Congratulations to Fey Printing, Wisconsin Rapids, WI, for winning the Best of Show award in the 2021 Graphics Excellence Awards competition. They took the top honors out of the more than 400 entries for their piece Neenah Rethink Everything in the Booklets (4 or more colors) category. The award was presented at the GEA Celebrations on September 30, 2021. 

For a complete list of top winners, please click here. A special edition of the next Graphics Journal magazine will feature a closer look at each of the top winners. Pictures from the Milwaukee and Addison Celebrations will be posted soon.

Congratulations to all winners in the 2021 Graphics Excellence Awards!

In August 2021, all printing employment was up +0.4 percent from July, production employment up +0.4 percent, and non-production printing employment also up +0.4 percent. Read more in this data analysis on WhatTheyThink.com.

While even more employers will be mandating vaccination, rolling out such a policy is not always simple. A large percentage of Americans are resistant to vaccination, and some employers are wary of losing workers or not making their new policies clear enough. That’s why a strong communications plan is vital, experts say. Read more on HR Executive.com.

Though it’s generally understood that manual operations are less efficient than those that are mechanized or automated, a September 21 report by the USPS Office of Inspector General further highlighted the chronic inefficiency in Postal Service manual distribution operations. Read more by Leo Raymond on MailersHub.com.

On September 15, 2021, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed SB 2408, known as the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, establishing one of the most comprehensive state-level renewable energy initiatives to date. The Act mandates fossil fuel plants to reduce emissions by 45 percent by 2035. Read more by GLGA member Husch Blackwell.

#SocialMedia may be important in growing your company, but it may introduce liability. Is your company protected? Read more by Diversified Financial Advisors.

Good questions are the ones that improve sales productivity, help understand what is being done well, and make for happy clients and motivated salespeople. Bad questions demonstrate a lack of understanding of what’s important, expose bad time management, and shine a light on customer-killing assumptions. Read more by Bill Farquharson on Printing Impressions.com.

With recent changes to the Joint Employer Rule, it's imperative for printing companies to protect themselves legally when hiring workers through temporary staffing agencies. Brian Regan of GLGA member The Semper Group and Adriane Harrison from PRINTING United Alliance provide helpful tips, including "must haves" when it comes to contract requirements.

SCS Engineers continues expanding its environmental team in its Chicago, Illinois, office to meet environmental engineering and consulting needs focusing on waste management and the needs of the electric utilities. The new Chicago office location is in Naperville. Read more.

With in-person schooling interrupted by the pandemic, Worzalla, Stevens Point, WI, was not able to properly celebrate the class’s victory. Now third graders, the students were finally able to gather for a pizza party lunch from Worzalla, where they were also shown a virtual tour of the press that they had named. Read more.

SG360°, Wheeling, IL, continues to build on its long history of evolutionary growth with the hiring of Tom Hexamer. He brings to the role of Senior Vice President, Sales, more than 20 years of direct marketing experience, working with some of the biggest brands in the world. Read more.