2002 Printing Impressions 400 -- 252-300

(Editor's Note: Company rankings for the current and previous years are based on figures reported in 2002. Therefore, companies that revised their 2001 revenues may have changed their 2001 ranking as compared with the ranking that appeared in last year's Printing Impressions 400. Similarly, the percentage change in sales is calculated on the most recent information provided.)

252 ('01: 275)

Commercial Communications, Hartland, WI

Total Sales (millions): $22.38

Previous Year's (millions): $22.75

Change (%): -2

Principal Officer: Robert D. Hegwood

Employees: 250

Primary Specialties: PUB 50%; COM 30%; SPEC 10% (On-demand); BKS 10%

Web Offset Units: 6

Sheetfed Offset Units: 18

Other: 14

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

253 ('01: 233)

Quality House of Graphics, Long Island City, NY

Total Sales (millions): $22.12

Previous Year's (millions): $27.28

Change (%): -19

Principal Officer: Ozzie Aslanian

Employees: 179

Primary Specialties: ADV 50%; COM 40%; DM 5%; FIN 5%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 16

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

254 ('01: 289)

PCI Paper Conversions, Syracuse, NY

Total Sales (millions): $22.10

Previous Year's (millions): $21.40

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Lloyd M. Withers

Employees: 202

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Note pads, Stik-Withit adhesive notes and note cubes)

Web Offset Units: 16

Sheetfed Offset Units: 12

Other: 1

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

255 ('01: 281)

California Offset Printers, Glendale, CA

Total Sales (millions): $22.00

Previous Year's (millions): $22.00

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: William R. Rittwage

Employees: 130

Primary Specialties: PUB 62%; CAT 15%; COM 15%; PREP 5%

Web Offset Units: 17

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

255 ('01: 287)

General Litho Services, Brooklyn Park, MN

Total Sales (millions): $22.00

Previous Year's (millions): $21.50

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Gary L. Garner

Employees: 167

Primary Specialties: COM 75%; DM 15%; SPEC 10% (Distribution)

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 26

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

255 ('01: 292)

HM Graphics, Milwaukee, WI

Total Sales (millions): $22.00

Previous Year's (millions): $21.00

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: James Sandstrom

Employees: 225

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 33

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

255 ('01: —)

JohnsByrne Co., Niles, IL

Total Sales (millions): $22.00

Previous Year's (millions): —

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Corey Gustafson

Employees: 105

Primary Specialties: DM 50%; COM 30%; FIN 20%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 20

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

255 ('01: 248)

Pace Press, Moonachie, NJ

Total Sales (millions): $22.00

Previous Year's (millions): $25.00

Change (%): -12

Principal Officer: Jack Mangi

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: ADV 50%; DM 30%; CAT 10%; FIN 10%

Web Offset Units: 12

Sheetfed Offset Units: 22

Other: 8

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

255 ('01: 314)

Robot Printing & Communications, Redford, MI

Total Sales (millions): $22.00

Previous Year's (millions): $19.00

Change (%): +16

Principal Officer: Barbara J. Wolak

Employees: 168

Primary Specialties: COM 40%; PUB 15%; CAT 15% SPEC 15% (Websites, electronic publishing, binders, CDs)

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 32

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

255 ('01: 281)

Victor Graphics, Baltimore, MD

Total Sales (millions): $22.00

Previous Year's (millions): $22.00

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Thomas H. Hicks

Employees: 210

Primary Specialties: BKS 80%; CAT 10%; DIR 10%

Web Offset Units: 4

Sheetfed Offset Units: 8

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

262 ('01: 299)

Specialty Printing, Niles, IL

Total Sales (millions): $21.40

Previous Year's (millions): $20.02

Change (%): +7

Principal Officer: Adam M. LeFebvre

Employees: 84

Primary Specialties: DM 45%; ADV 30%; COM 25%

Web Offset Units: 11

Sheetfed Offset Units: 12

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

263 ('01: 268)

Fisher Group, Hiawatha, IA

Total Sales (millions): $21.10

Previous Year's (millions): $23.10

Change (%): -9

Principal Officer: Martin C. Fisher

Employees: 150

Primary Specialties: DM 90%; ADV 6%; CAT 4%

Web Offset Units: 13

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

264 ('01: 259)

