“Portland, Ore., is all-in on using technology that enables contractors to apply for building permits online. But the sheer complexity of the project and difficulties with the vendor are delaying its completion.” Full article by Brian Heaton, Feb 12th, posted on GovTech.com, LINK: 0 0 1 82 468 Proactive Management 3 1 549 14.0 Normal…

Recently, I came across an advertisement for a business for sale: “10 year old Blueprint & Printing company. Capable of doing large format printing & scanning, blueprints, vehicle wraps, signs, photo reproductions, digital graphics and display work.” -Gross Income (i.e., Sales): $240,000 -EBITDA:  $150,779 -# of Employees:  2 -Asking Price:  $420,000 Being the curious sort,…

MIAMI BEACH, FL–(Marketwired – Feb 12, 2015) – Memjet today announced Jeff Olson, Business Development Manager of Memjet’s Wide Format division, will speak at Graphics of Americas (GOA) in a session titled “Opportunities in the Short Run Market: Lean, Mean & Profitable on February 26 at 2:00pm ET. Taking place in Miami Beach, Florida, GOA…

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This post updated on March 15th to provide a link to the Press Release posted on IRgA.com on March 12, 2015 Link: 0 0 1 34 194 Proactive Management 1 1 227 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt…

The February issue of Larry Hunt’s Wide Format Imaging News contained a brief article that some of you might benefit from knowing about, especially those of you who are trying to figure out how to add “sign business” services to your existing reprographics services business.  Larry Hunt’s Wide Format Imaging News is available by subscription,…

Canon has launched two new high performance wide format colour systems which are set to make their UK debut at Sign & Digital in March. The two new models come as both printer only and multi-functional; the Océ ColorWave 500 dedicated to workgroups and the Océ ColorWave 700, designed for wider graphic arts applications. Read…

Today, I noticed that SP, on January 30, 2015, filed a financial results report, for the 9-month period ending September 30, 2014, with Spain’s equivalent of the S.E.C. This is the Spanish-language version of that financial results report: LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B81al4kFAU9JSktDbE9oUjN5N0k/view?usp=sharing This is an English-language translation of that financial results report (not that, Google Translate does…

Someone asked me this question the other day, and, other than a ball-park estimate of somewhere between 500 – 700, I really had (and have) no clue. Many years ago, when we were in the process of taking our company public, one of our securities attorneys, who, at the time, was trying to write our…

Innovation and Design Building, Boston, MA One Design Center Place & 21-23-25 Drydock Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02210 NRI has a location in this complex; address is 21 Drydock Avenue ARC Document solutions has a location in this complex; address is 23 Drydock Avenue A recent note on IRgA.com mentioned that AIR Graphics “has moved its Boston…