Printing Impressions 400 -- 101-150

(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.)

101 ('02: 85)

Tweddle Litho, Clinton Township, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $62.90

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $74.30

Change (%): -15

Principal Officer: Andrew M. Tweddle

Employees: 200

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 10

Sheetfed Press Units: 2

Other Press Units: 4

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

102 ('02: 103)

Times Printing Co., Random Lake, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $62.11

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $62.40

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Ray Scholler

Employees: 455

Primary Specialties: PUB 50%; COM 50%

Web Offset Press Units: 46

Sheetfed Press Units: 23

Other Press Units: 4

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

103 ('02: 112)

Friesens Corp., Altona, Canada

Total Sales (Millions): $61.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $55.00

Change (%): +11

Principal Officer: David Friesen

Employees: 500

Primary Specialties: BKS 95%; SPEC 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 1

Sheetfed Press Units: 42

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 3

104 ('02: 105)

Ramallo Bros. Printing, San Juan, PR

Total Sales (Millions): $61.05

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $60.83

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Angel Ramallo Sr.

Employees: 545

Primary Specialties: ADV 37%; BF 18%; PKG 12%; CAT 9%

Web Offset Press Units: 64

Sheetfed Press Units: 34

Other Press Units: 5

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

105 ('02: 104)

Cello-Foil Products, Battle Creek, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $61.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $61.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Kenneth M. Lesiow

Employees: 260

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 88

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

105 ('02: 96)

Outlook Group, Neenah, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $61.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $68.00

Change (%): -10

Principal Officer: Joseph J. Baksha

Employees: 540

Primary Specialties: DM 35%; PKG 30%; SPEC 20% (15% Promotional contract packaging & collateral information management; 5% data services)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 7

Other Press Units: 14

Ownership: Public

Plants: 3

107 ('02: 106)

Universal Printing, St. Louis, MO

Total Sales (Millions): $60.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $60.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Robert A. Ebel

Employees: 325

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 15

Sheetfed Press Units: 42

Other Press Units: 4

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

108 ('02: 98)

National Print Group, Chattanooga, TN

Total Sales (Millions): $59.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $66.70

Change (%): -12

Principal Officer: George Diamantis

Employees: 400

Primary Specialties: SPEC 85% (Large-format silkscreen; litho and digital); COM 8%; PREP 5%; CAT 2%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 45

Other Press Units: 55

Ownership: Private

Plants: 6

109 ('02: 118)

Challenge Printing, Eden Prairie, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $58.17

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $51.83

Change (%): +12

Principal Officer: Robert J. Lothenbach

Employees: 374

Primary Specialties: COM 43%; PKG 30%; PREP 7%; SPEC 15% (Point-of-purchase (POP))

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 64

Other Press Units: 56

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

110 ('02: 80)

E/D Web, Cicero, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $58.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $76.00

Change (%): -24

Principal Officer: Christopher B. Love

Employees: 185

Primary Specialties: DM 40%; ADV 40%; COM 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 36

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

111 ('02: -)

NorthStar Print Group, Watertown, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $56.52

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $52.74

Change (%): +7

Principal Officer: Richard Gasper

Employees: 290

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 81

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 3

Parent: Journal Communications, Milwaukee, WI

112 ('02: 115)

Pictorial Offset, Carlstadt, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $56.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $53.50

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: Gary B. Samuels, Meryle A. Samuels, Lester F. Samuels, Donald R. Samuels

Employees: 275

Primary Specialties: COM 75%; ADV 25%

Web Offset Press Units: 25

Sheetfed Press Units: 19

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

112 ('02: 119)

Unimac Graphics, Carlstadt, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $56.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $52.00

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: George Amann

Employees: 225

Primary Specialties: COM 70%; DM 15%; FIN 10%; PUB 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 10

Sheetfed Press Units: 43

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

114 ('02: 111)

The John Roberts Co., Minneapolis, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $55.28

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $56.18

Change (%): -2

Principal Officer: Michael R. Keene

Employees: 325

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; ADV 20%; DM 10%; CAT 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 30

Sheetfed Press Units: 28

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

115 ('02: 116)

The Nosco Printing Group, Gurnee, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $55.19

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $51.93

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: Russell Haraf

Employees: 450

Primary Specialties: PKG 95%; COM 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 27

Other Press Units: 97

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

Parent: CRL Industries, Bannockburn, IL

116 ('02: 109)

American Spirit Graphics, Minneapolis, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $55.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $57.00

