Kingery Printing Company

What Kingery Printing Company does

Kingery Printing Company is a Midwest family-owned commercial printing company founded in 1968 in Effingham, Illinois, operating from three Illinois manufacturing facilities — the Effingham headquarters, the Henry book-publishing facility, and the Mattoon plant acquired through the December 2017 United Graphics, LLC acquisition. The company runs a mixed-press production platform spanning digital, sheet-fed, and heat-set web press technologies, including a KBA RA105PRO, a Timson T-48A UV web press with LED UV drying and zero-VOC emission, Timson 1/1 LED-UV ink book presses with 32-page signatures, 24-pocket and 18-pocket (Muller Acoro) PUR perfect binding lines, inline UV inkjet personalization on binders, and saddle-stitching, mechanical, and PUR adhesive binding for lay-flat catalogs and books. Capabilities extend end-to-end from prepress through finishing, with in-line, near-line, and co-mailing services plus a proprietary Kingery MailTrack USPS delivery-monitoring tool. Ancillary offerings include custom packaging boxes via a Kingery Boxes sub-brand, cover coatings, online proofing through a Prinect portal, and a myKPC client console for order management.

Name

Kingery Printing Company

Legal name

Kingery Printing Company

Website

https://kingeryprinting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kingery Printing Company is a family-owned commercial printing company founded in 1968 in Illinois, serving major North American restaurant chains, book publishers, and catalog/magazine publishers via three facilities with digital, sheet-fed, and web press capabilities plus integrated mailing and PUR perfect binding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Books Printing (323117), Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing (322212)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Book Printing (2732), Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650), Blankbooks, Looseleaf Binders & Bookbindg & Relatd Work (2780)

akta.pro primary industry

Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Book & Magazine Binding Services (Perfect, Case, Saddle Stitch) (MPAJALAE), Folding Carton & Paperboard Packaging Printing (IMALAKAH)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Book manufacturing
• Catalog printing
• Direct mail services
• Binding and finishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Effingham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Commercial Printing Services: Full-service commercial printing including catalogs, books, magazines, guides, and flyers. Services include prepress, digital printing, sheet-fed printing, and heat-set web press production.
2. Mailing and Distribution Services: In-line, near-line, and co-mailing capabilities for direct mail campaigns, catalog distribution, and magazine mailing. Includes postage funding and drop-shipping services.
3. Paper and Materials: Paper sales as part of printing services, with Chain of Custody certification for FSC and SFI sustainable forestry standards.
4. Custom Box Manufacturing: Custom packaging boxes for hospitality and retail customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kingery Printing Company is a full-service commercial printing company that produces catalogs, books, magazines, guides, and flyers using digital, sheet-fed, and heat-set web press technologies. It offers complete binding and finishing options (saddle-stitching, PUR perfect binding, mechanical binding), in-house mailing with in-line, near-line, and co-mailing capabilities, custom packaging boxes, and a USPS mail tracking service. The company primarily serves major restaurant chains, book publishers, and catalog/magazine publishers from three Illinois-based facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kingery MailTrack: Mail tracking system for USPS Direct Mail campaigns
• Custom Boxes

Products and services

• Commercial Printing Services Full-service commercial printing including catalogs, books, magazines, guides, and flyers utilizing digital, sheet-fed, and heat-set web press technologies, sold to enterprise customers such as restaurant chains, publishers, and catalog/magazine producers.
• Kingery MailTrack USPS mail tracking service that monitors delivery progress of direct mail campaigns using Intelligent Mail Barcode scans, transferring data to maps and spreadsheets for approximate delivery date estimation, priced at $1.25 per thousand copies mailed.
• Mailing Solutions Complete mailing services including in-line, near-line, and co-mailing capabilities for catalogs, magazines, and direct mail pieces, including postage funding and drop-shipping.
• Custom Boxes Custom packaging box solutions for various business needs in hospitality, retail, and commercial markets.
• Saddle-Stitched Binding Book binding service producing saddle-stitched books from 3-3/8\" x 5-1/4\" up to 12\" x 12\", including landscape-designed books, with in-line inkjet available for addressing.
• Perfect Binding PUR perfect binding service with lay-flat capabilities, using 24-pocket and 18-pocket perfect binder lines with PUR adhesives for stronger pull-tests and resistance to extreme temperatures.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• United Graphics, LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 November 2017Kingery Printing acquired United Graphics, LLC of Mattoon, IL in November 2017. United Graphics brought complementary book publishing capabilities and expertise. John Wurtsbaugh was named COO overseeing operations at all three facilities, Joshua Wurtsbaugh became plant manager of the United Graphics Division, and Stan Freeman became senior account executive.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• CJK Group: Mid-Atlantic-based printing services holding company with multiple commercial and specialty print brands. Comparable enterprise commercial print focus and acquisition-led growth model to Kingery's United Graphics integration.
• Taylor Corporation: Large privately-held print and marketing services conglomerate serving enterprise customers across direct mail, commercial print, and personalization. Comparable customer overlap, though Taylor is substantially broader and larger than Kingery.
• RRD (Donnelley): Global commercial printing, communications, and marketing services firm serving enterprise customers with catalog, direct mail, and packaging capabilities. Overlaps with Kingery's catalog/magazine and direct-mail verticals at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Quad/Graphics: Major commercial printing platform headquartered in Wisconsin with extensive catalog, magazine, and direct-mail capabilities. Closely comparable to Kingery on press technology, customer verticals, and Midwest origins, though at vastly larger scale.
• Walsworth: Missouri-based family-owned commercial printer and book manufacturer serving publishers, including yearbooks, trade books, and educational materials. Closely comparable family-owned profile and book manufacturing/business printing mix.
• Mittera Group: Midwest-rooted commercial printing platform providing offset, digital, mailing, and fulfillment services to enterprise customers. Comparable positioning as a multi-facility commercial printer with integrated mailing capabilities.
• Malloy Inc: Michigan-based printer with deep book manufacturing, digital printing, and print-on-demand capabilities serving publishers. Comparable to Kingery on book manufacturing plus commercial printing breadth.
• Stephenson Printing: Texas-based commercial printing company offering offset, digital, bindery, and mailing services to enterprise customers. Comparable mid-market commercial printer and binder operating model to Kingery.
• Lakeside Book Company: Large-scale book manufacturer formed from the bankruptcy assets of LSC Communications, operating multiple book printing facilities. Comparable to Kingery's book manufacturing operations (Mattoon/Henry) and PUR-binding offerings.
• Worzalla: Wisconsin-based book printer specializing in hardcover and paperback trade and educational books with in-house bindery. Directly comparable to Kingery's PUR binding and book manufacturing focus, and a fellow Midwest mid-market peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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