News Archive 2010
Vision Graphics Makes the Top 40%
(Recognized by ColoradoBiz Magazine as One of the Top 250 Private Companies in Colorado)
October 21, 2010 – Vision Graphics Inc., a leading provider of integrated marketing and print solutions, announced that it has been chosen by ColoradoBiz magazine as one of the Top 250 Private Companies in Colorado.
"ColoradoBiz Top 250 Private Companies in Colorado is the most comprehensive ranking of private companies throughout the state," said Mike Taylor, Managing Editor of ColoradoBiz. "With the number of companies that submitted, to have made the top 250 list is impressive but to be recognized within the top 40% of companies on our list - like Vision Graphics Inc. - is especially noteworthy!"
"Being listed ninety-fourth on the ColoradoBiz Top 250 Private Companies in Colorado is an important recognition of our strong dedication to our clients and product line," said Mark Steputis, President and CEO of Vision Graphics Inc. "Our clients are very tech and marketing savvy they want to do business with a company who understands all of their marketing and print needs. We take great pride in providing our clients strategic, cost-effective solutions and outstanding customer service – this recognition is a wonderful validation and puts us in with some excellent company."
Under Steputis’ direction, Vision Graphics Inc. has grown from a regional company to a national one; experiencing increases in revenue year-over-year quickly becoming a leader in integrated marketing solutions and high-quality digital and sheet-fed printing. "We have seen great customer response to expanding our product offerings, combining all of their marketing and print needs," said Mark. "Having acquired Keyline Graphics a little over a year ago we fully expect to continue to grow our company and are committed to offering our client’s solutions to help them grow theirs."
Vision Graphics Receives 5 Certificates of Merit in 2010 Premier Print Awards
August 27, 2010—Vision Graphics has been honored to receive 5 Certificates of Merit from the PIA International 2010 Premier Print Awards. Winning entries came from a variety of product types -- calendars, product/service catalogs, cartons and containers, soft cover books and booklet. This recognition firmly places Vision Graphics as one of the premier printers in the world and continues to illustrate our committment to excellence and our customers' end product.
More than 3,200 entries were submitted for the June 2010 judging of the Premier Print Awards, the world's most prestigious international print competition. The judges honored a total of 1,070 pieces with one of three awards—101 Best of Category awards, 208 Awards of Recognition, and 760 Certificates of Merit.
Vision Graphics Installs SEAL 600 MD Laminator
June 23, 2010—Vision Graphics has completed the installation of a new SEAL 600 MD Laminator. The Seal 600 MD is ideal for producing a wide variety of applications, including: rigid indoor displays, flexible indoor displays, floor graphics, backlit displays, roll up displays, rigid outdoor displays and more.
The SEAL 600 MD is a robust, fully featured, high performance laminator for a high performance environment. This dual heated, bi-directional, pneumatically operated machine will mount, laminate and encapsulate a wide range of materials and substrates up to 1550 mm wide and 25 mm thick and is particularly suited to the extensive range of SEAL consumables. The pneumatic nip of the 600 MD enables the operator to quickly and easily set up the laminator and gives an accurate repeatable nip setting at the touch of a switch. Its bi-directional configuration allows the user to switch between hot and cold operation with the absolute minimum of down time. The machine features unique design elements such as swing-out auto-grip shafts and a single release point swingdown feed table. These features maximise the performance, versatility and in particular the ease of use of the 600 MD. For more information, download the specifications.
Vision Graphics Upgrades To XMPie uStore Version 4.0
June 21, 2010—Vision Graphics has completed the upgrade of XMPie uStore to the most current version 4.0. This upgrade to our digital portal technology includes past bug fixes as well as new features, such as: anonymous shopping, SEO/ability to add searchable terms to products or stores, CAPTCHA validation plug-in, user groups and permission managment, enhanced image upload handling, Ogone payment gateway plug-in, cross-selling, draft naming, and more. Perhaps the most exciting of these enhancements is the user groups and permission management - which will allow for products and users to be put into groups with different permissions. These permissions will allow storefront administrators to control visibility of products for different user groups as well as controlling the back office accessibility for user management, order queues and reports.
End users or agents, located anywhere, can have remote access to a centralized XMPie uStore website which contains marketing collateral and promotional items that can be personalized, edited, and ordered with the assurance that they fully comply with company brand requirements. On the one hand, companies want to capitalize on the strength of their brand identity by bringing a consistent look and feel to their customer communications. On the other hand they also want to enpower their local branches to easily and efficiently create collateral for their specific locations, campaigns and events.
