The purchase of IPC, a commercial printer previously owned by Journal Communications, will enhance Walsworth Publishing’s overall capabilities, giving customers the mailing and fulfillment platforms essential to the commercial printing market. “In a market that is trending toward cutting costs and contracting, Walsworth Publishing is boldly growing its business,” said Don Walsworth
One of the biggest questions heading into 2011: Has the e-reader market peaked, having now been embraced by the most ardent bibliophiles, or is there reason to believe more market share can be cannibalized? Further, whither the future of the educational sector and its possible adoption of e-readers in lieu of textbooks?
Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO, has achieved an impressive level of productivity with its two new Speedmaster SM 102 8-color perfecting presses. Both presses have far surpassed its expectations. "We recently set an eight-hour, single-shift record of 400 plates on the Speedmaster 102," reported Mark Hatfield, Walsworth’s Vice President of Manufacturing Operations.
The 2012 Printing Impressions 400 list of the largest printing companies in the United States and Canada as ranked by annual sales.
Printing Impressions 400
Salt Lake City-based AlphaGraphics reports it is planning to reach 500 locations over the next five years. Ingrid Wilmet has joined Impressions Inc. of St. Paul, MN, as an account manager. Kim Hawley has joined Dallas-based Taylor Publishing as vice president of sales and marketing for the Taylor Specialty Book division. He most recently held the position of sales manager for the Commercial Book division of Walsworth Publishing. Richard Eade, formerly of Butler Color Press, has joined Inserts East in Pennsauken, NJ, as director of operations. Des Plaines Publishing, Des Plaines, IL, announced that Michael Ford has joined the company as president and CEO.
The Printing Impressions 400
By Erik Cagle Senior Editor The book printing industry resembles a high-level chess match. All of the successful players are thinking three and four moves ahead, with increasing market share representing "checkmate." RR Donnelley (RRD) and Quebecor World are just two of the book heavyweights that have established offshore printing relationships, or have obtained foreign facilities outright, in order to maintain those publishing clients who gush at the opportunity to produce low-priority goods at drastically discounted prices. Although it sometimes seems China is the poster child for international outsourcing, Mexico and Latin America are the alternatives of choice for Quebecor World, promising a quicker
(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
By Erik Cagle Senior Editor The book printing industry in America cannot live on Harry Potter's whimsy and Oprah Winfrey's blessings to survive in an environment that's losing share to overseas competition. Hit titles such as the J.K. Rowling line of Potter tomes, and the popularity heft that the afternoon talk show queen can put behind a new or backlisted work, can create a stir in both the publishing and printing industries. What the leading book manufacturers from our Printing Impressions 400 are looking for is consistency from the educational market. Top 10 Book Printers CompanySegmentSales(millions)TotalSales(millions) 1Quebecor WorldMontreal$704$6,400 2RR DonnelleyChicago$656$8,204 3Banta
