Printing Industries of America (PIA) has announced the winners of the 2019 Best Workplace in the Americas (BWA) award and the Safety Shield designation. The Best Workplace in the Americas award winners were evaluated on human resources benchmarking categories that recognize companies that embrace the most sought-after qualities for today's work environment: Communication & Culture, Employee Resources & Benefits, and Safety & Work Environment. The Safety Shield designation winners were evaluated on the importance of focusing on safety practices in the workplace.

For nearly two decades, the Best Workplace in the Americas award has been an acknowledgement of printing industry excellence in human resources practices. Judged by an anonymous panel of human relations professionals from the industry, the BWA awards show that companies of any size can excel in their commitment to employees.

This year's honorees will be celebrated at a luncheon awards presentation at the 2019 President's Conference March 3-5 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Winners of the Best of the Best designation include:

American Packaging Corporation
Rochester, NY
Churchville, NY
Story City, IA
Columbus, WI
DeForest, WI

Communicorp, Inc.
Columbus, GA

Hopkins Printing
Columbus, OH

Midland Information Resources
Davenport, IA

MOSAIC
Cheverly, MD

SeaChange Print Innovations
Plymouth, MN

Suttle-Straus
Waunakee, WI

VistaPrint
Windsor, ON
Winners of the Best Workplace designation include:

Boutwell, Owens & Co., Inc.
Fitchburg, MA

CJK Group
Brainerd, MN
St. Cloud, MN
Palmdale, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Brimfield, OH
Madison, WI
Chelsea, MI
Hanover, PA
Hanover, NH
Waterbury, VT
Boston, MA

Corporate Communications Group
Upper Marlboro, MD

Digital Print Solutions
Richfield, OH

Disc Graphics, Inc.
Hauppauge, NY

GPA
McCook, IL

Graphic Visual Solutions
Greensboro, NC

Hammer Packaging
Rochester, NY

Inland
La Crosse, WI

Kendall Packaging Corporation
Jefferson, WI

MBI Direct Mail, Inc.
Deland, FL

Phototype
Cincinnati, OH

Ripon Printers
Ripon, WI

Royle Printing
Sun Prairie, WI

Runbeck Election Services, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ

Smyth Companies, LLC
St. Paul, MN (HQ)
Wilmington, MA
Green Bay, WI
Egg Harbor, NJ
Minneapolis, MN
Austin, MN
Phoenix, AZ
Bedford, VA
Austin, MN
Rochester, MN

Steinhauser Incorporated
Newport, KY

Syracuse Label & Surround Printing
Syracuse, NY

Tailored Label Products
Menomonee Falls, WI

The John Roberts Company
Minneapolis, MN

Transcontinental Robbie, Inc.
Lenexa, KS

Vox Printing
Oklahoma City, OK

Weldon, Williams & Lick, Inc.
Ft. Smith, AR

Worzalla
Stevens Point, WI

Winners of the Safety Shield designation include:

American Packaging Corporation
Rochester, NY
Churchville, NY
Story City, IA
Columbus, WI
DeForest, WI

CJK Group
Brainerd, MN
St. Cloud, MN
Palmdale, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Brimfield, OH
Madison, WI
Chelsea, MI
Hanover, PA
Hanover, NH
Waterbury, VT
Boston, MA

Communicorp, Inc.
Columbus, GA

Disc Graphics, Inc.
Hauppauge, NY

GPA
McCook, IL

Hammer Packaging
Rochester, NY

Hopkins Printing
Columbus, OH

Midland Information Resources
Davenport, IA

MOSAIC
Cheverly, MD

Ripon Printers
Ripon, WI

Smyth Companies, LLC
St. Paul, MN (HQ)
Wilmington, MA
Green Bay, WI
Egg Harbor, NJ
Minneapolis, MN
Austin, MN
Phoenix, AZ
Bedford, VA
Austin, MN
Rochester, MN

Suttle-Straus
Waunakee, WI

Syracuse Label & Surround Printing
Syracuse, NY

Transcontinental Robbie, Inc.
Lenexa, KS

Vox Printing
Oklahoma City, OK

Worzalla
Stevens Point, WI