Tennessee Industrial Printing

What Tennessee Industrial Printing does

Tennessee Industrial Printing, Inc. (TIPS) is a privately held commercial printing company headquartered at 51 Miller Ave., Jackson, Tennessee, founded in 1972 and currently operating with approximately 25 employees under sole owner and General Manager Wayne Chambers, who acquired full control of the firm in 2020. The company provides offset and digital commercial printing, with notable equipment including the HP Indigo 7K Digital Offset Press, supporting capabilities such as variable data printing (using HP SmartStream Designer with HP Mosaic, HP Collage, and security features including micro-text and Guilloche), ColorCert QA color management, and bulk mailing via BCC/Blue Crest and Crescendo software with Videojet inkjetting.

TIPS bundles its core printing product with adjacent offerings to function as an integrated print-to-mail workflow provider: Mailing Services (USPS bulk mail preparation, addressing, barcoding), Fulfillment & Storefront Services (custom branded online storefronts, warehouse storage, kitting), and specialty output such as limited edition map prints. Customer segments span Manufacturing, Education, Nonprofit, Financial Institutions & Accounting, Retail, Creative Agencies, Utilities, and Political Campaigns, with primary GTM focus on local and regional West Tennessee businesses alongside national Fortune 500 accounts.

The go-to-market model is sales-led: account managers and estimators scope jobs, pricing is quote-based per project (no publicly disclosed tiers), and the company invests in content marketing (downloadable guides, case studies) and broad social presence (Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram) to drive inbound leads. The business model is a mix of one-time project printing revenue plus managed-services-like recurring revenue from storefront/fulfillment and mailing engagements, with a published case study reporting a 1,000%-3,000% response-rate lift on variable-data direct mail for Child Evangelism Fellowship.

Name

Tennessee Industrial Printing

Legal name

Tennessee Industrial Printing, Inc.

Website

https://tipsprints.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tennessee Industrial Printing is a Jackson, Tennessee-based commercial printing company founded in 1972, offering offset and digital printing, variable data printing, bulk mailing, and storefront/fulfillment services to West Tennessee businesses and Fortune 500 companies nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Support Activities for Printing (32312), Printing and Related Support Activities (3231)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Mailing, Inserting & Distribution Services (Addressing, Direct Mail, Kitting) (MPAJALAH), Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Digital offset printing
• Variable data printing
• Bulk mailing services
• Print fulfillment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Jackson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Commercial Printing Services: One-time printing services for commercial print jobs including offset and digital printing. Pricing based on project scope, quantity, and specifications. Estimating team helps customers understand and calculate costs.
2. Fulfillment Services: Custom storefront building and branded online ordering for print products, promotional items, and samples. Warehouse storage and order fulfillment services.
3. Mailing Services: Large scale mailer preparation including addressing, barcoding, bulk mailing, and postal preparation services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Tennessee Industrial Printing (TIPS) provides commercial offset and digital printing services for instruction manuals, brochures, catalogs, hang tags, packaging, and marketing materials using a fleet of offset presses and an HP Indigo 7K Digital Offset Press. The company also offers integrated bulk mailing preparation, custom branded online storefronts, and kitting/fulfillment services that allow customers to execute print-to-distribution workflows from a single vendor. Variable data printing enables personalized elements within a single print run for direct mail, appeal letters, labels, and commercial prints.

