Townsend Commercial Printing

Townsend Communications Wins Five Awards at 2009 Regional Print Competition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Townsend Communications, Kansas City, Mo., won five awards — an award of excellence, best of category and three awards of merit — in the 2009 Graphic Excellence Awards Competition from the Printing & Imaging Association of MidAmerica. The publishing company received notification of the wins during the 20th Annual Graphic Excellence Awards Competition April 30 at the association’s 2009 Graphic Excellence Awards Gala, held at Kansas City’s Liberty Museum, with nearly 200 industry professionals in attendance. This year’s competition attracted more than 500 entries from many of the industry’s top commercial printers in Kansas, Oklahoma, western Missouri, and Texas.

Townsend Communications won an Award of Excellence in newsletters, four or more colors, for “Retail Shipping News.” The Best of Category in newspapers, inserts and circulars (non-heatset) went for “tastebud.” In the category of booklets and brochures (four or more colors), Townsend took two Awards of Merit for “Classic Parts” and “Arrowhead Forensics.” The third Award of Merit, magazines (four or more colors throughout, sheetfed) was “KC Generations.”

Townsend Communications has been providing Web offset printing for more than 40 years. The tradition started in 1964 with Hal Townsend buying the Clay County Publishing Co., formerly the Press Dispatch newspapers. About five years ago, Townsend sold its newspapers and consolidated manufacturing with Henry Wurst. This new manufacturing partnership increased production efficiencies, expanded printing capacities and added new bindery and mail services for both organizations.

“We’ve always been confident in our printing abilities, but this is confirmation from a leading association of commercial printers,” says Irv Craig, vice president for commercial printing and sales.

A panel of independent judges with experience in printing and print production judged each entry based on technical difficulty as well as the entrant’s attention to detail in meeting their customer’s expectations. With more than 800 member companies, PIA-MidAmerica is one of the largest regional affiliates of the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation and Printing Industries of America in the United States.

For more information, call Townsend Communications at (816) 361-0616 or e-mail IrvC@TownsendPrint.com.

 

 

The PIA 2008 Graphic Excellence Awards for Townsend Communications:

Best of Category, Magazines (4 or more colors throughout, heatset), Creative Outlook.

 

 

 

 

 

The PIA MidAmerica 2007 Graphic Excellence Awards for Townsend Communications:

Award of Merit, Catalogs (Product or Service - 4 or more colors, heatset), Lynn Peavey Company Catalog;
Best of Category, Catalogs (Product or Service - 4 or more colors, heatset), Isabel Bloom 2006 Holiday Catalog;
Best of Category, Catalogs (Product or Service - 4 or more colors, heatset), Isabel Bloom 2007 Catalog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printing & Imaging Association of Midamerica 2006 Graphic Excellence Awards Award of Excellence Catalogs (Product—4 or more colors, Sheetfed) 2006 Lorente Yearly Gift Catalog Artistic Design Group Award of Merit Miscellaneous Category Paw Prints, Monthly Publication

 

Testimonials

“…We can always count on the highest degree of professionalism with Townsend Communications. Their sales and production teams are outstanding.” —Robert Koch, Creative Director, Maupintour / Gutsy Women Travel

“…Townsend Communications is a very dependable and customer service orientated company. The fact that they have everything in one shop from ‘computer to plate’ equipment to bindery/mailing services makes everything run smoothly. They have helped us out insome deadline situations and turned some printed material around in record time!” —Kristi Huston, Purchasing Department, Long Motor Corporation

“…Townsend is a model for customer service. Over our 15-year relationship they have gone to great lengths to be responsive to our last minute needs. We never hesitate to work with them.” —Bob Beverlin, Johnson County Park & Recreation District

“…We appreciate the fine service Townsend Communications has provided to us over the past 15 years. It has been a very rewarding relationship and one which I hope will continue for many years to come.” —Larry Freeze, Editor, Kansas Country Living

“…At Townsend Communications, they are all top drawer professionals –people I can rely on to ensure our publication is printed as well as it can be printed.” —John Schlageck, Publications Manager, Kansas Farm Bureau

“…Townsend’s willingness to work with us allowed us to manage the 60% growth this past year. We are very happy with the partnership that we have been able to establish with Townsend Communications, Inc. and look forward to continuing this partnership long intothe future.” —Tony White, Director of Catalog Sales, Baseball Warehouse, Inc.