Printing Impressions 400 -- 303 - 350

(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.)

303 ('03: 319)

Freeport Press, Freeport, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $15.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.85

Change (%): +10

Principal Officer: David G. Pilcher

Employees: 140

Primary Specialties: PUB 40%; DM 20%; ADV 20%; CAT 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 24

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

304 ('03: 316)

Worth Higgins & Assoc., Richmond, VA

Total Sales (Millions): $15.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.92

Change (%): +9

Principal Officer: Rick LaReau

Employees: 115

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 22

Other Press Units: 7

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 1

305 ('03: 329)

G2 Graphic Service, N. Hollywood, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $15.01

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.08

Change (%): +15

Principal Officer: John C. Beard

Employees: 75

Primary Specialties: COM 50%; PREP 25%; PKG 10%; ADV 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 21

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

306 ('03: 294)

Carter Printing, Richmond, VA

Total Sales (Millions): $15.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $15.00

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Wayne R. Carter

Employees: 120

Primary Specialties: PUB 20%; PKG 20%; CAT 15%; BKS 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 25

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

306 ('03: 314)

ProGraphics Communications, Atlanta, GA

Total Sales (Millions): $15.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.00

Change (%): +7

Principal Officer: Mark C. Pope III

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: COM 39%; DM 18%; CAT 12%; PUB 10%

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

308 ('03: 311)

Omaha Print, Omaha, NE

Total Sales (Millions): $14.90

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.10

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: Steven D. Hayes

Employees: 98

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 11

Sheetfed Press Units: 15

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

309 ('03: 323)

Hopkins Printing, Columbus, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $14.89

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.62

Change (%): +9

Principal Officer: James F. Hopkins

Employees: 109

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; DM 21%; CAT 10%; PUB 9%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 34

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

310 ('03: 309)

National Mail Graphics, Exton, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $14.80

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.25

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: John B. Sikorski

Employees: 52

Primary Specialties: DM 55%; SPEC 45% (Envelopes)

Web Offset Press Units: 12

Sheetfed Press Units: 16

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

310 ('03: 307)

Park Printing, Minneapolis, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $14.80

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.50

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Ralph Koloski

Employees: 95

Primary Specialties: COM 70%; SPEC 30% (Large-format)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 24

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

312 ('03: 306)

The Merrick Printing Co., Louisville, KY

Total Sales (Millions): $14.70

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.60

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: M. David Merrick

Employees: 110

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

Web Offset Press Units: 2

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 9

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

Parent: Merrick Industries, Louisville, KY

313 ('03: 304)

Mitchell Press, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Total Sales (Millions): $14.63

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.70

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Howard Mitchell

Employees: 96

Primary Specialties: COM 80%; PUB 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 10

Sheetfed Press Units: 6

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

314 ('03: 310)

Royal Business Forms, Brooklyn Park, MN

Total Sales (Millions): $14.58

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.22

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Ron Urness

Employees: 98

Primary Specialties: BF 50%; BCP 30%; DM 10%; COM 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 42

Sheetfed Press Units: 4

Other Press Units: 7

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

315 ('03: -)

Astoria Graphics, New York, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $14.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): -

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Ronald Koff/Mitchell Koff

Employees: 81

Primary Specialties: FIN 68%; COM 20%; DM 7%; PKG 5%

Web Offset Press Units: N/A

Sheetfed Press Units: N/A

Other Press Units: N/A

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

315 ('03: 294)

Cockrell Printing, Ft. Worth, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $14.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $15.00

Change (%): -3

Principal Officer: John K. Cockrell

Employees: 90

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 26

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

315 ('03: 317)

Color Graphics, Mt. Laurel, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $14.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.90

Change (%): +4

Principal Officer: Anthony Nardiello

Employees: 88

Primary Specialties: DM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 66

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

Parent: North American Communications, Armonk, NY

318 ('03: 324)

Robin Enterprises, Westerville, OH

Total Sales (Millions): $14.36

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.56

Change (%): +6

Principal Officer: Robin Hance

Employees: 116

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 38

Other Press Units: 4

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

319 ('03: 308)

LaVigne Inc., Worcester, MA

Total Sales (Millions): $14.35

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.30

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Christopher D. Wells

Employees: 95

Primary Specialties: COM 77%; DM 5%; PUB 5%; CAT 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 10

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

320 ('03: 311)

