L.P. Thebault Company

Open House Offers Cash Grab CHATSWORTH, CA—Impress Communications recently hosted an open house at its new facility here, which included a drawing to participate in a $50K Cash Grab Money Booth. Winners of the drawing had a chance to “test their skills” and grab as many airborne bills as they could in 15 seconds. Snatching cash was the perfect way to cap off the open house, which featured a variety of presentations, including: Web 2.0—The Current Era of the Web, Lighting for Digital Photography, Going Green/FSC Certification and Beyond, Single Message Marketing Strategies, and Specialty Printing Techniques. The staff at Impress offered Komori

WEST ORANGE, NJ—EarthColor Inc. has acquired high end commercial printer L.P. Thebault, based in Parsippany, NJ. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Brian Thebault will remain chairman of L.P. Thebault, which will become a division of EarthColor. The company was founded in 1954. “The Thebault family has built one of the nation’s most recognized printing and service organizations,” notes EarthColor CEO Robert Kashan. “With over 50 years of experience, L.P. Thebault has an unmatched team of seasoned professionals working with state- of-the-art equipment and technology, a perfect addition to EarthColor.” L.P. Thebault is a web and sheetfed printer that produces general commercial work, including annual reports,

WEST ORANGE, NJ—EarthColor Inc. has acquired high-end commercial printer L.P. Thebault, based in Parsippany, NJ. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Brian Thebault will remain chairman of L.P. Thebault, which will become a division of EarthColor. The company was founded in 1954.L.P. Thebault is a web and sheetfed printer that produces general commercial work, including…

WEST ORANGE, NJ—July 9, 2007—EarthColor, Inc. announced today that it has acquired L. P. Thebault Co., one of North America’s premier commercial printers, founded in 1954 by Louis P. Thebault and led by Brian Thebault during the last 25 years. The transaction creates the country’s largest privately held graphic communications facility solely dedicated to serving the high end commercial printing market with the broadest range of solutions and services available in the industry. Brian Thebault will remain Chairman of L. P. Thebault, which will become an EarthColor division. Robert Kashan, CEO of EarthColor, said “The Thebault family has built one of the nation’s

PARSIPPANY, NJ—The L.P. Thebault Co. has promoted Wes Vanderwende to president and COO. He will report directly to J. Brian Thebault, company chairman and CEO.Vanderwende has more than 30 years of printing experience under his belt. He joined Thebault in 2001 as vice president of manufacturing.

Look at a copy of this magazine from 10, 15 or 20 years ago. Some of the printing company names ring a bell, albeit vaguely. This one merged a few years back, that one is now part of Consolidated Graphics, another one filed for bankruptcy and was liquidated. Other companies change their names. Many more just fade away. Printing establishments come and go, but the industry is laden with career lifers. Remember the journeyman printer? The craftsman? Remember a time before iMacs or desktop publishing? How about lead type? Linotype? Red opaque? Any of this stuff ring a bell? Were you at the

The Printing Impressions 400

(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.) 51 ('03: 52) PBM Graphics, Research Triangle Park, NC Total Sales (Millions): $113.50 Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $102.20 Change (%): +11 Principal Officer: Terry L. Pegram Employees: 900 Primary Specialties: COM 85%; PUB 5%; PREP 5%; ADV 5% Web Offset Press Units: 11 Sheetfed Press Units: 90

Michael Cate has been named president of Corporate Express Document and Print Management, Broomfield, CO. For the past two years he was executive vice president and COO of Global Docugraphix. Deborah Bagley recently joined Highspire, PA-based GANCOM, a division of Gannett Fleming, as an account manager in its marketing and business development group. Lynn Buck has been promoted to production manager for Copresco, a Carol Stream, IL, digital printer. She joined the company in 1997 as a production coordinator. Donald Orlowsky has joined Rochester, NY-based Monroe Litho as quality coordinator, a newly created position within the company. Applied Printing Technologies (APT), Moonachie, NJ, announced that Joseph Rondone

(Editor's Note: Company rankings for the current and previous years are based on figures reported in 2003. Therefore, companies that revised their 2002 revenues may have changed their 2002 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.) 51 ('02: 53) Miami Systems, Cincinnati, OH Total Sales (Millions): $129.00 Previous Year's Sales (Millions): $138.00 Change (%): -7 Principal Officer: Samuel L. Peters Employees: 1,200 Primary Specialties: BF 30%; PKG 20%; DM 15%; SPEC 15% (Pre-paid telephone cards; plastic credit cards) Web Offset Press Units: