About Us

About GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS WORLD (GCW)
GCW, a member of the OutputLinks Media Family, was founded forty years ago by Art Gardner. Read the world over, GCW’s publications are known as the information of record for senior industry executives in the graphic arts, printing, publishing, and converting industries.

SUBSCRIBER SUPPORTED
GCW’s services are made possible by subscriptions from individuals and corporations just like you. 

NEWS & ANALYSIS
In the age of the Internet, GCW's value has never been greater. Making sense of an avalanche of information requires summary and analysis, to provide you with a quick briefing of the essential facts. GCW distills the news and places on it a unique, interpretive perspective. That saves you time, and provides a succinct background to aid in navigating your way through the marketplace.

CROSS MEDIA INTERACTIVITY (CMI)
Print or online, in the mail or on your desktop – they are all available to you.
Subscribers receive GCW’s bi-weekly Greensheet and the Quarterly Industry Financial Report in the mail. And, all current and archived GCW publications including the Industry Calendar are available 24/7 online.

The GCW Greensheet
Bi-Weekly Kiplinger-style Executive Summaries of Industry News

The GCW Industry Financial Report
Quarterly Financials of Industry Companies

The GCW Industry Calendar
5-Year Calendar of Industry Events

The GCW OutputSearch
Industry-Specific Search for the Output Industry

The Executive Staff

Andy & Julie Plata
Owners & Publishers
713-532-8639
ap@GCWorld.biz
713-532-8640
jp@GCWorld.biz 

Darin Painter
Editor-in-Chief
440-238-9576
dp@GCWorld.biz  

Noel Jeffrey
Associate Editor
Industry Financial Report
nj@GCWorld.biz  

John Werner
Associate Editor
jw@GCWorld.biz 

Dennis Mason
Associate Editor
dm@GCWorld.biz  

Clint Bolte
Associate Editor
cb@GCWorld.biz