HAMILTON, ON., June 1, 2010 – Gasper Lipari and Dave Knox, owners of Allegra Hamilton, were recently honoured by Allegra Network with the franchise system’s prestigious Two Star Award. This award recognizes their record-breaking sales growth through 2009. Lipari and Knox also earned two additional awards for sales growth and excellence.

“In uncertain economic times, it’s an achievement for an enterprise of any size and in any industry to post gains,” said Carl Gerhardt, president and CEO of Allegra Network. “Gasper and Dave set a standard of excellence among franchise members and the marketing and print communications industry at large.”

For more information on our printing technologies including full-colour printing, short-run digital printing, variable data capabilities, signs, posters and banners, graphic design, mailing services, promotional products, internet solutions and project consulting, contact the award-winning Allegra Hamilton team at (905) 528-2999.

Hamilton, ON April 28, 2010 – Over 40 non-profit organizations shared in $20,000 worth of in-kind marketing services awarded during the third annual Allegra Hamilton FootPRINT Fund presentations. This brings our total recipients, since FootPRINT’s inaugural year in 2008, to over 100.

Annually, the Allegra FootPrint Fund awards up to $20,000 in marketing services to nonprofit organizations and associations seeking assistance in launching a worthy, new initiative where they may otherwise not have the resources to do so.

“We continue to be inspired by the response to our FootPRINT initiative in just its third year,” say Allegra Hamilton co-owners Gasper Lipari & Dave Knox. “The groups we are supporting are very diverse, and have an impact on virtually every aspect of life in our community.”

Allegra Hamilton launched the FootPRINT Fund in 2008 as part of its Community Care Campaign, a nationwide effort supported by the company’s franchise headquarters, Allegra Network LLC. To date, Allegra has awarded in excess of $60,000. worth of services. The FootPRINT Fund was launched to help unite and strengthen the Hamilton community by assisting eligible nonprofit organizations and associations in building their awareness through innovative marketing initiatives provided by Allegra.

To have been considered for a FootPRINT Fund award, nonprofit groups, associations and charitable organizations with a main office or branch in the Greater Hamilton area would have had to submit a completed application by March 10. Application forms for next year’s fund are available on our website in the FootPrint Fund section.

Award recipients are selected by a review panel based on how the services, requested in the application, will be used to further the organization’s goals. This includes service expansion and program enhancement as well as the organization’s ability to demonstrate their commitment to the community.

Allegra Hamilton features traditional and advanced printing technologies including full-colour offset and digital printing, graphic design services, high volume copying, signs, posters, banners and vehicle wraps, mailing services, promotional products, web-based solutions such as e-blast email marketing and on-line ordering through web-to-print system. Allegra Hamilton also offers a Brand Builder program structured to help businesses and organizations more clearly define and differentiate their product or service.

For more information or to set up an appointment please email us or call (905) 528-2999.

HAMILTON, ON., March 15, 2010 – Carson Taylor, sales executive at Allegra Hamilton was recently recognized by the Allegra Network franchise system for being among the top system-wide sales professionals. Taylor was awarded the International Silver Sales Milestone Award, an annual honour based on sales volume achievements.

“The marketplace is changing, and small and mid-sized businesses need to take a more strategic approach to their print and marketing communications, “said Allegra Sales Manager Jim Gladun. “Carson proves again and again to be a valuable and knowledgeable resource to marketers who want to see real results from their communications programs.”

With two locations at 255 York Blvd. and 11 Hughson St. South, Allegra is a full-service marketing communications provider with in-house printing technologies including traditional offset and digital printing, variable data capabilities, colour signs, posters and banners, graphic design, mailing services, promotional products, internet marketing solutions and project consulting.

Allegra Print & Imaging, Hamilton has enhanced its printing capabilities yet again with the addition of Blueprint Output and Reproduction services. Large-scale documents like architectural drawings, construction drawings, landscape designs, construction site plans and more can now be printed from PDF or PLOT files or scanned and converted to digital files for archiving and future printing.

“Our service offerings continue to expand to meet the needs of our increasing client base and their demand for diverse printing capabilities and solutions,” said Gasper Lipari, Vice President of Allegra. “This is an extension of our full colour, wide format capabilities offering over-sized signs, posters and indoor/outdoor banners.”

Allegra Print & Imaging is among the most advanced and diversified printing companies in the Greater Hamilton area and serves more than 1,000 businesses and organizations. Lipari is known for his innovative business practices and commitment to offering clients one-stop shopping. Now with blueprint copying and printing services, the bar in Hamilton, Ancaster, Burlington, Stoney Creek and Waterdown area is being raised once again.

In addition to the new blueprinting services (copying, scanning and printing), the company features full-colour printing, graphic design services, short-run digital colour printing, high-volume copying and complete binding services along with mailing services, promotional products, and project consulting. Contact us for help with your next project or for a competitive quote.

At Allegra, our commitment to quality printing and unparalleled service includes respect for the environment. As an earth friendly printer, we strive to minimize waste and reduce any harmful impact to our earth by recycling toner cartridges and offcut paper, and using FSC certified stock whenever possible.

So if you are looking for marketing or advertising materials such as flyers, brochures, posters or even business cards that reflect your eco-friendly nature - look no further. Allegra Print & Imaging Hamilton will design a solution for you, while caring for the earth.

A greener, healthier future – it’s in our hands.

Allegra Hamilton is proud to support the following local organizations as part of the 2010 FootPRINT Fund for nonprofit friends:

Dundas Museum and Archives. Previously Dundas Museum used FootPrint funding to produce and distribute promotional postcards. The results were outstanding, and the initiative gets renewed life with a 2010 Footprint Award. Dundas Museum is an independent community facility which has been preserving community history for 53 years.

