2002 Printing Impressions 400 -- 51-100

(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.)

51 ('01: 58)

MacNaughton Lithograph/Command Web Offset, Secaucus, NJ

Total Sales (millions): $140.00

Previous Year's (millions): $140.00

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Andrew Merson

Employees: 625

Primary Specialties: BKS 40%; DIR 25%; CAT 15%; FIN 10%

Web Offset Units: 44

Sheetfed Offset Units: 6

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

52 ('01: 50)

Berlin Industries, Carol Stream, IL

Total Sales (millions): $139.00

Previous Year's (millions): $165.00

Change (%): -16

Principal Officer: Bruce M. Smith

Employees: 800

Primary Specialties: DM 40%; ADV 30%; CAT 20%; PUB 10%

Web Offset Units: 73

Sheetfed Offset Units: 7

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

Parent: Smith Investment, Milwaukee, WI

53 ('01: 57)

Miami Systems, Cincinnati, OH

Total Sales (millions): $138.00

Previous Year's (millions): $142.00

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Samuel L. Peters

Employees: 1,200

Primary Specialties: BF 30%; PKG 20%; SPEC 15% (Pre-paid telephone cards; plastic credit cards); DM 15%

Web Offset Units: 73

Sheetfed Offset Units: 10

Other: 8

Ownership: Private

Plants: 9

54 ('01: 55)

Phoenix Color, Hagerstown, MD

Total Sales (millions): $130.00

Previous Year's (millions): $148.00

Change (%): -12

Principal Officer: Louis LaSorsa

Employees: 850

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Units: 6

Sheetfed Offset Units: 133

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

55 ('01: 63)

Champion Industries, Huntington, WV

Total Sales (millions): $125.14

Previous Year's (millions): $126.30

Change (%): -1

Principal Officer: Marshall T. Reynolds

Employees: 815

Primary Specialties: BF 40%; COM 20%; CAT 15%; PKG 10%

Web Offset Units: 1

Sheetfed Offset Units: 37

Other: 58

Ownership: Public

Plants: 11

56 ('01: 59)

ColorGraphics Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Total Sales (millions): $123.10

Previous Year's (millions): $138.30

Change (%): -11

Principal Officer: Christopher N. Madison

Employees: 395

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Units: 32

Sheetfed Offset Units: 70

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

57 ('01: 60)

Sandy Alexander, Clifton, NJ

Total Sales (millions): $123.00

Previous Year's (millions): $135.80

Change (%): -9

Principal Officer: Frank Stillo

Employees: 385

Primary Specialties: COM 70%; DM 15%; ADV 15%

Web Offset Units: 40

Sheetfed Offset Units: 49

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

Parent: Mickelberry Communications, New York, NY

58 ('01: 61)

Japs-Olson, St. Louis Park, MN

Total Sales (millions): $122.48

Previous Year's (millions): $127.67

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: Michael W. Beddor

Employees: 685

Primary Specialties: DM 80%; COM 20%

Web Offset Units: 112

Sheetfed Offset Units: 58

Other: 52

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

59 ('01: 46)

Hess Management, Austin, TX

Total Sales (millions): $120.00

Previous Year's (millions): $180.00

Change (%): -33

Principal Officer: Roy E. Mayers

Employees: 850

Primary Specialties: BKS 50%; CAT 20%; COM 20%; PUB 10%

Web Offset Units: 67

Sheetfed Offset Units: 22

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

59 ('01: 75)

TST/Impreso, Coppell, TX

Total Sales (millions): $120.00

Previous Year's (millions): $97.00

Change (%): +24

Principal Officer: Marshall Sorokwasz

Employees: 300

Primary Specialties: SPEC 50% (Fax, photo & copy paper, POP, roll engineering)

Web Offset Units: 17

Sheetfed Offset Units: 3

Other: 4

Ownership: Public

Plants: 6

61 ('01: 67)

Rhodes Inc., Charlestown, IN

Total Sales (millions): $118.33

Previous Year's (millions): $119.47

Change (%): -1

Principal Officer: Linda Rhodes Kopatz

Employees: 457

Primary Specialties: ADV 100%

Web Offset Units: 56

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

62 ('01: 68)

Lithographix Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Total Sales (millions): $117.00