Hi-Liter Graphics, Burlington, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $14.30

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.10

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Craig C. Faust

Employees: 105

Primary Specialties: DIR 30%; COM 20%; CAT 15%; BKS 15%

Web Offset Press Units: 23

Sheetfed Press Units: 10

Other Press Units: 2

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

321 ('03: 313)

HBP Printing, Graphics & Information Services, Hagerstown, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $14.07

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.04

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: John W. Snyder

Employees: 91

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 24

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

322 ('03: 291)

Beechmont Press, Louisville, KY

Total Sales (Millions): $14.02

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $15.23

Change (%): -8

Principal Officer: Dennis D. Watkins

Employees: 145

Primary Specialties: PUB 55%; COM 30%; DM 5%; CAT 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 10

Sheetfed Press Units: 30

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

323 ('03: 259)

McCormick-Armstrong, Wichita, KS

Total Sales (Millions): $14.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $18.00

Change (%): -22

Principal Officer: Jacob W. Shaffer

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: COM 65%; CAT 10%; ADV 8%; DM 7%

Web Offset Press Units: 10

Sheetfed Press Units: 8

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

323 ('03: 294)

ROI Technologies, Baltimore, MD

Total Sales (Millions): $14.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $15.00

Change (%): -7

Principal Officer: J. Timothy Roberts

Employees: 65

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 70

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

325 ('03: 322)

Dual Graphics, Brea, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $13.89

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.68

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: James Joyce

Employees: 100

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

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

326 ('03: 326)

Alpha Beta Press, Tinley Park, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $13.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.20

Change (%): +3

Principal Officer: Steven J. Smits

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: COM 65%; DM 10%; FIN 7%; CAT 6%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 1

327 ('03: 289)

B&W Press, Georgetown, MA

Total Sales (Millions): $13.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $15.61

Change (%): -14

Principal Officer: Paul J. Beegan

Employees: 135

Primary Specialties: SPEC 80% (Envelopes; order forms; direct mail)

Web Offset Press Units: 44

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

328 ('03: 338)

Metro Packaging & Imaging, Wayne, NJ

Total Sales (Millions): $13.38

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $12.31

Change (%): +9

Principal Officer: Manuel de Torres

Employees: 85

Primary Specialties: PKG 75%; PREP 25%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 7

Other Press Units: 2

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

329 ('03: 303)

Visual Systems, Milwaukee, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $13.29

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $14.74

Change (%): -10

Principal Officer: John B. Burg

Employees: 81

Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (98% specialty plastic printing; 2% book covers)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 13

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

330 ('03: 349)

International Business Systems, King of Prussia, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $13.21

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $11.26

Change (%): +17

Principal Officer: George H. Schnyder

Employees: 62

Primary Specialties: DM 90%; BF 10%

Web Offset Press Units: 63

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

331 ('03: 332)

Southwest Precision Printers, Houston, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $13.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $12.80

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Tim Tully

Employees: 94

Primary Specialties: CAT 30%; DM 20%; BKS 20%; ADV 20%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 26

Other Press Units: 6

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

331 ('03: 356)

UniGraphic Inc., Woburn, MA

Total Sales (Millions): $13.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $10.70

Change (%): +22

Principal Officer: Bob Quinlan

Employees: 75

Primary Specialties: COM 60%; PREP 40%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 15

Other Press Units: 6

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

333 ('03: 321)

Boyd Brothers, Panama City, FL

Total Sales (Millions): $13.08

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.75

Change (%): -5

Principal Officer: James A. Boyd Jr.

Employees: 105

Primary Specialties: COM 70%; PUB 30%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 21

Other Press Units: 1

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

334 ('03: 350)

Executive Printing, Marietta, GA

Total Sales (Millions): $13.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $11.00

Change (%): +18

Principal Officer: William F. Woods Jr.

