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Print Solutions June 2006

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TOP100distributors

Highest Sales Per Empoyee
Print Solutions calculated the sales per employee by dividing the 2005 sales figure supplied by each company by the number of employees. Here are 10 distributors with at least $2.5 million in sales with the highest sales per employee.

Rank
Company
Headquarters
# of Employees
Sales Per Employee
Overall Rank


1
Proforma
Cleveland, OH
106
$2,764,151
2

2
Print Data Corporation
Hopelawn, NJ
5
$1,260,000
74

3
Bann Forms
St. Paul, MN
4
$945,500
98

4
Graphic Resource Group Inc.
Medina, MN
10
$905,630
52

5
American Minority Business Forms Inc.
Glenwood, MN
18
$888,889
24

6
Transition Products Inc. (TPI)
Columbus, OH
9
$788,889
68

7
Northern Printing Network
Wheeling, IL
32
$703,494
17

8
Tri-Plex Business Products Inc.
Denville, NJ
10
$691,090
69

9
CTP Solutions
Agoura Hills, CA
17
$654,529
41

10
Brown & Partners Inc.
Blue Bell, PA
35
$604,561
18


Top Paper-Based Forms Sellers
Listed here are the 10 distributors with at least $2.5 million in sales that reported the highest dollar volume in the paper-based forms category. Paper-based forms are defined as stock and custom forms, checks, letterhead, mailers, and other paper-based forms not included in the cut sheets, labels and tags and commercial printing categories.

Rank
Company
Headquarters
Product Sales
Overall Rank


1
Global DocuGraphix USA Inc.
Plano, TX
$45,971,168
4

2
American Solutions for Business
Glenwood, MN
$41,098,375
3

3
Data Supplies Inc. (DSI)
Duluth, GA
$32,453,441
7

4
GBS Corporation
North Canton, OH
$15,528,000
5

5
Webb/Mason
Hunt Valley, MD
$9,131,000
8

6
Stratacom
Irvine, CA
$8,500,000
11

7
Voluforms
Jeffersonville, IN
$8,176,903
26

8
Applied Graphics Inc.
San Rafael, CA
$8,000,000
13

9
Tully-Wihr Company
Colfax, CA
$7,938,000
30

10
CTP Solutions
Agoura Hills, CA
$6,900,000
41


Top Commercial Printing Sellers
Listed here are the 10 distributors with at least $2.5 million in sales that reported the highest dollar volume in the commercial printing category. Commercial printing is defined as marketing pieces, catalogs, brochures, presentation folders and binders, digital printing, direct mail pieces, and point of sale packaging and point-of-purchase materials (excluding plastic products).

Rank
Company
Headquarters
Product Sales
Overall Rank


1
Webb/Mason
Hunt Valley, MD
$44,051,000
8

2
American Solutions for Business
Glenwood, MN
$35,606,736
3

3
Data Supplies Inc. (DSI)
Duluth, GA
$24,687,861
7

4
Vanguard Direct
New York, NY
$22,800,000
10

5
Shamrock Companies Inc., The
Westlake, OH
$21,714,500
6

6
Brown & Partners Inc.
Blue Bell, PA
$18,137,725
18

7
Stratacom
Irvine, CA
$15,400,000
11

8
Northern Printing Network
Wheeling, IL
$8,260,000
17

9
Smart Source LLC
New York, NY
$8,225,000
15

10
Consolidated Graphic Communications
Bridgeville, PA
$8,200,000
14


Top Labels and Tags Sellers
Listed here are the 10 distributors with at least $2.5 million in sales that reported the highest dollar volume in the labels and tags category. Labels and tags are defined as labels and tags of all types, including prime labels, label/form combinations and integrated labels.

Rank
Company
Headquarters
Product Sales
Overall Rank


1
GBS Corporation
North Canton, OH
$42,182,000
5

2
American Solutions for Business
Glenwood, MN
$28,053,792
3

3
Global DocuGraphix USA Inc.
Plano, TX
$13,964,447
4

4
Shamrock Companies Inc., The
Westlake, OH
$8,842,950
6

5
AFE Industries Inc.
Santa Fe Springs, CA
$7,167,164
40

6
Southern Imaging Group
Florence, SC
$4,194,335
27

7
Data Supplies Inc. (DSI)
Duluth, GA
$4,189,621
7

8
Northern Printing Network
Wheeling, IL
$3,580,000
17

9
Consolidated Graphic Communications
Bridgeville, PA
$3,400,000
14

10
Webb/Mason
Hunt Valley, MD
$3,261,000
8

Top Cut Sheets Sellers
Listed here are the 10 distributors with at least $2.5 million in sales that reported the highest dollar volume in the cut sheets category.

Rank
Company
Headquarters
Product Sales
Overall Rank


1
American Solutions for Business
Glenwood, MN
$25,167,190
3

2
Fiserv DirectSource
New Berlin, WI
$7,000,000
12

3
Global DocuGraphix USA Inc.
Plano, TX
$6,191,195
4

4
GBS Corporation
North Canton, OH
$5,463,000
5

5
Paper Express Inc.
Troy, MI
$5,200,000
38

6
Vanguard Direct
New York, NY
$4,600,000
10

7
Quality Resource Group Inc.
Hamel, MN
$3,859,000
23

8
Shamrock Companies Inc., The
Westlake, OH
$3,785,000
6

9
Tully-Wihr Company
Colfax, CA
$3,200,000
30

10
Applied Graphics Inc.
San Rafael, CA
$3,000,000
13

Top Promotional Product Sellers
Listed here are the 10 distributors with at least $2.5 million in sales that reported the highest dollar volume in the promotional products category. Promotional products includes pens, note pads, T-shirts, cups, etc.

Rank
Company
Headquarters
Product Sales
Overall




Rank

1
American Solutions for Business
Glenwood, MN
$67,368,317
3

2
Global DocuGraphix USA Inc.
Plano, TX
$9,874,918
4

3
Shamrock Companies Inc., The
Westlake, OH
$9,085,800
6

4
American Minority Business  
Glenwood, MN
$8,300,000
24


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5
Stratacom
Irvine, CA
$8,200,000
11

6
Applied Graphics Inc.
San Rafael, CA
$8,000,000
13

7
Smart Source LLC
New York, NY
$7,475,000
15

8
Data Supplies Inc. (DSI)
Duluth, GA
$5,129,240
7

9
Webb/Mason
Hunt Valley, MD
$4,677,000
8

10
MHC Companies Inc.
Burnsville, MN
$4,000,000
15
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