productivity and morphed its employees into a skilled workforce for tomorrow. Valpak is one of North America’s leading direct marketers with $260 million in annual revenue and about 1,200 employees in Pinellas County. Valpak reaches more than 45 million unique addresses each month in the United States and Canada and is owned by Largo-based Cox Target Media.

ATLANTA—Cox Enterprises has hired Goldman Sachs to assist in the sale of Valpak, its cooperative direct mail advertising arm, and is also putting most of its newspaper holdings on the block as the company seeks to make investments in technology and moves away from its traditional advertising-supported media companies. Valpak became a member of the Cox family in 1991. Earlier this year, Cox opened a $220 million, highly automated manufacturing facility (shown above) for Valpak in St. Petersburg, FL. Cox also hired Citigroup to market its newspaper holdings to prospective buyers. In all, the company hopes to complete the sale of 10 dailies and

ATLANTA—Cox Enterprises has hired Goldman Sachs to assist in the sale of Valpak, its cooperative direct mail advertising arm, and is also putting most of its newspaper holdings on the block as the company seeks to make investments in technology and moves away from its traditional advertising-supported media companies. Valpak became a member of the Cox family in 1991. Earlier this year, Cox opened a $220 million manufacturing facility for Valpak in St. Petersburg, FL. Cox also hired Citigroup to market its newspaper holdings to prospective buyers. In all, the company hopes to complete the sale of 10 dailies and 19 weeklies in Colorado,

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