Von Hoffmann Corp. -- By the Book

"We've spent a lot of money in updating DTP and CTP," Uhlenhop states as the company's initiative, which began four years ago and encompasses all the Von Hoffmann facilities. "We're heavily focused on CTP across the company."

Precision Offset, of Leesport and Dauberville, PA, was purchased in 2000 for its plastics printing specialty. The company has enjoyed long, successful strategic partnerships with education publishers, which has led to innovations in packaging, efficient production and higher quality products. Some of the cost-cutting and quality measures include packaging transparencies without slipsheets, saving costs of materials, labor and shipping; developing textbook inserts for binding without using staples or glue; introducing a static-free transparency material; and introducing recycled content polyester to the market as an ecologically responsible product.