NPC Claims No. 1 Spot Among GPO Top 50 for Q1 2012
CHAMBERSBURG, PA—U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) work to private sector printers increased modestly from the fourth quarter of 2011 through the first quarter of 2012, and industry officials express some hope that this begins to reverse a trend of declining work from the GPO.
The volume of work contracted to the private sector in January through March of this year totaled $61 million, compared to $59 million for Q4 2011, $78 million for Q3 2011, $79 million for Q2 2011 and $61 million for Q1 2011.
“While an increase of GPO printing from $59 million to $61 million to the private sector is better than a decline, we are still concerned about the overall decrease in GPO work over the past several years,” said Deborah Snider, senior vice president of e-LYNXX Corp. and head of its Government Print Management division. “GPO remains a very solid and viable secondary market for printers who want additional income to complement their commercial work.
“Typically, GPO work is done when other work is not scheduled so it will round out a printer’s production schedule. While thousands of printers are registered as GPO print suppliers, only a few hundred are active bidders. That means the door is wide open for other printers to compete,” Snider added.
For Q1 2012, the top 50 GPO print suppliers produced work valued at $39 million vs. $38 million for Q4 2011, $49 million for Q3 2011, $57 million for Q2 2011 and $39 million for Q1 2011.
Top 50 Printers for the Government Printing Office, Q1 2012
Rank Company Headquarters Volume
1 NPC Inc., Claysburg, PA $5,356,729
2 Gateway Press, Louisville, KY $4,909,250
3 Sourcelink, Miamisburg, OH $2,813,721
4 Cenveo, Stamford, CT $2,218,370
5 Monarch Litho, Montebello, CA $1,681,184
6 Intelligencer Printing, Lancaster, PA $1,609,540
7 Gray Graphics, Capitol Heights, MD $1,296,118
8 PA Hutchison, Mayfield, PA $1,245,391
9 Colonial Press Int'l., Miami $1,175,847
10 Fry Communications, Mechanicsburg, PA $1,165,936
11 McDonald & Eudy Printers, Temple Hills, MD $1,042,918
12 National Envelope, Frisco, TX $803,823
13 Banknote Corp. of America, New York $789,762
14 United Book Press, Baltimore $705,491
15 Printing Resources, Cleveland $538,722
16 Gannett Direct Marketing, Louisville, KY $502,244
17 Corporate Media Solutions, Falls Church, VA $484,220
18 Litho Press, San Antonio $483,062
19 District Creative Printing, Upper Marlboro, MD $447,652
20 Production Press, Jacksonville, IL $446,273
21 RR Donnelley, Chicago $434,410
22 Art Litho, Baltimore $426,289
23 BKR Printing, Salt Lake City $420,874
24 Thunderbird Press, Titusville, FL $417,855
25 Alcom Printing Group, Harleysville, PA $414,737
26 Pinnacle Data Systems, Birmingham, AL $358,738
27 Goodway Graphics of Va., Springfield, VA $357,354
28 Consolidated Graphics, Houston $349,315
29 I Color Printing & Mailing, Torrance, CA $343,997
30 World Marketing, Dallas $340,067
31 Balmar Printing & Graphics, Gaithersburg, MD $334,753
32 Standard Register, Dayton, OH $334,583
33 QuickSeries Publishing, Tamarac, FL $327,717
34 Bosworth Printing, Stoughton, MA $323,889
35 Omaha Print, Omaha, NE $313,031
36 Ascot Tag & Label, Newark, NJ $306,969
37 West Shore Printing & Distribution, Mechanicsburg, PA
$274,977
38 Coverbind Corp., Wilmington, NC $274,365
39 House of Printing, Burtonsville, MD $273,291
40 St. Louis Print Group, St. Louis $272,691
41 Sekan Printing, Ft. Scott, KS $271,048
42 Highland Computer Forms, Hillsboro, OH $266,742
43 Enterprise Group, Discovery Bay, CA $246,424
44 Nocona Envelope & Tag, Nocona, TX $244,468
45 Todd Allan Printing, Beltsville, MD $241,534
46 Universal Printing, St. Louis $239,261
47 Husky Envelope, Walled Lake, MI $238,193
48 Phoenix Lithographing, Philadelphia $237,860
49 Graphic Visions & Associates, Gaithersburg, MD $236,013
50 Lake County Press, Waukegan, IL $234,264
