33 Firms Recognized as Industry Leaders in Health & Safety

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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 Go to 30 Members
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 Corp. (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 Screenworks Inc. (Calbary, AB, Canada), and Yunker Industries Inc. (Lake Geneva, WI).

DPI Safety Check Awards Presented to 3
Earning the DPI Safety Check Award honor for corporate safety practices are: Gillespie Graphics (Wilsonville, OR), Lowen Corp. (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.”

Online at SGIA.org, SGIA Government Affairs: One Stop Shop provides members with the essentials supporting business success.

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: 888.385.3588 or dwaterfield@sgia.org.

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.

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