Printing Impressions 400 -- 1-50

(Editor's Note: Company rankings for the current and previous years are based on figures reported in 2003. Therefore, companies that revised their 2002 revenues may have changed their 2002 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 ('02: 1)

Quebecor World, Montréal, Canada

Total Sales (Millions): $6,242.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $6,300.00

Change (%): -1

Principal Officer: Jean Neveu

Employees: 38,000

Primary Specialties: PUB 26%; ADV 23%; CAT 16%; BKS 12%

Web Offset Press Units: 3,156

Sheetfed Press Units: 985

Other Press Units: 808

Ownership: Public

Plants: 160

2 ('02: 2)

RR Donnelley, Chicago, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $4,754.94

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $5,298.00

Change (%): -10

Principal Officer: William L. Davis

Employees: 30,000

Primary Specialties: PUB 22%; CAT 21%; BKS 17%; DIR 16%

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 45

*Will merge with Moore Wallace Q1 2004.

3 ('02: -)

Moore Wallace, Stamford, CT

Total Sales (Millions): $3,400.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $2,000.00

Change (%): +70

Principal Officer: Mark A. Angelson

Employees: 17,500

Primary Specialties: 37% commercial print, 10% outsourced customer communications)

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: N/A

*Will merge with RR Donnelley Q1 2004.

4 ('02: 6)

Quad/Graphics, Sussex, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $1,800.00

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

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Thomas A. Quadracci

Employees: 12,000

Primary Specialties: CAT 53%; PUB 36%; SPEC 11%

Web Offset Press Units: 858

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 210

Ownership: Private

Plants: 38

5 ('02: 5)

Vertis Inc., Baltimore, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $1,675.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,851.00

Change (%): -10

Principal Officer: Donald E. Roland

Employees: 8,900

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: 141

6 ('02: 4)

Mail-Well Inc., Englewood, CO

Total Sales (Millions): $1,670.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,900.00

Change (%): -12

Principal Officer: Paul V. Reilly

Employees: 10,000

Primary Specialties: PKG 45%; COM 40%; BF 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 166

Sheetfed Press Units: 516

Other Press Units: 414

Ownership: Public

Plants: 84

7 ('02: 8)

Banta Corp., Menasha, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $1,366.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,457.94

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: Stephanie A. Streeter

Employees: 8,000

Primary Specialties: SPEC 31% (Turnkey, digital imaging, healthcare); BKS 26%; CAT 16%; DM 14%

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 40

8 ('02: 10)

Transcontinental Inc., Montréal, Canada

Total Sales (Millions): $1,141.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,123.00

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Remi Marcoux

Employees: 12,000

Primary Specialties: COM 46%; ADV 40%; BKS 14%

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 40

9 ('02: 9)

Standard Register, Dayton, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $1,028.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,187.00

Change (%): -13

Principal Officer: Dennis L. Rediker

Employees: 5,681

Primary Specialties: BF 58%; PKG 12%; SPEC 30% (Fulfillment services; Insystems and SMARTworks.com; digital solutions)

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 38

10 ('02: 11)

Bowne & Co., New York, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $1,003.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $1,055.00

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Robert M. Johnson

Employees: 8,000

Primary Specialties: FIN 64%; SPEC 36% (Globalization/localization; outsourcing)

Web Offset Press Units: 79

Sheetfed Press Units: 85

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Public

Plants: 13

11 ('02: 12)

Valassis Communications, Livonia, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $853.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $849.50

Change (%): -

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

12 ('02: -)

Chesapeake Corp., Richmond, VA

Total Sales (Millions): $822.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $790.50

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: Thomas H. Johnson

Employees: 5,900

Primary Specialties: N/A

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 50

13 ('02: 13)

Clondalkin Group, Philadelphia, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $800.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $800.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Norbert McDermott

Employees: 4,200

Primary Specialties: PKG 75%; DM 10%; BF 6%; COM 4%

Web Offset Press Units: 230

Sheetfed Press Units: 190

Other Press Units: 63

Ownership: Private

Plants: 40

14 ('02: 14)

John H. Harland Co., Decatur, GA

Total Sales (Millions): $767.80

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $743.20

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Timothy C. Tuff

Employees: 5,000

Primary Specialties: BCP 68%; SPEC 32% (14% Scantron subsidiary; 18% software)

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 14

15 ('02: 15)

Consolidated Graphics, Houston, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $710.27

