Printing Impressions 400 -- 101 - 150

(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.)

101 ('03: 97)

NorthStar Print Group, Watertown, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $57.40

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $56.52

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Richard Gasper

Employees: 290

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 81

Ownership: Public

Plants: 3

Parent: Journal Communications, Milwaukee, WI

102 ('03: 94)

National Print Group, Chattanooga, TN

Total Sales (Millions): $57.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $59.00

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: George Diamantis

Employees: 400

Primary Specialties: SPEC 85% (Large-format silkscreen; litho and digital)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 45

Other Press Units: 55

Ownership: Private

Plants: 6

103 ('03: 107)

Progress Printing, Lynchburg, VA

Total Sales (Millions): $56.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $51.00

Change (%): +11

Principal Officer: Thomas D. Thornton II

Employees: 289

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

Web Offset Press Units: 9

Sheetfed Press Units: 38

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

104 ('03: 101)

The Nosco Printing Group, Gurnee, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $56.39

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $55.19

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Russell Haraf

Employees: 450

Primary Specialties: PKG 95%; COM 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 2

Sheetfed Press Units: 22

Other Press Units: 98

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

Parent: Holden Industries, Bannockburn, IL

105 ('03: 104)

Belmark Inc., DePere, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $56.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $52.00

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: Karl A. Schmidt

Employees: 345

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 27

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

106 ('03: 100)

The John Roberts Co., Minneapolis, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $56.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $55.28

Change (%): +1

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

107 ('03: 109)

Graphic Press, Los Angeles, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $55.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $50.00

Change (%): +10

Principal Officer: John J. Zamora

Employees: 240

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

108 ('03: 102)

American Spirit Graphics, Minneapolis, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $55.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $55.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: A. Oscar Carlson

Employees: 368

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

109 ('03: 106)

Rohrer Corp., Wadsworth, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $54.59

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $51.17

Change (%): +7

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: 3

110 ('03: 124)

KAR Printing, Austell, GA

Total Sales (Millions): $53.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $39.00

Change (%): +36

Principal Officer: Scott Levy

Employees: 250

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

Web Offset Press Units: 108

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

111 ('03: 81)

Graphic Technology, New Century, KS

Total Sales (Millions): $51.22

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $65.43

Change (%): -22

Principal Officer: W.J. Leonard

Employees: 175

Primary Specialties: PKG 53%; SPEC 47% (Cards; toner and printers)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 2

Other Press Units: 74

Ownership: Public

Plants: 3

Parent: Nitto Denko, Osaka, Japan

112 ('03: -)

Goodway Group, Jenkintown, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $50.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): -

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: David Wolk

Employees: 275

Primary Specialties: BKS 35%; ADV 35%; DM 30%

Web Offset Press Units: 5

Sheetfed Press Units: 14

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

Parent: I.G.I. Printing, Jenkintown, PA

112 ('03: 114)

Southwest Offset Printing, Gardena, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $50.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $44.50

Change (%): +12

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

114 ('03: 112)

Worzalla Publishing, Stevens Point, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $48.24

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $48.92

Change (%): -1

Principal Officer: Charles W. Nason

Employees: 358

Primary Specialties: BKS 80%; DIR 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 8

Sheetfed Press Units: 39

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 1

115 ('03: 111)

Seneca Printing & Label, Franklin, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $48.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $49.00

Change (%): -2

Principal Officer: Randy Hicks

Employees: 260

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

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

116 ('03: 110)

Hammer Lithograph, W. Henrietta, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $47.66

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $49.40

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: James E. Hammer

Employees: 265

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 49

Other Press Units: 17

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

117 ('03: 113)

The Lane Press, S. Burlington, VT

Total Sales (Millions): $47.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $46.00

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Philip M. Drumheller

Employees: 315

Primary Specialties: PUB 90%; COM 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 30

Sheetfed Press Units: 6

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

118 ('03: 116)

Pratt Corp., Indianapolis, IN

Total Sales (Millions): $46.58

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $41.60

Change (%): +12

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

119 ('03: 133)

S. Rosenthal & Co., Cincinnati, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $46.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.00

Change (%): +21

Principal Officer: Donald J. Rahilly

Employees: 300

Primary Specialties: PUB 85%; CAT 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 41

Sheetfed Press Units: 9

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

120 ('03: 116)

Werthan Packaging, Nashville, TN

Total Sales (Millions): $45.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $41.60

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: Donald P. Belmont

Employees: 270

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 23

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

121 ('03: 123)

Geographics Inc., Atlanta, GA

Total Sales (Millions): $41.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $39.50

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: Norvin C. Hagan

Employees: 279

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

Web Offset Press Units: 22

Sheetfed Press Units: 24

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

122 ('03: 121)

Penn Lithographics, Cerritos, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $41.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $40.00

Change (%): +3

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

123 ('03: 131)

The Hickory Printing Group, Hickory, NC

Total Sales (Millions): $40.80

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.36

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: Thomas W. Reese

Employees: 259

Primary Specialties: COM 50%; ADV 25%; DM 10%; CAT 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 18

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 6

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

124 ('03: 133)

EU Services, Rockville, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $40.70

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.00

Change (%): +7

Principal Officer: Art Simpson

Employees: 370

Primary Specialties: COM 42%; DM 31%; PKG 15%; SPEC 12%

Web Offset Press Units: 30

Sheetfed Press Units: 21

Other Press Units: 8

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

125 ('03: 121)

ColorDynamics, Allen, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $40.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $40.00

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Charles G. Chalifoux

Employees: 190

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

126 ('03: 118)

Intelligencer Printing, Lancaster, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $40.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $41.00

Change (%): -2

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, Lancaster, PA

126 ('03: 145)

