Since opening in Canton in 1932 as Presto Press, PPI Graphics has grown into a commercial printer and promotional-products provider serving businesses, manufacturers and government agencies. Sales representative Kevin M. Smith bought the company in 1995, and its staff averages 22 years of experience, spanning letterpress work through today’s digital production. PPI is also a union shop and has handled demanding regional projects, including producing 3,550 voting-location signs for all 88 Ohio counties in under two weeks.
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Pinnacle Press IncFamily-owned and rooted in Canton since 1976, Pinnacle Press produces commercial print through digital and offset presses, with fulfillment and mailing services to carry projects through delivery. Bob Kettlewell founded the company, his daughter Vicky Sterling became sole owner in 2019, and her daughter Brooke is being mentored as its third-generation owner. The company serves Northeast Ohio and customers across the United States.CANTON, OH
Express Printing & GraphicsNadine and Scott Kelly have run Express Printing & Graphics as a family business since purchasing the Freeport company in August 2004. The union print shop has grown from a small offset operation into a broader in-house graphics business, supported by a staff with more than a century of combined industry experience. Its 3M Preferred Installer and 3M MCS Certified provider status is especially notable in the Pittsburgh region.FREEPORT, PA
Vedda Printing+Founded in Cleveland in 1956 as Phil Vedda & Sons Printing, Vedda Printing+ is a third-generation, family-owned commercial printer handling projects from short-run digital work to high-volume offset production. Its union-certified operation keeps printing, mailing, finishing and fulfillment under one roof in a combined 33,000 square feet of Cleveland production and warehouse space. The company is particularly rooted in serving union organizations, political campaigns, nonprofits and businesses throughout Northeast Ohio and beyond.CLEVELAND, OH
Panther Graphics, IncFounded in Rochester in 1993 by pressman-turned-president Daryll “Tony” Jackson, Panther Graphics is a full-service commercial printer handling projects from graphic design through production, fulfillment, and mailing. The certified Black-owned and MBE-certified company has grown into a multimillion-dollar graphics provider while keeping its roots in Rochester’s minority community and supporting local youth and nonprofit organizations. Panther is also the only Rochester minority-owned company named to Inc. Magazine’s Inner City 100 list.ROCHESTER, NY