Printing Impressions 400 -- 1- 50

(Editor's Note: Company rankings for the current and previous years are based on figures reported in 2004. Therefore, companies that revised their 2003 revenues may have changed their 2003 ranking as compared with the ranking that appeared in last year's Printing Impressions 400. Similarly, the percentage change in sales is calculated on the most recent information provided.)

1 ('03: 2)

RR Donnelley, Chicago, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $8,204.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $4,754.94

Change (%): +73

Principal Officer: Mark A. Angelson

Employees: 44,000

Primary Specialties: SPEC 26%; CAT/PUB 23%; BF 10%; COM 9%; BKS 8%

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 140

2 ('03: 1)

Quebecor World, Montreal, QC, Canada

Total Sales (Millions): $6,400.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $6,271.70

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Pierre Karl Péladeau

Employees: 37,000

Primary Specialties: PUB 26%; ADV 24%; CAT 16%; BKS 11%; DM 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 3,156

Sheetfed Press Units: 985

Other Press Units: 808

Ownership: Public

Plants: 160

Parent: Quebecor Inc., Montreal, Canada

3 ('03: 3)

Quad/Graphics, Sussex, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $2,000.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,800.00

Change (%): +11

Principal Officer: Thomas A. Quadracci

Employees: 12,000

Primary Specialties: CAT 52%; PUB 37%; SPEC 11%

Web Offset Press Units: 961

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 210

Ownership: Private

Plants: 38

4 ('03: 5)

Cenveo Inc., Englewood, CO

Total Sales (Millions): $1,728.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,670.00

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Paul V. Reilly

Employees: 10,000

Primary Specialties: COM 35%; PKG 35%; BF 15%; CAT 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 166

Sheetfed Press Units: 516

Other Press Units: 414

Ownership: Public

Plants: 85

5 ('03: 4)

Vertis Inc., Baltimore, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $1,585.90

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,675.00

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Donald E. Roland

Employees: 7,900

Primary Specialties: ADV 50%; DM 20%; PREP 20%; PUB 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 885

Sheetfed Press Units: 34

Other Press Units: 10

Ownership: Private

Plants: 120

Parent: Vertis Holdings, New York, NY

6 ('03: 8)

Transcontinental Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada

Total Sales (Millions): $1,446.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,141.00

Change (%): +27

Principal Officer: Luc Desjardins

Employees: 12,000

Primary Specialties: N/A

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 50

7 ('03: 6)

Banta Corp., Menasha, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $1,418.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,366.50

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: Stephanie A. Streeter

Employees: 8,000

Primary Specialties: SPEC 36% (Turnkey; digital imaging; healthcare); BKS 27%; DM 13%; PUB 13%

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 40

8 ('03: 7)

Deluxe Corp., Shoreview, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $1,240.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,280.00

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Lawrence J. Mosner

Employees: 5,805

Primary Specialties: BCP 95%; BF 5%

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 13

9 ('03: 10)

Bowne & Co., New York, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $1,064.82

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,003.30

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: Philip E. Kucera

Employees: 7,600

Primary Specialties: FIN 55%; SPEC 45% (Globalization/localization; outsourcing)

Web Offset Press Units: 75

Sheetfed Press Units: 99

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Public

Plants: 8

10 ('03: 11)

Valassis Communications, Livonia, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $917.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $853.00

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: Alan F. Schultz

Employees: 3,720

Primary Specialties: ADV 96%; DM 4%

Web Offset Press Units: 71

Sheetfed Press Units: 5

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Public

Plants: 3

11 ('03: 9)

Standard Register, Dayton, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $916.33

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,028.00

Change (%): -11

Principal Officer: Dennis L. Rediker

Employees: 4,439

Primary Specialties: BF 69%; SPEC 31% (Fulfillment; Insystems and SMARTworks.com; digital solutions)

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 34

12 ('03: 12)

Chesapeake Corp., Richmond, VA

Total Sales (Millions): $899.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $822.20

Change (%): +9

Principal Officer: Thomas H. Johnson

Employees: 5,900

Primary Specialties: N/A

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 55

13 ('03: 13)

John H. Harland Co., Decatur, GA

Total Sales (Millions): $786.70

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $767.80

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Timothy C. Tuff

Employees: 4,300

Primary Specialties: BCP 63%; SPEC 37% (23% Software; 14% Scantron sub.)

