MENTZER PRINTING INK WINS NATIONAL AWARD

Mentzer Printing Ink, of Fountain Square, Indianapolis recently won an award in a national competition sponsored by a printing industry trade magazine.

Mentzer Printing Ink won Grand Winner in the Commercial Printing (1-3 Color) category of the 2005 Print Excellence And Knowledge (PEAK) competition sponsored by Print Solutions Magazine, which is published by the Document Management Industries Association (DMIA), Alexandria, Va. The awards will be presented at DMIA's annual 2006 Print Solutions Expo and Conference, Oct. 3-5, Chicago. The award was for unique and distinctive improvements and designs for self-published author Craig Gosling’s children’s book, For the Love of Animals: Rhyme and Reason.

The contest, which drew more than 220 entries from North America, Australia and Japan, recognizes the work of firms that stress adding value to the print-related products and services they provide customers.

Mentzer Printing Ink specializes in innovative printing solutions for its customers. "We're honored," Company President James Mentzer said. "Lots of printing companies claim they have solutions for customers. It's something else when independent industry experts verify it."

Print Solutions (www.printsolutionsmag.com) is an award winning monthly with 14,000 subscribers who design, manufacture and distribute printed products of all kinds. DMIA (www.dmia.org), the publisher of the magazine, is a not-for-profit trade association that has served printing sales professionals for more than 50 years with outstanding publications and web services, trade expositions and education.

"Winning a PEAK Award signifies a sharp focus on solving customer problems or improving a customer's business," says Peter Colaianni, CAE, DMIA's executive vice president. "PEAK awards are won by companies that add value to the products they sell."

The panel of industry experts who judged the contest included:

• John Leininger, professor in the Department of Graphic Communications at Clemson University
• Joe Schwan, who held top executive positions at Wallace Computer Services and Standard Register until his retirement in 2001
• Ivars Sarkans, a printing industry consultant and a member of the Board of Directors of the Print Education and Research Foundation