Printing Impressions 400 -- 151-202

(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.)

151 ('02: 147)

The Hickory Printing Group, Hickory, NC

Total Sales (Millions): $38.36

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $40.01

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: Thomas W. Reese

Employees: 237

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

Web Offset Press Units: 18

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

152 ('02: 163)

Perfect Plastic Printing, St. Charles, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $38.09

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $36.75

Change (%): +4

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

153 ('02: 184)

EU Services, Rockville, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $38.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $32.50

Change (%): +17

Principal Officer: J. Bruce Mackey

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

153 ('02: 148)

S. Rosenthal & Co., Cincinnati, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $38.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $40.00

Change (%): -5

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

153 ('02: 194)

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

156 ('02: 161)

Ripon Community Printers, Ripon, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $37.37

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $37.03

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Andy Lyke

Employees: 345

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

Web Offset Press Units: 33

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

157 ('02: 164)

Lake County Press, Waukegan, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $37.36

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $36.70

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Ralph L. Johnson

Employees: 192

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

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 46

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

158 ('02: 162)

American Print Solutions, Brooklyn, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $37.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $37.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Izzy Braun

Employees: 60

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

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

158 ('02: 166)

Smith Lithograph, Rockville, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $37.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $36.00

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Charles R. Smith

Employees: 180

Primary Specialties: COM 72%; FIN 28%

Web Offset Press Units: 54

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

160 ('02: 155)

Data Label, Terre Haute, IN

Total Sales (Millions): $36.61

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.56

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: George Snyder

Employees: 166

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 24

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

161 ('02: 146)

Standard Publishing, Cincinnati, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $36.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $40.45

Change (%): -10

Principal Officer: Randy L. Scott

Employees: 250

Primary Specialties: BKS 65%; COM 20%; CAT 10%; ADV 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 15

Sheetfed Press Units: 5

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Public

Plants: 1

Parent: Standex Int'l, Salem, NH

162 ('02: 166)

McArdle Printing Co., Upper Marlboro, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $36.06

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $36.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: John E. Jenc

Employees: 255

Primary Specialties: COM 50%; PUB 40%; FIN 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 24

Sheetfed Press Units: 25

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 1

Parent: Bureau of National Affairs, Washington, DC

163 ('02: 160)

PRINTSouth Corp., Atlanta, GA

Total Sales (Millions): $36.01

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $37.18

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Tim Downie

Employees: 110

Primary Specialties: BF 80%; DM 14%

Web Offset Press Units: 115

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

164 ('02: 152)

Malloy Inc., Ann Arbor, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $35.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $39.60

Change (%): -10

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

165 ('02: 199)

Color Arts, Racine, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $35.23

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $29.10

Change (%): +21

Principal Officer: Mark Solowicz

Employees: 245

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 13

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

166 ('02: 171)

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

167 ('02: 171)

Allen Press, Lawrence, KS

Total Sales (Millions): $34.80

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $35.00

Change (%): -1

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

168 ('02: 188)

Wilcox Press, Ithaca, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $34.70

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $32.00

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: William R. Wilcox

Employees: 278

Primary Specialties: PUB 40%; CAT 30%; COM 20%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 35

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 1

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

169 ('02: 170)

TimeMed Labeling Systems, Burr Ridge, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $34.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $35.08

Change (%): -2

Principal Officer: Jerry Nerad

Employees: 180

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 30

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

170 ('02: 139)

Federal Direct, Clifton, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $34.16

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $43.45

Change (%): -21

Principal Officer: James J. Trainor

Employees: 235

Primary Specialties: DM 50%; BF 50%

Web Offset Press Units: 54

Sheetfed Press Units: 3

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

171 ('02: 153)

Balmar Inc., Gaithersburg, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $34.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $39.00

Change (%): -13

Principal Officer: James A. O'Hare

Employees: 325

Primary Specialties: BKS 23%; COM 20%; SPEC 16% (Digital printing); PUB 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 5

