Printing Impressions 400 -- 251 - 302

(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.)

251 ('03: 245)

Fisher Group, Hiawatha, IA

Total Sales (Millions): $20.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $20.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Martin C. Fisher

Employees: 145

Primary Specialties: DM 90%; ADV 6%; CAT 4%

Web Offset Press Units: 13

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

251 ('03: 221)

Pace Press, Moonachie, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $20.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.00

Change (%): -9

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

251 ('03: 221)

Performance Companies, Dallas, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $20.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.00

Change (%): -9

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

251 ('03: 266)

St. Louis Lithographing, St. Louis, MO

Total Sales (Millions): $20.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $17.60

Change (%): +14

Principal Officer: John B. Smart III

Employees: 142

Primary Specialties: PKG 70%; SPEC 30% (Large-format specialty print; foil stamping; embossing; steel rule diecutting; UV printing, POP)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 10

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

251 ('03: 221)

Victor Graphics, Baltimore, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $20.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $22.00

Change (%): -9

Principal Officer: Thomas H. Hicks

Employees: 185

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

256 ('03: 239)

J.B. Kenehan, Waukesha, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $19.80

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $20.30

Change (%): -2

Principal Officer: J.B. Kenehan

Employees: 56

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

Web Offset Press Units: 10

Sheetfed Press Units: 6

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

257 ('03: 236)

Sennett Security Products, Chantilly, VA

Total Sales (Millions): $19.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $20.75

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: Sandra Lane

Employees: 80

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Security)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 43

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

258 ('03: 238)

The Allied Group, Cranston, RI

Total Sales (Millions): $19.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $20.40

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Robert C. Clement

Employees: 155

Primary Specialties: BF 40%; COM 30%; SPEC 25% (Digital print; fulfillment)

Web Offset Press Units: 22

Sheetfed Press Units: 23

Other Press Units: 5

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

259 ('03: 240)

U and I Print Communications, Niles, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $19.02

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $20.28

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: Rick Baruch

Employees: 150

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 36

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

260 ('03: 272)

Copy Craft Printers, Lubbock, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $19.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $17.00

Change (%): +12

Principal Officer: Danny Stockton

Employees: 125

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

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 100

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

260 ('03: 290)

Garlich Printing, St. Louis, MO

Total Sales (Millions): $19.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $15.50

Change (%): +23

Principal Officer: Brad Garlich, Greg Garlich, Don Hockenbury

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 31

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

260 ('03: 252)

Mercury Print Productions, Rochester, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $19.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $19.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Valerie D. Mannix

Employees: 150

Primary Specialties: COM 65%; SPEC 25% (Print-on-demand); BKS 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 24

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

263 ('03: 252)

Baesman Printing, Hilliard, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $18.70

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $19.00

Change (%): -2

Principal Officer: Richard F. Baesman

Employees: 115

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; DM 40%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 25

Other Press Units: 6

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

264 ('03: 267)

AlphaGraphics, Salt Lake City, UT

Total Sales (Millions): $18.65

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $17.59

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: Kevin Cushing

Employees: 99

Primary Specialties: N/A

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Private

Plants: -

Parent: Pindar Print, Scarborough, UK

265 ('03: 258)

Repacorp Label Products, Tipp City, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $18.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $18.20

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Rick M. Heinl

Employees: 120

Primary Specialties: PKG 92%; SPEC 8% (Screen and wide-format printing)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 5

Other Press Units: 24

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

266 ('03: 259)

J.S. McCarthy Printers, Augusta, ME

Total Sales (Millions): $18.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $18.00

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Richard Tardiff

Employees: 170

Primary Specialties: COM 80%; PREP 10%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 33

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

267 ('03: 287)

Daily Printing, Plymouth, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $18.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $15.86

Change (%): +13

Principal Officer: R. Peter Jacobson

Employees: 102

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 23

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 1

267 ('03: 284)

FLM Graphics Corp., Fairfield, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $18.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $16.03

Change (%): +12

Principal Officer: Frank L. Misischia

Employees: 88

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

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 22

Other Press Units: 23

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

267 ('03: 247)

Kohler Print Group, St. Louis, MO

Total Sales (Millions): $18.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $19.50

Change (%): -8

Principal Officer: Kevin C. Kohler

Employees: 83

Primary Specialties: COM 45%; SPEC 30% (Point-of-sale); DM 10%; PKG 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 21

Other Press Units: 5

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

267 ('03: 252)

