Printing Industries of America (PIA) is pleased to announce that Twyla J. Cummings, PhD, Senior Associate Dean and Professor and Graduate Executive Board Advisor of Rochester Institute of Technology, will receive the 2015 Naomi Berber Memorial Award. This award honors outstanding women in the graphic communications industry for their exceptional record of accomplishments, unusual contributions toward the development of the graphic communications industry, and for having furthered the interests of the industry.

Dr. Theodore G. Duclos named to Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Management Board and Matthew L. Portu to president, Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies

Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) today announced that Michael W. Feldser, 64, senior vice president and chief operating officer, metal food and household products packaging, will retire at the end of 2015 after nearly a decade with the company. James N. Peterson, 47, has been named to succeed Feldser and will have the same title.

Joseph Y. Gallo, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of The Dispatch Printing Company, was named President and COO of the company. The promotion was made by the company's board of directors on Tuesday, September 15, 2015. In addition to the promotion of Gallo, Michael J. Fiorile was named Vice Chairman and CEO of the company. He previously served as President and CEO.

Father of Frutiger typeface dies in his naive Switzerland at 87.

A special GALA luncheon award presentation will be held on February 18, 2016, in conjunction with GOA in Miami Beach

National Gift Card Corp Europe (NGC Europe), a distributor and marketer for gift cards and digital codes, has made two recent appointments to its management team.

The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor journalists from Ethiopia, Malaysia, Paraguay, and Syria with the 2015 International Press Freedom Awards. The journalists have endured death threats, physical attacks, legal action, imprisonment, or exile in the course of their work.

25-Year Maritz Operations Chief Bill St. Clair to Head NGC Gift Card Fulfillment

As part of an expansion of services, the Xerox-operated call center for California's LifeLine program is looking to hire more than 30 bilingual customer service representatives.

On September 1, 2015 Colin Dennis, CBE, PhD, CFS, CSci became the 76th president of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific society committed to advancing the science of food and its application across the global food system. Dr. Dennis succeeded Mary Ellen Camire, PhD, CFS, IFT's 2014-2015 President and food science professor at the University of Maine's School of Food & Agriculture.

Omani high-performing entrepreneur Qais Al-Khonji has been named Social Entrepreneur of the Year Oman by leading global publication Business Worldwide Magazine.