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By PAUL DELANEY
Staff Reporter 

Zak Designs celebrates 40 years in business

Airway Heights company sells goods worldwide and is solid charity partner

 

Last updated 10/6/2016 at 4:32pm

Zak Designs

Zak Designs CEO Irv Zakheim brought his company to Airway Heights in 1992.

When the Walt Disney Company came looking for someone to provide printed items to help market their movie, "Dick Tracy," back in the early 1990s, there was a catch.

To get the first bit of business, they needed to piggy back with a second movie project that no one seemed to want.

While in negotiations, Zak Designs CEO, Irv Zakheim said Disney would let his company produce dinnerware for Dick Tracy, but they needed to take on another project, "The Little Mermaid."

And that decision helped make his company, located in Airway Heights, a smashing success.

Zak Designs, founded in 1976, celebra...



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