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Old Trail Printing company history timeline

1928

In 1928, Fred Whitman opened Old Trail Printing, a letterpress shop, in Columbus, Ohio.

1957

In 1957, Wayne Brown sold his interest in the family newspaper, bought the commercial printing end of the business, and began producing catalogs and publications on flatbed letterpresses.

1964

In 1964, Brown Printing Company began construction on a new facility also located in Waseca.

1970

Letterpress technology faded in the 1970’s, leading to a focused push into offset.

1979

The Franklin, Kentucky, rotogravure plant was among the most modern in the nation when it opened in 1979.

1986

In 1986, Brown Printing's parent company, Bertelsmann, became the second largest publisher of books in the United States thanks to the procurement of Doubleday & Co.

1987

Brown Printing expanded to the West Coast in 1987.

1991

Brown Printing broadened its reach with the creation of the Alliance List Services Division in 1991 to serve high-volume customers.

1997

The 1997 purchases of PennWell Printing and Graftek Press boosted Brown Printing into the number one spot among United States trade and business publications printers.

1998

The Minnesota-based company, with an eye to changing customer demographics, opened a sales office in suburban Tampa in 1998 in order to better serve the rapidly-growing southeastern region.

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