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The company is known for its decorative overlays for flooring and other home decor.

Interprint Investing $7M in Pittsfield Plant, Hiring More Workers

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Interprint is investing more than $7 million in its printing facility off Route 41 and expects to have nearly 200 employees within the next year. 
 
The investments include a new printing press to support the company's rapidly growing printed décor business.
 
"This new press, which will allow us to print films at increasingly higher speeds and quality levels, uses the same advanced technologies already proven on the film printing machine we commissioned in 2020," said Interprint co-Managing Director Roland Morin. 
 
Construction and installation of the new press will take place throughout 2022, with an anticipated startup in early 2023. At its Pittsfield plant, Interprint currently operates five presses designed to print décor paper for the laminate industry, and a sixth that prints flexible films for the growing luxury vinyl flooring industry.
 
Developed in partnership with a European machine manufacturer, the rotogravure printing press will expand Interprint's capacity to produce flexible film-based decorative overlays specifically used in the manufacturing of flooring, furniture, and other consumer products.
 
The new press will also expand the company's capacity to produce printed décor paper. 
 
"While this investment directly addresses the rapid growth of our film and flooring business, it will provide scheduling flexibility to help meet the increasing demand from our traditional laminate customers," said co-Managing Director William Hines Jr.
 
He added, "we are thankful that this prosperous vision for Interprint in Pittsfield is shared by our board of directors and shareholders in Japan." 
 
In preparation for the new machine's startup, Hines estimates Interprint's Pittsfield facilities will grow to nearly 200 employees by the end of 2023. "Creation of family-supporting jobs in Berkshire County has always been a major goal of ours," he continued.
 
Interprint is a worldwide leader in décor design and printing for the decorative laminate, furniture, case goods and flooring industries.
 

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ADOPTED! Companion Corner: Cali and Kyzer at Berkshire Humane Society

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff

Great news, Kyzer and Cali found a home for Christmas already! Still looking for a new friend for the holidays? There are plenty of dogs and cats and small animals at Berkshire Humane who would love to go home with you.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — There's a bonded dog pair awaiting a new family at the Berkshire Humane Society.

Kyzer and Cali are both poodles. Kyzer is the male and is 7 years old, a quite a bit bigger than his sister Cali, who is a miniature of Kyzer and 8 years old.

Canine adoption counselor Rhonda Cyr introduced us to the two.

"They came from a household that couldn't hold on to them, and it sounds like they may have been abandoned by their previous owner with somebody else, and so they came to us looking for a new home," she said.

The two love to be around you and snuggle. But both are very happy dogs.

"Kyzer is 7 years old, and his personality is that he kind of wants to be in everything. He's very loving, very snuggly, as you can tell. And Callie here, she's 8 years old, and she is kind of like the life of the party," said Cyr. "She wants to tell you everything about her day, and she's a little bit of a little ham."

The two are considered seniors and really like soft treats as Cali just had a few teeth removed and Kyzer has a tooth procedure coming up.

"Currently, they really like soft treats, because they are both on the senior side of things. So they have had some dental work, so they are really in need of something softer. They are not big chewers at this age, really, their main focus right now is just really socializing and cuddling," Cyr said.

The two would love a quiet home with someone who wants to snuggle. They shouldn't go to a home with bigger dogs but if you have a dog, you can bring them in for a visitation with the poodles to see if they will get along. Cats will be fine and the preference is for older and more responsible children so that the pups don't get hurt, as they are senior citizens.

"The perfect home for them would be a quiet home that's not too active. Like I said, they're very social, so they could handle some visitors," she said. "They're very friendly, but I don't think that they would really enjoy any other dogs in the home."

Poodles need to be regularly groomed, and the prospective adopter will have to keep an eye on their health. Kyzer has a heart murmur that needs to be monitored. This doesn't mean he is in bad health, as he could live a perfectly normal life, but he will need to be checked by a veterinary specialist routinely.

"Ideally, he would go to a home that could provide further health care with a specialist in cardiac care. And you know, he could very well live out the rest of his life comfortably and happy," Cyr said. "We just don't have all that information at the moment, but I think that you know the way he's going right now. He's got a good spirit, and he seems to be pretty happy."

The shelter is hoping the to get them a home for the holidays.

"We would love to get them a home in time for the holidays. They've been here since the eighth of November, and they're really, really looking as much as the staff loves them here, we're really looking to get them into a home and somewhere nice and cozy so they can spend the rest of their life together," she said.

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