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Von Hoffmann Releases Results

ST. LOUIS—Educational and commercial printer Von Hoffmann posted net sales of $377.1 million for 2003, which includes $6.7 million contributed by Lehigh Lithographers, which it acquired last October. Net sales slipped 0.6 percent from the $379.4 million realized the previous year. Net sales for the fourth quarter were $71.8 million, down 6.4 percent from the same period in 2002.