New England Copy Specialists history

MIT Press began publishing journals in 1970 with the first volumes of Linguistic Inquiry and the Journal of Interdisciplinary History.

1973 The company opens its first printing plant.

With sales now passing $30 million and a customer base that included more than 411,000 small businesses in both the United States and Canada, 1977 would be a banner year for the company.

Estimating its potential customer base at approximately five million small businesses in 1980, NEBS would see its share of that base grow to almost 25 percent by the end of the decade.

By 1981, 40 percent of the orders for NEBS products were received by phone.

In addition, the 1984 acquisition of the Santa Clara, California-based Devoke Company allowed NEBS to offer its customers special-purpose computer furniture as well.

By 1993 net income reached a record low: $14.2 million on sales of $237.1 million to more than one million small businesses.

NEBS achieved banner success in 1995, with sales for the company's domestic operations alone reaching $241.8 million.

Unfortunately, the partnership did not produce the desired results and the company closed these custom-printing desks in September 1996.

In 1997, profits increased by 56 percent over the previous year.

Deluxe had left the catalog industry in 1998 to diversify into electronic payment services.