Krehbiel Adds Variety, Spice To Business, Life

Krehbiel—who had worked summers between semesters in the prep room, press and bindery—obtained an MBA from the University of Cincinnati and joined the family company in October of 1972, the year he married Jan.

Upon joining the family business, Rob's father, Bob, stressed to him the importance of learning the many facets of the printing business. Thus, he tackled positions such as estimating, billing, human resources, sales and customer service. It soon became apparent to Krehbiel, however, that a majority of the customer service was given to Southwestern Publishing, a publisher of school textbooks. Southwestern accounted for 80 percent of the printer's business, and Krehbiel faced his greatest challenge when Southwestern was sold to educational publishing giant Scott Foresman in the early 1980s.