Digital Dreams Come True In Color

In-plants that have added digital color printing capabilities are thriving—and the call for more on-demand color work is only getting louder.

By Cheryl Adams

ACE Hardware certainly has a loyal customer base.

"We have 6.2 million customers in our ACE Helpful Hardware Club," maintains Rick Salinas, production manager at the company's in-plant in Downers Grove, Ill. He says the club—which awards customers points, and eventually store credit, for purchases—is the "second largest customer-loyalty program in the country."