2002 Printing Impressions 400 -- 201-251
December 2002
(Editor's Note: Company rankings for the current and previous years are based on figures reported in 2002. Therefore, companies that revised their 2001 revenues may have changed their 2001 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.)
201 ('01: 188)
Oles Envelope, Baltimore, MD
Total Sales (millions): $28.70
Previous Year's (millions): $35.40
Change (%): -19
Principal Officer: John R. Young
Employees: 204
Primary Specialties: PKG 100%
Web Offset Units: 0
Sheetfed Offset Units: 6
Other: 0
Ownership: Private
Plants: 1
202 ('01: 231)
Apperson Print Management Services, Los Angeles, CA
Total Sales (millions): $28.60
Previous Year's (millions): $27.70
Change (%): +3
Principal Officer: Robert P. Apperson
Employees: 200
Primary Specialties: BF 68%; COM 19%; SPEC 13% (e-document software & data collection services)
Web Offset Units: 45
Sheetfed Offset Units: 0
Other: 0
Ownership: Private
Plants: 1
203 ('01: 197)
Signature Graphics, Porter, IN
Total Sales (millions): $28.50
Previous Year's (millions): $32.30
Change (%): -12
Principal Officer: Paul W. Godfrey
Employees: 126
Primary Specialties: SPEC 100% (Large-format screen; fleet graphics, decals)
Web Offset Units:
Sheetfed Offset Units: N/A
Ownership: Private
Plants: 1
204 ('01: 209)
Nies/Artcraft Printing, St. Louis, MO
Total Sales (millions): $28.40
Previous Year's (millions): $30.00
Change (%): -5
Principal Officer: James W. Finger II
Employees: 185
Primary Specialties: COM 75%; PREP 9%; DM 8%; PKG 6%
Web Offset Units: 18
Sheetfed Offset Units: 23
Other: 0
Ownership: Private
Plants: 3
205 ('01: 240)
Dickinson Press, Grand Rapids, MI
Total Sales (millions): $28.35
Previous Year's (millions): $26.30
Change (%): +8
Principal Officer: Les Hulst
Employees: 135
Primary Specialties: BKS 100%
Web Offset Units: 13
Sheetfed Offset Units: 11
Other: 0
Ownership: Employee
Plants: 1
206 ('01: 239)
Grandville Printing, Grandville, MI
Total Sales (millions): $28.00
Previous Year's (millions): $26.34
Change (%): +6
Principal Officer: Jeffrey C. Brewer
Employees: 225
Primary Specialties: ADV 75%; COM 25%
Web Offset Units: 36
Sheetfed Offset Units: 22
Other: 0
Ownership: Private
Plants: 1
206 ('01: 164)
Insync Media, Inglewood, CA
Total Sales (millions): $28.00
Previous Year's (millions): $40.00
Change (%): -30
Principal Officer: Jerry Waxman/Harold Huttas
Employees: 150
Primary Specialties: COM 62%; PREP 20%; FIN 12%; DM 6%
Web Offset Units: 6
Sheetfed Offset Units: 26
Other: 0
Ownership: Private
Plants: 2
208 ('01: 206)
Gaines & Hanson Printing, New Hope, MN
Total Sales (millions): $27.62
Previous Year's (millions): $30.74
Change (%): -10
Principal Officer: Frank J. Wind
Employees: 150
Primary Specialties: ADV 90%; CAT 10%
Web Offset Units: 40
Sheetfed Offset Units: 0
Other: 0
Ownership: Employee
Plants: 1
209 ('01: 277)
AFL Web Printing, Voorhees, NJ
Total Sales (millions): $27.50
Previous Year's (millions): $22.50
Change (%): +22
Principal Officer: Dennis G. Forchic
Employees: 190
Primary Specialties: PUB 45%; NEWS 45%; COM 10%
Web Offset Units: 62
Sheetfed Offset Units: 0
Other: 0
Ownership: Private
Plants: 1
210 ('01: 234)
Versa Press, E. Peoria, IL
Total Sales (millions): $27.12
Previous Year's (millions): $27.27
Change (%): -1
Principal Officer: Steven J. Kennell
Employees: 190
Primary Specialties: BKS 100%
Web Offset Units: 0
Sheetfed Offset Units: 18



