The Printing Division of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City has earned the prestigious 2012 IPMA Management Award. This is presented by the In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association annually to an outstanding corporate publishing and distribution operation that excels in efficient management practices to further the objectives of its parent organization.
Running one of the country's largest in-plants is tough work, but Craig Sedgwick manages to do it well—while winning prizes for quality. by Bob Neubauer When an in-plant wins seven In-Print awards—including three first place prizes—it's clear the shop has an awful lot of talent inside its walls. That feat was accomplished this year by the 350-employee in-plant for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Salt Lake City. Though the man behind the in-plant, Plant Manager Craig Sedgwick, would credit his employees' dedication and hard work, his own dedication to them and to the in-plant has certainly played a big
Here are the winners of last year's In-Print contest. These are not the 2003 winners. That list will appear in the next few weeks on this site. Please check back. For more information on the contest and tips on how to improve your chances of winning next time, visit our In-Print page: http://www.ipgonline.com/doc/in_print.html In-Print 2002 awards were presented during the IPMA 2002 conference in Atlanta last year. Among the big winners this year were: • SAFECO (8 awards) • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (7 awards) • University of Oklahoma (6 awards) • University of Texas Health Science Center (6
Only a handful of organizations operate in-house book binding facilities. IPG recently took a look inside. by Cindy Waeltermann In a time when technology advances focus on simplifying and speeding up printing and binding processes, it's ironic that the best method for binding a book is sometimes no different than it was in the 14th century—with a needle and thread. "It's pretty labor intensive," observes Marc Flechsig, manager of the University of Minnesota's bindery. His book binding operation does about 5 percent of its binding by hand, he says, following criteria set by the Library Binding Institute. Basically, if a book is thicker than
The official list of In-Print 2001 winners will appear in In-Plant Graphics' July issue, with photos of all first place winners. The following is just the basic, unadorned data for those who simply can't wait till July. To save your eyes some strain, just do a search for your in-plant's name. For additional contest info, visit our In-Print site. Category 1 Stationery ____________________ First Cochise College Douglas, Ariz. Jerry Eades ____________________ Second East Kentucky Power Cooperative Winchester, Ky. David A. Estes ____________________ Category 2 Labels, Tags ____________________ First Sunkist Growers Sherman Oaks, Calif. Tim Criswell ____________________ Category 4 Brochures ____________________ First Weber Marking