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 14

14 ('03: 14)

Consolidated Graphics, Houston, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $708.06

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $710.27

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Joe R. Davis

Employees: 4,800

Primary Specialties: COM 50%; DM 10%; CAT 10%; PREP 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 177

Sheetfed Press Units: 1,203

Other Press Units: 52

Ownership: Public

Plants: 65

15 ('03: 15)

Merrill Corp., St. Paul, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $596.21

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $581.57

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: John W. Castro

Employees: 4,000

Primary Specialties: FIN 40%; COM 32%; SPEC 28% (Corporate printing)

Web Offset Press Units: 33

Sheetfed Press Units: 48

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 5

Parent: Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (CSFB), New York, NY

16 ('03: 18)

Von Hoffmann Corp.*, St. Louis, MO

Total Sales (Millions): $498.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $498.20

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Robert S. Mathews

Employees: 2,300

Primary Specialties: BKS 65%; DM 16%; CAT 11%; COM 7%

Web Offset Press Units: 87

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 7

* Has been acquired by KKR and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners. Sales for entire organization not available

17 ('03: 17)

NCR Systemedia, Dayton, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $494.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $518.00

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Mark D. Quinlan

Employees: 1,500

Primary Specialties: SPEC 79% (Supplies: paper rolls, inking products, laser, inkjet cartridges, laser documents); PKG 15%

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 12

Parent: NCR Corp., Dayton, OH

18 ('03: 16)

American Color, Brentwood, TN

Total Sales (Millions): $471.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $520.00

Change (%): -9

Principal Officer: Stephen M. Dyott

Employees: 2,250

Primary Specialties: ADV 75%; PREP 12%; PUB 7%; NEWS 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 266

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 29

Ownership: Private

Plants: 15

Parent: ACG Holdings, Ridgefield, CT

19 ('03: 19)

Cadmus Communications, Richmond, VA

Total Sales (Millions): $445.40

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $446.90

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Bruce V. Thomas

Employees: 3,000

Primary Specialties: PUB 68%; SPEC 17% (Content processing/management); PKG 15%

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 9

20 ('03: 20)

Brown Printing, Waseca, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $400.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $380.00

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: Thomas A. Engdahl

Employees: 2,800

Primary Specialties: PUB 80%; CAT 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 179

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

Parent: Gruner + Jahr, Hamburg, Germany

21 ('03: 21)

Perry Judd's, Waterloo, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $297.91

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $290.93

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Craig A. Hutchison

Employees: 2,200

Primary Specialties: PUB 62%; CAT 33%; ADV 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 201

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 5

22 ('03: 22)

Allegra Network, Northville, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $270.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $286.90

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: Carl Gerhardt

Employees: 2,500+

Primary Specialties: COM 20%; BF 20%; DM 15%; SPEC 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 850

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 425

23 ('03: 23)

Ennis Inc., Midlothian, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $259.36

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $240.76

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: Keith S. Walters

Employees: 2,500

Primary Specialties: BF 52%; FIN 25%; SPEC 23% (Promotional products)

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 36

24 ('03: 25)

Ivy Hill, New York, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $250.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $225.00

Change (%): +11

Principal Officer: Arthur Kern

Employees: 1,000+

Primary Specialties: N/A

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 4

Parent: Cinram

25 ('03: 24)

Arandell Corp., Menomonee Falls, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $244.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $226.10

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: F.E. Treis

Employees: 758

Primary Specialties: CAT 92%; PUB 4%; COM 4%

Web Offset Press Units: 35

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

26 ('03: 29)

