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Clarence W. Schawk
David A. Schawk



From our beginnings as a producer of printing plates, we have developed into a multinational group of premier, quality-oriented companies serving the industries in which we participate. Our growth has occurred in two ways. One, an aggressive strategy of acquisition has provided the strength that comes with diversity. Two, we adhere to sound management principles that have guided us from the start: fiscal responsibility, the latest training and most appropriate technology for our employees, and a commitment to our customers that no competitor can match. The result has been an ability to "stay ahead of the curve" when major technology shifts have occurred within our industries, while continuing to provide leadership through the high level of service our customers require.

We have acquired the expertise by forming direct relationships with the companies making the key decisions--the consumer goods companies that rely on our prepress expertise for preparing their food and beverage packages, the design firms and agencies that create the basic package and promotional layouts, the telecommuncaitons firms that provide the "pipes" to move raw data form place to place, and the printers that actually produce the finished products. As a result, we have seized the opportunity to provide a full range of specialty services including the creation of graphic images, retouching, proofing, data and image management, digital delivery, package production and design, rapid prototyping, package conforming, and personnel training.

Schawk combines technological leadership with a "whatever it takes" philosophy, to create the highest quality products and services available in the industry. This quality, traditionally found in our packaging prepress, has provided Schawk with the foundation upon which to build state-of-the-art all digital workflows for our clients and their suppliers. For over 15 years Schawk has stored its clients brand identity digitally. For this reason, Schawk finds itself in a unique position of leadership as the graphics arts industry transitions to all digital workflows. We provide our customers and their designated converters/printers with the confidence that our films or digital information will perfectly print the latest revision of their packages, ads or collateral.

Schawk, Inc. is a leader in its industry: Imaging and Information Technologies. Since 1953 Schawk has grown its graphics business by providing premium prepress services for food, beverage and consumer goods manufacturers. In addition, Schawk supplies its customers with point of purchase, direct mail, catalog, and agency oriented prepress services. Schawk has numerous field representatives that provide our clients with on-site facilities and project management. In the past two years, Schawk has also developed a communications infrastructure based on internet and intranet standards called CLICk, or our Customer Linked Information Center. This system seamlessly integrates the variety of available e-mail sources into a single system. CLICk also provides many to many or "groupware" capabilities which are essential in today's fast paced production environments. Most recently, Schawk has created a specialized data resource group devoted to developing, implementing and training clients on our PaRTS (Production and Resource Tracking System). PaRTS is based on open standards and provides tracking of production files, job schedules, and job information or "meta data".




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