A Bullish Bowne

This financial printing stalwart embraces change and adopts cutting-edge technologies.

BY ERIK CAGLE

Back in 1775, when the rumblings of a young nation were only just beginning, a modest dry goods store in New York City called Bowne & Co. was trying to make a name for itself.

Unless you haven't read a newspaper or picked up a book in the last 225 years, you know the United States grew up through some drastic changes, dispatching the British forces, expanding to the West Coast and fending off enemies in two World Wars and numerous, smaller skirmishes. There was an industrial age, the first car rolled through town and our friend, the television set, began to raise America's youth.