Sheetfed Press Units: 44

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

171 ('02: 177)

Flower City Printing, Rochester, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $34.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $33.31

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Wayne Scheible

Employees: 228

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

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 50

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

173 ('02: 184)

Scoville Press, Plymouth, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $33.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $32.50

Change (%): +2

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: 1

174 ('02: 191)

Pacific Press Publishing, Nampa, ID

Total Sales (Millions): $32.47

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $31.86

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Robert E. Kyte

Employees: 250

Primary Specialties: PUB 55%; BKS 43%; ADV 2%

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

175 ('02: -)

The EGT Group, Madison Heights, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $32.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $32.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Jonathan Strager

Employees: 135

Primary Specialties: COM 40%; DM 15%; CAT 15%; PUB 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 34

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

176 ('02: 206)

Grandville Printing, Grandville, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $31.97

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $28.00

Change (%): +14

Principal Officer: Jeffrey C. Brewer

Employees: 240

Primary Specialties: ADV 75%; COM 25%

Web Offset Press Units: 44

Sheetfed Press Units: 22

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

177 ('02: 174)

Kubin-Nicholson Corp., Milwaukee, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $31.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $34.20

Change (%): -8

Principal Officer: Mike Rees

Employees: 175

Primary Specialties: SPEC 55% (Large format); COM 45%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 38

Other Press Units: 6

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

178 ('02: -)

Colfax Envelope, Buffalo Grove, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $31.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $29.50

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: C.R. Patten, Jr.

Employees: 128

Primary Specialties: PKG 60%; DM 40%

Web Offset Press Units: 12

Sheetfed Press Units: 14

Other Press Units: 42

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

178 ('02: 235)

Maggio Data Forms, Hauppauge, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $31.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $24.00

Change (%): +29

Principal Officer: Charles Maggio Jr.

Employees: 158

Primary Specialties: BF 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 17

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

178 ('02: 181)

PGI Companies, Minnetonka, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $31.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $33.00

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: Jeffory D. Brower

Employees: 300

Primary Specialties: DM 50%; FIN 42%; SPEC 7%; CAT 1%

Web Offset Press Units: 48

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

181 ('02: -)

Thomson-Shore, Dexter, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $30.70

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $30.70

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Myron Marsh

Employees: 297

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 2

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 1

182 ('02: 197)

Intermountain Color, Boulder, CO

Total Sales (Millions): $30.61

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $29.83

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: A. Lloyd Streit

Employees: 340

Primary Specialties: NEWS 55%; PUB 20%; COM 15%; CAT 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 136

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 8

Ownership: Private

Plants: 9

183 ('02: 180)

Gateway Press, Louisville, KY

Total Sales (Millions): $30.40

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $33.08

Change (%): -8

Principal Officer: Nick Burrice

Employees: 230

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

184 ('02: 181)

EBSCO Media, Birmingham, AL

Total Sales (Millions): $30.36

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $31.51

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: Landers Sevier IV

Employees: 220

Primary Specialties: COM 85%; PUB 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 52

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

185 ('02: 178)

Jet LithoColor, Downers Grove, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $30.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $33.20

Change (%): -9

Principal Officer: George Bogdanovic

Employees: 180

Primary Specialties: COM 51%; SPEC 35% (Plastic cards); DM 5%; FIN 3%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 24

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

186 ('02: 171)

The Johnson Group, Rockford, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $30.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $35.00

Change (%): -14

Principal Officer: Dennis Johnson

Employees: 159

Primary Specialties: COM 45%; CAT 20%; DM 15%; PUB 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 11

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 4

186 ('02: 169)

US Web, Huntington, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $30.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $30.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: John V. Busa

Employees: 300

Primary Specialties: DM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 60

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

188 ('02: -)

Bartash Printing, Philadelphia, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $29.72

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $28.47

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: Michael Simon

Employees: 250

Primary Specialties: DM 50%; PUB 30%; NEWS 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 47