Previous Year's (millions): $115.00

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Herb Zebrack

Employees: 475

Primary Specialties: COM 40%; PREP 20%; CAT 15%; ADV 15%

Web Offset Units: 34

Sheetfed Offset Units: 74

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

63 ('01: 70)

Taylor Publishing, Dallas, TX

Total Sales (millions): $114.12

Previous Year's (millions): $110.18

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: David Fiore

Employees: 1,525

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 61

Other: 3

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

Parent: American Achievement, Austin, TX

64 ('01: 51)

Premier Print Holdings, Houston, TX

Total Sales (millions): $110.00

Previous Year's (millions): $160.00

Change (%): -31

Principal Officer: Carl L. Norton

Employees: 700

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Units: 26

Sheetfed Offset Units: 176

Other: 14

Ownership: Private

Plants: 9

65 ('01: 71)

Henry Wurst Inc., N. Kansas City, MO

Total Sales (millions): $109.60

Previous Year's (millions): $107.50

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Michael S. Wurst

Employees: 825

Primary Specialties: COM 37%; DM 25%; FIN 15%; CAT 10%

Web Offset Units: 37

Sheetfed Offset Units: 105

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 8

66 ('01: 64)

GlobalWare Solutions, Haverhill, MA

Total Sales (millions): $105.00

Previous Year's (millions): $125.40

Change (%): -16

Principal Officer: James R. Bartlett

Employees: 570

Primary Specialties: SPEC 80% (Software and software documentation); FIN 10%; BKS 10%

Web Offset Units: 8

Sheetfed Offset Units: 21

Other: 12

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

67 ('01: 62)

PBM Graphics, Research Triangle Park, NC

Total Sales (millions): $95.30

Previous Year's (millions): $127.30

Change (%): -25

Principal Officer: Terry L. Pegram

Employees: 900

Primary Specialties: COM 85%; PUB 5%; PREP 5%; ADV 5%

Web Offset Units: 11

Sheetfed Offset Units: 98

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

68 ('01: 72)

Applied Printing Technologies, Moonachie, NJ

Total Sales (millions): $95.00

Previous Year's (millions): $105.00

Change (%): -10

Principal Officer: William R. Welsh

Employees: 395

Primary Specialties: FIN 24%; COM 21%; ADV 20%; PUB 10%

Web Offset Units: 35

Sheetfed Offset Units: 89

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

69 ('01: 77)

The Instant Web Cos., Chanhassen, MN

Total Sales (millions): $91.99

Previous Year's (millions): $90.10

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: James N. Andersen

Employees: 850

Primary Specialties: DM 95%; COM 5%

Web Offset Units: 72

Sheetfed Offset Units: 4

Other: 19

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

70 ('01: 78)

MPI Label Systems, Sebring, OH

Total Sales (millions): $90.50

Previous Year's (millions): $89.00

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Randy L. Kocher

Employees: 550

Primary Specialties: PKG 90%; SPEC 10% (UV flexo; rotary screen; IRCs (instant redeemable coupons)

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 60

Ownership: Private

Plants: 7

71 ('01: 66)

Continental Web Press, Itasca, IL

Total Sales (millions): $90.00

Previous Year's (millions): $121.30

Change (%): -26

Principal Officer: Kenneth W. Field Sr.

Employees: 400

Primary Specialties: CAT 60%; PUB 20%; COM 20%

Web Offset Units: 108

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

72 ('01: 74)

K/P Corp., San Ramon, CA

Total Sales (millions): $89.00

Previous Year's (millions): $100.00

Change (%): -11

Principal Officer: Rich Barbee

Employees: 675

Primary Specialties: COM 28%; PUB 22%; DM 14%; BKS 10%

Web Offset Units: 3

Sheetfed Offset Units: 34

Other: 9

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 12

73 ('01: 80)

DSFI, Addison, IL

Total Sales (millions): $88.00

Previous Year's (millions): $88.00

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Malcolm C. Geffen

Employees: 210

Primary Specialties: BF 100%

Web Offset Units:

Sheetfed Offset Units: N/A

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

74 ('01: 80)

Smyth Companies, St. Paul, MN

Total Sales (millions): $86.00

Previous Year's (millions): $88.00

Change (%): -2

Principal Officer: David K. Baumgardner

Employees: 550

Primary Specialties: PKG 90%; COM 10%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 71

