Lithographics

What Lithographics does

Lithographics is a privately owned, full-service commercial printing company headquartered at 1835 Air Lane Drive, Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 1975 by David Bailey Sr. and now led by his son Dave Bailey Jr. as President. It operates the largest printing facility in Nashville on a multi-shift basis, with an all-Heidelberg pressroom (offset printing up to 6 colors in one pass on stocks up to 40 points), a five-unit web press with inline finishing, HP Indigo 100K and HP 7900 digital presses, wide format UV-ink capability, and a full bindery/finishing operation. Services span offset, web offset, digital, and wide format printing plus finishing, mailing solutions, warehousing and fulfillment, packaging, and promotional products, unified under a 'Single Source Solutions' bundle.

The company monetizes primarily through project-based, quote-based transactions priced by quantity, paper stock, colors, and finishing, with promotional products on tiered unit pricing. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales (including Team Bailey — Travis and Kevin Bailey), an inside sales team handling quotes and account management, and a self-serve e-commerce layer via the LithoFlow online ordering platform that lets customers place 24/7/365 reorders, manage approvals, and consume warehoused inventory. Customers span publishers, manufacturers, consumer products, education, professional services, healthcare, entertainment venues (e.g., Country Music Hall of Fame, Tennessee Theatre), retail/restaurant, advertising agencies, non-profits, and financial services, primarily across the Southeastern United States with national shipping through warehousing and fulfillment.

Lithographics is G7 Master Printer certified by IDEAlliance and FSC Chain of Custody certified (FSC-C020656), using soy and vegetable-based inks and GRACoL color management. It is a member of the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) with access to 15,000+ suppliers and 500,000+ promotional SKUs. The company has no disclosed investors, no parent, no subsidiaries, and no public M&A activity; it is a multi-generational, family-operated commercial printer with a 51-100 employee headcount band and a single Nashville production site.

Name

Lithographics

Legal name

Lithographics, Inc.

Website

https://lithographicsinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Lithographics is a privately owned, full-service commercial printer in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 1975, serving publishers, manufacturers, education, healthcare, entertainment, and professional services with offset, digital, web, and wide format printing plus mailing, fulfillment, and promotional products via its LithoFlow online ordering platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Printing (32311)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Printing & Business Forms (continuous forms, checks, tickets) (IMAMAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Large-Format & Specialty Printing (Signage, Posters, Displays) (MPAJALAD)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Offset printing services
• Digital printing solutions
• Wide format printing
• Print fulfillment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Offset Printing Services: Traditional offset lithography printing services producing high-quality, cost-effective prints for newspapers, magazines, books, brochures, stationery, and more. Revenue generated per job based on quantity, paper stock, colors, and finishing requirements.
2. Web Offset Printing: High-speed web printing for catalogs, direct mail, publications, brochures, directories, and books. Includes inline finishing capabilities.
3. Digital Printing: Short-run digital printing on HP Indigo presses with variable data and print-on-demand capabilities. Ideal for short-run perfect-bound and saddle-stitched books.
4. Wide Format Printing: Display graphics, point-of-sale materials, tradeshow signage, environmental graphics, and banners using durable UV inks for indoor/outdoor use.
5. Promotional Products: Branded merchandise and apparel through ASI membership with access to over 15,000 suppliers and 500,000+ products. Revenue from sourcing and fulfilling promotional items.
6. Warehousing & Fulfillment: Flexible storage solutions with inventory management, kitting, and fulfillment services. Integrated with LithoFlow digital storefront technology for seamless ordering and shipping.
7. Mailing Solutions: Data hygiene, merge-purge, addressing, insertion, pre-sorting, and postal optimization services. Helps customers take advantage of USPS postal discounts and promotions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Lithographics is a full-service commercial printing company that produces offset, digital, web offset, and wide format printed materials for business customers. Its offerings span the full print supply chain including file preparation, printing, finishing/bindery, mailing, warehousing, fulfillment, packaging, and promotional products, all unified under a proprietary LithoFlow online ordering platform. The company serves B2B clients across publishing, manufacturing, retail, education, professional services, entertainment, healthcare, and non-profit sectors.

Product overview

Lithographics is a full-service commercial printing company founded in 1975 and headquartered in Nashville, TN. The company operates a multi-service printing platform that includes offset printing (Heidelberg presses), web offset printing, digital printing (HP Indigo 100K and HP 7900), and wide format printing. These core printing services are complemented by inline finishing, traditional finishing/bindery, mailing solutions, warehousing & fulfillment, and the LithoFlow online ordering platform. The company also offers promotional products through ASI supplier networks and packaging solutions. The service portfolio is unified under a 'Single Source Solutions' approach, allowing customers to access online ordering, print-on-demand, multiple print methods, and fulfillment from a single vendor.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LithoFlow: Permission-based online ordering system that allows customized storefronts for ordering preprinted and warehoused materials, print-on-demand products, tradeshow materials, promotional items, apparel, and provides real-time inventory management.
• LithoFlow Online Ordering

