Printing Arts Press wins Print Excellence Awards

Printing Arts Press is proud to announce it was recently awarded four 2010 Print Excellence Awards from the Printing Industries Association, Inc., serving Northern Kentucky and Ohio (PIANKO). A Silver Award was for an Annual Report printed with Environmentally Sound Materials.

“Difficult times often bring out the best in people and that was certainly the case with the 2010 Print Excellence Awards entries. The quality of the entries made judging more difficult than ever, but our highly experienced and professional panel was great,” said Association president Jim Cunningham.  “2010 Print Excellence Award winners exemplify the incredibly creative work of our Ohio and northern Kentucky printers even in extremely difficult economic times!  The fortunate customers of our members should be proud to display their winning products or pieces.” “I know that everyone here put in a great deal of craftsmanship to win awards of this kind, the competition was outstanding this year. We are especially proud of our award for Environmentally Sound Materials. We work hard in being an environmentally responsible printer.” said Chuck Gherman, General Manager.

Each year, Printing Industries of Ohio and Northern Kentucky holds its Print Excellence Awards Competition to reward Ohio and northern Kentucky printers that demonstrate excellence in 34 categories. This year member companies submitted 416 printed pieces and three out-of-state expert judges ranked them in a regional competition. This year’s judges were M. David Merrick, The Merrick Printing Company; Clarence Penge, Heidelberg USA; and Glenn Petry.

Printing Arts Press won the following awards:

Best Newsletter

Most Valuable Community Brochure

Posted by Chuck Gherman

For more information about Printing Arts Press please visit www.printingartspress.com

About Printing Industries Association — serving northern Kentucky and Ohio (PIANKO) serves commercial printing companies and suppliers to the industry in its service area.  PIANKO provides a broad range of products and services to its membership.  PIANKO is an affiliate of the national Printing Industries of America, the largest graphic arts association in the world.  For complete information on PIANKO and PIA, please visit  www.printing.org

About Printing Arts Press — For 65 years, from creative design to marketing and mailing services we’re able to meet our clients’ printing needs, generating time and cost savings while innovating tried and true tactics for growing their business.Printing Arts Press is also a winner of multiple Printing Industry of Americas Premier Print Awards and Print Excellence Awards. For more information on Printing Arts Press, please visit  www.printingartspress.com

Printing Arts Press wins Web2Award

Printing Industries of America and the Digital Printing Council are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 Web2Awards. In its inaugural year, the Web2Awards are the industry’s first and only contest established for printing industry websites worldwide.  

 “These awards highlight the role the Internet has come to play in the printing industry. By recognizing excellence in print-related websites, the Digital Printing Council helps to encourage each printer’s advancement in doing some portion of their business in the ecloud,’” said Julie Shaffer, vice president, digital technologies for Printing Industries of America.   

An independent panel of undisclosed judges deliberated over dozens of print centric websites. They evaluated the each website’s entire experience based on six scoring criteria. For each company sales range, the highest score in a given category won Best of Category, then Best in Show. Exceptional Website Awards were given to high scores regardless of category.

 “I was impressed with the quality and diversity of the entries. Obviously some were better than others, but overall they all demonstrated how they are embracing the Web and using it as a tool to advance their print related business,” commented one of this year’s judges.  

Exceptional Website

Company: Printing Arts Press

Title of Winning Entry: Printing Arts Press .com

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For more information about Printing Arts Press please visit www.printingartspress.com

About the web2awards — The web2awards were established by Printing Industries of America and the Digital Printing Council in 2009 to recognize, honor, and elevate printers who are achieving excellence with their online presence. The mission of the Web2Awards judging body consisting of educators, designers, Web programmers, e-commerce experts, marketers, and industry consultants is to honor excellence in the various categories of print-related websites.

