Business Management - Finance/Financial

Heidelberg Increases Operating Profitability in Third Quarter
February 16, 2022 at 12:52 pm

In the third quarter, high order backlog at Heidelberg provided a strong starting point for the coming financial year. Further milestones in the growth of package printing and digital business models were also achieved during that time.

In-plant Salaries at a Standstill
January 28, 2022 at 9:46 am

Our new salary survey reveals some disappointing news for in-plant managers. Average salaries remained virtually stagnant in 2021 compared with 2019, climbing just a paltry 0.3%. The median salary dropped for the first time since 2011, shrinking 2.3%.

Xplor Announces New Memorial Scholarship Fund
January 26, 2022 at 11:20 am

The Herman L. Gimbel and Audrey M. Gimbel Memorial Scholarship Fund, part of the Xplor Member Scholarship program, will provide financial assistance to Xplor members and their families who are pursuing careers in the electronic document and communications industry.

From the Editor: The Impact of Inflation on In-plants
January 19, 2022 at 8:59 am

By now the realities of inflation have sunk in for all of us. We know more about the supply chain than we ever have in our lives, but that’s not doing us much good. Supply costs still keep going up. How are in-plants coping?

PRINTING United Alliance Calls on Congress to End Build Back Better Act Talks
January 13, 2022 at 4:58 pm

On Wednesday, as news traveled across Capitol Hill that December’s consumer price index rose 7%, PRINTING United Alliance issued a letter formally calling on Congressional leaders to end negotiations to pass the Build Back Better Act and shift focus to more immediate economic concerns.

RRD Board Agrees to Chatham Acquisition Offer; Will Terminate $2.1B Agreement with Atlas
December 3, 2021 at 9:22 am

The RR Donnelley board of directors unanimously determined the unsolicited proposal from Chatham Asset Management to acquire the printer for $10.25 per share in cash constitutes a “Superior Proposal” to the acquisition agreement it signed with Atlas Holdings. But accepting it will bring a hefty $20 million termination fee. Who will be paying that?

Plot Thickens as Chatham Raises Its Bid, for the Third Time, to Acquire RRD
December 1, 2021 at 9:52 am

In response to an as-of-yet unnamed "strategic party" that offered to acquire RR Donnelley for $10 per share in cash during the "go-shop" period in which the RRD board of directors could field other offers, Chatham announced it is raising its bid for the third time to acquire North America's largest commercial printer.