Flint Ink’s Roy Beagle Receives NAPIM’s Pioneer Award

Forty one years ago, Roy T. Beagle had just finished high school and was looking for a job when he found an opportunity at Flint Ink’s Jacksonville, FL plant. “I came out of high school and started making ink,” Mr. Beagle said. “It wasn’t by design – I tell the story that 41 years ago, I needed a job and Flint Ink paid $1.25 per hour.” H. Howard Flint II, company CEO, recalls those early days as well. “The first time I saw Roy, he was wearing white bucks in February in Detroit. Little did I kn...