Hamilton, ON April 29, 2009 – The 2nd Annual Allegra Print & Imaging Hamilton’s FootPRINT Fund was a huge success. Through this new initiative, as many as 61 area nonprofit organizations were the beneficiaries of in-kind print & graphic services to help enhance and communicate new and existing services to our community. Annually, the Allegra FootPrint Fund will award up to $20,000 in services to nonprofit organizations and associations seeking assistance launching a worthy, new initiative or attempting to enhance their identity.

We are very pleased with this year’s overwhelming response from so many hardworking community groups. Today’s award recipients represent a broad cross-section of dedicated people who are working day in and day out to make this city a better place for each of us. Many of these groups toil in near anonymity, and we are pleased to recognize them here this morning.

Our Franchisor, Allegra Network LLC, is one of the world’s largest print and graphic communications franchises, and continues to grow its FootPRINT Fund® for non-profit friends. Since 2003, Allegra Network has awarded almost two million dollars in print and graphic services to qualifying non-profit organizations across North America.

The FootPRINT Fund provides non-profits with extended resources to help them “leave their footprint” in the communities they serve, by providing access to print and graphic services at no charge. Services include graphic design, printing and copying for brochures, newsletters, forms, flyers, posters and other print communications material.

With funds from Allegra Print & Imaging Hamilton’s FootPRINT Campaign, local organizations can increase their exposure and get the word out to the community. The key to maximizing the award amount is demonstrating the positive community impact of a new program or service. Awards up to $1,000 per year in printing and graphic services are available.

The FootPRINT Fund is one of several community programs sponsored by Allegra Network as part of the company’s Community Care Campaign to help unite and strengthen local communities.

The FootPRINT Fund was developed to help unite and strengthen local communities by assisting eligible nonprofit organizations and associations in building their awareness and increasing local support.

To be considered for a FootPRINT Fund award, nonprofit groups, associations and charitable organizations with a main office or branch in the Greater Hamilton area have to submit a completed application. Application forms for next year’s fund are available on the FootPRINT Fund page of the company’s website.

Allegra Print & Imaging Hamilton is pleased to offer its first installment of The Lunch and Learn Series:
Low-cost ways of keeping your brand at the forefront.

“Great brands endure, but it doesn’t happen by accident. It takes focus and commitment (and a little creativity) to keep your brand at the forefront, even when the world around you seems to be collapsing. When the good times return (and they will!), make sure customers are lined up at your door instead of your competitors’. We’ll explore some of history’s top brands and how the lessons they provide can benefit you and your business.”

Event dates: April 22nd, 2009 and May 20th, 2009, 12 noon – 1 pm.

This event is open to new and existing clients, but please RSVP as soon as possible to ensure a spot.
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Program helps businesses prosper through current economic downturn

Hamilton, ON – Allegra Print & Imaging – Hamilton has launched an innovative program to help small to medium-sized businesses and non-profit organizations define and differentiate their services or products to ensure they prosper during the current economic malaise.

“Our Brand Builder™ program is designed to revitalize and re-energize organizations with a structured brand-building process,” say partners Dave Knox and Gasper Lipari. “All too often businesses and non-profits spend money on marketing and communications without a clear understanding of what makes their product or service unique. Our program ensures dollars are spent wisely, and in a focused manner.”

Allegra has partnered with Gordon Green, a former advertising agency owner who has more than 20 years’ experience working an array of organizations large and small. Green developed the three-step Brand Builder™ program – Define. Differentiate. Go! – to help business owners and non-profit agencies look at their product or service through the eyes of their customers, employees and the public.

“If you and your employees don’t have a clear understanding of what your brand stands for, how can you expect others to buy into it?” says Green.

“Marketing strategies have a much greater impact when they are highly focused. Allegra is demonstrating this principal by identifying a need in the business community, then delivering a new  initiative like Brand Builder™ to meet the need. This clearly sets Allegra apart from other printing companies.”

Green says the program is designed to make it easy for business owners and managers, who are often stretched to the limit. “The initial step is a brand audit, which requires a commitment of three to four hours by key decision makers in the business. After that, we pretty much do the rest.”

Brand Builder™ clients receive a comprehensive brand and marketing strategy, which can be fully implemented and effectively managed by Allegra’s in-house marketing team.

Allegra is also offering complementary Lunch-and-Learn sessions this spring to introduce business owners and non-profit organizations to strategies for building stronger brands during the tough economic times that lie ahead. “Our Lunch programs are focused on areas that our customers have identified,” says Knox. “It will include ideas for creating and building strong business brands, maximizing marketing budgets, and using strategic community giving to build goodwill with customers and the community.”

“The addition of the Brand Builder™ program closes the loop and makes us a true marketing partner with our clients,” adds Lipari.

For a complementary Brand Builder™ consultation, or to enroll in a Lunch and Learn session, please call 905-528-2999 or email Allegra (info available on CONTACT page of this website.

Allegra Print & Imaging - Hamilton features traditional and advanced printing technologies including offset printing, digital printing, high volume black & white and colour copying, binding, graphic design, signs, posters and banners, mailing services, website design and hosting, promotional products, print management solutions and project consulting.

Allegra Print & Imaging – Hamilton has two locations – 255 York Boulevard and 11 Hughson Street South – and is a member of Allegra Network LLC, one of the world’s largest print and graphic communications franchises linking more than 600 locations in North America and the United Kingdom.

Whether you need help with a new communications program, ideas to improve the effectiveness of an existing project or you just want to save time and money, we offer a winning range of traditional and digital print and imaging solutions, including:

We are centrally located in Downtown Hamilton with easy access from the highway and major city streets, which allows us to easily service clients from Hamilton, Burlington, Ancaster, Brantford, Dundas, Flamborough, Waterdown and area.