Contents
5 Industry veteran Sturhahn joins CPISTF
New trustee to boost awareness and value of organization
Tony Curcio
6 Enough already with the print is not dead
February 2018 | Volume 21 | No.1
Let’s talk about print’s benefits instead
Filomena Tamburri
15 22 ideas to keep top of mind this year
Tips from the experts to boost your business
in 2018 Filomena Tamburri
HELLO
20 When your number is called, who succeeds you?
Successful succession planning strategies
Caterina Valentino
22 Industry Analysis: Why printing plate price increases?
And how OEMs have been absorbing the costs
Tony Curcio
22 ideas to keep top of mind this year
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THE THIRD WAVE OF PRINT
24 The anatomy of packaging design
Examining the impact of government regulations
David Haslam
26 The federal R&D tax incentive program
What might happen to it and why you
should act now Elliot Schiller
27 Printer Profile: SinaLite – Part 1
Leading trade-only printer continues expansion
into labels Staff Writers
28 Natural geniuses or hard workers?
Which should you hire? Diana Varma
30 What’s next for large-format opportunities?
Which technology is ideal for you?
Peter Dulis
32 Offset printing overview
WHY PRINTING PLATE
PRICES INCREASES?
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PRINTER PROFILE:
SINALITE/PART 1
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A look at five of the world’s top offset presses
Tony Curcio
38 Is the “blame game” costing you business?
Turn a negative into a positive Joanne Gore
In every issue
THE ANATOMY OF PACKAGING DESIGN: EXAMINING
THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
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NEW PRODUCTS
PRINT INDUSTRY NEWS
INSTALLATIONS & INVESTMENTS
LIST OF ADVERTISERS
CLASSIFIED
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