Other: 88

Ownership: Private

Plants: 7

75 ('01: 84)

Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO

Total Sales (millions): $84.00

Previous Year's (millions): $80.00

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: Don O. Walsworth

Employees: 1,400

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Units: 6

Sheetfed Offset Units: 61

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

76 ('01: 73)

Spencer Press, Wells, ME

Total Sales (millions): $82.00

Previous Year's (millions): $104.50

Change (%): -22

Principal Officer: Stephen P. Spenlinhauer

Employees: 550

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

Web Offset Units: 43

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

77 ('01: 78)

Maple-Vail Book Mfg., York, PA

Total Sales (millions): $80.00

Previous Year's (millions): $89.00

Change (%): -10

Principal Officer: James S. Wisotzkey

Employees: 1,000

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Units: 20

Sheetfed Offset Units: 31

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

77 ('01: 82)

Webcrafters Inc., Madison, WI

Total Sales (millions): $80.00

Previous Year's (millions): $85.00

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: Jac B. Garner

Employees: 725

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Units: 58

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

79 ('01: 76)

L.P. Thebault Co., Parsippany, NJ

Total Sales (millions): $78.00

Previous Year's (millions): $94.00

Change (%): -17

Principal Officer: J. Brian Thebault

Employees: 265

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Units: 18

Sheetfed Offset Units: 34

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

80 ('01: 90)

E/D Web, Cicero, IL

Total Sales (millions): $76.00

Previous Year's (millions): $74.00

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Christopher B. Love

Employees: 185

Primary Specialties: DM 40%; ADV 40%; COM 20%

Web Offset Units: 36

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

80 ('01: 86)

GM Nameplate, Seattle, WA

Total Sales (millions): $76.00

Previous Year's (millions): $78.00

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Don Root

Employees: 1,000

Primary Specialties: SPEC 86% (Nameplates, graphic overlays, labels, electronic key panels); PKG 14%

Web Offset Units: 6

Sheetfed Offset Units: 7

Other: 40

Ownership: Private

Plants: 7

82 ('01: 102)

Canadian Bank Note, Ottawa, Canada

Total Sales (millions): $75.68

Previous Year's (millions): $66.75

Change (%): +13

Principal Officer: Doug Arends

Employees: 700

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Security)

Web Offset Units:

Sheetfed Offset Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 6

83 ('01: 88)

Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, MI

Total Sales (millions): $75.00

Previous Year's (millions): $74.20

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: John J. Edwards

Employees: 790

Primary Specialties: BKS 90%; PUB 10%

Web Offset Units: 6

Sheetfed Offset Units: 48

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 6

83 ('01: 82)

Williamson Printing, Dallas, TX

Total Sales (millions): $75.00

Previous Year's (millions): $85.00

Change (%): -12

Principal Officer: Jerry Williamson

Employees: 400

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

Web Offset Units: 24

Sheetfed Offset Units: 52

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

85 ('01: 87)

Holden Communications, Minneapolis, MN

Total Sales (millions): $74.30

Previous Year's (millions): $74.60

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: George T. Holden

Employees: 710

Primary Specialties: DM 75%; BF 20%; PKG 5%

Web Offset Units: 100

Sheetfed Offset Units: 6

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 5

85 ('01: 112)

Tweddle Litho, Clinton Township, MI

Total Sales (millions): $74.30

Previous Year's (millions): $60.02

Change (%): +24

Principal Officer: Andrew M. Tweddle

Employees: 200

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Units: 10

Sheetfed Offset Units: 2

Other: 4

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

87 ('01: 93)

L.K. Litho, Middle Island, NY

Total Sales (millions): $74.15

Previous Year's (millions): $72.24

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Andrew S. Linick Ph.D.

