Printing Impressions

LAS VEGAS, NV (October 4, 2016) — Recognized for its leadership, cutting-edge offset and digital solutions, and unsurpassed technological investment, Creel and its digital division, Digital Lizard, will be featured as the October 2016 cover story in Printing Impressions. The trusted monthly publication is read by more than 60,000 subscribers and is considered the world’s largest B2B printing magazine.

In addition to Creel’s acquisitions and 21st century vision, the story showcases the company’s $5.2MM digital printing investment — a move that has made Digital Lizard a go-to solutions provider for digital books, photobooks, calendars, catalogs, direct mail, and other variable-data applications. It also highlights Digital Lizard’s big win in becoming the premier global beta site for the HP 50000. Through the arrangement, Creel and Digital Lizard will help refine the digital press’s performance and efficiencies, ensuring its claim as a true offset match while pushing the envelope in new applications.

“Creel Printing is a true American business success story. The company continues to invest in cutting-edge digital and conventional printing technologies to strengthen its Creel and Digital Lizard capabilities and remain on the leading edge of an expansive distributive print model,” notes Mark Michelson, editor-in-chief of Printing Impressions. “We look forward to presenting their success story to showcase how offset and digital printing technologies can co-exist today to meet and exceed client expectations."

With a 60-year history, Creel Printing is one of the most notable privately owned enterprises in the world of print. Ranked among the top 40 commercial printers and 10 largest publication printers, Creel’s capabilities span full-color web and sheetfed printing, large-format printing, digital publishing solutions, mobile marketing, and more. Creel’s digital division, Digital Lizard, is one of the most advanced digital print facilities in the United States. Its four plants offer full-color variable digital printing, inline finishing, same-day shipping, and a host of leading-edge digital solutions, with presence across the U.S. as well as France. Digital Lizard boasts 16 HP digital presses, the largest lineup of any commercial digital print provider nationwide.

Creel, Digital Lizard to Be Profiled in World’s Largest B2B Printing Magazine

LAS VEGAS, NV (February 11, 2013) — Recognized for its technological, manufacturing, and multichannel marketing leadership, Creel Printing has landed the cover story of February’s Printing Impressions—the industry’s most prestigious magazine. The honor comes on the heels of the Gold Ink awards, where Creel’s merits were unsurpassed.

With more than 20,000 contenders vying for a story each month, Printing Impressions is extremely selective. The publication chooses enterprises that not only serve as industry benchmarks, but those that offer customers the very finest—in equipment, resources, and innovations.

Long known for its high-quality web and sheetfed manufacturing, Creel has developed a formidable digital presence over the last few years. With its 2011 acquisition of Digital Lizard, Creel now stands as one of the largest providers of digital print, cross-media marketing, mobile applications, 2-D barcoding, and Internet-based solutions. All of these are bringing customers new, value-driving marketing opportunities. Creel is also working on a cutting-edge personalization initiative, which it will unveil this spring.

“Creel continues to invest in the innovations and technologies that create growth—for our company and our customers,” said Allan G. Creel, President of Creel Printing. “As a private company, we have greater flexibility to craft unique solutions that really impact our clients’ businesses.”

To read to article, visit www.piworld.com and click on “Current Issue,” or call Creel for a print or pdf copy.

Founded in 1953, Creel Printing is one of the most tenured and awarded family-owned enterprises in the world of print. Ranked among the top 50 commercial printers and 10 largest publication printers nationwide, Creel's capabilities span full-color web and sheetfed printing; variable digital production; digital editioning; integrated publishing solutions; web-based storefronts; digital rights management; and more. Creel operates a state-of-the-art, 250,000-square-foot headquarters in Las Vegas, an Idaho-based digital enterprise, and an open-web plant. Creel holds G7 master certification. The company runs three shifts, working 24/7.

Creel Lands Cover Story in Industry’s #1 Magazine