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

189 ('02: 250)

Suttle-Straus Inc., Waunakee, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $29.41

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $19.41

Change (%): +52

Principal Officer: John Berthelsen

Employees: 160

Primary Specialties: DM 45%; COM 15%; PUB 10%; CAT 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 12

Sheetfed Press Units: 24

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Public

Plants: 1

Parent: Telephone & Data Systems, Chicago, IL

190 ('02: 184)

Seybert Nicholas Printing Group, New York, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $29.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $30.00

Change (%): -2

Principal Officer: Eric Bernstein

Employees: 210

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; ADV 15%; PKG 10%; CAT 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 31

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

191 ('02: 200)

Colorfx Inc., Des Moines, IA

Total Sales (Millions): $29.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $29.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: John D. DeVries

Employees: 240

Primary Specialties: DM 31%; CAT 22%; COM 21%; SPEC 15% (Photography, creative and marketing services)

Web Offset Press Units: 12

Sheetfed Press Units: 30

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

192 ('02: 202)

Apperson Print Management Services, Los Angeles, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $28.88

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $28.60

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Robert P. Apperson

Employees: 160

Primary Specialties: BF 42%; SPEC 34% (warehouse/fulfillment, data collection services, education answer sheets, scanners, software)

Web Offset Press Units: 45

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

193 ('02: 228)

Quantum Color Graphics, Morton Grove, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $28.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $24.60

Change (%): +16

Principal Officer: William L. White

Employees: 120

Primary Specialties: COM 40%; CAT 20%; PREP 20%; PKG 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 31

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

194 ('02: 187)

The Dot Printer, Irvine, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $28.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $32.40

Change (%): -13

Principal Officer: Bruce M. Carson

Employees: 185

Primary Specialties: ADV 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 12

Sheetfed Press Units: 42

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 5

195 ('02: 248)

Hemlock Printers, Burnaby, Canada

Total Sales (Millions): $28.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.80

Change (%): +24

Principal Officer: Dick Kouwenhoven

Employees: 230

Primary Specialties: COM 62%; FIN 15%; SPEC 10% (Art prints); BKS 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 38

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

196 ('02: 218)

ANRO Inc., Devon, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $28.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $26.40

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: James A. Spinelli Jr.

Employees: 190

Primary Specialties: N/A

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 39

Other Press Units: 11

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

196 ('02: 220)

Fontana Lithograph, Cheverly, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $28.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $26.00

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: Dale Ford

Employees: 120

Primary Specialties: COM 75%; PUB 25%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 26

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

196 ('02: 179)

McNaughton & Gunn, Saline, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $28.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $33.10

Change (%): -15

Principal Officer: Robert L. McNaughton

Employees: 240

Primary Specialties: BKS 95%; DIR 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 4

Sheetfed Press Units: 13

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

199 ('02: 209)

AFL Web Printing, Voorhees, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $27.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $27.50

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Dennis G. Forchic

Employees: 190

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

Web Offset Press Units: 76

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

199 ('02: 192)

Imperial Graphics, Grand Rapids, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $27.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $30.28

Change (%): -9

Principal Officer: Matthew R. Bissell

Employees: 185

Primary Specialties: BF 80%; COM 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 37

Sheetfed Press Units: 3

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

199 ('02: 224)

Motheral Printing, Ft. Worth, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $27.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $25.00

Change (%): +10

Principal Officer: Jim Motheral

Employees: 220

Primary Specialties: PUB 30%; CAT 30%; COM 20%; DM 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 16

Sheetfed Press Units: 12

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

199 ('02: 254)

PCI Paper Conversions, Syracuse, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $27.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.10

Change (%): +24

Principal Officer: Lloyd M. Withers

Employees: 232

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Note pads, Stik-Withit adhesive notes, and note cubes)

Web Offset Press Units: 26

Sheetfed Press Units: 12

Other Press Units: 1

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.