Trend Offset Printing, Los Alamitos, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $230.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $187.60

Change (%): +23

Principal Officer: Anthony J. Lienau

Employees: 1,015

Primary Specialties: PUB 40%; CAT 20%; DIR 20%; ADV 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 153

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

27 ('03: 27)

WS Packaging Group, Algoma, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $215.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $202.90

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: Terrence R. Fulwiler, Kenneth B. Kidd

Employees: 1,453

Primary Specialties: PKG 85%; SPEC 10%; DM 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 30

Other Press Units: 825

Ownership: Private

Plants: 16

28 ('03: 26)

The Sheridan Group, Hunt Valley, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $213.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $208.80

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: John A. Saxton

Employees: 1,700

Primary Specialties: PUB 70%; BKS 30%

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Private

Plants: 7

29 ('03: 28)

Courier Corp., N. Chelmsford, MA

Total Sales (Millions): $202.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $201.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: James F. Conway III

Employees: 1,420

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 54

Sheetfed Press Units: 34

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Public

Plants: 6

30 ('03: 31)

Fort Dearborn Co., Niles, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $185.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $176.00

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: Richard J. Adler Jr.

Employees: 1,000

Primary Specialties: PKG 92%; PREP 8%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 97

Other Press Units: 97

Ownership: Private

Plants: 9

31 ('03: 34)

Earth Color, New York, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $173.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $165.00

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: Robert Kashan

Employees: 630

Primary Specialties: COM 35%; DM 20%; PKG 15%; PREP 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 38

Sheetfed Press Units: 104

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 8

32 ('03: 30)

Journal Communications, Milwaukee, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $171.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $181.10

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: Steven J. Smith

Employees: 5,700

Primary Specialties: PUB 41%; PKG 21%; BKS 19%; NEWS 12%

Web Offset Press Units: 194

Sheetfed Press Units: 28

Other Press Units: 81

Ownership: Public

Plants: 14

33 ('03: 33)

UnigraphicsUSA, Phoenix, AZ

Total Sales (Millions): $168.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $166.60

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Steven Gaynor

Employees: 1,250

Primary Specialties: BF 75%; DM 5%; COM 5%; PKG 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 1,085

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 15

34 ('03: 35)

Publishers Printing/Publishers Press, Shepherdsville, KY

Total Sales (Millions): $160.68

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $160.36

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Nicholas X. Simon

Employees: 1,625

Primary Specialties: PUB 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 100

Sheetfed Press Units: 10

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

35 ('03: 36)

Gannett Offset, Springfield, VA

Total Sales (Millions): $160.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $160.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Dennis Washburn

Employees: 1,202

Primary Specialties: PUB 35%; NEWS 35%; ADV 20%; SPEC 10% (Promotional)

Web Offset Press Units: 207

Sheetfed Press Units: 10

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Public

Plants: 5

Parent: Gannett Co., McLean, VA

36 ('03: 37)

J.J. Keller & Assoc., Neenah, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $156.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $153.91

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Robert L. Keller

Employees: 846

Primary Specialties: PUB 50%; BKS 30%; DM 10%; BF 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 20

Sheetfed Press Units: 8

Other Press Units: 7

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

37 ('03: 32)

St Ives - U.S. Division, Miami, FL

Total Sales (Millions): $141.05

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $168.74

Change (%): -16

Principal Officer: Wayne R. Angstrom

Employees: 854

Primary Specialties: PUB 30%; COM 24%; CAT 16%; DM 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 64

Sheetfed Press Units: 14

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Public

Plants: 4

Parent: St Ives plc, London

38 ('03: 39)

MacNaughton Lithograph/ Command Web Offset, Secaucus, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $140.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $138.00

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Andrew Merson

Employees: 625

Primary Specialties: BKS 40%; DIR 25%; CAT 15%; FIN 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 35

Sheetfed Press Units: 7

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

39 ('03: 51)

Serigraph Inc., West Bend, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $137.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $107.00

Change (%): +28

Principal Officer: John B. Torinus Jr.

