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Solutions September 2005
INDUSTRY
NEWS
Ennis
Consolidates Plants
Ennis
Inc., Midlothian, Texas, announced
the consolidation of its Medfield,
Mass., plant into the Ennis–Chatham
facility in Southern Virginia.
Ennis added the Medfield facility
as part of its July 2004 Crabar/GBF
acquisition. The Medfield facility
will transfer business and equipment
to Chatham. Ennis locations in
Leipsic, Ohio; Coshocton, Ohio;
Columbus, Kansas; and Princeton,
Ill., will receive equipment and
handle select orders based on
customers’ needs.
Relizon
Wins 2 Contracts
The
Relizon Company, Dayton, Ohio,
announced it received a 5-year,
$4.5 million dollar contract from
INTEGRIS Health, a not-for-profit
health care organization in Oklahoma
City. Under the agreement, Relizon
will manage many of the hospital’s
clinical and non-clinical document
processes, including flow sheets,
pharmacy labels, business cards
and stationery. INTEGRIS Health
is a member of Novation, the largest
group purchasing organization
in the health care field based
on purchasing volume. Additionally,
the company announced that Northwest
Airlines (NWA) awarded it a 4-year,
multimillion dollar contract for
document management solutions.
Relizon will optimize NWA’s
document workflow and usage that
includes developing and producing
printed and electronic documents
such as eTickets and airway bills.
It also will deploy its Relizonline
electronic order management system.
MeadWestvaco
Division Secures Funding for RFID
Development
Vue
Technology, formerly Intelligent
Systems, a division of MeadWestvaco’s
New Ventures Group, announced
that venture capital firms Partech
International and Canaan Partners
have acquired the company to further
its item-level RFID solution development.
The company’s RFID solution
streamlines inventory management
for retailers and manufacturers,
reducing the financial impact
of shrink and out-of-stock merchandise,
it said. Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based
Vue Technology also will be able
to extend its sales and distribution
capabilities.
Corporate
Express Acquires Office Products
Firms
Corporate
Express Inc., Broomfield, Co.,
said that it has acquired the
Peerless/Perdue office products
companies located in Little Rock
and Pine Bluff, Ark. Corporate
Express is a supplier of office
and computer products and services
with 2004 sales of approximately
$4.5 billion in North America.
International Paper to Sell Carter
Holt Stake, Relocate
International
Paper Co., Stamford, Conn., said
it will sell its 50.5 percent
stake in Carter Holt Harvey Ltd.,
Melbourne, Australia, to New Zealand’s
Rank Group Investments Ltd., as
it narrows its focus on uncoated
papers and packaging. The company
expects proceeds of approximately
$1.16 billion (U.S.) at current
exchange rates.
Additionally,
it announced that it will relocate
its global headquarters to Memphis,
Tenn., from Stamford by Aug. 1,
2006. The decision to relocate
came after a 30-day evaluation
announced in July as part of the
company’s transformation
plan. International Paper relocated
its operational headquarters from
New York City to Memphis in 1987.
OfficeMax
Announces Consolidation of Headquarters
OfficeMax®
Incorporated, Itasca, Ill., announced
that it will consolidate its headquarters.
The company has been operating
retail headquarters in Shaker
Heights, Ohio, in addition to
its corporate headquarters in
Itasca, Ill., after it completed
the acquisition of OfficeMax Inc.
in December 2003. The consolidation
will integrate retail and contract
functions, strengthen operational
efficiencies, enhance collaboration
among departments, and reduce
costs over time, the company said.
OfficeMax expects to finalize
the selection of a site in the
Chicago area for its consolidated
headquarters by the end of this
month.
Staples’
2Q Earnings Rise 20 Percent
Staples
Inc., Framingham, Mass., said
its second-quarter profit rose
20 percent as sales growth in
the delivery business continued
to outpace modest gains in its
stores. Staples reported net income
for the May-July period of $147.2
million compared with a profit
in last year’s second quarter
of $122.5 million. Revenue rose
12 percent to $3.47 billion from
$3.09 billion a year ago.
Drent
Goebel Acquires RDP Marathon
Drent
Goebel, Eerbeek, Holland, acquired
Quebec-based RDP Marathon, which
has a large market share in the
commercial printing market for
long runs. RDP Marathon builds
the V-series blanket-to-steel
and the P-series blanket-to-blanket
machines for this market. Drent
Goebel said that after the success
of its variable sleeve offset
printing press in North America,
the acquisition was logical and
necessary.