Midland Information Resources, Davenport, IA

Total Sales (Millions): $18.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $19.00

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Gene M. Blanc

Employees: 179

Primary Specialties: SPEC 43% (Technology; educational); CAT 30%; DIR 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 4

Sheetfed Press Units: 2

Other Press Units: 12

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

267 ('03: 294)

Patented Printing, Dayton, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $18.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $15.00

Change (%): +20

Principal Officer: Dick Westfall

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: COM 72%; PUB 8%; PKG 8%; SPEC 6% (Point-of-sale)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 34

Other Press Units: 2

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

267 ('03: 285)

Spectra Print, Stevens Point, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $18.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $16.00

Change (%): +13

Principal Officer: Richard Hofmeister

Employees: 138

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 6

Sheetfed Press Units: 36

Other Press Units: 2

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

273 ('03: 270)

Color Ink, Sussex, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $17.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $17.30

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Jim Meissner

Employees: 96

Primary Specialties: PKG 45%; COM 25%; DM 10%; PUB 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 38

Other Press Units: 8

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

273 ('03: 274)

Midstates Printing, Aberdeen, SD

Total Sales (Millions): $17.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $16.95

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Roger J. Feickert

Employees: 185

Primary Specialties: CAT 60%; PUB 20%; COM 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 25

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

275 ('03: 271)

EP Graphics, Berne, IN

Total Sales (Millions): $17.42

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $17.27

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Tyler N. Kitt

Employees: 137

Primary Specialties: PUB 44%; CAT 29%; BKS 27%

Web Offset Press Units: 18

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

Parent: Dynamic Resource Group, Berne, IN

276 ('03: 264)

DS Graphics, Lowell, MA

Total Sales (Millions): $17.40

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $17.85

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Jeffrey Pallis

Employees: 140

Primary Specialties: BKS 35%; SPEC 20% (Fulfillment); DM 15%; CAT 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 2

Sheetfed Press Units: 18

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

277 ('03: 276)

Action Printing, Fond du Lac, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $17.32

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $16.89

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Bob Carew

Employees: 105

Primary Specialties: PUB 39%; CAT 21%; BKS 10%; DIR 8%

Web Offset Press Units: 13

Sheetfed Press Units: 13

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Public

Plants: 1

Parent: Gannett Satellite Information Network

278 ('03: 280)

Amidon Graphics, St. Paul, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $17.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $16.80

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Paul C. Amidon

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: DM 80%; SPEC 20% (Order blank envelopes)

Web Offset Press Units: 49

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

278 ('03: 257)

Burton & Mayer, Brookfield, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $17.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $18.30

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Tim Burton

Employees: 95

Primary Specialties: COM 70%; SPEC 10% (Pocket folders); DM 10%; CAT 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 41

Other Press Units: 7

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

280 ('03: 272)

OmniPrint Inc., Lanham, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $17.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $17.00

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Kenneth A. Kaufman

Employees: 125

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

Web Offset Press Units: 28

Sheetfed Press Units: 13

Other Press Units: 5

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

281 ('03: 326)

Huston-Patterson Corp., Decatur, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $17.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.20

Change (%): +30

Principal Officer: Thomas W. Kowa

Employees: 65

Primary Specialties: PKG 75%; COM 23%; SPEC 1% (Maps); BKS 1%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 38

Other Press Units: 4

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

281 ('03: 265)

Impress Communications, Canoga Park, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $17.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $17.80

Change (%): -4

Principal Officer: Nicholas Liakas

Employees: 96

Primary Specialties: COM 40%; CAT 30%; PREP 30%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 24

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

283 ('03: 277)

Saltus Press, Worcester, MA

Total Sales (Millions): $17.08

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $16.88

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Scott M. Saltus

Employees: 140

Primary Specialties: N/A

Web Offset Press Units: 28

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

284 ('03: 133)

Banknote Corp. of America, Browns Summit, NC

Total Sales (Millions): $17.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $38.00

Change (%): -55

Principal Officer: Sandra Lane

Employees: 50

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (High security printing)

Web Offset Press Units: 23

Sheetfed Press Units: 8

Other Press Units: 12

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

284 ('03: 259)

Candid Litho Printing, New York, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $17.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $18.00

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: Howard Weinstein

Employees: 130

Primary Specialties: COM 50%; DM 20%; ADV 20%; FIN 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 23

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

284 ('03: 259)

