Kevin Howley

MONTREAL—Direct marketing specialist Transcontinental is consolidating its three Philadelphia-area operations under one roof in Warminster, PA, and is adding new equipment. The 220,000-square-foot facility, which at one time was the training ground for the Apollo astronauts, will now encompass Spectra Graphics of Willow Grove, PA; Solutions of Newtown, PA; and Spectra Mail of Levittown, PA. The plant is expected to be operational by the end of August and full relocation is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2002. It is also expected to generate new jobs in the Philadelphia market. "Combining our capabilities under one roof improves communication and workflow, and reduces cycle time

KALAMAZOO, MI—Mail-Well has shut down 96-year-old Illinois Envelope Co., nearly five months after it was purchased—a victim of local banking consolidation. Local press reports state there has been some grumbling among the employees, who say Mail-Well misled them about expanding the plant and buying new equipment when it first bought the company. Also, an editorial in the Kalamazoo Gazette accused Mail-Well of knowing, when it bought the company, that it was going to close the plant. Mail-Well officials have not commented, but in a letter to the editor, Mail-Well's Vice President and General Manager Kevin Howley refuted that charge. "If Mail-Well had intended to