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2024 Empire Company Picnic
We had ourselves a great time this year at the company picnic, with good food, prizes, […]
Newsletter 2024 Winter-Spring-Summer
Check out Empire’s winter-spring-summer 2024 newsletter. Featured articles include technological innovations, Earth Day, and the Steppin’ […]
Newsletter 2023 Summer-Winter
Check out Empire’s summer-winter 2023 newsletter. Featured articles include the Partners in Printing Expo, Earth Day […]
Newsletter 2023 Winter/Spring
Check out Empire’s winter/spring 2023 newsletter. Featured articles include 3M Preferred Converter, Housekeeping in the Workplace, […]
Newsletter 2022 FALL/winter
Read our 2022 fall/winter newsletter, featuring a tribute to the late Jim Brush, snow safety tips, […]
Newsletter 2022 SUMMER
Read our 2022 summer newsletter, featuring the company picnic, the sustainability audit, and our experience at […]
Newsletter 2022 Spring/Winter
Read our 2022 spring/winter newsletter, featuring Earth Week, our energy rebate, and creating an RC car.
Newsletter 2021 Fall/Winter Edition
Read our 2021 fall/winter newsletter, featuring screen making improvements, sustainability milestones, and WTC manager training.
Newsletter 2021 Spring/Summer
Read our 2021 spring/summer newsletter, featuring our PIP 2021 show, fire extinguisher training, and sustainability awards.
Newsletter 2020/2021 Winter
Read our 2020/2021 winter newsletter, featuring our PIP 2021 show, ways to protect yourself when walking […]
Newsletter 2020 Summer/Fall Edition
Read our 2020 summer/fall newsletter, featuring the die department overhaul, our GHS refresher, and the new […]
PRINTING United Alliance: Its Impact on the Industry
The merger of SGIA (Specialty Graphic Imaging Association) and PIA (Printing Industries of America) has created […]
Newsletter 2020 Winter/Spring Edition
Read our 2020 winter/spring newsletter, featuring “Croc Wars: Empire Gives Back” and a teaser for our […]
Color Differences by Rick Auterson
Empire’s Rick Auterson, Director of Technical Services, was published in the latest issue of Specialty Printing […]
Newsletter 2019 Fall and Winter Edition
Read our 2019 fall and winter newsletter, featuring holiday parties, our latest safety milestone, and introducing […]
Empire’s New Plant Manager
Please join Empire Screen Printing in welcoming our new plant manager, Mike Wakeen. Mike joined the […]
Newsletter 2019 Summer Edition
Read our 2019 summer newsletter, featuring our LADCO and WMC recognitions, safety training, and driving innovation.
Newsletter 2019 Spring Edition
Read our 2019 spring newsletter, featuring Earth Week and the EMS audit.
Newsletter 2019 Winter Edition
Read our 2019 winter newsletter, featuring the Crockpot Rumble and the Christmas party. We’ve also go the […]
Newsletter 2018 Fall Edition
Read our 2018 fall newsletter, featuring adorable animals and a tale of a Korean War veteran.
Newsletter 2018 Summer Edition
Read our 2018 summer newsletter, featuring the National Sales Meeting and company picnic.
Crockpot Rumble 2018 Recipes
Including the winning recipe, see what our employees cooked up for our 2018 Crockpot Rumble in […]
Newsletter 2018 Winter/Spring Edition
Read our 2018 winter/spring newsletter, featuring our Crockpot Rumble in the Jungle and snowmen.
A Year in Review: 2017
We’ll be closed from December 25th to January 1st. Happy holidays from Empire!
Newsletter 2017 Summer/Fall Edition
Read our 2017 summer/fall newsletter, featuring our 12-color press and a garbage audit.
