J.J. Collins Printers

What J.J. Collins Printers does

J.J. Collins Printers is a family-owned commercial printing company founded in 1878 by John Joachim Collins in Chicago's Printers' Row, with corporate headquarters in Downers Grove, Illinois, and an integrated manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution plant in Charleston, Illinois, supported by a sales office in Decatur, Illinois. The company employs 101–250 people and remains under Collins family ownership with no outside investors. Its primary customer base is independent and corporate hotel properties across the United States, with secondary exposure to direct mail, commercial/general print (brochures, catalogs, books), envelopes, and point-of-purchase merchandise.

The production platform spans web offset and sheetfed offset presses with UV curing and heat-set drying, supplemented by digital presses for short-run print-on-demand, and computer-to-plate prepress. Bindery includes auto padding, auto speed packing, die cutting, file punch and numbering units, in-line and off-line folding, saddle and spiral binding, micro fragrance applicators, and remoist glue units. Product categories include hospitality pads and placemats/trayliners, roll and cut-sheet laser forms (custom laser cut sheets and rolls with guaranteed runnability), point-of-purchase and rebate pads, envelopes (up to 4-color process), direct mail pieces, and commercial print. Operations are certified to ISO9002-1994 with Total Quality Management processes, and the company holds SFI-00981 Sustainable Forestry Initiative certification while recycling 2.5–3 million pounds of paper annually.

The go-to-market is direct B2B enterprise sales executed by dedicated Account Specialists who handle orders end-to-end. Revenue is generated primarily through quote-based one-time custom printing projects, supplemented by recurring Just-in-Time Print Media Management services that include warehousing and just-in-time distribution programs for hospitality customers. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, and the company accepts project file uploads via its website. Marketing channels include a capability-focused website, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and a blog that positions the company as an advocate for paper sustainability.

Name

J.J. Collins Printers

Legal name

J.J. Collins Printers

Website

https://jjcollins.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1878

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

J.J. Collins Printers is a family-owned U.S. commercial printer founded in 1878, producing custom laser cut sheets, hospitality pads and placemats, direct mail, envelopes, and commercial print for hotel properties and businesses nationwide via web offset and digital presses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Printing and Related Support Activities (3231)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Manifold Business Forms (2761)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Printing (Short-Run, Variable Data) (MPAJALAC)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Hospitality print products
• Direct mail printing
• Laser cut forms
• Just-in-time print management

Headquarters

HQ city

Charleston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Printing Services: J.J. Collins Printers generates revenue through custom printing services including web offset, sheetfed, digital printing, envelopes, direct mail, hospitality products, laser forms, point-of-purchase materials, and placemats/trayliners. Pricing appears to be quote-based for custom projects.
2. Just-in-Time Print Media Management: Print media procurement management services offering just-in-time delivery and distribution programs for hospitality customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

J.J. Collins Printers is a custom commercial print manufacturer that produces hospitality products (hotel pads, placemats, trayliners), roll/cut sheet laser forms, point-of-purchase pads, commercial print collateral, direct mail pieces, envelopes, and short-run digital jobs on web offset, sheetfed, and digital presses. The company complements manufacturing with a Just-in-Time Print Media Management service and dedicated Account Specialists who manage each order from quote to delivery.

Product overview

J.J. Collins Printers is a commercial printing company founded in 1878, offering a comprehensive portfolio of print products and services. The core product portfolio includes: Hospitality products (hotel pads with generic and custom corporate identities), Roll/Cut Sheet Laser Forms (custom laser cut sheets and rolls with guaranteed runnability), Point of Purchase/Rebate Pads, Placemats/Trayliners, Commercial/General Print (brochures, catalogs, books), Direct Mail services, Envelopes, and Digital Printing (Print on Demand). Service offerings include Account Specialists and Just in Time Print Media Management. The company operates web offset and digital presses with full prepress, printing, and bindery capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hospitality Products Hotel pads including generic and custom corporate identities for independent and corporate hotel properties, with a Quick Ship warehouse and distribution program offering quantity discounts and Just-in-Time delivery.
• Roll/Cut Sheet Laser Forms Custom laser cut sheets and roll products including blank perfed/punched sheets, pre-print forms, checks, perfed paper I.D. cards, and carbonless forms with guaranteed runnability on high speed copiers, laser printers, inkjet printers, and offset presses.
• Point of Purchase / Rebate Pads Point-of-purchase merchandising products and rebate pads with pad affixing components for retail applications to capture customers at the point of purchase.
• Placemats / Trayliners Marketing placemats and trayliners for hospitality settings that provide hygienic barriers and marketing exposure to captive audiences.
• Commercial / General Print Sheetfed quality with web economy printing including advertising, corporate brochures, product catalogs, collateral materials, books, and booklets.
• Direct Mail Direct mail printing with in-line and off-line capabilities including letterforms, card carriers, and jumbo rolls, using heatset, UV, or conventional offset presses.
• Envelopes High-quality domestic envelope printing with specialized capabilities and products for mailing and packaging needs, up to 4-color process capacity.
• Digital Printing Print-on-demand short-run digital printing with fast turnarounds that complement web press operations.
• Just-in-Time Print Media Management Print media procurement and management service that helps customers reduce the time and energy required for print procurement through managed replenishment and distribution.

