Nerves Of Steel

"I went to work for my brother-in-law who was at a company that set type," recalls Loster of his first job out of high school. "I started out delivering type." From there Loster did some proofing and various other jobs, before getting his hand into printing.

Loster later took a job with Color Communications, trying his luck in the management end of the business—and it stuck. He started there as line manager for coating machines and moved up through the ranks, eventually becoming production manager.