Progress Printing -- Boom, Not Gloom

By Erik Cagle, Senior Editor

The economy may be raining red ink in pressrooms across the United States, but it's best not to ask Progress Printing for a weather report.

From where the Lynchburg, VA-based, privately held commercial printer sits, it's a sunny day—with sales reaching the $52 million mark for its 2003 fiscal year. Progress Printing's profits ranked among its three best campaigns since opening its doors in 1962, and a second brand-spanking-new full web press just started rolling in October.