Employees: 850

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Plastics)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 5

Other Press Units: 70

Ownership: Private

Plants: 6

40 ('03: 40)

Phoenix Color, Hagerstown, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $136.68

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $137.96

Change (%): -1

Principal Officer: Louis LaSorsa

Employees: 730

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 6

Sheetfed Press Units: 133

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

41 ('03: 42)

Miami Systems, Cincinnati, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $131.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $129.00

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Samuel L. Peters

Employees: 1,200

Primary Specialties: DM 25%; BF 25%; PKG 20%; COM 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 73

Sheetfed Press Units: 10

Other Press Units: 8

Ownership: Private

Plants: 9

42 ('03: 47)

Hess Management Co., Austin, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $130.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $120.00

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: Roy E. Mayers

Employees: 850

Primary Specialties: BKS 50%; CAT 20%; COM 20%; PUB 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 67

Sheetfed Press Units: 22

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

42 ('03: 43)

PIP Printing and Document Services, Mission Viejo, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $130.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $125.00

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: Catherine Monson

Employees: N/A

Primary Specialties: ADV 25%; DM 20%; CAT 15%; FIN 15%

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Private

Plants: N/A

Parent: Franchise Services Inc. (FSI), Mission Viejo, CA

44 ('03: 54)

MultiColor Corp., Cincinnati, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $127.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $99.56

Change (%): +28

Principal Officer: Francis D. Gerace

Employees: 544

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 7

Other Press Units: 114

Ownership: Public

Plants: 6

45 ('03: 55)

IWCO Direct, Chanhassen, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $125.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $98.70

Change (%): +27

Principal Officer: James N. Andersen

Employees: 1,150

Primary Specialties: DM 95%; COM 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 72

Sheetfed Press Units: 4

Other Press Units: 19

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

45 ('03: 49)

Sandy Alexander, Clifton, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $125.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $116.00

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: Roy Grossman

Employees: 345

Primary Specialties: COM 70%; DM 15%; ADV 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 39

Sheetfed Press Units: 44

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

Parent: Mickelberry Communications, New York, NY

47 ('03: 44)

Champion Industries, Huntington, WV

Total Sales (Millions): $122.18

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $122.88

Change (%): -1

Principal Officer: Marshall T. Reynolds

Employees: 775

Primary Specialties: BF 40%; COM 20%; CAT 15%; PKG 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 1

Sheetfed Press Units: 37

Other Press Units: 58

Ownership: Public

Plants: 11

48 ('03: 46)

ColorGraphics Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $121.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $120.20

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Christopher N. Madison

Employees: 385

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 32

Sheetfed Press Units: 73

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

49 ('03: 53)

The Segerdahl Corp., Wheeling, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $120.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $100.00

Change (%): +20

Principal Officer: Larry Reimers

Employees: 300

Primary Specialties: N/A

Web Offset Press Units: 38

Sheetfed Press Units: 21

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

50 ('03: 50)

Taylor Publishing, Dallas, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $114.46

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $108.04

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: David Fiore

Employees: 1,150

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 66

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

Parent: American Achievement, Austin, TX

Legend:

ADV--Advertising Inserts and Other Preprints

BCP--Bank Check Printing

BKS--Book Printing

BF--Business Forms

CAT--Catalogs

PREP--Prepress Services

DIR--Directories

DM--Direct Mail

FIN-Financial Printing

PKB--Flexible Packaging, Paperboard, Envelopes, Tags, Labels, Folding Cartons

COM--General Commercial Printing

NEWS--Newspapers

PUB--Publications and Periodicals

SPEC--Specialty Printing

N/A--Not Available

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The Printing Impressions 400 ranking was compiled and edited by Kristen Monte, associate editor.