Walsworth Brings Stephanie Maday Aboard as New Executive VP of Commercial Sales
Marceline, Missouri; Oct. 30, 2024 – Walsworth announced it has hired sales executive Stephanie Maday as the company’s new Executive Vice President of Commercial Sales and Board Member. Maday will be replacing Walsworth’s current Executive VP of Commercial Sales, David Grisa, who is retiring from the company in November. Maday will be based out of Walsworth’s Sales and Marketing office in Overland Park, Kansas. Maday comes to Walsworth with nearly 25 years of sales and management experience, more than 20 of…
Read MoreDeJoy Has Spoken: No Postal Rate Increases in January
On Sept. 20, the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced it would not raise prices in January 2025 for Market Dominant products. Market Dominant mail categories include First-Class Mail; Marketing Mail; Periodicals; Package Services Mail (Bound Printed Matter/Media and Library Mail) and some Ancillary Special Services. In accordance with the Delivering for America 10-year plan, this decision aims to keep postal rates and services affordable; United States postal rates remain among the lowest in the world. Read the full announcement…
Read MoreU.S. Postal Service Proposes Temporary Rate Changes for 2024 Holiday Shipping Season
In an effort to ensure smooth operations and on-time delivery during the upcoming peak season, the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced on Thursday, Sept. 5 their intention to temporarily increase prices on select package services in the coming months. The rate increases would affect select commercial and retail domestic competitive parcels, including Priority Mail Express (PME), Priority Mail (PM) and USPS Ground Advantage. Assuming the changes are approved by the Postal Regulatory Committee (PRC), these price increases would go…
Read MoreWalsworth Hires Andy Billett as New Chief Operating Officer
PRESS RELEASE Marceline, Missouri; July 15, 2024 – Walsworth announced it has hired printing industry veteran Andy Billett as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Billett will be replacing Walsworth’s current COO Jim Mead, who is retiring from the company in November and will be based out of Walsworth’s corporate office in Marceline, Missouri. Billett comes to Walsworth with 25-plus years of printing and senior leadership experience at Taylor Corporation, Custom Ink and Jostens. Once he began to explore…
Read MorePRC Approves July 2024 USPS Rate Increases (With Reservations)
The Postal Regulatory Committee (PRC), which is an independent agency that oversees the USPS, approved the planned price increase for mailing services. However, the PRC also expressed some reservations: While the price hike follows all the relevant rules of the Postal Service’s Market Dominant price adjustment schedule, the PRC is concerned that the USPS may not have fully considered the broader impact on mailers and customers. In particular, the PRC is worried that raising prices could be counterproductive given the…
Read MoreWalsworth Wins Big at the 2024 GraphEx Awards
Walsworth is proud to announce a remarkable three Best in Class and 11 Best in Category wins at the recent GraphEx Awards Competition, hosted by PIA MidAmerica on April 25, 2024. These awards recognize exceptional printing quality in a wide variety of categories, from hardcover books to web-printed magazines. Here’s a closer look at Walsworth’s award-winning entries: Books Welcome to Carmel, Liberty Press Category: Books, Hardcover – Offset Welcome to Carmel is an oversized Smyth-sewn coffee table book with a…
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