35 Graphic Communication Companies make the Inc. 5000
By Adam Dewitz on August 26th, 2008
Inc. Magazine has released its list of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America. By my count 34 companies on the list are in the graphic communication industry.
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No. 60 Salt Lake Mailing & Printing. The company provides direct mail services. http://www.saltlakemailing.com/
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No. 418 Abbott’s Custom Printing. The Las Vegas-based printer provides general commercial printing services. http://www.abbottscp.com
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No. 499 Absorbent, Ink. The company provided printed promotional products. http://www.absorbentprinting.com/
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No. 1,256 Underground Printing. The Ann Arbor-based company was started by University of Michigan sophomores in 2001. The company produces custom screenprint and embroidered apparel.
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No. 1,486 Mimeo.com . The New York-based company Offers online on-demand printing services. http://www.mimeo.com/
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No. 1,776 PrintGlobe. The company has an extensive online product catalog. http://www.printglobe.com
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No. 1,906 Advanced Image Direct. The Fullerton, CA company provides direct mail production and mailing to Fortune 100 and 500 companies. http://www.advancedimagedirect.com
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No. 2,200 Europrint. The Fountain Valley, CA company provides design and printing services. http://www.europrintusa.com
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No. 2,523 ASAP Print - Mail - Fulfill. The company provides full-service mailing and fulfillment to the DC-area.
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No. 2,619 New London Communications. The Alpharetta, GA company provides full service marketing communication services, printing, and mailing. http://www.newlondoninc.com
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No. 3,278 Apex Print Technologies. The Little Canada, MN company provides statement processing, digital printing and print management services. http://www.apexprint.com
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No. 3,293 Pro Print. The Duluth, MN company provides general commercial printing services to publishers and ad agencies. http://www.proprintduluth.com
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No. 3,478 One Source Printing. The Franklin, TN company provides print management services. http://onesourceinc.net/
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No. 3,583 Docusource Print Management . The Tigard, OR company provides general commercial printing, design, distribution and fulfillment services. http://www.docu-source.com
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No. 3,624 Tailored Label Products. The Menomonee Falls, WI company provides abels for the industrial, electronics, auto, outdoor power, medical, and biomedical markets. http://www.tailoredlabel.com
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No. 3,718 XL Digital Imaging. The Dallas printer specializes in format digital printing. http://www.xldigital.com
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No. 3,872 Modern Way Printing & Fulfillment . The Ooltewah, TN company printing and fulfillment services for the health-care, food, automotive, and manufacturing industries. http://www.modernwayco.com
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No. 3,964 Prisma Graphic. The Phoenix-based printer produces brochures, books, catalogues, and other marketing materials for large corporations. http://www.prismagraphic.com
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No. 4,009 PrintingForLess.com. The Livingston, MT company provides Web-based product specification and procurement. http://www.printingforless.com
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No. 4,105 Artcraft. The North Attleboro, MA company provides commercial printing.
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No. 4,316 Eagle Press. The Rocky Mount, NC company provides general commercial printing. http://www.eaglepress.com/
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No. 4,323 Southeast Media. The Houston, TX company provides full-service marketing, including direct mail, printing, mailing, database analytics, and Web design and management to retailers nationwide. http://www.semtx.com
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No. 4,334 Corcoran Printing. The Wilkes-Barre, PA printer provides full-color printing, digital printing, direct mail services and full bindery services. http://www.corcoranprinting.com
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No. 4,445 Color Vision. The Edgar, WI company is a general commercial printer. http://www.colorvisionltd.com
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No. 4,482 Tiger Printing Group. The Telford, PA company provides full service commercial sheet fed printing and fulfillment. http://www.tigerpg.com
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No. 4,535 Southwest Publishing and Mailing. The Topeka, KS printer provides full print and letter shop services for businesses in the Midwest.
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No. 4,658 Imagine! Print Solutions. The Minneapolis-based printer provides packaging, point-of-purchase and general commercial printing. http://www.imagineps.com
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No. 4,711 P. A. Hutchison. The Mayfield, PA company prints soft-cover books for the educational, business, and legal markets. http://www.pahutch.com/
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No. 4,833 Next Generation Printing. The Canton, MA printer provides offset and digital printing services. http://www.nextgenprinting.com
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No. 4,864 Freeport Press. The Freeport, OH printer provides commercial heat-set printing provides and mailing services. http://www.freeportpress.com/
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No. 4,877 Impressions Printing. The Oklahoma City-based printer general commercial printing, large format printing and bindery services. http://impressionsprinting.com
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No. 4,936 PrintFlex Graphics. The St. Louis printer produces prints labels, stickers, and coupons for consumer-products companies. http://www.print-flex.com
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No. 4,942 Shapco Printing. The Minneapolis-based printer provides design and pre-press services, offset printing including UV and digital printing. http://www.shapco.com
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No. 4,943 MegaPrint. The Plymouth, NH company provides large format printing. http://www.megaprint.com
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No. 4,989 Ventura Printing. The Oxnard, CA company provides commercial printing and direct mail services. http://www.venturaprint.com
On the vendor side:
At No. 152 MindFire. MindFire markets a personalized URL suite called LookWho’sClicking. Inc’s noteworthy point, “MindFire strives to instill an others-first mentality in its corporate culture, which has paid off with a 92% renewal rate among existing clients. MindFire also ranked No. 6 in the Top 100 Software Companies, and Ranked No. 11 in the Top 100 Businesses in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA.
No. 2,750 Joules Angstrom U V Printing Inks. Joules Angstrom supplies UV inks. Inc’s noteworthy point, The company’s inks are cured either by exposure to ultraviolet light or to an electronic beam. This process eliminates the release of volatile organic compounds, which contain carbon and can be harmful when inhaled. “It’s considered a green product by the State of California because there’s little or no VOCs,” says President Patrick Carlisle.”
No. 4,280 La Crosse Litho Supply. The company is a value added reseller of graphic supplies and systems.
Updated 8/27 to add a couple that were missed. 2nd Update. Added a few more. Some printer service providers did not come up when using the NAICS code search.
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5 Responses to “35 Graphic Communication Companies make the Inc. 5000”
By Frank Verrill on Aug 27, 2008 | Reply
You missed Advanced Image Direct #1986
By Linda White on Aug 27, 2008 | Reply
You also apparently missed our PIM member La Crosse Litho Supply, in Sussex, WI (#4280). Congratulations to the PIM members (so far I believe it is only Shapco and La Crosse Litho) who were named to the list!
By Adam Dewitz on Aug 27, 2008 | Reply
Thanks Frank and Linda for pointing out the ones that were missed. They have been added to the article.
By George Alexander on Sep 3, 2008 | Reply
This is a great resource, Adam! Thanks for taking the time to go through the Inc. database and compile this list.
I have done a little bit of analysis on the printing companies that you listed. It can be found here, in case your readers are interested:
http://www.beyond-print.de/site/content/en/channel_news/news_0409.html
By Michael Josefowicz on Sep 4, 2008 | Reply
George,
Nice article. I thought it might be useful to paste in the final paragraph for those who don’t click through.
“What can printers learn from this? It is simple, really: if you want to grow in today’s shrinking market, you need to focus on a very specific customer group or set of value-added services, and you need to become outstanding at your chosen specialty. Although this concept is simple to state, it requires discipline, because you will have to say “no” to work that takes you in other directions.”