Quadracci Wins Soderstrom Award; Twelve Inducted into Honors Society Joel Quadracci of Quad Graphics was the honored recipient of the 56th annual Walter E. Soderstrom Award at the gala Soderstrom Recognition Dinner in the Tuscany Room of the Orlando Ritz-Carlton on Saturday, Sept. 24. Long noted as one of the industry’s most celebrated events, the dinner once again provided a perfect opportunity for recognition of the best of our industry and an evening of fellowship for friends new and old from throughout the industry. During this year’s program, a dozen industry leaders were also honored with induction into the prestigious Idealliance Soderstrom Society. “We were delighted to present the 2016 Soderstrom Award to Joel Quadracci,” says David J. Steinhardt, President and Chief Executive Offi cer of Idealliance (Booth 1009), the new association formed through the recent merger of Idealliance and Epicomm. “Joel’s career is evidence of his exceptional commitment to the advancement of our industry and makes him a very deserving recipient of our highest honor for industry service.” Quadracci is Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Offi cer of Quad/Graphics, Sussex, WI, a company founded by his father in 1971. Joel joined the company in 1991 and held a variety of sales and strategy roles before joining the Board in 2003, becoming President and Chief Executive Offi cer in 2006, and adding the Chairman title in 2010. He radically transformed the company in 2010 when he took it public and directed the acquisition and integration of World Color, creating North America’s second largest provider of print, digital, and related media services. Joel also directed the purchase of three Mexican plants from Canada’s Transcontinental Inc. in 2011, the purchase of Vertis in 2013, and the acquisition of Brown in 2014, and he led the company’s geographic expansion into Asia through a strategic partnership with Manipal Technologies, India’s largest print services and end-to-end business solutions provider. Leaders inducted Twelve industry leaders, representing a broad and diverse cross-section of the graphic communications industry, were inducted into Idealliance’s Soderstrom Society during ceremonies at the gala event this year. The Soderstrom Society is an honors association named for Walter E. Soderstrom, one of the founders of NAPL, an Idealliance predecessor association. The Society recognizes the contributions of professionals whose careers have advanced the graphic communications industry and its members include representatives of every facet of the industry, from printers, mailers, and marketers to suppliers, educators, consultants, and journalists. “Over the years, Soderstrom Society members have made many signifi cant contributions to evolve and grow our industry. Membership in the Society is clearly a mark of industry service, accomplishment, and distinction,” notes Steinhardt. Following were members of the Soderstrom Society Class of 2016: • Frances Cicogna, Manager of Business Development and Segment Marketing, Production Solutions Group, Canon USA, Melville, NY • Summer Gould, President, Eye/ Comm, Inc., Santee, CA • Jackie Hudmon, Senior Vice President, New Business Development, Komori America Corporation, Rolling Meadows, IL • Catherine Monson, Chief Executive Offi cer and President, FAST SIGNS International, Carrolton, TX • David Murphy, Worldwide Director of Marketing and Business Development, PageWide Web Press Division, HP, San Diego, CA • Dino Pagliarello, Vice President, Product Management and Planning, Konica Minolta, Ramsey, NJ • Laura C. Reid, Vice President of Production, Hearst Magazines, New York, NY • Diane Romano, President and Chief Executive Offi cer, Hudson Yards, New York, NY Joel Quadracci, 2016 Walter E. Soderstrom Award winner. • Dick Ryan, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Publishers Press, Shepherdsville, KY • Frank Tueckmantel, Vice President of Corporate Marketing, EFI, Fremont, CA • Debra Thompson, President, TG & Associates, Tucson, AZ • Marriott Winchester, President, sgsco Americas, Louisville, KY “We take great pride in being able to add these outstanding industry executives to the list of eminent men and women who have made the Soderstrom Society the industry’s most illustrious organization for more than half a century,” notes Ken Garner, Idealliance Executive Vice President and former President and Chief Executive Offi cer of Epicomm. To learn more about the Soderstrom Award and Society or about the programs and services of the new Idealliance, visit Booth 1009, or go to www. idealliance.org, call 703/837-1070, or contact membership@idealliance.org. Making Mailing Fulfi lling The same forces that have been driving the printing industry—including the transition to digital, the decline of run lengths, the move toward customization and personalization, and the acceleration of time to market—have also been having an impact on the mailing industry. Deliver—The Mailing & Fulfi llment Center at GRAPH EXPO 16 features the world’s largest mailing show, a one-stop resource for all the latest equipment, software, and supplies, as well as research, market data, best practices, and other solutions for managing printing and mailing. Here are some highlights of this pavilion: • Kirk-Rudy’s (Booth 1771) high-end Phoenix piezo print system, designed originally for mailing applications, now uses UV-curable inks which allows it to print on a variety of substrates beyond envelopes and labels, such as plastics, opening up the range of applications it can support. The company is also demonstrating a brand-new piezo inkjet system that is slightly smaller than the Phoenix. Applications for the new machine include addressing as well as things like bar codes, serial numbers, and expiration dates. • W+D (Booth 1271) is introducing its Easy Enveloper to North America. This is an easy-to-use envelope converter that can produce up to 30,000 envelopes an hour, eliminating the need for direct mail printers to outsource envelope production. The system creates direct mail envelopes from printed rectangular sheet stock with no secondary die-cutting, and supports both coated and uncoated stocks. It can also automatically insert RFID tags inside envelopes, produce special shape envelopes, and add front and back windows or foil enhancements inline with no secondary fi nishing processes. • Lake Image Systems (Booth 1169) is introducing its Discovery Roll Inspector at this week’s GRAPH EXPO, a new product that won a MUST SEE ’EMS in the Color Management and Quality Control category. Discovery Roll Inspector is an all-in-one, cost-effective, and high-performance in-line print quality inspection system that automatically inspects 100% of the web, helping eliminate production costs resulting from printing errors. Lake Image is also demonstrating its other, past-MUST SEE ’EMS-winning variable-data verifi cation, integrity management, and print quality inspection solutions. • BCC Software (Booth 1377) is demonstrating its Integratec API Platform, which garnered a MUST SEE ’EM in this year’s Imprinting, Mailing, Shipping and Fulfi llment Category. The Integratec API Platform is secure and scalable architecture that allows users to integrate their USPS mailing preparation process with their overall production workfl ow. It is PAVE-certifi ed and is the only presort API available with both top security protocols and postal certifi cation. The company is also demonstrating its other address quality, mailing preparation, and data quality solutions. Be sure to visit the entirely of the Deliver—The Mailing & Fulfi llment Center to see not only how best to react to and cope with changes in the mailing market, but also how to use the same equipment to expand the range of applications that can be produced. 24 | September 25, 2016 | GRAPH EXPO 16 Offi cial Show Daily | PrintingNews.com
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