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Paramount to Kopco's list of services are its vast printing capabilities, especially process color products. The company has a total of 50 press units on seven press lines, all of which produce exceptional full-color impressions on a variety of paper stocks and newsprints (tabloid, catalog, magazines, and standard sizes). Kopco has recently taken the lead as one of the largest heatset printers in the region. More than 130 employees keep Kopco printing 24 hours a day, Monday through Saturday, producing between 4 million and 5 million printed pieces a week.
Kopco's growth can be attributed to the advent of printing technologies as well as its dedication to staying abreast of such advances and investing the necessary resources to purchase new equipment and train employees. Kopco also has a vast warehouse of paper and ink. The company maintains an inventory of 750,000 pounds of paper in its warehouse as well as more than 9,000 pounds of ink. If a particular size of paper is not in stock, Kopco has paper conversion equipment to create the correct size from paper on hand.
History
Various George family members collectively shared the elder George's vision of establishing a new trend in printing. With shirt sleeves rolled up, the family began Kansas Offset Printing Company (Kopco, for short), knowing that they faced a rugged battle against the "hot metal" printing industry of that era. But technology improved during the 1960's, and people's demand for viewing larger, bolder color also grew. While so many "hot metal" printers stuck to their Linotypes and black-and-white printing philosophies, Kopco began to grow-- gradually assuming the role of the leading printer to many larger grocery and department store circulars in the Midwest.
Kopco-- now owned and managed by Kenneth and Reba George with their son Kenneth, Jr. --holds claim to being not only one of the oldest offset web printers in the region but also one of the largest printing firms with all of its services-- from start to finish --under one immense roof. Kopco's tremendous volume of printed pieces, commitment to quality and dedication to customer service led it to being awarded the distinction of being named to Printing Impressions magazine's "Top 500 Printing Companies in America" in 1998 and "Top 400 Printing Companies in America" in 2000 and 2005. Location
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Kopco
provides a "one-stop" shopping center for printing
customers. Customers deal with only one entity, contained in one
facility, while the product is printed and prepared for distribution.
Kopco outgrew its downtown facilities in
Caney, Kansas, in the early 1970s and constructed a larger 20,000 square
foot plant at the Caney Industrial Park in 1974. Since the day the
doors opened at Kopco's present home, the facility has seen six physical
plant expansions-- totaling more than 55,000 square feet --to accommodate
the growing number of press lines as well as enhanced printing services.