Quantifiable outcome

• Guaranteed runnability on high speed copiers, laser printers, inkjet printers, and offset presses

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)coreOthersSFI certification (SFI-00981) demonstrates J.J. Collins Printers' commitment to sustainable forestry practices and responsible paper sourcing. The company displays the SFI badge on their environmental statement page as part of their green earth printing initiative.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Taylor Corporation: Taylor Corporation is one of the largest privately held commercial printing and marketing services companies in the U.S., offering business forms, labels, direct mail, and commercial print across multiple verticals. It is comparable to J.J. Collins as both are private, broad-line commercial printers, and Taylor's acquisition of Standard Register directly overlaps with J.J. Collins' laser forms and business forms business.
• R.R. Donnelley: R.R. Donnelley is a global incumbent in commercial printing, business communication services, direct mail, labels, and forms, with operations across the Americas. It directly competes with J.J. Collins in business forms, direct mail, and commercial printing categories, though at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Quad/Graphics: Quad/Graphics is a major publicly traded commercial printing and marketing services provider offering catalogs, magazines, direct mail, in-store marketing, and commercial print. It overlaps with J.J. Collins in commercial/general print, direct mail, and point-of-purchase categories, but operates nationally at much larger scale.
• Cimpress (Vistaprint): Cimpress, parent of Vistaprint, is a global leader in mass-customized print and marketing products serving small businesses and consumers with web-based ordering. It competes with J.J. Collins' digital printing-on-demand capability and small-business commercial print customers, though via a fundamentally different online production model.
• LSC Communications: LSC Communications is a U.S. commercial printing company specializing in books, magazines, catalogs, direct mail, and office products. It overlaps with J.J. Collins in direct mail, commercial print, and book/booklet printing, though at much larger enterprise scale.

Direct peers

• Cenveo: Cenveo is a direct competitor offering commercial printing, direct mail, labels, envelopes, and packaging. Like J.J. Collins, it serves mid-market enterprise customers with custom print products and has overlapping capabilities in envelopes, direct mail, and commercial print.
• Standard Register (Taylor): Standard Register was a long-standing U.S. business forms manufacturer producing continuous forms, laser forms, and label products, and is now part of Taylor Corporation. It is the closest historical analog to J.J. Collins' laser forms and business forms business and represents the most direct product overlap in the forms segment.
• WorkflowOne: WorkflowOne is a U.S. commercial printing and marketing services company offering printing, forms, labels, direct mail, and branded merchandise. It is comparable to J.J. Collins as a similarly sized mid-market commercial printer with overlapping forms, direct mail, and marketing collateral capabilities.

Emerging players

• InnerWorkings (HH Global): InnerWorkings, now part of HH Global, is a print management and marketing execution services provider that outsources procurement of print, packaging, and marketing materials on behalf of enterprise clients. It competes with J.J. Collins' Just-in-Time Print Media Management service and overlaps in commercial print procurement for mid-market and enterprise customers.

Regional players

• TC Transcontinental: TC Transcontinental is one of Canada's largest commercial printers and packaging manufacturers, with U.S. operations in flexible packaging and print. It is comparable to J.J. Collins in commercial print and direct mail capabilities but is primarily Canadian-headquartered and a regional competitor in the U.S. market.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/JJCollinsPrint
• Facebookfacebook.com/JJCollinsPrinters
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/2377081

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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