Governor Cuts Ribbon on J.S. McCarthy’s New Komori Press

“By staying two steps ahead with our technology and focusing upon lean manufacturing principles,” says Rick Tardiff, president of J.S. McCarthy, “we have become a leading U.S. printer, experiencing our three most successful years during this recession.”

The company’s sales reached $23 million in 2010, $30 million in 2011 and are expected to top $35 million this year.

“Not only does this machine propel this small Maine Company into the limelight of world printing companies,” Governor LePage says, “it also shows how innovative management and highly-skilled Maine workers can grow high-tech manufacturing right here into a world class operation. We’re also excited to learn McCarthy’s has added 15 new high-quality jobs in the last year alone with another 10 coming this year.”

With offices in Portland, Boston, Hartford and New York, McCarthy employs 175 people, 145 of which arebased in the 60-year-old company’s Augusta headquarters, where $15 million was invested in plant and equipment since 2007. Two-thirds of the printer’s work is for clients outside Maine.