We’ve built everything we know on the basics. Our team started small with one and two color presses, and mastered them before we accepted the challenge of process imaging. Today the challenge is technology, and we’ve wrestled it to the floor.
History
Since our humble beginnings in a warehouse behind a convenience store, until today, we have been striving for one thing - each customer’s success. All the years we’ve been doing our best, all of the latest equipment we’ve acquired, all the things we’ve learned - it’s all been in preparation for just one thing - the next job.
• Bill Gardner and David Pitts started Classic Graphics in 1983 with $15,000.
• The company made the Inc. 500 in 1989 (at number 479).
• Classic Graphics was on American Printer “Fast 50” in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
• Today Classic Graphics employs 142 people in two locations with sales of approximately $21 million and 120,000 sq. ft.
• Ranked at 252, the company is listed as one of the 400 largest printers in the US according to Printing Impressions 400.
• Classic Graphics is one of the largest privately held printers in the region.
• Classic Graphics has been recognized by Master Printers of America Best Workplace in America program for 6 consecutive years.
• The National Association for Print Leadership (NAPL) Management Plus Program, has recognized Classic Graphics as a well managed company for the past 7 years.
What We Do
Our first Priority is your priority - getting the project done, right and on time - not just making another sale. We learned long ago that a project done well reaps many happy returns. We offer:
• High quality sheet fed printing
• Color management
• Superior color image reproduction
• Complex kitting and distribution
• Planning and management of complex jobs
• Application of technology for customers
• Fulfillment, mailing and distribution
• Database management
• Web application development
How We Do It
While the world has been shrinking and companies have been widening the scope of their search for highly qualified resources, we’ve been investing considerable effort in refining our internal processes. We feel that our strengths are:
• Ease of doing business
• Your representative has the authority to get what you need, when you need it.
• We get the job done. When there are problems we solve them with no finger pointing.
• We understand technology like no other printer our size. Because of our size we are flexible and responsive.
• Classic Graphics is ISO 9001:2000 Registered
