Loupe Enhances Business with KBA Rapida 205 81-inch Press

The firm currently known as Loupe began its operation under the name Amerigraph LLC, a large-format screen printing operation in Columbus, Ohio. Established in 1985, it operated from four locations in Columbus measuring 150,000 sq ft of space. In 2000 Dirk Grizzle purchased the company and consolidated its existing operations to a 308,000 sq ft facility in Gahanna, Ohio, outside of Columbus. In Feb. 2005, Grizzle merged the firm with an offset printing operation and renamed the new firm Loupe. The contemporary name has two meanings: it was chosen to represent a printer’s traditional tool to see dots up close and to signify that the firm puts its jobs under a magnifying glass and provides the highest quality. Today, Loupe offers three distinct print markets: screen, offset, and digital, with 150 employees under its roof.