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $644.00

Change (%): +10

Principal Officer: Joe R. Davis

Employees: 4,600

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

Web Offset Press Units: 154

Sheetfed Press Units: 1,140

Other Press Units: 33

Ownership: Public

Plants: 65

16 ('02: 16)

Workflow Management, Palm Beach, FL

Total Sales (Millions): $622.71

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $618.95

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Gary W. Ampulski

Employees: 2,800

Primary Specialties: PKG 32%; BF 25%; COM 24%; SPEC 15% (Print-on-demand; office supplies; ad specialties; professional services)

Web Offset Press Units: 92

Sheetfed Press Units: 123 173

Other Press Units: Public

Ownership: 12

Plants:

17 ('02: 17)

Merrill Corp., St. Paul, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $581.57

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $602.86

Change (%): -4

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

18 ('02: 18)

New England Business Service, Groton, MA

Total Sales (Millions): $551.19

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $557.53

Change (%): -1

Principal Officer: Robert J. Murray

Employees: 4,300

Primary Specialties: BF 40%; PKG 25%; BCP 25%; SPEC 10% (Apparel)

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 12

19 ('02: 22)

Von Hoffmann Corp., St. Louis, MO

Total Sales (Millions): $535.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $407.00

Change (%): +32

Principal Officer: Robert S. Mathews

Employees: 2,515

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

Web Offset Press Units: 87

Sheetfed Press Units: 81

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 12

20 ('02: 19)

American Color Graphics, Brentwood, TN

Total Sales (Millions): $520.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $542.42

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: Stephen M. Dyott

Employees: 2,540

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: 16

Parent: ACG Holdings Inc., Ridgefield, CT

21 ('02: 20)

NCR Systemedia, Dayton, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $502.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $502.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Mark D. Quinlan

Employees: 1,800

Primary Specialties: BF 11%; SPEC 89% (Supplies: paper rolls, inking products, laser, ink-jet cartridges)

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 11

22 ('02: 29)

Scientific Games Int'l, Alpharetta, GA

Total Sales (Millions): $500.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $240.00

Change (%): +108

Principal Officer: Cliff O. Bickell

Employees: 1,600

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Lottery tickets; pre-paid phone cards)

Web Offset Press Units: 6

Sheetfed Press Units: 4

Other Press Units: 48

Ownership: Public

Plants: 3

23 ('02: 21)

Cadmus Communications, Richmond, VA

Total Sales (Millions): $446.90

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $447.30

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Bruce V. Thomas

Employees: 2,800

Primary Specialties: PUB 72%; PKG 13%; SPEC 15% (Content processing/management)

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 10

24 ('02: 23)

Brown Printing, Waseca, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $380.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $380.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Thomas A. Engdahl

Employees: 2,500

Primary Specialties: PUB 80%; CAT 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 183

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

Parent: Gruner + Jahr, Hamburg, Germany

25 ('02: 27)

The Antioch Co., Yellow Springs, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $351.22

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $278.86

Change (%): +26

Principal Officer: Lee M. Morgan

Employees: 1,200

Primary Specialties: SPEC 95% (Book sidelines; scrapbook accessories)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 10

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 4

26 ('02: 26)

Corporate Express Document & Print Management, Omaha, NE

Total Sales (Millions): $292.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $314.00

Change (%): -7

Principal Officer: Richard J. Egan

Employees: 1,150

Primary Specialties: BF 60%; PKG 30%; DM 10%

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 10

27 ('02: 25)

Perry Judd's, Waterloo, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $290.93

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $321.10

Change (%): -9

Principal Officer: Craig A. Hutchison

Employees: 2,305

Primary Specialties: PUB 65%; CAT 31%; ADV 4%

Web Offset Press Units: 201

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 5

28 ('02: 39)

Allegra Network, Troy, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $286.90

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $186.90

Change (%): +54

Principal Officer: William D. McIntyre

Employees: 2,500+

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

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 980

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 490

29 ('02: 24)

Bertelsmann Arvato, New York, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $276.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $269.00

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Hartmut Ostrowski

Employees: 2,642

Primary Specialties: BKS 76%; SPEC 24% (Foil stamping; embossing; digital printing)

Web Offset Press Units: 22

Sheetfed Press Units: 124

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 7

30 ('02: 30)

Ennis Business Forms, DeSoto, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $240.76

