Top 50 GPO Suppliers for the First Quarter of 2012 Identified
CHAMBERSBURG, PA—June 11, 2012—U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) work to private sector printers increased modestly from the fourth quarter of 2011 (4Q11) through the first quarter of 2012 (1Q12), and industry officials express some hope that this begins to reverse a trend of declining work from the GPO.
The volume of work contracted to the private sector in January through March of this year totaled $61 million, compared to $59 million for 4Q11, $78 million for 3Q11, $79 million for 2Q11 and $61 million for 1Q11.
“While an increase of GPO printing from $59 million to $61 million to the private sector is better than a decline, we are still concerned about the overall decrease in GPO work over the past several years,” said Deborah Snider, senior vice president of e-LYNXX Corp. and head of its Government Print Management division. “GPO remains a very solid and viable secondary market for printers who want additional income to complement their commercial work.
“Typically, GPO work is done when other work is not scheduled so it will round out a printer’s production schedule. While thousands of printers are registered as GPO print suppliers, only a few hundred are active bidders. That means the door is wide open for other printers to compete,” Snider added.
For 1Q12, the top 50 GPO print suppliers produced work valued at $39 million vs. $38 million for 4Q11, $49 million for 3Q11, $57 million for 2Q11 and $39 million for 1Q11. NPC Inc. of Claysburg, PA, won the most work in the quarter, with $5.357 million awarded to the firm. Rounding out the top five GPO job winners for were Gateway Press of Louisville, KY ($4.909 million); Sourcelink of Miamisburg, OH ($2.814 million); Cenveo of Stamford, CT ($2,218 million); and Monarch Litho of Montebello, CA ($1.681 million).
Top 50 Printers for the Government Printing Office – First Quarter 2012
| Rank | Company, Headquarters | Volume |
| 1 | NPC Inc., Claysburg, PA | $5,356,729 |
| 2 | Gateway Press, Louisville, KY | $4,909,250 |
| 3 | Sourcelink, Miamisburg, OH | $2,813,721 |
| 4 | Cenveo, Stamford, CT | $2,218,370 |
| 5 | Monarch Litho, Montebello, CA | $1,681,184 |
| 6 | Intelligencer Printing, Lancaster, PA | $1,609,540 |
| 7 | Gray Graphics Corp., Capitol Heights, MD | $1,296,118 |
| 8 | PA Hutchison, Mayfield, PA | $1,245,391 |
| 9 | Colonial Press Int'l., Miami, FL | $1,175,847 |
| 10 | Fry Communications, Mechanicsburg, PA | $1,165,936 |
| 11 | McDonald & Eudy Printers, Temple Hills, MD | $1,042,918 |
| 12 | National Envelope, Frisco, TX | $803,823 |
| 13 | Banknote Corp. of America, New York City | $789,762 |
| 14 | United Book Press, Baltimore, MD | $705,491 |
| 15 | Printing Resources, Cleveland, OH | $538,722 |
| 16 | Gannett Direct Marketing, Louisville, KY | $502,244 |
| 17 | Corporate Media Solutions, Falls Church, VA | $484,220 |
| 18 | Litho Press, San Antonio, TX | $483,062 |
| 19 | District Creative Printing, Upper Marlboro, MD | $447,652 |
| 20 | Production Press, Jacksonville, IL | $446,273 |
| 21 | RR Donnelley, Chicago, IL | $434,410 |
| 22 | Art Litho, Baltimore, MD | $426,289 |
| 23 | BKR Printing, Salt Lake City, UT | $420,874 |
| 24 | Thunderbird Press, Titusville, FL | $417,855 |
| 25 | Alcom Printing Group, Harleysville, PA | $414,737 |
| 26 | Pinnacle Data Systems, Birmingham, AL | $358,738 |
| 27 | Goodway Graphics of Va., Springfield, VA | $357,354 |
| 28 | Consolidated Graphics, Houston, TX | $349,315 |
| 29 | I Color Printing & Mailing, Torrance, CA | $343,997 |
| 30 | World Marketing, Dallas, TX | $340,067 |
| 31 | Balmar Printing & Graphics, Gaithersburg, MD | $334,753 |
| 32 | Standard Register, Dayton, OH | $334,583 |
| 33 | QuickSeries Publishing, Tamarac, FL | $327,717 |
| 34 | Bosworth Printing Co., Stoughton, MA | $323,889 |
| 35 | Omaha Print, Omaha, NE | $313,031 |
| 36 | Ascot Tag & Label, Newark, NJ | $306,969 |
| 37 | West Shore Printing & Distribution, Mechanicsburg, PA | $274,977 |
| 38 | Coverbind Corp., Wilmington, NC | $274,365 |
| 39 | House of Printing, Burtonsville, MD | $273,291 |
| 40 | St. Louis Print Group, St. Louis, MO | $272,691 |
| 41 | Sekan Printing, Ft. Scott, KS | $271,048 |
| 42 | Highland Computer Forms, Hillsboro, OH | $266,742 |
| 43 | Enterprise Group, Discovery Bay, CA | $246,424 |
| 44 | Nocona Envelope & Tag, Nocona, TX | $244,468 |
| 45 | Todd Allan Printing, Beltsville, MD | $241,534 |
| 46 | Universal Printing, St. Louis, MO | $239,261 |
| 47 | Husky Envelope, Walled Lake, MI | $238,193 |
| 48 | Phoenix Lithographing, Philadelphia, PA | $237,860 |
| 49 | Graphic Visions & Associates, Gaithersburg, MD | $236,013 |
| 50 | Lake County Press, Waukegan, IL | $234,264 |
Snider said that once a printer starts winning GPO work consistently, it can expect to increase its profitability from an industry average of 2 percent, before GPO work, to 14 percent or more afterwards. Production utilization will increase from a print industry average of 70 percent to full utilization of 90-95 percent. Those percentages are based on a printer using proven tools and services developed for printers seeking GPO work, identifying open production capacity and discounting prices to fill non-productive, non-revenue generating schedule openings.
About e-LYNXX
e-LYNXX Corp. patented the technology integral to e-commerce. Endorsed by Educational & Institutional Cooperative Purchasing (E&I) and Printing Industries of America (PIA), e-LYNXX drives results through its three divisions. • AVS Technology® licenses the patented* automated vendor selection procedure used in e-commerce and procurement systems. • American Print Management provides web-based system, services and patented AVS Technology to reduce substantially the procured costs of direct mail, marketing, publications, packaging, labels and other procured print. • Government Print Management offers effective U.S. GPO bid services and strategies.
Source: e-LYNXX.
- Companies:
- Cenveo
- e-LYNXX Corp.
- Gateway Press
- NPC Inc.
