Top 30 Book Manufacturers
Rank Company Name, Book Revenue Compared 2004 2004 Book % from Address, Phone, Website, CEO to 2003 Revenue Revenue Books
1 Visant Corp.* N/A $1,462,000,000 $731,000,000 50%
St. Louis, 314-966-0909, VonHoffmann.com, Jostens.com, Robert S. Mathews, CEO
2 RR Donnelley** s $7,200,000,000 $698,400,000 9.7%
Chicago, 800-742-4455, RRDonnelley.com, Mark A. Angelson, CEO
3 Quebecor World Inc. t $6,622,000,000 $695,310,000 10.5%
Montreal, 514-877-5317, QuebecorWorld.com, Pierre Karl Péladeau, CEO
4 Banta Corp. s $1,523,252,000 $289,417,880 19%
Menasha, WI, 920-751-7221, Banta.com, Stephanie A. Streeter, President & CEO
5 Arvato Print USA (Bertelsmann) s $293,000,000 $266,630,000 91%
Dallas, PA, 570-675-5261, ArvatoUSA.com, Michael Gallagher, Dave Liess, Presidents
6 Courier Corp. t $211,000,000 $177,240,000 84%
N. Chelmsford, MA, 978-251-6000, Courier.com, James F. Conway III, CEO
7 Transcontinental Inc. t $1,677,000,000 $144,222,000 8.6%
Montreal, 514-954-4000, Transcontinental-GTC.com, Luc DesJardins, CEO
8 Phoenix Color t $128,000,000 $128,000,000 100%
Hagerstown, MD, 301-733-0018, PhoenixColor.com, Louis LaSorsa, CEO
9 Walsworth Publishing s $110,000,000 $104,500,000 95%
Marceline, MO, 800-369-2646, WalsworthPrinting.com, Don O. Walsworth, CEO
10 Hess Management Co. s $140,000,000 $84,000,000 60%
Austin, TX, 512-231-0900, HessManagement.com, Roy E. Mayers, CEO
11 Maple-Vail Book
Manufacturing Group N/A $78,000,000 $78,000,000 100%
York, PA, 717-764-5911, Maple-Vail.com, James S. Wisotzky, President
12 Webcrafters Inc. s $77,000,000 $77,000,000 100%
Madison, WI, 608-244-3561, WebCrafters-Inc.com, Jac B. Garner, CEO
13 Edwards Brothers Inc. = $78,000,000 $70,200,000 90%
Ann Arbor, MI, 734-769-1000, EdwardsBrothers.com, John J. Edwards, CEO
14 Friesens Corp. t $60,000,000 $57,000,000 95%
Altona, Manitoba, 204-324-6401, Friesens.com, David Friesen, CEO
15 Webcom N/A $55,000,000 $55,000,000 100%
Toronto, 800-665-9322, WebcomLink.com, Warren Wilkens, CEO
16 L.K. Litho N/A $50,000,000 $45,000,000 90%
Middle Island, NY, 631-924-8555, LinickGroup.com, Dr. Andrew Linick, CEO
Rank Company Name, Book Revenue Compared 2004 2004 Book % from Address, Phone, Website, CEO to 2003 Revenue Revenue Books
17 Worzalla Publishing t $45,000,000 $40,500,000 90%
Stevens Point, WI, 715-344-9600, Worzalla.com, Charles W. Nason, CEO
18 Malloy Inc. s $37,400,000 $37,400,000 100%
Ann Arbor, MI, 800-722-3231, Malloy.com, William L. Upton, CEO
19 Cadmus Communications t $445,400,000 $35,632,000 8%
Richmond, VA, 804-287-5680, Cadmus.com, Bruce V. Thomas, CEO
20 Versa Press s $30,800,000 $30,800,000 100%
East Peoria, IL, 309-822-8272, VersaPress.com, Steven J. Kennell, President
21 Dickinson Press s $27,400,000 $27,400,000 100%
Grand Rapids, MI, 616-957-5100, DickinsonPress.com, Les Hulst, CEO
22 McNaughton & Gunn Inc. t $26,600,000 $25,270,000 95%
Saline, MI, 734-429-5411, BookPrinters.com, Robert L. McNaughton, CEO
23 Commercial
Communications Inc. (CCI) s $26,970,000 $24,273,000 90%
Hartland, WI, 262-369-6000, ComCom.com, Robert D. Hegwood, President
24 Victor Graphics s $21,135,000 $21,135,000 100%
Baltimore, 410-233-8300, VictorGraphics.com, Thomas H. Hicks, President
25 Solisco t $61,990,000 $15,475,690 29%
Scott, Quebec, 418-387-8908, Solisco.com, Jean Grégoire, President
26 Rose Printing t $19,000,000 $15,200,000 80%
Tallahassee, FL, 850-576-4151, RosePrinting.com, Charles Rosenberg, CEO
26 Midland Information Resources N/A $19,000,000 $15,200,000 80%
Davenport, IA, 563-359-3696, MidlandCorp.com, Gene M. Blanc, President
28 CJK s $30,000,000 $15,000,000 50%
Cincinnati, 513-271-6035, CJKUSA.com, Charles Krehbiel, CEO
29 The P.A. Hutchison Co. s $15,100,000 $14,194,000 94%
Mayfield, PA, 570-876-4560, PAHutch.com, Chris Hutchison, CEO
30 NPC Inc. t $40,800,000 $13,464,000 33%
Claysburg, PA, 814-239-8787, NPCWeb.com, Mark Barnhart, CEO
BookTech Magazine contacted 71 printers in the U.S. and Canada (who attribute a portion
of their revenues to book manufacturing) requesting sales data. The list may omit some privately held companies whose revenues could qualify them to be ranked, but who chose not to participate. *Visant is a combination of Jostens and Von Hoffmann. **RR Donnelley's book revenues figure and percentage are approximates. Book revenues compared to 2003.
Top 30 Book Manufacturers