When XMPie uStore is deployed as a marketing portal,enterprises large and small, can make XMPie document personalization technology available within a Web-to-print e-commerce environment. With this technology, end users can create marketing materials that abide by the company's corporate identity and branding guidelines, yet deliver a customized and personalized piece.
Vision Graphics Upgrades To Adobe Creative Suite 5
June 18, 2010—To support early adapters of the popular Adobe Creative Suite, Vision Graphics has upgraded to CS5 for all lithographic printing processes. Released on April 30th, 2010, Adobe CS5 has only been out for a month and a half, yet already we are seeing some of our progressive clients using the new software! We commend these users for their forward thinking and are happy to provide the infrastructure that can utilize the lastest CS5 benefits. For more information on Adobe Creative Suite 5, visit their website.
Thanks! Party After Denver HOW Design Conference A Huge Success!
June 14, 2010—On Monday, June 7th, Vision Graphics, Inc. hosted a party after the HOW Design Conference on the roof of the Denver Athletic Center. It was a hot one, both in temperatures and attendance, with over 260 attendees from over 180 different companies! Vision Graphics, Inc., would like to thank everyone for attending and helping out with this successful event, we hope to make these events part of a larger, ongoing effort to provide education and fun times for all. Keep an eye on your mailbox and inbox for notification of our next event, we hope to see you there!
Vision Graphics Sponsors BMA Event Featuring Jeffrey Hayzlett
May 5, 2010—Vision Graphics, Inc., is proud to sponsor the Business Marketing Association event featuring Jeffrey Hayzlett. "He stands over six feet and has a big presence, and as chief marketing officer at Eastman Kodak, he tinkers with the status quo like a country boy tricking out his pickup truck -- which he actually has.” That’s how Jeffrey Hayzlett was described in a recent Chicago Tribune blog post. Jeffrey Hayzlett, CMO of Eastman Kodak Company, called the “Celebrity CMO” by Forbes magazine and known for a recent appearance on the TV reality show The Apprentice, has built his career on creating innovative marketing strategies through an ability to think really big. Hayzlett has more than 25 years of international marketing, sales, and customer relations management experience. In addition to his work at Kodak, he is also the author of the soon-to-be-released book, The Mirror Test. In the book Hayzlett explains how to aggressively evaluate, deconstruct, and then reconstruct one’s business by asking and addressing questions that many business managers are afraid to ask.
Vision Graphics Completes Integration Between Loveland & Denver Plants
February, 2010—Vision Graphics, Inc., completed integration between our Loveland and newly acquired Denver location. The two plant integration merges networks, MIS software(EFI Monarch) and prepress activities. With its completion, Vision Graphics employees can now dynamically schedule and manage jobs between our two physical locations for optimal company and client job processing.
Vision Graphics Appoints New Vice President of Operations
LOVELAND, COLORADO, January 4, 2010—Vision Graphics, Inc., the leader in sheet-fed printing and digital imaging services in the Rocky Mountain region, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kurt Hamlin to the position of Vice President of Operations. The appointment of Mr. Hamlin strengthens Vision Graphics’ executive management team, which also added Paul Borkowski as Vice President of Sales and Business Development in January 2009.
As Vice President of Operations, Mr. Hamlin will be responsible with managing the operations for Vision Graphics at the Loveland and Denver facilities.
“One of our primary objectives is to raise customer awareness that Vision Graphics offers an optimal customer experience while striving for operational excellence,” said Mr. Hamlin. “We also feature new special-effects print processes that we believe will be very attractive to the design community.”
Mr. Hamlin has 25 years of experience in leading and developing operational teams, and has been responsible for sales, business development, professional services and customer support throughout North America.
“Kurt will be an extraordinary asset to our team as we continue our rapid growth,” said Mark Steputis, President and CEO of Vision Graphics. “The skills and talents that Kurt brings to this position will result in more effective, efficient operations and customer relationships that are better than ever.”
Prior to joining Vision Graphics, Mr. Hamlin was Regional Sales Manager at manroland, Inc. and was General Manager at Current Printing Solutions, a business unit of Current, USA. Mr. Hamlin lives in Monument, Colorado with his wife Kris and three children.