tpc printing

What tpc printing does

TPC Printing (legal entity TPC Holdings Inc.) is a family and employee-owned commercial printing company headquartered at 505 Capital Street, Lewiston, Idaho, with a secondary office in Spokane, Washington. Founded in 1892 and formerly associated with the Lewiston Tribune and Tribune Publishing, the company operates a full-service print production platform serving primarily regional newspaper publishers, multi-publication publishing houses, and advertising clients across the Northwest United States. Its customer base is anchored by long-tenured relationships — including weekly newspaper clients up to 165 miles from its facility — that span multiple decades.

The company's production capability is built around two principal presses: a ManRoland Uniset 75 web offset press (installed 2008, described at the time as the newest in the western United States) paired with computer-to-plate pre-press technology, and a Ryobi sheetfed press enabling both gloss covers and coldset work under one roof. Service lines include web offset printing (tabloid, newspaper, catalog, booklet), sheetfed/glossy printing, digital pre-press and design, full-service bindery (inserting, folding, stitching, trimming, perfect/spiral binding), and the in-house direct-mail subsidiary Today's Mail (CASS-certified mailing, tabbing, metering, barcoding). File intake is handled through a website upload form and FTP server at ftp.lmtribune.com.

Revenue is generated through custom, project-based pricing on print runs, with no publicly disclosed rate card; customers request quotes via phone, email, or website. The go-to-market is direct, relationship-driven B2B sales with no channel partners, resellers, or marketing automation visible. The company is privately held with no external private equity or venture investment, and no revenue, headcount, or financial disclosures are publicly available.

Name

tpc printing

Legal name

TPC Holdings Inc.

Website

https://tpcprinting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1892

Operating status

Operating

Short description

TPC Printing is a family and employee-owned commercial printing company in Lewiston, Idaho serving regional newspaper publishers, publication companies, and advertising clients across the Northwest US with web offset, sheetfed, direct-mail, bindery, and pre-press services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Printing and Related Support Activities (3231), Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Books Printing (323117), Printing and Related Support Activities (323)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Services-Direct Mail Advertising Services (7331), Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial & Offset Printing (Sheetfed/Web) (MPAJALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF), Digital Printing (Short-Run, Variable Data) (MPAJALAC), Mailing, Inserting & Distribution Services (Addressing, Direct Mail, Kitting) (MPAJALAH)

Keywords

• Commercial web offset printing
• Direct mail services
• Sheetfed printing services
• Digital prepress services
• Bookbinding and finishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Lewiston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Web Offset Printing Services: Commercial web offset printing services including tabloid printing, newspaper printing, catalog printing, and booklet printing. Digital pre-press and design services included.
2. Direct-Mail Services: Full-service mail house called Today's Mail offering CASS Certified Standard, Periodical Direct Mail, Tabbing, Metering and Barcoding services.
3. Sheetfed/Glossy Printing: Sheetfed printing services including cover printing, postcard printing, flyer printing, and brochure printing on gloss materials.
4. Bindery Services: Full-service bindery including inserting, folding, stitching and trimming, perfect/spiral binding services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

TPC Printing provides commercial web offset and sheetfed or gloss printing for newspapers, tabloids, catalogs, booklets, covers, postcards, flyers, and brochures. Its in-house workflow also includes prepress and design, bindery, and Today's Mail direct-mail services, allowing customers to use one provider from file preparation through printing, finishing, and mailing.

Product overview

TPC Printing offers a unified print production platform combining web offset and sheetfed printing services. The core offerings include Web Offset Printing (tabloid, newspaper, catalog, booklet) powered by the ManRoland Uniset 75 press; Glossy Printing via the Ryobi sheet press; Digital Pre-Press and Design Services; and a Full-Service Bindery for finishing. The company also operates Today's Mail, a subsidiary direct-mail service handling CASS certification, periodical mailing, tabbing, metering, and barcoding. All services are managed from their Lewiston, Idaho facility with 127 years of operating history.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Web Offset Printing Commercial web offset printing for tabloids, newspapers, catalogs, and booklets, using the ManRoland Uniset 75 press and computer-to-plate technology.
• Today's Mail TPC's full-service mail house provides CASS Certified Standard mailing, periodical direct mail, tabbing, metering, and barcoding services.
• Glossy Sheetfed Printing Sheetfed full-color printing on gloss materials for covers, postcards, flyers, and brochures, with complementary coldset work available under one roof.
• Digital Pre-Press and Design Services Prepress and design support including layout and design, digital film output, image processing, and typesetting for print-ready file preparation.
• Full-Service Bindery Post-print finishing services including inserting, folding, stitching, trimming, perfect binding, and spiral binding.

Quantifiable outcome

• Full-color capability on every page
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 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

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Today's MailcoreOthersToday's Mail is described as TPC's own full-service mail house division offering CASS Certified Standard, Periodical Direct Mail, Tabbing, Metering and Barcoding services. It is an internal service offering rather than an external partnership, operating as part of TPC's comprehensive printing services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• LSC Communications: Major US commercial printer specializing in books, magazines, catalogs, and direct mail. Closely aligned with TPC's magazine/catalog/booklet printing business and uses comparable web offset technology; serves many of the same publisher customer profiles.
• Walsworth Publishing: Family-owned commercial printer focused on magazines, books, catalogs, and direct mail. Comparable to TPC in family ownership model, multi-product offset printing, and emphasis on long-term publisher relationships in niche/regional markets.
• Concord Litho Group: Mid-sized commercial printer providing web and sheetfed printing, binding, and distribution services. Closely comparable in product breadth (print + bindery + mail) and target customer mix of publishers and regional businesses.
• Trend Offset Printing: Large-format commercial web offset printer serving magazine, catalog, and newspaper publishers. Directly comparable in web offset production technology and customer base, with similar service offerings across prepress, press, and finishing.
• Quad/Graphics: Largest commercial printer in North America offering web offset, sheetfed, and integrated direct-mail services to publishers, retailers, and brands. Directly comparable to TPC's commercial printing + direct-mail platform, though at vastly larger scale and with national reach.

Regional players

• Adams Publishing Group: Family-owned community newspaper operator with printing facilities serving its own portfolio and external publishers. Comparable in business model combining newspaper publishing with third-party commercial printing for regional customers.
• Forum Communications Printing: Regional printing operation tied to Forum Communications newspaper group in the Upper Midwest. Mirrors TPC's model of a newspaper-affiliated commercial printer offering third-party printing services to other regional publications.
• Ogden Newspapers / Nutting Newspapers: Family-owned community newspaper groups that operate printing facilities serving their own publications and external customers. Similar vertically integrated newspaper-and-print structure to TPC Holdings / Lewiston Tribune model.

Emerging players

• TownNews: Technology and services provider to community newspapers offering digital publishing, print-on-demand, and managed print services. Comparable in serving the same community-newspaper customer profile that TPC serves, though primarily on the digital/workflow side.

Broad incumbents

• Donnelley Financial Solutions: Public company spun off from RR Donnelley focused on financial and regulatory printing services. Overlaps with TPC's commercial printing capabilities and serves similar enterprise document workflows at much greater scale and broader service portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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