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $236.92

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Keith S. Walters

Employees: 2,186

Primary Specialties: BF 49%; SPEC 30% (Promotional products); FIN 21%

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 30

31 ('02: 31)

Arandell Corp., Menomonee Falls, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $226.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $231.90

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: F.E. Treis

Employees: 675

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

32 ('02: 32)

Ivy Hill, New York, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $225.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $225.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Arthur Kern

Employees: 1,000+

Primary Specialties: N/A

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 4

33 ('02: 38)

St. Joseph Printing, Concord, Canada

Total Sales (Millions): $220.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $190.00

Change (%): +16

Principal Officer: Tony Gagliano

Employees: 2,000

Primary Specialties: PUB 40%; COM 25%; ADV 15%; CAT 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 65

Sheetfed Press Units: 53

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

34 ('02: 34)

The Sheridan Group, Hunt Valley, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $208.80

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $212.30

Change (%): -2

Principal Officer: John A. Saxton

Employees: 1,760

Primary Specialties: PUB 70%; BKS 30%

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Private

Plants: 6

35 ('02: 37)

WS Packaging Group, Algoma, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $206.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $203.60

Change (%): +1

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

Employees: 1,448

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

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 30

Other Press Units: 813

Ownership: Private

Plants: 15

36 ('02: 35)

Courier Corp., N. Chelmsford, MA

Total Sales (Millions): $202.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $211.90

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: James F. Conway III

Employees: 1,455

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 50

Sheetfed Press Units: 34

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Public

Plants: 6

37 ('02: 40)

Trend Offset Printing, Los Alamitos, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $187.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $182.00

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Anthony J. Lienau

Employees: 1,015

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

Web Offset Press Units: 140

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

38 ('02: 46)

Fort Dearborn Co., Niles, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $185.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $155.00

Change (%): +19

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: 10

38 ('02: 48)

Nationwide Graphics, Houston, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $185.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $150.00

Change (%): +23

Principal Officer: Carl L. Norton

Employees: 800

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 60

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 12

40 ('02: 36)

Journal Communications, Milwaukee, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $181.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $200.80

Change (%): -10

Principal Officer: Steven J. Smith

Employees: 6,100

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

Web Offset Press Units: 176

Sheetfed Press Units: 28

Other Press Units: 81

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 14

41 ('02: 42)

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

Total Sales (Millions): $168.74

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $177.90

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Wayne R. Angstrom

Employees: 1,154

Primary Specialties: PUB 30%; COM 24%; CAT 21%; DM 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 78

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Public

Plants: 5

42 ('02: -)

UnigraphicsUSA, Phoenix, AZ

Total Sales (Millions): $166.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): -

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: James A. Anderson

Employees: 1,500

Primary Specialties: BF 75%; DM 10%; PKG 5%; BCP 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 104

Sheetfed Press Units: 10

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 15

43 ('02: 44)

Earth Color, New York, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $165.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $170.00

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Robert Kashan

Employees: 625

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

Web Offset Press Units: 32

Sheetfed Press Units: 104

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 7

44 ('02: 43)

Publishers Printing/Publishers Press, Shepherdsville, KY

Total Sales (Millions): $160.36

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $172.56

Change (%): -7

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

45 ('02: 50)

Gannett Offset, Springfield, VA

Total Sales (Millions): $160.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $142.00

Change (%): +13

Principal Officer: Dennis Washburn

Employees: 1,257

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

Web Offset Press Units: 225

Sheetfed Press Units: 10

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Public

Plants: 6

46 ('02: 45)

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

Total Sales (Millions): $153.91

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $161.71

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Robert L. Keller

Employees: 860

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

47 ('02: )

Serigraph Inc., West Bend, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $150.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $156.00

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: John B. Torinus Jr.

Employees: 850

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Plastics)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 9

Other Press Units: 70

Ownership: Private

Plants: 7

48 ('02: 51)

MacNaughton Lithograph/Command Web Offset, Secaucus, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $138.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $140.00

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

49 ('02: 54)

Phoenix Color, Hagerstown, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $137.96

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $130.00

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: Louis LaSorsa

Employees: 850

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 6

Sheetfed Press Units: 133

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

50 ('02: 41)

Kelmscott Communications, San Francisco, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $130.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $180.00

Change (%): -28

Principal Officer: James D. McBride

Employees: 640

Primary Specialties: COM 70%; PKG 10%; DIR 10%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 4

Sheetfed Press Units: 200

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 8

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.