Mohawk Fine Papers

Mohawk Fine Papers, known as the country’s largest manufacturer of premium printing, writing and imaging papers, now has something else to be proud of. Employees at Mohawk have performed one million safe work hours without a day lost to injury. This accomplishment, by approximately 400 employees at four Upstate New York facilities, demonstrates Mohawk’s focus on workplace safety. “This is a difficult milestone to achieve for any manufacturing operation, and we consider it to be a very big deal for our company and our employees,” said Kevin P. Richard, executive vice president, operations. Mohawk is known industry-wide for its progressive environmental

Laura Shore, SVP Communications with Mohawk Fine Papers, offers this advice for in-plants eager to improve the quality of their color copies: “The biggest recent change that we’ve seen in the in-plant world has been the rapid adoption of high-end color copier-printers. By running premium paper through these machines, in-plants can do more commercial-quality work; Mohawk Color Copy, for example, is now available in 100 cover and customers have been using it for business cards and report covers.” “In terms of premium paper, in-plants shouldn’t focus exclusively on the paper cost per pound, but on the performance cost. Paper jams eat up time and money,

THROUGHOUT HIS years as director of materials management for the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dean Gray has always used a mix of coated and uncoated paper. Recently, at the request of a designer, he switched the annual report—traditionally printed on coated paper—to uncoated paper. The results were pleasing. In fact, by printing on uncoated stock, the in-plant met the PCOM marketing department's goal of softening up the annual report's previously stiff and formal look. "It gives an air of less formality and stiffness," Gray notes. For years, using uncoated paper meant taking risks on quality. That is no longer the

A year after Drupa, what new surprises do graphic arts vendors have in store for in-plants? Here's an advanced look. In-plant managers eager to see the latest graphic arts technologies can't do much better than Print 05 & Converting 05. Held in Chicago once every four years, this is the printing industry's main event. Larger than last year's Graph Expo show, Print 05 will feature nearly 800 exhibits covering more than 725,000 square feet of floor space. To help in-plants prepare, many of the industry's key vendors offered a peak at the products they plan to display in Chicago. Offset Boasting