Employees: 75

Primary Specialties: COM 74%; SPEC 26% (Digital; fulfillment/kit packing)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 20

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

Parent: The EPI Companies

334 ('03: -)

Lazerquick, Wilsonville, OR

Total Sales (Millions): $13.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): -

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Eben L. Swett

Employees: 150

Primary Specialties: BF 20%; DM 15%; COM 14%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 44

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 18

334 ('03: 342)

The P.A. Hutchison Co., Mayfield, PA

Total Sales (Millions): $13.00

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $11.73

Change (%): +11

Principal Officer: Chris Hutchison

Employees: 125

Primary Specialties: BKS 90%; PUB 5%; COM 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 12

Sheetfed Press Units: 9

Other Press Units: 2

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

337 ('03: 330)

Tapecon Inc., Buffalo, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $12.90

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.00

Change (%): -1

Principal Officer: Alan K. Davis

Employees: 130

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 0

Other Press Units: 52

Ownership: Private

Plants: 2

338 ('03: 328)

United Graphics, Mattoon, IL

Total Sales (Millions): $12.89

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.10

Change (%): -2

Principal Officer: Ralph Scrimager

Employees: 116

Primary Specialties: BKS 86%; PUB 7%; CAT 7%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 22

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

339 ('03: 334)

Delzer Lithograph, Waukesha, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $12.85

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $12.60

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Eric Delzer

Employees: 90

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 5

Sheetfed Press Units: 14

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

340 ('03: 339)

Maracle Press Limited, Oshawa, ON, Canada

Total Sales (Millions): $12.80

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $12.00

Change (%): +7

Principal Officer: Bruce Fenton

Employees: 90

Primary Specialties: COM 70%; BKS 30%

Web Offset Press Units: 2

Sheetfed Press Units: 14

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

340 ('03: 365)

SPG Graphics, Indianapolis, IN

Total Sales (Millions): $12.80

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $10.00

Change (%): +28

Principal Officer: David Harding

Employees: 110

Primary Specialties: COM 70%; DM 15%; SPEC 5% (Signage); PUB 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 21

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

Parent: The Harding Group, Indianapolis, IN

342 ('03: 318)

The R.L. Bryan Co., Columbia, SC

Total Sales (Millions): $12.74

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.88

Change (%): -8

Principal Officer: Charles H. Dickerson

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: COM 50%; PUB 46%; FIN 4%

Web Offset Press Units: 6

Sheetfed Press Units: 18

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

Plants: 1

343 ('03: 336)

Best Press, Addison, TX

Total Sales (Millions): $12.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $12.50

Change (%): +1

Principal Officer: Wendy Kalisher

Employees: 65

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 22

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

343 ('03: 348)

Philipp Lithographing, Grafton, WI

Total Sales (Millions): $12.60

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $11.30

Change (%): +12

Principal Officer: Peter S. Buening

Employees: 55

Primary Specialties: PKG 70%; SPEC 30% (POP)

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 18

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

345 ('03: 336)

Neyenesch Printers, San Diego, CA

Total Sales (Millions): $12.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $12.50

Change (%): -

Principal Officer: Cliff Neyenesch/Carol A. Bentley

Employees: 75

Primary Specialties: COM 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 27

Other Press Units: 2

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

345 ('03: 332)

Wayne Trademark Printing & Packaging, High Point, NC

Total Sales (Millions): $12.50

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $12.80

Change (%): -2

Principal Officer: Gary Burrow

Employees: 100

Primary Specialties: PKG 100%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 9

Other Press Units: 68

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

347 ('03: 315)

The Harty Press, New Haven, CT

Total Sales (Millions): $12.45

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $13.94

Change (%): -11

Principal Officer: George R. Platt

Employees: 85

Primary Specialties: DM 35%; COM 35%; ADV 20%; CAT 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 25

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

348 ('03: 345)

The Ovid Bell Press, Fulton, MO

Total Sales (Millions): $12.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $11.60

Change (%): +5

Principal Officer: John O. Bell

Employees: 115

Primary Specialties: PUB 95%; DIR 2%; BKS 2%; COM 1%

Web Offset Press Units: 9

Sheetfed Press Units: 13

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 1

348 ('03: 339)

Stylecraft Printing, Canton, MI

Total Sales (Millions): $12.20

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $12.00

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Richard A. Pesci

Employees: 105

Primary Specialties: BF 72%; COM 23%; PKG 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 32

Sheetfed Press Units: 14

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Private

Plants: 3

350 ('03: 341)

Canfield & Tack, Rochester, NY

Total Sales (Millions): $12.10

Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $11.90

Change (%): +2

Principal Officer: Daniel J. Mahany

Employees: 80

Primary Specialties: COM 72%; DM 10%; CAT 10%; ADV 5%

Web Offset Press Units: 0

Sheetfed Press Units: 26

Other Press Units: 0

Ownership: Employee

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.