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NAPL Honors Best Managed Graphic Arts Companies for 2005
Paramus, NJ
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1/6/2006 -
NAPL (www.napl.org), the trade association for excellence in graphic communications management, has selected 20 graphic communications companies to receive its 2005 Management Plus Awards, which recognize management excellence in all phases of operation. NAPL bestowed its highest Management Plus honor, the William K. Marrinan Hall of Fame Award, on The Sheridan Press, Hanover, Pa.-based company serving the scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journal markets. Five companies earned Management Plus Gold Awards, 10 received Silver Awards, and four were named Merit Award winners.
Gold Award winners were Z3 Graphix, Lenexa, Kan.; Action Printing, Fond du Lac, Wis.; Daily Printing, Inc., Plymouth, Minn.; Patented Printing Co., Inc., Dayton, Ohio; and Nies/Artcraft Companies, St. Louis, Mo.
"Succeeding in today's hyper-competitive marketplace requires nothing less than management excellence and these companies have shown that they excel in all operational areas," said Joseph P. Truncale, NAPL president and chief executive officer. "I and everyone at NAPL extend our sincere congratulations to all the 2005 Management Plus honorees." The awards will be presented at a special banquet on Thursday, March 2, during NAPL's 2006 Top Management Conference in Orlando. Fla. The annual NAPL Management Plus program is sponsored by Compass Capital Partners, MAN Roland, and American Printer magazine.
In addition to receiving the award, the Hall of Fame inductee and the top Gold Award winners in each category (there are five categories based on sales volume and one for in-plant printers) have the honor of presenting scholarships to the graphic communications schools of their choice. The scholarships are funded by NAPL and the Management Plus sponsors.
All Management Plus award winners become members of the NAPL Management Society, a peer group dedicated to improving and promoting the graphic arts. The Society offers valuable opportunities for networking with executives of leading companies in the industry.
About Management Plus: Unlike other graphic arts competitions in which pieces are judged, NAPL's Management Plus program judges management excellence. Graphic communications companies are asked to conduct an analysis of specific areas of their operations. In that way, the program becomes a diagnostic tool that printing company leaders can use to judge their own management performance against accepted industry standards.
Management Plus entrants are judged on how they perform against industry standards in nine key areas: internal control systems; financial performance; marketing/sales plan; business planning; human resources; environmental/safety concerns; quality control; community/industry affairs; and vendor relations.
For more information about NAPL's Management Plus program, contact Robin Schabacker, program coordinator, at (800) 642-6275, ext. 1307, or rschabacker@napl.org.
About NAPL: Chartered in 1933, NAPL (www.napl.org) is a not-for-profit trade association representing companies in the $100 billion + graphic communications industry. NAPL's comprehensive slate of business-building solutions provides company leaders with the strategies, insights, and guidance they can use to make informed business decisions, minimize risk, anticipate change, and profitably grow their business.
2005 NAPL Management Plus Award Winners
William Marrinan Management Plus Hall of Fame Award
Category 5 - Over $25 million in sales
The Sheridan Press, Hanover, PA - Joan Davidson, President/COO
Gold Awards
The top Gold Award Winner from each category receives the added honor of naming a four-year graphic arts school of their choice to receive a $1,000 scholarship.
Category 2 - $1 - $5 million in sales
Z3 Graphix, Lenexa, KS - Kelly Schoen, CEO, (scholarship)
Category 4 - $10 - $25 million in sales
Action Printing, Fond du Lac, WI - Robert Carew, President, (scholarship)
Daily Printing, Inc., Plymouth, MN - Don Bergeron, V.P. of Operations
Patented Printing Co., Inc., Dayton, OH - Dick Westfall, CEO
Category 5 - Over $25 million in sales
Nies/Artcraft - St. Louis, MO - James Finger, II, President/CEO (scholarship)
SILVER AWARDS
Category 4 - $10 - $25 million in sales
Bradford & Bigelow, Inc., Danvers, MA - John Galligan, President
Bloomington Offset Process, Inc., Bloomington, IL - Thomas Mercier, President/CEO
Classic Graphics, Charlotte, NC - David Pitts, President/Owner
The EPI Companies, Marietta, GA - William Woods, President/CEO
Harding Poorman Group, Indianapolis, IN - David Harding, CEO/President
Western Graphics, Inc., St. Paul, MN - Tim Keran, President/Owner
Category 5 - Over $25 million in sales
ALL-STATE LEGAL, Cranford, NJ - Robert Busch, President, CEO
ColorDynamics, Allen, TX - Charles Chalifoux, President
Hammer Packaging, Rochester, NY - James Hammer, President/CEO
McArdle Printing Co., Inc., Upper Marlboro, MD - Lisa Arsenault, President
MERIT AWARDS
Category 2 - $1 - $5 million in sales
Wordsprint Inc., Wytheville, VA - Bill Gilmer, President
Category 4 - $10 - $25 million in sales
Dome Printing, Sacramento, CA - Tim Poole, President
OmahaPrint, Omaha, NE - Steven Hayes, President/CEO
Category 5 - Over $25 million in sales
The Johnson Group, Rockford, IL - Tonya Meister, Vice President