Candid Litho Printing, New York, NY

Total Sales (millions): $21.00

Previous Year's (millions): $24.00

Change (%): -13

Principal Officer: Howard Weinstein

Employees: 130

Primary Specialties: COM 50%; DM 20%; ADV 20%; FIN 10%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 30

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

264 ('01: 264)

Great Lakes Cos., Cleveland, OH

Total Sales (millions): $21.00

Previous Year's (millions): $23.80

Change (%): -12

Principal Officer: James R. Schultz

Employees: 125

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; FIN 20%; SPEC 10% (Fulfillment); PREP 10%

Web Offset Units: 5

Sheetfed Offset Units: 21

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

264 ('01: 259)

Johnson & Quin, Niles, IL

Total Sales (millions): $21.00

Previous Year's (millions): $24.00

Change (%): -13

Principal Officer: David R. Henkel

Employees: 140

Primary Specialties: DM 70%; BF 20%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Units: 25

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

264 ('01: 279)

Midland Press, Davenport, IA

Total Sales (millions): $21.00

Previous Year's (millions): $22.30

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: Gene M. Blanc

Employees: 193

Primary Specialties: SPEC 43% (Technology, educational); CAT 30%; DIR 20%; COM 5%

Web Offset Units: 4

Sheetfed Offset Units: 2

Other: 12

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

264 ('01: 314)

Phoenix Marketing Services, Claremont, CA

Total Sales (millions): $21.00

Previous Year's (millions): $19.00

Change (%): +11

Principal Officer: Cynthia Casey

Employees: 98

Primary Specialties: COM 85%; PREP 10%; SPEC 5% (Creative design)

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 18

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

264 ('01: 280)

Service Web Offset, Chicago, IL

Total Sales (millions): $21.00

Previous Year's (millions): $22.20

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Bobby Mitchell

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Units: 11

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

270 ('01: 265)

Smith Edwards Dunlap, Philadelphia, PA

Total Sales (millions): $20.99

Previous Year's (millions): $23.77

Change (%): -12

Principal Officer: Joseph Scalise

Employees: 170

Primary Specialties: COM 75%; FIN 10%; PREP 10%; NEWS 5%

Web Offset Units: 9

Sheetfed Offset Units: 24

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

271 ('01: 259)

Best Label, Cerritos, CA

Total Sales (millions): $20.77

Previous Year's (millions): $24.00

Change (%): -13

Principal Officer: Donald Ingle

Employees: 145

Primary Specialties: PKG 95%; SPEC 5% (Distributor of labeling machines)

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 184

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

271 ('01: 297)

John Stark Printing, St. Louis, MO

Total Sales (millions): $20.77

Previous Year's (millions): $20.29

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Cliff A. Kelley

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: SPEC 78% (POP displays); PKG 15%; COM 7%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 26

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

273 ('01: 254)

Universal Press, Niles, IL

Total Sales (millions): $20.74

Previous Year's (millions): $24.57

Change (%): -16

Principal Officer: Jory A. Siegel

Employees: 150

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 29

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

274 ('01: 300)

The Allied Group, Cranston, RI

Total Sales (millions): $20.50

Previous Year's (millions): $20.00

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Robert C. Clement

Employees: 175

Primary Specialties: BF 40%; COM 30%; SPEC 25% (Digital printing and fulfillment); DM 5%

Web Offset Units: 22

Sheetfed Offset Units: 23

Other: 5

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

274 ('01: 286)

Mercury Print Productions, Rochester, NY

Total Sales (millions): $20.50

Previous Year's (millions): $21.80

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: Valerie D. Mannix

Employees: 190

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 24

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

276 ('01: 281)

Hamilton Printing, Louisville, KY

Total Sales (millions): $20.40

Previous Year's (millions): $22.00

Change (%): -7

Principal Officer: George Baker, Steve A. Bass

Employees: 155

Primary Specialties: COM 75%; CAT 15%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 34

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

277 ('01: 312)

