August 2008—The Garvey Group proudly obtained company-wide Chain-of-Custody certification. Bureau Veritas, a leading inspection, verification, auditing, testing and certification company, certified all four of our facilities for handling FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and FSI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative)  papers. Bureau Veritas is recognized as an expert in helping clients comply with standards and regulations relating to Quality, Health & Safety, Environment and Social Responsibility. Chain-of-Custody tracks paper products throughout their life cycle beginning with proper forestry management all the way to consumption by the end-user.
Garvey’s facilities are now certified for two independent forest management agencies. These certifications place us in a small group of commercial printers that have obtained dual certifications from FSC and SFI.
Milwaukee, WI., May 2008—The Garvey Group’s Milwaukee, Wisconsin, plant was recognized for outstanding work at the Printing Industry of Wisconsin’s Spring 2008 “Badger” Awards competition. The company received 1 Best of Category Digital Print Campaigns for a Courvoisier Welcome Kit and 2 Awards of Excellence.
"Congratulations to you and everyone else involved," said Tracy, Creative Director at "Imagine That" working on the Courvoisier brand. "Thank you for this important piece of business and we look forward to more."
Niles, IL., May 2008—The Garvey Group received seven top printing awards at the Printing Industry of Illinois/Indiana Association's Pinnacle Print Awards Ceremoney held in May. All seven of the large format pieces submitted won awards. Each job was produced on Garvey's KBA Rapid 205, 81-inch six color sheet–fed press. Forty-three member companies entered the competition with a total of 393 entries.
The Garvey Group won best of Category, three Awards of Excellence, and three Certificates of Merit for their entries. The submitted pieces included a point of purchase display for Sears and DVD display systems for thee movies Alvin & The Chipmunks and the Golden Compass.
The Garvey Group has been a member of the Printing Impressions Top 400 Printers in the United States and Canada (based on revenues) every year since 2002.
 The Garvey Group wins a 2007 Premier Print Award
Niles, IL., August 2007—The Garvey Group (TGG) has won a coveted “Benny Award,” the highest honor in the 2007 Premier Print Awards, for the company’s “DreamGirls” poster entry. The Premier Print Awards, the graphic arts industry’s largest and most prestigious worldwide printing competition, recognizes outstanding achievement in print production. TGG’s winning entry came in the Large Format Printing category.
Niles, IL, May 2007—The Garvey Group, one of the Midwest’s most successful printers, has garnered six top printing awards from the Printing Industry of Illinois/Indiana Association’s Pinnacle Print Awards. Six of Garvey’s nine large-format printing pieces submitted to the competition won awards for jobs produced on its KBA Rapida 205 81-inch six-color sheet–fed press. The Garvey Group received its awards at PII's 5th Annual Pinnacle Print Awards Gala on May 22 in Des Plaines, IL.
“We are so honored to win these large format awards from PII,” says Ed Garvey, President and CEO of The Garvey Group. “Forty-six member companies entered the competition with a total of 399 entries. It is a great honor to have our work chosen to win. It demonstrates to our clients that we bring high standards to all of our jobs and the KBA Rapida 205 is a key reason for our win. The scanning systems and spectrophotometer systems on our KBA press gives us the ability to hold color really well throughout the run and the Rapida 205 has shown, and this competition has demonstrated, that it prints to the highest standards anywhere.”
TGG won one Best of Category, three Awards of Excellence, and two Certificates of Merit for their entries. The submitted pieces included a Jack Daniels display system as well as movie posters for The Departed, Casino Royale, and a poster for a cartoon show titled Teen Titans.
Sturtevant, WI., May 2007—The Garvey Group’s Sturtevant, Wisconsin, plant was recognized for outstanding work on all 5 of the company’s submissions to the Printing Industry of Wisconsin’s Spring 2007 “Badger” Awards competition. The company received 2 Best of Category Awards, 2 Awards of Excellence and a Certificate of Merit .
"I am extremely proud of the printing capabilities of our presses, but even more so of the capabilities and dedication of our employees,” said Ed Garvery, TGG president and CEO. “TGG employees bring the highest level of professionalism to their individual crafts.”
Huge press installed in Niles
Niles, IL., February 2007—The Garvey Group (TGG) has made another major capital investment that will benefit large format printing customers. We have just finished installing our third new large format press, a KBA 205 eighty-one inch, six-color machine capable of running as fast as 9,000 impressions per hour on sheets up to a whopping 60" x 81"—or 33 square feet! The 205 is perfect for large posters and Point of Sale displays, and complements our 56-inch and 64-inch KBA presses that are installed at our Niles facility.
“This multi-million dollar investment gives the Garvey Group a printing configuration unmatched among Midwest printers,” said Ed Garvey, CEO and owner. “Our new presses are equipped with the latest automation and offer speed and flexibility exceeding that of older machines.”
The 205, like our other KBA presses, is fully equipped with image scanning and closed loop wiring (Garvey Color Measurement and Management SystemSM) which guarantees color consistency throughout the run. The 205 prints on a wide range of substrates from .004mm to .048mm in thickness–including paper and heavy stock board—using matte, dull, gloss and aqueous coatings.
Please contact your Garvey Group sales rep. for more information about our newest press and our full range of large format printing capabilities.
Milwaukee, WI, January 2007—The Garvey Group’s Milwaukee, Wisconsin, plant was named a Top 25 Printer in the Milwaukee area by the Milwaukee Business Journal in the publication’s 2007 Book of Lists.
“Southeast Wisconsin is an important printing market and I am thrilled to have our Milwaukee location as a member of The Garvey Group,” said Ed Garvey, President and CEO. “I am extremely proud that year after year we are named to the Top 25 list by the Milwaukee Business Journal”
Machine features 5/5 Perfector Plus Roll-to-Sheet Option
Sturtevant, Wis., February 16, 2006—The Garvey Group (TGG), a network of Midwest-based commercial printing companies that also offer creative, fulfillment, distribution and warehouse services, has just completed the installation of a new KBA Rapida 105 10-color press at its Sturtevant facility.
When is a sandwich not a sandwich? When it’s a brochure that looks like a real sandwich, wrapped and boxed like a real sandwich—complete with a pickle. Sara Lee’s “sandwich” brochure was printed and die cut to perfection by the Garvey Group. Printing Industries of America recognized Garvey’s work on this “tasty” direct mail piece by awarding the company the highest possible honor, a Best in Show Award for Graphics Excellence.
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