Lifetime achievement award

PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Printing Industries of America announced that James Hammer, president and CEO of Hammer Packaging in Rochester, New York, is the recipient of the 2008 Lewis Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award.Established in 1950, the Lewis Award is named for Abraham Lewis, founder of Graphic Arts Monthly, and his sons Louis and Myron. The award honors a business leader who has gone beyond standard obligations to become a force in shaping the business of printed communication.