The Challenge Printing Company
Ivan Rios is a seasoned professional in prepress management and graphic design, currently serving as Prepress Manager and Prepress Systems Architect at The Challenge Printing Company since November 2018. Prior experience includes roles as Director of Package Engineering & Design at Keepsake Box USA and various positions at Premium Color Group LLC, where responsibilities spanned graphic design, prepress, and IT administration. Ivan has a robust background in project management, color management, and digital asset management, with a focus on developing standard operating procedures and optimizing workflows. Additional experience includes serving as Owner of Digstudios and holding various roles in the prepress sector dating back to 1984. Ivan's educational background includes training from Passaic County Tech and ongoing professional development with several industry organizations.
The Challenge Printing Company
The Challenge Printing Company® has been a leading, exclusively pharmaceutical printer for over a century. We provide packaging components such as labels (including extended content designs), inserts, outserts, folding cartons and pouches to pharmaceutical manufacturers worldwide. Established in 1911, Challenge is the largest independently owned, exclusively pharmaceutical printer in North America. Our company offers the strictest quality controls, state-of-the-art production capabilities and an innovative, consultative approach to packaging. Our facilities are strategically located in the epicenters of pharmaceutical manufacturing, in New Jersey and North Carolina. With nearly identical capabilities, they represent excellent backup to one another. Our mission defines everything we do: "Through the use of cutting edge technologies, we find unique ways to add value to any packaging component that we produce. We’ve moved beyond merely printing and folding, using Information Technology to transform FDA initiatives into packaging solutions".