In 1980, Joseph Mele decided it was time to make a career change. It turned out to be a great decision, as Mele’s dedication to the ink industry and his customers has earned him NAPIM’s 2020 Printing Ink Pioneer Award. “I was looking to make a career change and a recruiter contacted me with a position available with Lawter,” Mele recalled. “He said they made vehicles, and I thought he meant cars. John Carrol, who was national sales manager at Lawter, hired me and thus my career in the industr...