New
Management Announced at Impressive Labels
(Omaha, Nebraska)
Doug Riley, Chairman of Doug Riley Enterprises
announced several new leadership appointments at its
subsidiary, Impressive Labels, the manufacturer of high-end,
custom-engineered pressure sensitive identification
products.
Georges Scherlizin will assume the position of President and Chief
Operating Officer of Impressive Labels. Scherlizin comes to Impressive Labels from Corporate
Express, a $5 billion multinational company specializing in
business forms and label printing. He was Vice President for Manufacturing and Logistics
for the Document and Print Management Division of Corporate
Express. Prior to that, Scherlizin was Vice President of Manufacturing for
Porter Chadburn Label Group. He holds an MBA in electro-mechanical engineering.
Tim Taylor has been promoted to Vice President of Sales for
Impressive Labels. Taylor has a long tenure with Impressive, having started with the
company when it was Hytech Identification Products (the
predecessor company to Impressive). He has held a variety of progressively responsible
positions at Impressive, demonstrating sales and promotion
ability as well as operations expertise. Most recently he led the company through ISO 9002
certification. Taylor has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration
an is a certified ISO Lead Assessor.
Larry Malmos recently returned to Impressive Labels after a two-year
hiatus as Vice President of Manufacturing with another label
company. Malmos’ association with Doug Riley goes back to his teen years when
Doug hired him to work at his original label company, Lancer
Label. Malmos assumed progressively responsible positions at Lancer,
working up to Supervisor of three shifts in 1996, when he
moved to Impressive Labels. As Production Manager of Impressive Labels, Malmos
will have full responsibility for scheduling and producing
all the high-end products at Impressive Labels. “The
specialty printing and identification products industry in
particular is entering one of the most dynamic eras in its
history,” commented Doug Riley. “That is why it is essential to have a proven and
progressive team in place with the expertise and leadership
necessary to navigate Impressive through the changes. At the same time, we want to ensure that we maintain
the company’s leadership position in custom-engineered
products while keeping customer and dealer needs in
focus.”
To help ensure continued leadership, Doug Riley Enterprises has
invested more than five million dollars in new equipment and
upgrading existing equipment and software over the last
several years. “We’re aware that companies throughout the country look to
Impressive Labels to produce challenging labels of exacting
specifications. We enjoy having that reputation – and, through our
investments in people, training, equipment and software, we
intend to continue our tradition of quality and
reliability,” Doug commented.
Doug Riley Enterprises is the holding company for SuperFast Label
Service, Inc. and Impressive Labels, Inc.
SuperFast Label Service is a leader in web fulfillment printing
services, specializing in custom printed label products. SuperFast is known for its superior end-to-end, Web
enabled, label order and production processes. Currently, the company produces more than 2,000
Web-originated orders per day.
Impressive Labels, Inc. is a high-end producer and converter of
industrial-grade and artistic labels. The winner of numerous industry awards for quality,
Impressive specializes in producing labels that meet
extraordinarily rigorous environmental challenges such as
exposure to extremes of temperature or outdoor exposure. Last year, Impressive Labels was awarded the enviable
ISO 9002 certification, designating quality processes.