Reduction in Federal Government Spending Impacts Work for Private Sector Printers

Printing work from the federal government to private sector printers declined for the third straight quarter according to data from the United States Government Printing Office (GPO). First quarter 2011 (1Q11) volume, to more than 1,300 printers that produce about 70% of GPO’s printing, was $61 for January through March compared to $66 million for 4Q10, $82 million for 3Q10 and $90 million awarded during 2Q10. The last increase in workflow was from $73 million in jobs awarded in 1Q10 to the $90 million awarded in 2Q10.

Work done by the top 50 print suppliers during 1Q11 was valued at $39 million compared to $45 million awarded during 4Q10 and $45 million awarded in 1Q10. NPC (News Printing Corporation) of Claysburg, Pennsylvania, won the most work during 1Q11 with $4,979,797 awarded to the firm. NPC also was the 4Q10 and 3Q10 leader with $6,341,567and $5,650,511 in GPO work won respectively.

Rounding out the top five GPO job winners for 1Q11 were SourceLink of Miamisburg, Ohio with $4,033,708, Cenveo of Stamford, Connecticut with $2,189,457, Monarch Litho, Inc. of Montebello, California, with $1,719,564 and Gray Graphics of Capitol Heights, Maryland, with $1,447,835.

"Even though GPO work has been decreasing due to overall spending reductions by federal agencies, GPO remains a solid market for printers. GPO awards more than $350 million annually to private sector printers, and that is worth being a GPO print supplier," said Deborah Snider, senior vice president of e-LYNXX Corporation and division president of Government Print Management. "Printers that develop GPO as a dependable secondary market increase their profitability from an average of 2.5% on 70% production utilization to 14% or more on closer to 100% production utilization."

Snider added that GPO utilizes all types of printers, large and small. To become a GPO print supplier, a printer must first register with GPO and then qualify to provide printing in one of five quality levels ranging from museum quality to functional quality. To be successful, GPO printers must be knowledgeable of GPO rules, regulations and procedures, must use historical data to analyze opportunities, must have or obtain the expertise requisite to bidding to win with the lowest qualified bid, and must receive all job postings for which they are qualified to bid.

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Top 50 Contractors for the Government Printing Office – 1st Quarter Calendar Year 2011

Rank
Company
Location
Winnings

1
NPC
Claysburg, PA
$4,979,797

2
SourceLink
Miamisburg, OH
$4,033,708

3
Cenveo
Stamford, CT
$2,189,457

4
Monarch Litho, Inc.
Montebello, CA
$1,719,564

5
Gray Graphics
Capitol Heights, MD
$1,447,835

6
Banknote Corporation of America
Browns Summit, NC
$1,396,173

7
P.A. Hutchison
Mayfield, PA
$1,282,649

8
McDonald & Eudy, Inc.
Temple Hills, MD
$1,266,323

9
Fry Communications
Mechanicsburg, PA
$1,002,195

10
National Envelope
Smyrna, GA
$965,157

11
Gateway Press
Louisville, KY
$904,928

12
Intelligencer Printing
Lancaster, PA
$883,321

13
United Book Press
Baltimore, MD
$843,904

14
Universal Printing Company
St Louis, MO
$772,297

15
Pearson Custom Publishing
Boston, MA
$664,536

16
Colonial Press Int’l.
Miami, FL
$636,667

17
Trend Offset
Los Alamitos, CA
$585,846

18
Quintessential Color Group, Inc.
Upper Marlboro, MD
$580,606

19
KD8 Enterprises
Centerville, UT
$577,805

20
Art Litho Company
Baltimore, MD
$557,040

21
Data Integrators
Woodbridge, VA
$523,965

22
Litho Press
San Antonio, TX
$486,644

23
Compton & Sons
St. Louis. MO
$484,235

24
S & W Manufacturing, Inc.
Florence, SC
$463,242

25
Consolidated Graphics
Houston, TX
$456,610

26
Douglas Screen Printers
Lakeland, FL
$455,382

27
District Creative Printing
Upper Marlboro, MD
$447,411

28
Precision Printing
Moberly, MO
$429,910

29
Printing Resources
Cleveland, OH
$426,867

30
EEI Communications
Columbia, MD
$424,926

31
Signature Graphics
Portland, OR
$422,980

32
The Print House
Brooklyn, NY
$417,733

33
EU Services
Rockville, MD
$386,533

34
Printwell Acquisitions, Inc.
Taylor, MI
$374,030

35
Production Press
Jacksonville, IL
$368,058

36
The Standard Register Company
Dayton, OH
$367,247

37
Alcom Printing
Harleysville, PA
$361,389

38
Thunderbird Press
Titusville, FL
$342,527

39
BKR Printing
Salt Lake City, UT
$338,151

40
West Shore Printing & Distribution
Mechanicsburg, PA
$336,966

41
Darby Printing Company
Atlanta, GA
$315,954

42
Three Dimension Graphics
Miami, FL
$310,030

43
Bosworth Printing
Stoughton, MA
$306,847

44
American Multimedia
Burlington, NC
$302,595

45
Solo Printing
Miami, FL
$299,066

46
Premiums & Specialty, Inc.
Medford, NJ
$298,645

47
Electronic Data Magnetics
High Point, NC
$291,263

48
Digital Rio
Kennesaw, GA
$284,888

49
Highland Computer Forms
Hillsboro, OH
$284,668

50
Todd Allan Printing
Beltsville, MD
$284,480

This list was compiled exclusively by Government Print Management®, a division of e-LYNXX Corporation.

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