Product overview

Tennessee Industrial Printing (TIPS) is a commercial printing company offering a portfolio of integrated print services centered on its core printing capabilities. The primary offering is offset and digital commercial printing using equipment including multiple offset presses and an HP Indigo 7K Digital Offset Press. Additional services—Mailing Services, Fulfillment & Storefront Services, Kitting Services, and Variable Printing—are offered as complementary modules that extend the core printing product, enabling customers to handle complete print-to-distribution workflows from a single vendor. Specialty offerings like limited edition map prints round out the product portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Printing Services Offset and digital commercial printing services producing instruction manuals, product brochures, catalogs, quick start guides, hang tags, and marketing materials for businesses and organizations, using a fleet of offset presses and HP Indigo digital equipment.
• Variable Printing High-impact variable printing that changes elements based on customer data within a single print run, enabling personalized appeal letters, direct mail, packaging, labels, and commercial prints via the HP Indigo 7K Digital Offset Press.
• Mailing Services Large-scale bulk mailing services including variable data printing, envelopes, postcards, self-mailers, catalogs, magazines, and letters with USPS bulk mail preparation using specialized software and equipment.
• Fulfillment & Storefront Services Custom branded digital storefront creation for ordering and fulfilling print products, sample products, and promotional items, with warehouse storage, online ordering, and shipping capabilities, plus kitting that bundles printed items into ready-to-ship packages.
• Limited Edition Map Prints Custom limited edition map prints of the United States offered by request through a TIPS fulfillment form, representing specialty printed products available from the company.

Quantifiable outcome

• Variable printed appeal letters achieved 1,000%-3,000% increase in response rates compared to standard letters

Named customers2 records

Segments10 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

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Minuteman Press: Minuteman Press is a large franchise commercial printing and marketing services network with hundreds of independently owned locations. Each franchisee offers offset/digital printing, mailing, signage, and promotional products — directly comparable to TIPS's bundled offering but distributed across a national franchise system.
• 4over: 4over operates a wholesale commercial printing marketplace aggregating hundreds of trade printers, offering offset, digital, large-format, and variable data printing. It is comparable to TIPS as a commercial print supplier but competes on price aggregation rather than integrated mailing/fulfillment services.
• Fey Printing: Fey Printing is a Midwest US commercial printer offering offset, digital, variable data, mailing, and fulfillment services. Closely comparable to TIPS in size, scope of services, and target customer segments.
• Lahlouh: Lahlouh is a mid-sized commercial printing and mailing services company serving the western US with offset, digital, variable data, and fulfillment capabilities. Comparable in size and integrated service mix to TIPS, with the same enterprise-direct sales motion.
• PIP Printing: PIP Printing (Printing Industries of America brand) is a commercial printing and marketing services franchise serving small and mid-sized businesses. Its service mix — printing, direct mail, signage, and promotional products — closely matches TIPS's integrated offering to SMB and enterprise customers.
• AlphaGraphics: AlphaGraphics is a franchise network of independently owned commercial printing centers offering offset, digital, mailing, and marketing services. Like TIPS, franchisees serve local/regional business customers with integrated print-and-mail workflows, though AlphaGraphics competes via franchise brand and broader geographic footprint.
• PrintingForLess: PrintingForLess is an online commercial printing company specializing in offset and digital printing of marketing materials, postcards, brochures, and variable data jobs. It competes with TIPS for direct mail and commercial print buyers, but with a national e-commerce model rather than regional sales-led motion.
• The Standard Group: The Standard Group is a regional commercial printing company offering offset, digital, direct mail, and fulfillment services to mid-market and enterprise clients in the US Midwest/South. Same service stack and customer profile as TIPS, operating at a similar employee scale.

Regional players

• ColorVision Print & Marketing: ColorVision is a US commercial printing company specializing in large-format, offset, and digital printing with mailing and fulfillment services. Comparable service portfolio to TIPS, primarily serving a different regional geography.

Broad incumbents

• Cimpress (Vistaprint): Cimpress, parent of Vistaprint, is the largest online printing conglomerate offering business cards, marketing materials, signage, and promotional products globally. It is a broad incumbent competitor to TIPS for SMB commercial print and small-format marketing collateral, but does not specialize in TIPS's regional variable data + USPS bulk mail niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TIPSprints
• Facebookfacebook.com/tipsprints
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tennessee-industrial-printing-inc
• Instagraminstagram.com/tipsprints

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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