Hobbies & Adventures December 2018 Photography/Art
by Jeremy Saley “I went to the bluffs and ridges surrounding La Crosse, Wisconsin as a way […]
Hobbies & Adventures November 2018 Photography
by Doug Billings “I enjoy photographing roadside oddities. This was captured at the Great River Road as […]
Hobbies & Adventures October 2018 Photography
by Doug Billings “Devil’s Island (Bayfield, Wisconsin) is the northernmost island on the western edge of the […]
Hobbies & Adventures September 2018 Photography
by Jennifer Schloesser “In August 2017, we took our yearly vacation to Idaho. Nick and I celebrated […]
Hobbies & Adventures August 2018 Photography
by Ava Grimslid “Water reflections are special for me. It is hard to tell top from bottom […]
Hobbies & Adventures July 2018 Photography
by Jim Brom “I was doing fun stuff with the grandkids. They played in the mud behind […]
Hobbies & Adventures June 2018 Photography
by Ellen Klug “My friends and I drove down to Lansing, Iowa, where we checked out Horsefall’s, […]
Hobbies & Adventures May 2018 Photography
by Rebecca Burg “This is the first year I’ve tried gardening. What got me interested in the […]
Hobbies & Adventures April 2018 Photography
by Steve Nelson “I was at Ecker’s Apple Farm with friends and family. We drank, conversed, and […]
Hobbies & Adventures March 2018 Photography
by Jeremy Saley “Music and cats are stress relieving. This was taken at my apartment with my […]
Hobbies & Adventures February 2018 Photography
by Rebecca Burg “Pokémon is a series that was a huge influence on my childhood, and I […]
Hobbies & Adventures January 2018 Photography
by Jeremy Saley “To broaden the mind and spirit, I travel with my wife Maria. We went […]
Hobbies & Adventures 2018 Photography
by Jeremy Saley “I was in Middleton, Wisconsin with my wife Maria, hiking and taking in the […]
December 2017 Featured Photography
by Kevin Gerstenberger “I was on vacation at Lake Michigan when I took this.” by Jennifer Schloesser “This […]
November 2017 Featured Photography
by Abby Gerstenberger “I was on a plane when I took this picture. It’s my favorite picture […]
October 2017 Featured Photography
by Jeremy Saley “I photograph a lot around the La Crosse area and knew I needed a […]
Newsletter 2017 Spring Edition
Read our 2017 spring newsletter, featuring how “code red” works in emergency situations and filling Jim […]
Newsletter 2016 Winter Edition
Read our 2016 winter newsletter, featuring how to save on energy costs and strange New Year […]
Newsletter 2016 Summer Edition
Read our 2016 summer newsletter, featuring how to save for retirement and highlights from our company […]
Newsletter 2016 Spring Edition
Read our 2016 spring newsletter, featuring a poetry contest and penny drive.
Newsletter 2016 Fall Edition
Read our 2016 fall newsletter, featuring our president John Freismuth’s stick figure drawings and our pumpkin […]
Newsletter 2015 Winter Edition
Read our 2015 winter newsletter, featuring creative ways to recycle pallets and how to follow through […]
Newsletter 2015 Summer Edition
Read our 2015 summer newsletter, featuring Jim Schwinefus’ 70th birthday and fire extinguisher practice.
Newsletter 2015 Spring Edition
Read our 2015 spring newsletter, featuring Nikki Gensmer leaving to teach in Thailand and a tour […]
Newsletter 2015 Fall Edition
Read our 2015 fall newsletter, featuring a Russian “spy” working at Empire and highlights from our […]
Newsletter 2014 Winter Edition
Read our 2014 winter newsletter, featuring the new chemical labeling classification system and a word from […]
Newsletter 2014 Summer Edition
Read our 2014 summer newsletter, featuring Petra Vogel’s mother visiting from Germany and a benefit to […]
Newsletter 2014 Spring Edition
Read our 2014 spring newsletter, featuring the Children’s Miracle Network’s Heroes and parking lot safety.
Newsletter 2014 NSM Edition
Read our 2014 National Sales Meeting newsletter, featuring the DNA of selling and what we can […]
Newsletter 2014 Fall Edition
Read our 2014 fall newsletter, featuring our new Helix Dome™ and Chase Penkalski’s photographic memory.
Newsletter 2013 Winter Edition
Read our 2013 winter newsletter, featuring the Children’s Miracle Network cards and the employee-created learning library.
Newsletter 2013 Summer Edition
Read our 2013 summer newsletter, featuring an update on Hannah Klinski’s benefit and how to get […]
Newsletter 2013 Spring Edition
Read our 2013 spring newsletter, featuring “Captain Kangaroo” retiring from the ink department and employees pooling […]
Newsletter 2013 Fall Edition
Read our 2013 fall newsletter, featuring the remembrance of 911 and an employee encountering a real […]
Newsletter 2012 Winter Edition
Read our 2012 winter newsletter, featuring Teresa “I Never Win Anything” Koski winning four Packer tickets […]
Newsletter 2012 Summer Edition
Read our 2012 summer newsletter, featuring our lifesaving AED and how to tell the difference between […]
Newsletter 2012 Spring Edition
Read our 2012 spring newsletter, featuring a fundraiser to help the Coulee Region Humane Society and […]
Newsletter 2012 NSM Edition
Read our 2012 National Sales Meeting newsletter, featuring national speaker Dan Black and our vendor fair.
Newsletter 2012 Fall Edition
Read our 2012 fall newsletter, featuring a brave man’s daring rescue during a fire drill and […]
Newsletter 2011 Winter Edition
Read our 2011 winter newsletter, featuring a workplace safety quiz and our work at the Children’s […]
Newsletter 2011 Summer Edition
Read our 2011 summer newsletter, featuring ways to relieve computer eye strain and walking to fight […]
Newsletter 2011 Spring Edition
Read our 2011 spring newsletter, featuring our Chili Cook-Off and the Polar Plunge.
Newsletter 2011 Fall Edition
Read our 2011 fall newsletter, featuring one of our employees sky diving and our UV LED […]
Newsletter 2010 Summer Edition
Read our 2010 summer newsletter, featuring our first National Sales Meeting and the expansion of our […]
Newsletter 2010 Fall Edition
Read our 2010 fall newsletter, featuring our 50th anniversary of business and Cell #2 “Kaizens Are Cool.”
