Printing Impressions 400 -- 203-251

(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.)

203 ('02: 210)

Versa Press, E. Peoria, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $27.43

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $27.12

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Steven J. Kennell

Employees: 190

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 18

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

204 ('02: 217)

Print Communications, Indianapolis, IN

Total Sales (Millions): $27.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $26.50

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Randall D. Steenbergen

Employees: 180

Primary Specialties: PUB 35%; ADV 35%; COM 15%; DM 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 57

Sheetfed Press Units: 7

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

205 ('02: 234)

Wicklander Printing, Chicago, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $27.06

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $24.09

Change (%): +12

Principal Officer: James W. Wicklander

Employees: 120

Primary Specialties: COM 78%; SPEC 22% (Plastic loyalty, gift cards)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 22

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

206 ('02: 204)

Nies/Artcraft Printing, St. Louis, MO

Total Sales (Millions): $27.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $29.00

Change (%): -7

Principal Officer: James W. Finger II

Employees: 145

Primary Specialties: COM 75%; PREP 9%; DM 8%; PKG 6%

Web Offset Press Units: 18

Sheetfed Press Units: 23

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

206 ('02: 181)

Screenprint/Dow, Wilmington, MA

Total Sales (Millions): $27.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $27.76

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Walter T. Dow

Employees: 125

Primary Specialties: PKG 55%; SPEC 45% (Membrane switches, nameplates)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 3

Other Press Units: 120

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

206 ('02: -)

UBS Printing Group, Corona, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $27.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $24.00

Change (%): +13

Principal Officer: Gene Hamrick

Employees: 68

Primary Specialties: PKG 50%; CAT 15%; COM 15%; BKS 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 4

Sheetfed Press Units: 17

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

209 ('02: 229)

Card Pak, Solon, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $26.85

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $24.50

Change (%): +10

Principal Officer: Rick Peters

Employees: 140

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 22

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

210 ('02: 215)

Fetter Printing, Louisville, KY

Total Sales (Millions): $26.73

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $26.80

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: James W. Hyder Jr.

Employees: 202

Primary Specialties: DM 35%; PKG 35%; COM 30%

Web Offset Press Units: 9

Sheetfed Press Units: 37

Other Press Units: 8

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 2

211 ('02: 220)

Conley Printing, Beaver Dam, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $26.68

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $26.00

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Jim Conley

Employees: 450

Primary Specialties: PUB 84%; SPEC 10% (Retail reprints); CAT 5%; NEWS 1%

Web Offset Press Units: 46

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

212 ('02: -)

NCL Graphic Specialties, Waukesha, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $26.65

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $25.00

Change (%): +7

Principal Officer: David Mueller

Employees: 200

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 46

Sheetfed Press Units: 6

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

213 ('02: 220)

Democrat Printing & Lithographing, Little Rock, AR

Total Sales (Millions): $26.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $26.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Bert Parke

Employees: 220

Primary Specialties: PUB 75%; CAT 20%; COM 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 24

Sheetfed Press Units: 3

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

213 ('02: 212)

Grafika Commercial Printing, Sinking Spring, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $26.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $27.00

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: Bernard J. Elzer Jr.

Employees: 155

Primary Specialties: PKG 80%; COM 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 20

Sheetfed Press Units: 28

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

213 ('02: 206)

Insync Media, Inglewood, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $26.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $28.00

Change (%): -7

Principal Officer: Harold Huttas

Employees: 150

Primary Specialties: COM 45%; PREP 30%; DM 10%; FIN 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 6

Sheetfed Press Units: 26

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

213 ('02: 279)

Integria Inc., Saint-Laurent, Canada

Total Sales (Millions): $26.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $20.00

Change (%): +30

Principal Officer: Jamie Barbieri

Employees: 170

Primary Specialties: COM 40%; ADV 35%; FIN 10%; PREP 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 6

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

213 ('02: 245)

Lithotype, South San Francisco, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $26.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $23.00

Change (%): +13

Principal Officer: Chris Sewell

Employees: 60

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 18

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 2

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

218 ('02: 205)

Dickinson Press, Grand Rapids, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $25.74

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $28.35

Change (%): -9

Principal Officer: Les Hulst

Employees: 135

Primary Specialties: BKS 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 13