Grand River Printing & Imaging, Van Buren Twp., MI

Total Sales (Millions): $17.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $18.00

Change (%): -6

Principal Officer: David W. Green

Employees: 85

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

Web Offset Press Units: 24

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

284 ('03: 268)

Starr Toof Printing, Memphis, TN

Total Sales (Millions): $17.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $17.50

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Stillman McFadden

Employees: 120

Primary Specialties: COM 75%; CAT 15%; DM 5%; BKS 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 7

Sheetfed Press Units: 25

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

288 ('03: 279)

Media Lithographics, City of Commerce, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $16.76

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $16.83

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Richard B. Chandler, Howard L. Geer

Employees: 74

Primary Specialties: BKS 48%; COM 19%; PREP 17%; SPEC 11% (Digital books)

Web Offset Press Units: 12

Sheetfed Press Units: 12

Other Press Units: 4

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

289 ('03: 301)

Courier Graphics, Phoenix, AZ

Total Sales (Millions): $16.73

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.88

Change (%): +12

Principal Officer: Pamela J. Carritt

Employees: 75

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 11

Sheetfed Press Units: 15

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

290 ('03: 302)

Graphic Solutions International, Burr Ridge, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $16.62

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.75

Change (%): +13

Principal Officer: Suzanne M. Zaccone

Employees: 115

Primary Specialties: PKG 80%; SPEC 20% (Printed circuitry, thin battery)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 13

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

291 ('03: 292)

Northwest Web, Eugene, OR

Total Sales (Millions): $16.61

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $15.10

Change (%): +10

Principal Officer: Mark N. Marth

Employees: 80

Primary Specialties: CAT 70%; PUB 20%; COM 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 14

Sheetfed Press Units: 5

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

Parent: Leading Media Corp., Minneapolis, MN

292 ('03: 278)

Cohber Press, Rochester, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $16.26

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $16.84

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: Eric C. Webber

Employees: 120

Primary Specialties: COM 65%; DM 18%; ADV 5%; CAT 4%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 38

Other Press Units: 4

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

293 ('03: 250)

ABS Graphics, Addison, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $16.14

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $19.27

Change (%): -16

Principal Officer: Kenneth Vander Veen

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: COM 87%; DM 8%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 21

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

294 ('03: 275)

Data Papers, Muncy, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $16.11

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $16.92

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: Rodger L. Melvin

Employees: 104

Primary Specialties: BF 60%; BCP 12%; FIN 10%; PKG 8%

Web Offset Press Units: 36

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 14

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

295 ('03: 288)

ECM Publishers, Coon Rapids, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $16.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $15.75

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Jeffrey J. Athmann

Employees: 481

Primary Specialties: NEWS 80%; COM 10%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 64

Sheetfed Press Units: 5

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

295 ('03: 294)

Tursso Companies, St. Paul, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $16.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $15.00

Change (%): +7

Principal Officer: Dennis J. Tursso

Employees: 85

Primary Specialties: PKG 65%; SPEC 25% (InfoPac; expanded content labels)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 29

Other Press Units: 90

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

297 ('03: 292)

Delta Graphics, E. Brunswick, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $15.90

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $15.10

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: Robert Katz

Employees: 82

Primary Specialties: DM 60%; SPEC 20% (Fragrance samplers); COM 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 19

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

298 ('03: 251)

Datatel Resources, Monaca, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $15.70

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $19.10

Change (%): -18

Principal Officer: Allen J. Simon

Employees: 78

Primary Specialties: BF 75%; DM 25%

Web Offset Press Units: 45

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

299 ('03: 300)

Cavanaugh Press, Baltimore, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $15.56

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.89

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: George K. Atwell

Employees: 101

Primary Specialties: COM 50%; DM 30%; BKS 10%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 37

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

300 ('03: 285)

Inland Press, Menomonee Falls, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $15.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $16.00

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: James H. Lacy

Employees: 85

Primary Specialties: BKS 85%; COM 10%; CAT 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

300 ('03: 319)

Knepper Press, Oakdale, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $15.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.85

Change (%): +12

Principal Officer: William J. Knepper

Employees: 85

Primary Specialties: COM 20%; DM 15%; CAT 15%; BKS 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 22

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

300 ('03: 280)

Modern Int'l Graphics, Eastlake, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $15.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $16.80

Change (%): -8

Principal Officer: David Margiotta/Eric Rubin

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: COM 55%; PUB 10%; CAT 10%; FIN 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 26

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.