Padgett Printing, Dallas, TX

Total Sales (millions): $20.31

Previous Year's (millions): $19.45

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: A. David Torok

Employees: 106

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Units: 10

Sheetfed Offset Units: 26

Other: 6

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

278 ('01: 296)

Mossberg & Co., S. Bend, IN

Total Sales (millions): $20.28

Previous Year's (millions): $20.36

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: James W. Hillman

Employees: 132

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; PKG 12%; FIN 10%; CAT 8%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 36

Other: 13

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

279 ('01: 277)

Classic Graphics, Charlotte, NC

Total Sales (millions): $20.00

Previous Year's (millions): $22.50

Change (%): -11

Principal Officer: David Pitts

Employees: 135

Primary Specialties: COM 45%; DM 20%; FIN 20%; CAT 10%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 24

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

279 ('01: 281)

Integria Inc., Saint-Laurent, Canada

Total Sales (millions): $20.00

Previous Year's (millions): $22.00

Change (%): -9

Principal Officer: Jamie Barbieri

Employees: 170

Primary Specialties: COM 40%; ADV 35%; FIN 10%; PREP 10%

Web Offset Units:

Sheetfed Offset Units: N/A

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

279 ('01: 339)

L.A. Label, Commerce, CA

Total Sales (millions): $20.00

Previous Year's (millions): $16.70

Change (%): +20

Principal Officer: Nick Valestrino

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 12

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

279 ('01: 300)

McCormick-Armstrong, Wichita, KS

Total Sales (millions): $20.00

Previous Year's (millions): $20.00

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Jacob W. Shaffer

Employees: 140

Primary Specialties: COM 65%; CAT 10%; ADV 8%; DM 7%

Web Offset Units: 10

Sheetfed Offset Units: 16

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

283 ('01: 335)

Kohler and Sons, St. Louis, MO

Total Sales (millions): $19.80

Previous Year's (millions): $17.30

Change (%): +14

Principal Officer: Kevin C. Kohler

Employees: 99

Primary Specialties: COM 45%; SPEC 30% (Point-of-sale); DM 10%; PKG 10%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 21

Other: 5

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

284 ('01: 309)

Fabricon Products, River Rouge, MI

Total Sales (millions): $19.73

Previous Year's (millions): $19.64

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Bruce L. Dinda

Employees: 105

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 56

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

285 ('01: 324)

Hatteras Press, Manasquan, NJ

Total Sales (millions): $19.28

Previous Year's (millions): $18.00

Change (%): +7

Principal Officer: Charles F. Duerr

Employees: 120

Primary Specialties: COM 80%; DM 10%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Units:

Sheetfed Offset Units: N/A

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

286 ('01: 319)

Impress Communications, Canoga Park, CA

Total Sales (millions): $19.21

Previous Year's (millions): $18.67

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Nicholas Liakas

Employees: 96

Primary Specialties: COM 40%; CAT 30%; PREP 30%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 24

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

287 ('01: 300)

Textile Printing, Chattanooga, TN

Total Sales (millions): $19.20

Previous Year's (millions): $20.00

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: Joseph A. Schmissrauter III

Employees: 150

Primary Specialties: PKG 90%; PREP 10%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 16

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

288 ('01: 307)

Rose Printing, Tallahassee, FL

Total Sales (millions): $19.00

Previous Year's (millions): $19.80

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: Charles Rosenberg

Employees: 154

Primary Specialties: BKS 60%; PUB 30%; CAT 5%; COM 5%

Web Offset Units: 13

Sheetfed Offset Units: 15

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

288 ('01: 314)

Tursso Cos., St. Paul, MN

Total Sales (millions): $19.00

Previous Year's (millions): $19.00

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Dennis J. Tursso

Employees: 115

Primary Specialties: PKG 65%; CAT 10%; COM 10%; SPEC 5% (InfoPac)

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 29

Other: 88

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

288 ('01: 314)

VG Reed & Sons, Louisville, KY

Total Sales (millions): $19.00

Previous Year's (millions): $19.00

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Howard Reed

Employees: 180

Primary Specialties: FIN 35%; COM 20%; CAT 15%; DIR 15%

Web Offset Units: 22

Sheetfed Offset Units: 6

Other: 9

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

291 ('01: 308)

