About The Athens Printing Company Design company in Athens, United States
In late 1986 Tim and Janet Field purchased the old McGregor Printing Company through their consulting company of Elliott amp; Fitzpatrick Inc. McGregor was housed on Washington Street in downtown Athens and was on the verge of bankruptcy. It needed a major retooling to survive.
Within a period of three years two minor partners were bought out and the company was renamed Georgia Southern Press. At about the same time the company was moved to a newly constructed building on Cedar Shoals Drive. During the early years the company which was subsequently renamed The Athens Printing Company began the odyssey of disposing of old and obsolete ’lead-type’ equipment with a move to computers and new production equipment. The march continued through the 1990s and into the new century with an emphasis on state-of-the-art equipment skilled staff quality products and service.
Over a ten-year period old equipment was replaced by modern presses and other finishing equipment which improved both the efficiency and quality of printed products. The ’copy center’ area was turned into a large scale digital production resource with equipment for short or long run products. The companys capacity to produce high-end color printing was established with new Heidelberg 2 4 and 6 color printing presses. In terms of management the two sons entered the business (Chan in 1993 and Collin in 2001) which brought stability continuity and increased efficiency to the printing operation. Currently Chan and Collin wholly own the company.
The early years of struggling to survive through the years of transition and rebuilding slowly reshaped the company into the stable business it is today – fully capable of producing ’quality printing at a fair price in a timely manner’ (the companys early mission motto). The essential assets of the company are our tremendous staff extensive variety of exceptional equipment and a much valued customer base. Athens Printing is well positioned for the future in terms of being able to produce a wide array of high quality print sign and digitally produced products with the responsiveness and service our customers have come to expect.
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