St Ives Burrups, Philadelphia, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $40.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $35.00

Change (%): +14

Principal Officer: Andrew Langdale

Employees: 250

Primary Specialties: FIN 65%; COM 20%; DIR 15%

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Public

Plants: 1

Parent: St Ives plc, London

128 ('03: 130)

Impressions Inc., St. Paul, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $39.22

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.58

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Mark A. Jorgensen

Employees: 275

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

129 ('03: 115)

Concord Litho Group, Concord, NH

Total Sales (Millions): $39.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $44.40

Change (%): -12

Principal Officer: Peter E. Cook

Employees: 210

Primary Specialties: DM 50%; COM 25%; SPEC 15% (Greeting cards; POP); PKG 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 36

Sheetfed Press Units: 13

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

129 ('03: 128)

The Garvey Group, Niles, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $39.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.85

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Edward J. Garvey Jr.

Employees: 280

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; PKG 25%; DM 10%; BF 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 40

Sheetfed Press Units: 46

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

131 ('03: 138)

Lake County Press, Waukegan, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $38.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $37.36

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Ralph L. Johnson

Employees: 204

Primary Specialties: COM 80%; CAT 10%; FIN 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 46

Other Press Units: 1

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

132 ('03: 162)

Gateway Press, Louisville, KY

Total Sales (Millions): $38.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $30.40

Change (%): +26

Principal Officer: Nick Burrice

Employees: 225

Primary Specialties: CAT 30%; COM 30%; PUB 25%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 24

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

133 ('03: 124)

NPC Inc., Claysburg, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $38.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $39.00

Change (%): -3

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: 23

Sheetfed Press Units: 2

Other Press Units: 5

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

133 ('03: 133)

Sells Printing, New Berlin, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $38.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Donald L. Schroeder

Employees: 125

Primary Specialties: CAT 40%; DM 20%; COM 20%; FIN 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 22

Sheetfed Press Units: 15

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

133 ('03: 126)

Weldon, Williams & Lick, Ft. Smith, AR

Total Sales (Millions): $38.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.90

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

136 ('03: 151)

Flower City Printing, Rochester, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $37.88

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $34.00

Change (%): +11

Principal Officer: Wayne Scheible

Employees: 230

Primary Specialties: PKG 60%; COM 15%; CAT 10%; PREP 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 44

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

137 ('03: 148)

Wilcox Press, Ithaca, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $36.90

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $34.70

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: William R. Wilcox

Employees: 289

Primary Specialties: PUB 30%; CAT 30%; SPEC 15% (Calendars); COM 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 30

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 1

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

138 ('03: 144)

Malloy Inc., Ann Arbor, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $36.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $35.50

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: William L. Upton

Employees: 334

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 7

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

139 ('03: 137)

Ripon Community Printers, Ripon, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $36.40

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $37.37

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Andy Lyke

Employees: 330

Primary Specialties: COM 40%; PUB 30%; NEWS 20%; DIR 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 41

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 1

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

140 ('03: 132)

Perfect Plastic Printing, St. Charles, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $36.08

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.09

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Frank E. Smoczynski

Employees: 292

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 13

Other Press Units: 2

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

141 ('03: 166)

The Lowe-Martin Group, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Total Sales (Millions): $36.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $30.00

Change (%): +20

Principal Officer: Ward Griffin

Employees: 277

Primary Specialties: COM 58%; SPEC 20% (Security); BKS 13%; PUB 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 7

Sheetfed Press Units: 35

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

142 ('03: 147)

Allen Press, Lawrence, KS

Total Sales (Millions): $35.80

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $34.80

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Rand Allen

Employees: 360

Primary Specialties: PUB 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 6

Sheetfed Press Units: 15

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

143 ('03: 164)

AFL Web Printing, Voorhees, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $35.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $30.10

Change (%): +18

Principal Officer: Dennis G. Forchic

Employees: 205

Primary Specialties: PUB 45%; NEWS 45%; COM 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 81

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

143 ('03: -)

Jerome Group, Maryland Heights, MO

Total Sales (Millions): $35.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): -

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Andy Kohn

Employees: 250

Primary Specialties: DM 50%; NEWS 50%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 35

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

145 ('03: 126)

Solar Communications, Naperville, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $35.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.90

Change (%): -10

Principal Officer: Frank C. Hudetz

Employees: 275

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

Web Offset Press Units: 36

Sheetfed Press Units: 10

Other Press Units: 18

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

145 ('03: 119)

Sovereign Business Forms, Houston, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $35.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $40.88

Change (%): -14

Principal Officer: Donald D. Patteson Jr.

Employees: 275

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

Web Offset Press Units: 128

Sheetfed Press Units: 23

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 5

147 ('03: 139)

American Print Solutions, Brooklyn, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $35.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $37.00

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Izzy Braun

Employees: 60

Primary Specialties: PKG 30%; CAT 25%; DM 15%; COM 15%

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

147 ('03: 145)

H.S. Crocker Co., Huntley, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $35.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $35.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Ron Giordano

Employees: 149

Primary Specialties: PKG 90%; SPEC 5%; PREP 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 2

Other Press Units: 14

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 3

147 ('03: 164)

Jet LithoColor, Downers Grove, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $35.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $30.10

Change (%): +16

Principal Officer: George Bogdanovic

Employees: 180

Primary Specialties: COM 51%; SPEC 37% (Plastic cards); DM 5%; FIN 3%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 24

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

147 ('03: 153)

Scoville Press, Plymouth, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $35.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $33.00

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: Rick Gulbrand

Employees: 165

Primary Specialties: DM 60%; COM 35%; BF 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 35

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

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.