Alcom Printing Group, Harleysville, PA

Total Sales (millions): $18.74

Previous Year's (millions): $19.68

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: William Coale

Employees: 135

Primary Specialties: DIR 35%; COM 24%; FIN 15%; DM 10%

Web Offset Units: 14

Sheetfed Offset Units: 19

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

292 ('01: 324)

FLM Graphics, Fairfield, NJ

Total Sales (millions): $18.57

Previous Year's (millions): $18.00

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Frank L. Misischia

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: COM 70%; CAT 25%; DM 5%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 22

Other: 2

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

293 ('01: 293)

Valco Graphics, Seattle, WA

Total Sales (millions): $18.47

Previous Year's (millions): $20.99

Change (%): -12

Principal Officer: Robert Valentine

Employees: 105

Primary Specialties: COM 35%; DM 30%; CAT 20%; PUB 15%

Web Offset Units: 6

Sheetfed Offset Units: 10

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

294 ('01: 311)

Color Ink, Sussex, WI

Total Sales (millions): $18.40

Previous Year's (millions): $19.50

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: Jim Meissner

Employees: 112

Primary Specialties: PKG 45%; COM 25%; DM 10%; PUB 5%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 42

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

295 ('01: 348)

DS Graphics, Lowell, MA

Total Sales (millions): $18.34

Previous Year's (millions): $16.16

Change (%): +13

Principal Officer: Jeffrey Pallis

Employees: 150

Primary Specialties: BKS 35%; SPEC 20% (Fulfillment); DM 15%; CAT 15%

Web Offset Units: 2

Sheetfed Offset Units: 18

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

296 ('01: 346)

Forest Corp., Twinsburg, OH

Total Sales (millions): $18.30

Previous Year's (millions): $16.30

Change (%): +12

Principal Officer: Reynold E. Bookman

Employees: 220

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Screen printing/POP, large-format litho and digital)

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 5

Other: 26

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

297 ('01: 323)

ABS Graphics, Addison, IL

Total Sales (millions): $18.02

Previous Year's (millions): $18.05

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Kenneth Vander Veen

Employees: 115

Primary Specialties: COM 95%; SPEC 5% (Used equipment resale/dealer)

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 21

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

298 ('01: 322)

Amidon Graphics, St. Paul, MN

Total Sales (millions): $18.00

Previous Year's (millions): $18.08

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Paul C. Amidon

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: DM 80%; SPEC 20% (Order blank envelopes)

Web Offset Units: 44

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

298 ('01: 300)

Brodock Press, New York, NY

Total Sales (millions): $18.00

Previous Year's (millions): $20.00

Change (%): -10

Principal Officer: Craig S. Brodock

Employees: 90

Primary Specialties: COM 80%; PREP 20%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 22

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

298 ('01: 341)

Grand River Printing & Imaging, Southfield, MI

Total Sales (millions): $18.00

Previous Year's (millions): $16.50

Change (%): +9

Principal Officer: David W. Green

Employees: 85

Primary Specialties: COM 45%; ADV 20%; CAT 15%; PUB 10%

Web Offset Units: 24

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

298 ('01: 324)

J.S. McCarthy/Letter Systems Printers, Augusta, ME

Total Sales (millions): $18.00

Previous Year's (millions): $18.00

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Richard Tardiff

Employees: 170

Primary Specialties: COM 80%; PREP 10%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 33

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

Legend:

ADV--Advertising Inserts and Other Preprints

BCP--Bank Check Printing

BKS--Book Printing

BF--Business Forms

CAT--Catalogs

PREP--Prepress Services

DIR--Directories

DM--Direct Mail

FIN-Financial Printing

PKB--Flexible Packaging, Paperboard, Envelopes, Tags, Labels, Folding Cartons

COM--General Commercial Printing

NEWS--Newspapers

PUB--Publications and Periodicals

SPEC--Specialty Printing

N/A--Not Available

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The Printing Impressions 400 ranking was compiled and edited by Mark Visconti, project manager.