Products and services

• Offset Printing Traditional offset lithography printing using an all-Heidelberg pressroom capable of up to 6 colors in one pass with perfectors. Supports super-heavy stocks up to 40 points thickness and uses eco-friendly inks. Used by publishers, manufacturers, and brand marketers needing high-volume, high-quality print runs.
• Web Offset Printing High-speed web printing service operating a five-unit web press with inline finishing, producing rolls up to 38 inches wide with 22.75 inch cutoff. Supports pattern glue, spine-paste, perforate, contour die-cut, and sheeting. Ideal for catalogs, direct mail, publications, brochures, directories, and books.
• Digital Printing Digital printing service using HP Indigo 100K (4-color, up to 6,000 sheets/hour, up to 18 pts thickness) and HP 7900 (6-color IndiChrome with white ink, fluorescent pink, silver ink, and PMS matching) presses. Supports short runs, variable data, and print-on-demand for books, marketing collateral, and short-run perfect-bound and saddle-stitched publications.
• Wide Format Printing UV ink printing for indoor and outdoor display graphics, point-of-sale materials, tradeshow signage, environmental graphics, and banners on rigid substrates up to 1.89 inches thick. Durable prints for indoor/outdoor use.
• Finishing and Bindery Bindery and finishing operations including die-cutting, embossing, foil stamping, trimming, folding, pharmaceutical chop-folding, gluing, various binding methods, grommeting, drilling, round cornering, and handwork.
• Inline Finishing Inline finishing capabilities on the five-unit web press including pattern perforating, remoistenable pattern gluing, fugitive gluing, single-folds, gatefolds, double-gatefolds, signatures, spine pasting, and trimming to final size.
• Warehousing and Fulfillment Flexible storage solutions with inventory management, kitting, real-time reporting, and shipping services to any location worldwide, managed by full-time employees and integrated with LithoFlow digital storefront technology.
• LithoFlow Online Ordering Permission-based online ordering system providing customized storefronts for ordering warehouse materials, print-on-demand products, promotional items, apparel, and real-time inventory management. Accessible 24/7/365 with approval workflows, order notifications, billing by cost center, and credit card ordering.
• Mailing Solutions Data hygiene, merge-purge, addressing, insertion, pre-sorting, matched mailings, saturation mailings, Intelligent Mail Barcode tracking, dimensional mailings, and Informed Delivery support. Helps customers take advantage of USPS postal discounts and promotions.
• Promotional Products Branded merchandise and apparel sourced through Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) with access to over 15,000 suppliers and 500,000+ products. Used for tradeshow promotions, giveaways, corporate gifts, loyalty programs, and onboarding kits.
• Packaging Solutions Packaging printing including header cards, blister cards, clamshell inserts, paperboard boxes, rigid presentation boxes, and labels, plus prototype production using wide-format equipment.
• Publishing Book publishing printing services offering sheet-fed offset, digital, and web offset printing for hardcover or softcover books with black and white or four-color options.
• Show Dailies Guaranteed overnight printing for tradeshow publications and show dailies with high-speed Heidelberg offset presses printing up to 6 colors in multiple page sizes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced make-readies and waste through G7 methodology
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI)minorOthersLithographics is a member of ASI with access to over 15,000 suppliers and 500,000+ promotional products. This membership enables the company to source a vast range of branded merchandise and apparel for customers.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AlphaGraphics: Franchise network of independently owned print and marketing service centers offering offset, digital, and wide-format printing with mailing and fulfillment — directly comparable to Lithographics' full-service commercial printing model.
• Modern Litho: Mid-sized commercial printer in the Midwest offering offset, digital, mailing, and fulfillment services — directly comparable full-service regional printing model to Lithographics.
• Speedpro Imaging: Franchise network specializing in large-format/wide-format printing for vehicle wraps, signage, environmental graphics, and event displays — the most direct competitor to Lithographics' wide-format practice.
• PIP Printing (Franchise Brands): Printing franchise brand under Franchise Brands providing business printing, marketing materials, and direct mail — comparable service mix targeting local B2B customers like Lithographics.
• Allegra Marketing Print Mail: Franchise-based network providing commercial printing, marketing services, mailing solutions, and promotional products — direct overlap with Lithographics' offset/digital/wide-format and mail offerings.
• Vomela Companies: Specialty printing and visual communications company focused on large-format graphics, retail, and brand activation — directly comparable wide-format and specialty print capability to Lithographics.

Broad incumbents

• Taylor Corporation: One of the largest privately held diversified printing companies in the US, with offset, digital, signage, and promotional products capabilities. Operates much more broadly but overlaps Lithographics' full-service printing + promo offering.
• Quad: Major North American commercial printer offering offset, digital, mailing, and integrated marketing services. A broad incumbent whose commercial print division directly competes with Lithographics for enterprise printing and mailing work.

Emerging players

• Cimpress (Vistaprint): Digital-first mass-customization printing platform (Vistaprint, Vista, Printi) offering online ordering for commercial and SMB print — competes for the transactional portion of Lithographics' book of business via scale and web-based ordering.
• Mimeo: Cloud-based print-on-demand and online commercial printing platform for marketing documents, training materials, and books — partial overlap with Lithographics' digital print-on-demand and book services delivered through LithoFlow.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Lithographics
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• LinkedInttps://www.linkedin.com/company/2226904/admin
• Instagraminstagram.com/lithographics

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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