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: A. Oscar Carlson

Employees: 340

Primary Specialties: DM 40%; COM 40%; ADV 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 29

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 3

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

117 ('02: 108)

The Printing House, Quincy, FL

Total Sales (Millions): $54.25

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $54.37

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: F.C. Lowe

Employees: 398

Primary Specialties: PUB 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 19

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

118 ('02: 122)

Belmark Inc., DePere, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $52.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $50.00

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: Bruce A. Bell

Employees: 295

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 24

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

118 ('02: 133)

Bert-Co Graphics, Los Angeles, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $52.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $45.00

Change (%): +16

Principal Officer: Charles F. Stay

Employees: 240

Primary Specialties: PKG 30%; SPEC 20% (POP); PUB 20%; DM 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 23

Sheetfed Press Units: 28

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

120 ('02: 125)

Rohrer Corp., Wadsworth, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $51.17

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $49.58

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: John P. Rohrer

Employees: 385

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 72

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

121 ('02: 116)

The Vallis Companies, Glendale Heights, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $50.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $53.00

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Jim Renella

Employees: 251

Primary Specialties: BF 48%; DM 37%; SPEC 12% (Lasercut sheets)

Web Offset Press Units: 35

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 3

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

121 ('02: 129)

Walle Corp., Harahan, LA

Total Sales (Millions): $50.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $48.26

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: Cecil M. Keeney

Employees: 350

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 32

Other Press Units: 110

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

123 ('02: 188)

Graphic Press, Los Angeles, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $50.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $32.00

Change (%): +56

Principal Officer: John J. Zamora

Employees: 205

Primary Specialties: COM 74%; ADV 10%; CAT 5%; FIN 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 16

Sheetfed Press Units: 35

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

123 ('02: 126)

Progress Printing, Lynchburg, VA

Total Sales (Millions): $50.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $48.80

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Thomas D. Thornton II

Employees: 300

Primary Specialties: CAT 30%; COM 29%; DM 10%; PKG 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 9

Sheetfed Press Units: 61

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

123 ('02: 212)

Seneca Printing & Label, Franklin, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $50.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $47.00

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: Randy Hicks

Employees: 195

Primary Specialties: PKG 82%; COM 15%; CAT 2%; FIN 1%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 144

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

123 ('02: 122)

St. Ives Burrup, Philadelphia, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $50.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $50.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Andrew Langdale

Employees: 250

Primary Specialties: FIN 50%; COM 25%; DIR 25%

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Public

Plants: 1

127 ('02: 130)

Hammer Lithograph, W. Henrietta, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $49.40

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $47.40

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: James E. Hammer

Employees: 251

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 41

Other Press Units: 17

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

128 ('02: 110)

Worzalla Publishing, Stevens Point, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $48.92

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $56.30

Change (%): -13

Principal Officer: Charles W. Nason

Employees: 365

Primary Specialties: BKS 80%; DIR 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 8

Sheetfed Press Units: 39

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 1

129 ('02: 135)

The Inland Group, La Crosse, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $48.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $44.50

Change (%): +9

Principal Officer: Mark Glendenning

Employees: 220

Primary Specialties: PKG 80%; SPEC 15% (Distribution and fulfillment)

Web Offset Press Units: 10

Sheetfed Press Units: 14

Other Press Units: 23

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

130 ('02: 137)

FOCUS Direct, San Antonio, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $47.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $44.30

Change (%): +7

Principal Officer: Pat Cronin

Employees: 281

Primary Specialties: DM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 16

Sheetfed Press Units: 9

Other Press Units: 3

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

131 ('02: 127)

The Lane Press, S. Burlington, VT

Total Sales (Millions): $46.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $48.50

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Philip M. Drumheller

Employees: 330

Primary Specialties: PUB 90%; COM 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 30

Sheetfed Press Units: 6

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

132 ('02: 140)

Southwest Offset Printing, Gardena, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $44.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $43.01

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Greg McDonald

Employees: 300

Primary Specialties: PUB 40%; NEWS 40%; COM 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 109

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

133 ('02: 131)

Concord Litho Group, Concord, NH

Total Sales (Millions): $44.40

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $46.65

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Peter E. Cook

Employees: 210

Primary Specialties: SPEC 50% (Greeting cards, POP, tourism, fund-raising); DM 25%; COM 25%

Web Offset Press Units: 59

Sheetfed Press Units: 35

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

134 ('02: 136)

Highland Computer Forms, Hillsboro, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $43.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $44.40