About Printing Industries of America —  Printing Industries of America is the world's largest graphic arts trade association, representing an industry with approximately one million employees. It serves the interests of more than 10,000 member companies. Together with its nationwide affiliate network, Printing Industries delivers products and services that enhance the growth, efficiency, and profitability of its members and the graphic communications industry through advocacy, education, research, and technical information. For more information please visit Printing Industries of America

 About Printing Arts Press — For 65 years, from creative design to marketing and mailing services we’re able to meet our clients’ printing needs, generating time and cost savings while innovating tried and true tactics for growing their business. From small to large organizations the markets we serve include publishers, colleges and universities, electric coops, credit unions and banks, hospitals and healthcare, associations, manufacturing and distributors to mention a few.

Meanwhile, technology and automation advancements allow us to boost productivity, reduce costs and deliver better quality print in less time for our clients. We are proud to have won some of the printing industries highest awards.

Service is our signature and close personal relationships remain our cornerstone, allowing us to partner with clients to understand their business and anticipate their needs . . . to push print’s boundaries.

Printing Arts Press wins Multiple Awards, adds Mailing and Prepress Equipment

Printing Arts Press is proud to announce it was recently awarded three 2008-2009 Print Excellence Awards from the Printing Industries Association, Inc., serving Northern Kentucky and Ohio (PIANKO).

“Although the difficult economic times slightly reduced the number of entries, the creativity and quality of the entries made the judges’ selection incredibly hard.” said PIANKO president Jim Cunningham.  “2008-2009 Print Excellence Award winners exemplify the excellent work of our Ohio and northern Kentucky printers. Our members and the customers they represent should be incredibly pleased with their winning product or pieces.”

Each year, PIANKO holds its Print Excellence Awards Competition to reward Ohio and northern Kentucky printers that demonstrate excellence in 34 categories. This year member companies submitted more than 520 printed pieces and three out-of-state expert judges ranked them in a regional competition. This year’s judges were Susan Higgins, Worth Higgins & Associates, Inc.; M. David Merrick, The Merrick Printing Company; and Richard Presley, Eastman Kodak Company.

Printing Arts Press will be entered in the regional competition in an association wide competition for Best of Category and Best of Show prizes that will be awarded in June 2009 at the Grand Ceremony, being held in Columbus, Ohio.

Printing Arts Press won the following awards:

One Gold Award, Corporate Communications Campaign

One Silver Award, Calendars

One Bronze Awards, Newsletters

“I know that everyone here put in a great deal of craftsmanship to win an award of this kind, the competition was outstanding this year,” said Chuck Gherman, General Manager. 

Additional Equipment increases efficiency and adds capabilities

Printing Arts Press has recently expanded its capabilities with the installation of the Kodak Staccato Screening, Kodak Prinergy Workflow System, Kodak Matchprint Proofer and Kodak Trendsetter Platemaker. With server based control the system offers extremely fast processing speed that enables Printing Arts Press to achieve higher quality proofing, plates without processing, higher productivity, more flexibility and increased reliability.

“We have also upgraded our bulk mailing software to offer the best postal discounts to our customers. To have sophisticated Systems of this type is great for our existing and growing customer base,” said Chuck Gherman, General Manager. “Adding these new pieces of equipment is part of our overall strategy to build a Smart Factory with the latest technology.”

Posted by Chuck Gherman

For more information about Printing Arts Press please visit www.printingartspress.com

Founded in 1945, Printing Arts Press proudly serves Associations, Manufacturers, Colleges and Universities, HealthCare, Energy and Financial Institutions, Agencies, and Publishers across Ohio and the Midwest with creative design, printing, mailing and fulfillment. Printing Arts Press creates good impressions for clients for everything from annual reports, brochures, catalogs, sports media guides, programs, flyers, magazines, letterheads, envelopes, postcards, posters, forms kits and fulfillment, bulk mailing, books, newsletters, manuals, bill stuffers, calendars, rack cards, directories and journals. For more information please visit www.printingartspress.com 

Printing Industries Association, Inc. serving northern Kentucky and Ohio (PIANKO) serves  commercial printing companies and suppliers to the industry in its service area.  PIANKO provides a broad range of products and services to its membership, including workers’ compensation and product discounts.  PIANKO is an affiliate of the national Printing Industries of America, the largest graphic arts association in the world.  For complete information on PIANKO and PIA, please visit www.pianko.org