Pictura Graphics in the News

Small Business Success Stories
Pictura Graphics : Picture-Perfect Opportunity

Twin Cities Business, Dec. 2008 issue

After more than a decade of working with small and midsize companies in the Twin Cities commercial banking industry, Paul Lilienthal was looking to buy a business. When the investment banking company he had retained suggested Golden Valley–based Pictura Graphics, he quickly realized that he’d found the picture-perfect opportunity for him.

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Pictura Receives Certification as a SUSTAINABLE GREEN PRINTER by the SGP!

Pictura Graphics has been named as a nationally certified “Sustainable Green Printer” by the Sustainable Green Printing (SGP) Partnership.

The SGP is the first and only national certification for printers that have implemented environmentally sustainable business practices. Nearly 40 companies offered their facilities to the SGP for evaluation, but only 11 were selected as beta test sites. Of the companies in the beta test group, Pictura Graphics earned the honor of being one of the first companies to achieve certification by the SGP. The announcement was made in a press release issued by the SGP on August 28, 2008.

> view SGP Press Release
> view Pictura's Press Release
> learn more about the SGP

Going Green with Pictura Graphics
How Pictura Graphics Started Its Sustainablity Journey

Wide Format Digital Imaging, The Green Guide issue

Like any corporate strategy, sustainability will be successful in different ways for individual companies, which must balance eco-conscious programs with operations that ensure economic growth. SGIA interviewed member company Pictura Graphics about its initial efforts in a sustainable workflow.

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Pictura Named Top Shops of 2008 by Wide Format Imaging

Between December 2007 and February 2008, readers of Wide-Format Imaging submitted nomination forms for an opportunity to be included in the prestigious list of the Top Shops of North America. The forms were collated, compared and the final list was determined, ranked from highest to lowest by 2007 total year revenue as reported by the shops. No two of the businesses are alike and their backgrounds are as diverse as their product mix. And this year, all of them hail from the US. Some have a single location, while others do business out of multiple locations over a wide geography.

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Pictura Graphics As Seen In Ty Pennington At Home

Following the success of Pictura's collaboration with Extreme Makeover:Home Edition, Ty Pennington turned to Pictura once again for graphic interior solutions. This time it involved an office makeover for a TV executive that left Los Angeles for New York.

The objective was to create a space that would be quiet, calm and soothing – and that's exactly what he received. Ty's design fused bits of the executive's old life with the new, and accomplished this with Pictura by creating:

• Six 28x40-inch photographic prints of a Manhattan skyline
• 2 fabric pillows which paid homage to New York City landmarks
  
• Three 20x24-inch photographic prints of the Hollywood sign
  

Pictura Graphics As Seen On Minnesota Episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Pictura collaborated with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to develop a variety of graphics for a new home built for a Minnesota family in need. This "overnight" family of ten, due to tragic life circumstances, entered their new home on Aug. 28. It was an honor and an amazing experience for Pictura to be a part of the enormous team of subcontractors and volunteers that worked together to build a home for such a deserving family.

> about the family
> view our graphics!
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The 100th Episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2 Hour Special) aired November 25, 2007, on ABC. Graphics created and contributed by Pictura included wall murals, floor graphic, fabrics, pillows, blankets and a custom playhouse. CLICK HERE to view the results!

News Archives:

SGIA Helps Launch Progressive Sustainability Program > read more

Printing Industry of MN: Great Printer Environmental Initiative > read more

Twin Cities Business: Trophy Rooms > read more

VM+SD Magazine: X07's Green with Enthusiasm > read more

Hot Topics

Pictura's ecoIMAGES™ Line Expands

With the introduction of ecoIMAGES™, Pictura Graphics has taken steps toward lessening our environmental footprint in the graphics industry; a green initiative aimed at providing ecologically sensitive media, substrates, and processes designed to promote environmentally responsible graphics to the markets we serve.

As materials are tested and evaluated, they are ranked by Pictura's eco rating system and if approved, are introduced in the categories of ecoFabrics, ecoTextiles, ecoVinyls and ecoBoards.

> view our latest eco solutions

Pictura Completes Expansion

Pictura has completed a facility expansion to increase production capacity and range of services offered to our customers. Work on the new expansion began in December of 2006 and was completed in August of 2007. Stop by and check out our newer half!

> watch us grow

Pixlport Site Enhanced

Pixlport is Pictura Graphics’ proprietary easy and secure way to view and reorder your archived images/past jobs online! Each time you order graphics from Pictura, your entire job is automatically archived, with the final image thumbnail and job information placed into your own Pixlport browser. And now when you visit Pixlport, you'll notice an updated look and functionality to the site that makes it easier than ever to use. Revisit Pixlport today and see for yourself what a valuable tool this can be for you and your organization.

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> launch Pixlport site

Pictura at Exhibitor Show 2008

Pictura Graphics joined hundreds of the trade show industry’s most impressive, innovative resources and exhibited in booth #256 at Exhibitor Show in Las Vegas on March 10-12. The show allowed Pictura to reach more partners in the industry, demonstrate unique graphic solutions for their customers, and introduce new ideas to help grow their graphics business.

Solutions on display in the booth included Dye-Sublimation Fabrics, ReMAG™ changeable graphic solutions, direct-print Flooring Solutions, ecoIMAGES™ (environmentally responsible graphics), Direct-to-Substrate (flexible and rigid) alternatives, Wall Covering applications, iCut examples, and more.

Pictura Sponsors Pro Cycling Team

Pictura Graphics is proud to announce their sponsorship for the Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medfast Pro Cycling Team - one of the newest pro teams on the national racing circuit. As a sponsor, Pictura has provided vehicle graphics, cycle graphics and banners for various events.

> view vehicle graphics
> view team with graphics
> view decals and mural graphics