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Phil Wilson

Employees: 179

Primary Specialties: BF 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 76

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 5

135 ('02: 148)

Pratt Corp., Indianapolis, IN

Total Sales (Millions): $41.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $40.00

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: Daniel D. Pratt

Employees: 200

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Retail store signage, promotional, POP)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 60

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

135 ('02: 141)

Werthan Packaging, Nashville, TN

Total Sales (Millions): $41.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $43.00

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Don Belmont

Employees: 270

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

137 ('02: 127)

Advance Business Graphics, Mira Loma, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $41.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $48.50

Change (%): -14

Principal Officer: Thomas C. Playford

Employees: 285

Primary Specialties: BF 34%; COM 26%; DM 12%; SPEC 22% (Digital imaging; fulfillment)

Web Offset Press Units: 51

Sheetfed Press Units: 30

Other Press Units: 4

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

138 ('02: 132)

Intelligencer Printing, Lancaster, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $41.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $46.15

Change (%): -11

Principal Officer: Michael R. Stief

Employees: 200

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; ADV 23%; DM 10%; CAT 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 22

Sheetfed Press Units: 26

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

Parent: Steinman Enterprises

139 ('02: 154)

Sovereign Business Forms, Houston, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $40.86

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.98

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: Donald D. Patteson Jr.

Employees: 325

Primary Specialties: BF 93%; COM 5%; PKG 2%

Web Offset Press Units: 128

Sheetfed Press Units: 23

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 6

140 ('02: 120)

W.M. Abene Co., Old Forge, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $40.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $51.30

Change (%): -21

Principal Officer: William M. Abene

Employees: 340

Primary Specialties: SPEC 50% (POP, heat-transfer); PKG 20%; PUB 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 138

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

141 ('02: 133)

ColorDynamics, Allen, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $40.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $45.00

Change (%): -11

Principal Officer: Charles G. Chalifoux

Employees: 200

Primary Specialties: DM 35%; COM 30%; CAT 20%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 20

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

Parent: RCL Enterprises, Allen, TX

141 ('02: 148)

Penn Lithographics, Cerritos, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $40.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $40.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Carol Geddes

Employees: 233

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; DM 40%

Web Offset Press Units: 58

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

Parent: JSJ Corp., Grand Haven, MI

143 ('02: 158)

Geographics Inc., Atlanta, GA

Total Sales (Millions): $39.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $37.55

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: Norvin C. Hagan

Employees: 279

Primary Specialties: COM 55%; CAT 15%; ADV 15%; DM 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 16

Sheetfed Press Units: 18

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

144 ('02: 166)

KAR Printing, Miami Lakes, FL

Total Sales (Millions): $39.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $36.00

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: Scott Levy

Employees: 175

Primary Specialties: ADV 90%; DM 8%; CAT 2%

Web Offset Press Units: 80

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

144 ('02: 143)

NPC Inc., Claysburg, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $39.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $41.04

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Mark Barnhart

Employees: 430

Primary Specialties: BKS 45%; BF 23%; DIR 16%; SPEC 11% (7% Digital print-on-demand; 4% data conversion and management)

Web Offset Press Units: 21

Sheetfed Press Units: 5

Other Press Units: 4

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

146 ('02: 144)

Solar Communications, Naperville, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $38.90

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $41.00

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Frank C. Hudetz

Employees: 300

Primary Specialties: DM 85%; COM 5%; PKG 5%; ADV 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 36

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 18

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

146 ('02: 157)

Weldon, Williams & Lick, Ft. Smith, AR

Total Sales (Millions): $38.90

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.00

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Jim Walcott

Employees: 345

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Numbered printing)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 11

Other Press Units: 68

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

148 ('02: 148)

The Garvey Group, Niles, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $38.85

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $37.55

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Edward J. Garvey Jr.

Employees: 280

Primary Specialties: COM 70%; DM 25%; BF 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 40

Sheetfed Press Units: 46

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

149 ('02: 156)

The C.J. Krehbiel Co., Cincinnati, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $38.70

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.50

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Robert C. Krehbiel III

Employees: 215

Primary Specialties: BKS 50%; SPEC 23% (Juvenile/trade); CAT 10%; PUB 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 16

Sheetfed Press Units: 6

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

150 ('02: 159)

Impressions Inc., St. Paul, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $38.58

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $37.50

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Mark A. Jorgensen

Employees: 310

Primary Specialties: PKG 65%; COM 30%; ADV 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 48

Other Press Units: 8

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

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.