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industry update In MeMorIaM: Dave R. Swormstedt, Jr. Dave R. (“Reid”) Swormstedt, Jr., died January 17, 2013, at age 83. He served as president of Signs of the Times Publishing Swormstedt Co. (now ST Media Group Int’l) from 1979 until his retirement in 1994. The company is the publisher of Signs of the Times, The Big Picture, Screen Printing, Industrial + Special Printing, and several other B2B magazines. A 1951 graduate of Cornell University, Dave—affectionately known by his middle name, Reid—joined the company in 1954, after having served in the US Army medical laboratories during the Korean War. He became president of the company in 1979 following the death of his father, Dave, Sr., who helped found the National Electric Sign Association (now the International Sign Association, ISA) and the Screen Process Printing Association (now the Specialty Graphics Imaging Association, SGIA). Reid retired in 1994 after having guided his company from hot type and color separations into the computer age of modern publishing. He leaves behind his wife, Win; daughter Wynne Anne; sons Tod and Wade; and four grandchildren: Abby, Dylan, Hank, and Megan. “My dad, first and foremost, was a man of integrity, of substance over style,” says Wade Swormstedt, publisher and editor of Signs of the Times. “He was fair, and impeccably honest. When an insurance company advised him that we could get much lower premiums if we got rid of an employee with a handicapped daughter, he canceled all relationships with the company. During the company’s heyday, he lobbied stockholders for larger bonuses for the employees. “‘Pop’—I called him that simply because that’s what he called his dad—was a scoutmaster for several years. While some leaders were sticklers for pressed uniforms, Reid was busy teaching boys to recognize the constellations and to experience firsthand that snakes are not slimy. As an amateur ornithologist, Pop’s ‘bird count’ was somewhere in the 400s. “During his adulthood, Pop’s family included a beloved mutt, Skippy, for 17 years, at least four raccoons, and several dozen snakes. As a child, he had a pet fox squirrel. He played in a poker group for several decades, and the stakes were literally never higher than nickels, dimes, and quarters. Pop loved reading Zane Two Companies Earn SGP Certification Douglass Screen Printers, Inc. and Forge Graphic Works have earned certification from the Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership. To achieve this certification, SGP requires a facility to set annual sustainability objectives and goals. “Forge Graphic Works is dedicated to raising awareness about sustainable printing practices and encourages company-wide collaboration and adoption of these principles. These efforts are aimed squarely at the conservation of energy and preserving natural resources to make our place of business a healthy, safe and environmentally-aware workplace,” says Todd Ebersole, strategy director/co-owner of Forge Graphic Works. Print facilities that are SGP certified indicate that they are in conformance with the SGP program criteria. An SGP-certified facility has met the basic requirements, along with specific requirements relating to the establishment of Grey and Louis L’Amour novels, and Grandpa Jones was a favorite singer. We used to watch ‘Hee-Haw’ and ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ together. Season tickets to the Cincinnati ‘Bungles’ were priceless during the Bengals’ ‘gory’ days because of time spent together by father/sons and grandfather/ grandsons. “At our church, Pop performed behind-the-scenes work: serving as church treasurer for several years, braving the sub-zero temperatures as the parking-lot attendant during the Blizzard of 1978, brightening many lives serving Meals on Wheels, and, somehow, anonymous donations ended up in the plate when the church had special needs. And yes, he helped out when the church sponsored a Boy Scout troop for a few years. ‘Mr. Dave’ also tutored (along with Mom) at a lower-income school. “During his last two years of life, Pop enjoyed attending the weddings (ranging from Maine to California) of three of his four grandchildren, and celebrated his 60th anniversary with his beloved Win at a gala party held at the American Sign Museum (which is headed up by Tod Swormstedt). Without Reid and Win, and Jim and Sharon Weinel, there simply would not be a museum.” a sustainability team; the implementation of a management system; the use of SGP program metrics; taking specific steps to reduce the facility’s environmental footprint; implementing pollution prevention activities; and committing to fundamental social and ethical norms. Nicki McFarlane, of Douglass Screen Printers, Inc., says, “Certification as Florida’s first green screen and digital printer has given Douglass and its team renewed pride in our company, bust also pride in knowing that this achievement will positively affect our community and our customers, in addition to our conscience.” SAi Launches ISPG SA International (SAi), a provider of solutions for signmaking, wide-format digital printing, and CAD/CAM/CNC machining, launched the International Sign & Printmakers Guild (ISPG), a member-led organization designed to help signage february/march 2013 31

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Screen Printing - February/March 2013

Screen Printing - February/march 2013
Contents
Editorial Insights
New Products
Increasing Your Profit
Image Enhancement: Better Files, Cost Savings
Prime Prints
P-O-P Primer
Making the Cut
Shoptalk
Industry Update
Distributor/Dealer Directory
Opportunity Exchange
Advertising Index

Screen Printing - February/March 2013