Sheetfed Press Units: 11

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 1

219 ('02: 243)

Cedar Graphics, Hiawatha, IA

Total Sales (Millions): $25.67

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $23.13

Change (%): +11

Principal Officer: Hassan Igram

Employees: 152

Primary Specialties: DM 30%; COM 20%; PKG 15%; FIN 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 28

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

220 ('02: 201)

Oles Envelope Corp., Baltimore, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $25.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $28.70

Change (%): -11

Principal Officer: John R. Young

Employees: 204

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

221 ('02: 242)

Buchanan Visual Communications, Dallas, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $25.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $23.60

Change (%): +7

Principal Officer: David Johnson

Employees: 144

Primary Specialties: COM 50%; DM 20%; CAT 15%; ADV 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 6

Sheetfed Press Units: 22

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

222 ('02: 198)

Journal Graphics, Portland, OR

Total Sales (Millions): $25.26

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $29.40

Change (%): -14

Principal Officer: PhiIip C. Bridge, Jack Geoghegan

Employees: 130

Primary Specialties: PUB 60%; COM 15%; BKS 15%; CAT 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 29

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

223 ('02: 247)

Rand Graphics, Wichita, KS

Total Sales (Millions): $25.16

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.83

Change (%): +10

Principal Officer: Ralph Vautravers

Employees: 195

Primary Specialties: COM 65%; SPEC 35% (Silk screen)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 38

Other Press Units: 19

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

224 ('02: -)

J.J. Collins' Sons, Woodridge, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $25.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $23.70

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: James F. Collins Jr.

Employees: 149

Primary Specialties: SPEC 30% (Laser/sheets/rolls); COM 25%; DM 15%; BF 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 44

Sheetfed Press Units: 5

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

224 ('02: -)

Union Industries, Providence, RI

Total Sales (Millions): $25.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $25.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Harley A. Frank

Employees: 140

Primary Specialties: PKG 75%; DM 25%

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

226 ('02: 229)

Chapel 2000 & Beyond, Moorestown, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $24.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $24.50

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Robert Colflesh

Employees: 170

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; DM 20%; CAT 15%; PREP 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 22

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

Parent: Majesco Graphic Production Services, Atlantic City, NJ

227 ('02: 216)

Corporate Press, Landover, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $24.34

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $26.58

Change (%): -8

Principal Officer: Michael A. Marcian

Employees: 182

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 6

Sheetfed Press Units: 36

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 4

228 ('02: 255)

HM Graphics, Milwaukee, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $24.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.00

Change (%): +9

Principal Officer: James Sandstrom

Employees: 225

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 33

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

228 ('02: -)

ICS Corp., Philadelphia, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $24.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $31.00

Change (%): -23

Principal Officer: Matthew Bastian

Employees: 140

Primary Specialties: DM 80%; ADV 20%

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

228 ('02: 235)

Shapco Printing, Minneapolis, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $24.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $24.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Joel D. Shapiro

Employees: 105

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

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 38

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

231 ('02: 240)

Boutwell Owens & Co., Fitchburg, MA

Total Sales (Millions): $23.90

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $23.73

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Ward W. McLaughlin

Employees: 180

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

232 ('02: 238)

Independent Inc., De Pere, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $23.81

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $23.89

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: William R. Ziemendorf

Employees: 210

Primary Specialties: COM 85%; BCP 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 35

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

233 ('02: 233)

Dome Printing, Sacramento, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $23.80

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $24.10

Change (%): -1

Principal Officer: Tim Poole

Employees: 120

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

Web Offset Press Units: 13

Sheetfed Press Units: 12

Other Press Units: 1

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

234 ('02: 250)

Berman Printing, Cincinnati, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $23.75

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.60

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: Andrew L. Berman

Employees: 154

Primary Specialties: COM 92%; FIN 5%; PKG 3%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 33

Other Press Units: 4

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

235 ('02: 203)

Signature Graphics, Porter, IN

Total Sales (Millions): $23.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $28.50

Change (%): -17

Principal Officer: Paul W. Godfrey

Employees: 126

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Large-format screen; fleet graphics, decals)

