Ricoh USA Launches RICOH Pro VC80000 Inkjet Web Press Platform (piworld.com)

LSC Communications announced that it has acquired The Clark Group. Clark is a leading third-party logistics provider of distribution, consolidation, transportation management and international freight forwarding services, with a network of nine strategically located distribution centers in the US. “Continuing to expand LSC’s logistics service offering in ways that add value to our clients’ businesses has been a sharp focus for us,” said Thomas J. Quinlan III, Chairman and CEO of LSC. “The Clark Group brings a range of supply chain services to LSC that position us for growth, including the ability to better provide a full-service offering for magazine clients with newsstand distribution as well as reverse logistics solutions for our book publisher clients.” Click Read More below for additional information.

I’m happy to report the labor issue at Sheridan seems to be turning a corner – though it may be a wide and long corner, and hiring is picking up across our locations. Could it be that the new workforce of today is just as taken to a juicy burger being cooked on the grill by our operations leaders?… I digress. Here are a few of the many ways that Sheridan is igniting the spark in local communities to keep printing an ongoing art: *We invite local graphic arts students to spend a day with us to gain firsthand experience of the graphic art and book manufacturing processes. *We participate in Woodford County Economic Development Authority’s Annual Industry Day in Kentucky by hosting onsite or virtual tours. *We participate in Make it in Manufacturing day in Wisconsin by hosting onsite tours for local high school students. *We work with local colleges to bring in interns from printing programs, graphic arts, and related studies. *We participate in youth apprenticeship with local high school students. *We speak at local vocational and high schools during career preview days. *We speak at local colleges about manufacturing job opportunities. *We participate in area and trade specific job fairs.

Because several areas in Michigan failed to achieve compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) is moving forward with a series of new regulations designed to reduce the precursors of ozone, which are volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). The Michigan counties designated as nonattainment include those in the West and the Detroit area and include Berrien, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne. In addition, portions of Allegan and Muskegon counties are also designated as nonattainment. The inability to demonstrate compliance with the ozone standard has triggered requirements in the Clean Air Act requiring EGLE to develop and implement a new set of air pollution control regulations designed to reduce emissions of VOCs and NOx. EGLE will have to adopt federal Environmental Protection Agency guidelines on a variety of industries including printing since VOCs are emitted.