FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 10, 2005

33 Firms Recognized as Industry Leaders In Workplace Health & Safety

FAIRFAX, VA - Thirty-three members of the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association have received awards reflecting their commitment to excellence in maintaining safety standards and practices. Officials from each of these companies committed to conducting bimonthly inspections of their respective plants over the course of one year and returned the results of their inspections to Association headquarters for review by its Safety Committee.

In accordance with uniformly applied standards, the Association determined that 33 industry companies in the US, Canada and India qualified for awards this year.

SGIA Safety Recognition Awards
These 30 SGIA-member companies have been honored with Safety Recognition Awards: Absolute Impressions (Columbus, OH), Albert Basse Associates, Inc. (Stoughton, MA), American Permalight Inc. (Torrance, CA), Artech (Meridian, ID), Central Decal Company, Inc. (Burr Ridge, IL), Classic Stripes Private Limited (Mumbai, India), Deco-O-Art Inc. (Elkhart, IN), Devant Ltd. (Monroe, NC), Evergreen Sign Co. (Kent, WA), Gillespie Graphics (Wilsonville, OR), Graphic Ad Ltd. (Humboldt, SK, Canada), Graphic Communications Inc. (Kansas City, KS), Key Tronic EMS (Las Cruces, NM), LSI Graphic Solutions Plus (N. Canton, OH), Lowen Corporation (Hutchinson, KS), May Advertising (Fort Worth, TX), McLoone (LaCrosse, WI), Mountain Products, LP (Houston, TX), Nameplates for Industry (New Bedford, MA), Nelson Nameplate Company (Los Angeles, CA), Normic Industries Inc. (Traverse City, MI), North American Decal (Markham, ON, Canada), Nutron Nameplate Inc. (N. Olmsted, OH), P & L Mark-It Co. Inc. (Batavia,IL), Ritrama Inc. (Minneapolis, MN), Screenprint/Dow Industries (Wilmington, MA), The Hall Company (Urbana, OH), Transfer Express Inc. (Mentor, OH), Wheat Buckley Screnworks Inc. (Calbary, AB, Canada), and Yunker Industries Inc. (Lake Geneva, WI).

DPI Safety Check Awards
Also earning honors for their corporate safety practices are these DPI-member firms: Gillespie Graphics (Wilsonville, OR), Lowen Corporation (Hutchinson, KS), and Olympus Flag & Banner (Milwaukee, WI).

Commending each of the award-winning companies, SGIA Government Affairs Associate Danielle Waterfield said: “Your safety and health program is an ongoing system operating as an integral part in the management of your company.

“Your hard work has surely paid off … due to fewer accidents and injuries, fewer or no lost days … and a generally safer workplace.”

SGIA Government Affairs: One Stop Shop provides members with the essentials supporting business success. SGIA is Leading a New Generation of Imaging Professionals — “Specialty imaging” comprises digital imaging, screen printing and the many other imaging technologies SGIA members use, including those they’ll tap in the future. These are the imaging processes and technologies employed to create new products and to enhance existing products including point-of-purchase displays, signs, advertisements, garments, containers, and vehicles. To make the most of your specialty imaging business, take full advantage of the information on SGIA.org. Then, experience the specialty graphic imaging industry first-hand at SGIA’05 (September 28­October 1, New Orleans, Louisiana).

For more information about SGIA’s safety services — including these industry recognition programs — visit the Association’s Safety & Health Resources page online at SGIA.org/govt or contact Danielle Waterfield at Association headquarters. Telephone: 888.385.3588. E-mail: dwaterfield@sgia.org.

SGIA ( Specialty Graphic Imaging Association)
Fairfax, VA
Phone: 888.385.3588 or 703.385.1335
E-Mail: dwaterfield@sgia.org
Website URL: www.sgia.org/govt