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The Pioneering Journey of Hudson Printing into Digital Embellishment

Paul Hudson believes in reinvention, and he believes in print. With the addition of new embellishment capabilities to augment his offset and digital print production solutions, he is leading Hudson Printing in Salt Lake City into a new era. Static and variable embellishment on a significant range of substrates allows them to produce spectacular magazine covers, postcards, and other commercial work for their growing clientele.

Tuesday, June 04, 2024

Source: McGrewGroup, Inc.  

Paul Hudson is a well-known figure in the world of printing and design. He is the owner of Hudson Printing, a company based in Salt Lake City. The company has a long and fascinating history that dates to 1909 when it was known as Stevens & Wallis, a book producer. In 1972, Pauls father, Blaine, took over the business and introduced the first web offset press, which expanded its operations. Later, Pauls brother Mark took over the company and added more web offset capacity to increase its productivity. On his retirement, Mark sold the company to Paul in 2012. Since then, Paul has been running the business, and he has added more digital print capacity and expanded finishing options to cater to their growing clientele. Hudson Printing is known for its excellence and innovative approach to printing and design.

With a reputation for excellence and a dedication to staying ahead of the curve, Hudson Printing uses the tagline Reinvent Print! They have become synonymous with quality and creativity. Under Pauls leadership, the company embarked on a transformative journey, expanding its digital capacity with HP Indigos and two Landa S10P Nanographic sheetfed inkjet presses to augment the web offset capacity and expand options for its clients. It would have been easy to stop there, but print brings significant opportunities, and Hudson keeps its finger on the pulse of what technology can bring to the table while also paying attention to the growing requirement for sustainability in the print industry.


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About Pat McGrew

Pat is a well-known evangelist for inkjet productivity. At McGrew Group, she uses her decades technical and marketing experience to lead the industry toward optimized business processes and production workflows. She has helped companies to define their five-year plans, audited workflow processes, and developed sales team interventions and education programs. Pat is the Co-Author of 8 industry books, editor of A Guide to the Electronic Document Body of Knowledge, and a regular contributor to Inkjet Insight and WhatTheyThink.com.

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