Paris Business Products

Continuous forms were considered the main product of the printing industry for years. But, it's no secret to industry insiders that this particular market niche has been a sinking ship for well over a decade thanks to the digitization of society. Despite their decline in usage, continuous forms still have their place for appropriate applications due to their speed and capacity to generate data onto several areas at one time.

The Westampton, New Jersey-based Paris Business Products upgraded its line of DocuGard security papers and business checks. New security features have been added to every product in addition to creating three new security paper items.

Headquartered in Westampton, N.J., Paris Business Products celebrated its 45th anniversary on April 12. Established as a continuous forms producer with a single press in 1964, Paris has since become an industry leader in the paper and office products industries.

The economy got you down? How about your sales? Tune out the naysayers for just a minute and realize the plentiful solutions waiting to be had. Yes, the struggling economy has added a different competitive dynamic to the selling game, but everyone also knows that pessimism is the least productive—and least profitable—of attitudes.

Headquartered in Westampton, N.J., Paris Business Products recently launched new product names, logos and packaging for its Printworks Professional and DocuGard product lines, along with refreshing its corporate logo and creating a new sustainability logo called Elementree.

It’s official. On December 1, the National Bureau of Economic Research declared the United States has been in a recession since December 2007. In a statement, CNNMoney.com posted a report on the same day in which White House Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto was quoted as saying: “The most important things we can do for the economy right now are to return the financial and credit markets to normal, and to continue to make progress in housing, and that’s where we’ll continue to focus. Addressing these areas will do the most right now to return the economy to growth and job creation.” Nonetheless, several

It’s hard to resist a good bargain. And U.S. homes are currently the biggest and best bargain on the block. Many prospective home buyers are taking advantage of a housing market made vulnerable by a down-and-out economy. The latest Housing Opportunity Index released by Wells Fargo and the National Association of Home Builders reported approximately 53.8 percent of all new and existing homes sold nationwide January through March 2008 were affordable for families earning the median household income of $61,500—a 44 percent increase from the first three months of 2007. In fact, these are the most affordable prices since June 2004. Granted, one must

Paris Business Products, Westampton, N.J., has received forestland sustainability chain-of-custody certifications from both the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and the Forest Stewardship Council. Paris Business Products continues to recycle more than 99 percent of its paper, cardboard and pre-production material waste. And, the company recently installed more energy-efficient lighting which burns longer and brighter throughout its New Jersey-based plant and warehouse. For more information, visit www.pariscorp.com or call (609) 702-5486.

1 Ennis Headquarters: Midlothian, Texas Annual Sales $(000): 584,713 Principal Officer(s): Keith Walters, Chairman, President, CEO Employees: 6,200 Locations: 44 2 Champion Industries Headquarters: Huntington, W. Va. Annual Sales $(000): 145,188 Principal Officer(s): Marshall T. Reynolds, CEO Employees: 740 Locations: 22 3 Western States Envelope & Label Headquarters: Butler, Wis. Annual Sales $(000): 117,900 Principal Officer(s): Mark S. Lemberger, President Employees: 731 Locations: 5 4 Printegra Headquarters: Peachtree City, Ga. Annual

Rank: 1 Company: Ennis, Midlothian, Texas Sales $(000): 559,397 Principal Officer(s): Keith Walters, Chairman, CEO, President Employees: 6,200 Locations: 42 (*Does not include sales figures for Block Graphics, acquired 08/09/06.) Rank: 2 Company: Champion Industries, Huntington, W. Va. Sales $(000): 135,000 Principal Officer(s): Marshall T. Reynolds, CEO Employees: 768 Locations: 22 Rank: 3 Company: Western States Envelope & Label, Butler, Wis. Sales $(000): 111,000 Principal Officer(s): Mark S. Lemberger, President, CEO Employees: 733 Locations: 5 Rank: 4 Company: Printegra, Peachtree City, Ga. Sales $(000): 87,706 Principal Officer(s): Casey Campbell, President, CEO Employees: 822 Locations: 14 Rank: 5 Company: PrintXcel, Montrose,