Web Offset Press Units:

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units:

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

236 ('02: 264)

Great Lakes Companies, Cleveland, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $23.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $21.00

Change (%): +12

Principal Officer: James R. Schultz

Employees: 125

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; FIN 20%; SPEC 10% (Fulfillment); PREP 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 5

Sheetfed Press Units: 25

Other Press Units: 4

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

237 ('02: 223)

Sinclair Printing, Los Angeles, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $23.36

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $25.30

Change (%): -8

Principal Officer: Robert J. Sinclair

Employees: 150

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 21

Sheetfed Press Units: 15

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

238 ('02: 252)

Commercial Communications, Hartland, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $22.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.38

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Robert D. Hegwood

Employees: 250

Primary Specialties: PUB 50%; COM 30%; SPEC 10% (On-demand); BKS 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 6

Sheetfed Press Units: 18

Other Press Units: 14

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

239 ('02: 208)

Gaines & Hanson Printing, New Hope, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $22.53

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $27.62

Change (%): -18

Principal Officer: Frank J. Wind

Employees: 140

Primary Specialties: ADV 90%; CAT 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 40

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 1

240 ('02: 229)

Fong Brothers Printing, Brisbane, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $22.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $24.50

Change (%): -8

Principal Officer: Tony D. Fong

Employees: 160

Primary Specialties: COM 25%; DM 20%; CAT 10%; DIR 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 20

Sheetfed Press Units: 33

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

240 ('02: 255)

General Litho Services, Brooklyn Park, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $22.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.00

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Gary L. Garner

Employees: 170

Primary Specialties: COM 65%; DM 25%; SPEC 10% (Distribution)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 26

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

240 ('02: 249)

Rex Three, Sunrise, FL

Total Sales (Millions): $22.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.70

Change (%): -1

Principal Officer: Stephen H. Miller

Employees: 187

Primary Specialties: COM 30%; PREP 30%; ADV 25%; CAT 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 31

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

243 ('02: 255)

California Offset Printers, Glendale, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $22.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: William R. Rittwage

Employees: 90

Primary Specialties: PUB 62%; CAT 15%; COM 15%; PREP 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 19

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

243 ('02: 212)

Consolidated Press, Elk Grove Village, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $22.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $25.00

Change (%): -12

Principal Officer: James J. Campise

Employees: 140

Primary Specialties: COM 50%; CAT 30%; DM 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 32

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

243 ('02: 194)

Greystone Graphics, Kansas City, KS

Total Sales (Millions): $22.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $30.00

Change (%): -26

Principal Officer: Eugene Reynolds

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: COM 25%; DM 20%; CAT 20%; ADV 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 16

Sheetfed Press Units: 21

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

Parent: Coleridge Fine Arts, Dublin, Ireland

243 ('02: 276)

Hamilton Printing, Louisville, KY

Total Sales (Millions): $22.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $20.40

Change (%): +8

Principal Officer: George Baker/Steve A. Bass

Employees: 155

Primary Specialties: COM 75%; CAT 15%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 34

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

243 ('02: 245)

National Imprint Corp. (NIC), Claysburg, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $22.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $23.00

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: Steven Kristel

Employees: 150

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Envelopes, stationery)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 75

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

243 ('02: 255)

Pace Press, Moonachie, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $22.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Jack Mangi

Employees: 90

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

Web Offset Press Units: 24

Sheetfed Press Units: 14

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

243 ('02: 176)

Performance Printing, Dallas, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $22.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $33.50

Change (%): -34

Principal Officer: John T. White

Employees: 160

Primary Specialties: SPEC 75% (Packaging; display manufacturing; UV specialty printing; lenticular printing; transaction cards)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 40

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

243 ('02: 255)

Robot Printing & Communications, Redford, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $22.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Barbara J. Wolak

Employees: 168

Primary Specialties: COM 17%; PUB 15%; CAT 15%; SPEC 15% (Websites, electronic publishing, binders, CDs)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 32

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

243 ('02: 255)

Victor Graphics, Baltimore, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $22.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Thomas H. Hicks

Employees: 210

Primary Specialties: BKS 80%; CAT 10%; DIR 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 4

Sheetfed Press Units: 8

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

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.