Employees: 41

Primary Specialties: DM 50%; BKS 30%; PUB 10%; DIR 5%

Web Offset Units: 20

Sheetfed Offset Units: 14

Other: 8

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

Parent: The Linick Group, Middle Island, NY

88 ('01: 98)

The Dingley Press, Lisbon, ME

Total Sales (millions): $73.00

Previous Year's (millions): $70.00

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: Christopher A. Pierce

Employees: 425

Primary Specialties: CAT 95%; COM 5%

Web Offset Units: 32

Sheetfed Offset Units: 0

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

89 ('01: 89)

IntegraColor, Mesquite, TX

Total Sales (millions): $72.80

Previous Year's (millions): $74.15

Change (%): -2

Principal Officer: Larry C. King

Employees: 550

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; PKG 40%

Web Offset Units: 18

Sheetfed Offset Units: 61

Other: 48

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

90 ('01: 103)

MultiColor Corp., Cincinnati, OH

Total Sales (millions): $72.60

Previous Year's (millions): $66.60

Change (%): +9

Principal Officer: Francis D. Gerace

Employees: 325

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 7

Other: 114

Ownership: Public

Plants: 6

91 ('01: 105)

Creel Printing, Las Vegas, NV

Total Sales (millions): $70.00

Previous Year's (millions): $65.00

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: Allan Creel

Employees: 280

Primary Specialties: PUB 40%; CAT 40%; COM 20%

Web Offset Units: 39

Sheetfed Offset Units: 18

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

91 ('01: 97)

Keller Crescent, Evansville, IN

Total Sales (millions): $70.00

Previous Year's (millions): $70.33

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Thomas M. Smythe

Employees: 520

Primary Specialties: PKG 70%; SPEC 10% (Advertising services); ADV 10%; CAT 5%

Web Offset Units: 4

Sheetfed Offset Units: 43

Other: 58

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

91 ('01: 98)

TAPEMARK, W. St. Paul, MN

Total Sales (millions): $70.00

Previous Year's (millions): $70.00

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Bob Klas Jr.

Employees: 300

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Units:

Sheetfed Offset Units: N/A

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

91 ('01: —)

Toppan Printing Co. America, Somerset, NJ

Total Sales (millions): $70.00

Previous Year's (millions): —

Change (%): —

Principal Officer: Shingo Ohkado

Employees: 180

Primary Specialties: BKS 55%; COM 30%; CAT 15%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 41

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

Parent: Toppan Printing, Tokyo, Japan

95 ('01: 92)

Graphic Technology, New Century, KS

Total Sales (millions): $68.30

Previous Year's (millions): $73.00

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: W.J. Leonard

Employees: 250

Primary Specialties: PKG 90%; SPEC 10% (Cards)

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 2

Other: 74

Ownership: Public

Plants: 4

Parent: Nitto Denko, Osaka, Japan

96 ('01: 96)

Outlook Group, Neenah, WI

Total Sales (millions): $68.00

Previous Year's (millions): $71.00

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: Joseph J. Baksha

Employees: 510

Primary Specialties: PKG 42%; DM 25%; SPEC 20% (Contract packaging & collateral information management)

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 7

Other: 14

Ownership: Public

Plants: 4

97 ('01: 101)

The Hennegan Co., Florence, KY

Total Sales (millions): $67.00

Previous Year's (millions): $69.00

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Robert B. Ott Sr.

Employees: 360

Primary Specialties: COM 80%; ADV 20%

Web Offset Units: 20

Sheetfed Offset Units: 41

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

98 ('01: 113)

National Print Group, Chattanooga, TN

Total Sales (millions): $66.70

Previous Year's (millions): $60.00

Change (%): +11

Principal Officer: George Diamantis

Employees: 410

Primary Specialties: SPEC 85% (Large-format silkscreen; litho and digital); COM 8%; PREP 5%; CAT 2%

Web Offset Units: 0

Sheetfed Offset Units: 45

Other: 55

Ownership: Private

Plants: 6

99 ('01: 113)

Webcom Limited, Scarborough, Canada

Total Sales (millions): $65.00

Previous Year's (millions): $60.00

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: Warren D. Wilkins

Employees: 326

Primary Specialties: BKS 40%; CAT 30%; DIR 30%

Web Offset Units: 28

Sheetfed Offset Units: 12

Other: 1

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

100 ('01: 121)

National Graphics, N. Branford, CT

Total Sales (millions): $64.60

Previous Year's (millions): $58.20

Change (%): +11

Principal Officer: Nicholas M. Napoli

Employees: 398

Primary Specialties: DM 60%; COM 30%; BF 5%; ADV 5%

Web Offset Units: 65

Sheetfed Offset Units: 13

Other: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

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.