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This page highlights a few articles about Concord Litho from industry trade magazines, the national media, print buying organization's e-newsletters, local newspapers, and special reports.

Concord Litho Honored. June 13, 2008. News Brief. Concord Monitor.

Concord Litho has been recognized as the Business of the Year by the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce at the chamber's third Pinnacle Awards luncheon yesterday.  Read article

Green Print Buying Examined. June 4, 2008. News Article. Graphic Arts Monthly.

Concord Litho CEO Peter Cook will join three industry experts for a special panel session on green printing at IntertechPira's “Sustainability in Printing 2008” conference this June in Philadelphia. Read article

Concord Litho Wins 15 International Printing Awards: Point-of-purchase displays, brochures, and silver touchplates bring top prizes. April 2008. New England Printer & Publisher; Vol. 71, No.4.

Concord Litho won 15 awards in the 33rd annual International Gallery of Superb Printing competition, which was celebrated recently at a gala event in Las Vegas. Concord Litho won six Golds, four Silvers, three Bronzes, and two Honorable Mentions for excellence in heat-set web and sheetfed printing for national clients, including Brookstone, TV Guide, Rodale, Friendly’s Ice Cream, TD Banknorth, and Disabled American Veterans. 

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Scented Ad Wins Award. March 31, 2008. Article. Air Sense.

The technology of Odorama-style scratch-n-sniff has definitely grown by leaps and bounds. New Hampshire-based printing company Concord Litho recently won an award for advertising printed with “scented varnish.”   Read article

Concord Litho Buys Its Fourth Revolution Rotary in a Year. News Brief. August 28, 2007. Graphic Arts Monthly.

Concord Litho ... recently purchased a new WPM half web finishing system, including a 4th new Revolution rotary cutter in less than a year, making the company the largest user of WPM technology worldwide. A pioneer in web in-line finishing since the 1980s, Concord Litho's recent upgrades and new purchases of WPM technology is key part of the company’s long-range strategic plans for growth, according to Peter Cook, CEO of Concord Litho. "We do a lot of sophisticated, complex in-line finishing for many of our top customers, and we are constantly upgrading our equipment to meet their needs," Cook said. "When we invest in new equipment we go with the best, and we feel WPM's ISD technology is a perfect match to serve our growing customer base. A bonus is the contour die-cutting capabilities that will allow us to offer even more formats to our customers."   Read article

Concord Litho Appeals to Buyers' Sense of Smell. Feature Article. February 26, 2007. DM News, front page.

Independent printing company Concord Litho has found that the way to the consumer’s heart is through the nose, creating ads smelling good enough to eat. Read article on DM News

Printing Impressions Magazine Ranks Concord Litho CEO in 'Top 20 Under 40 Visionaries''

CEO Peter Cook is named to the "Top 20 Under 40 Visionaries" in the August 2004 issue of Printing Impressions. The magazine selected 20 printing industry leaders across the nation under age 40 "who possess keen vision, strong leadership skills and an enduring passion to succeed." Read article

Concord Litho Captures Awards With KBA Rapida 162 64-inch Seven-Color Press.  Article, March 9, 2006 - WhatTheyThink.com.

Sitting in his New York City office surrounded by the headquarters of many commercial printers, Jack Davis had a decision to make. The third-generation publishing executive needed to choose a new printer to produce his family’s venerable Moon Phase poster, a popular 40-year-old calendar depicting each day’s moon phase for the entire year. He certainly had ample nearby print shops available. But [this project] had not only a unique size but very intricate trapping, metallic inks, and gloss and matte varnishes. Rather than turn to a local printer, Davis chose Concord Litho, one of the country’s largest independent printers located in Concord, NH. What did Concord Litho have that other printers did not?" Read article on WhatTheyThink.com

"Concord Litho's third generation looks to the future." Company Profile. New England Printer & Publisher; Vol. 67, No.8, August 2004. | View article or download a copy (PDF, 5.4 MB).

"Concord Litho completes $1.6 million upgrade in bindery." Article. New England Printer & Publisher; Vol. 67, No.5, May 2004. | View article

"Printing Company on Rebound; Litho Group Credits Tough Choices" Article, April 26, 2004. Concord Monitor. | View article.

'They're Turnaround Artists.' Company Profile. Concord Sunday Monitor, business section. May 8, 2005.

Sales at Concord Litho jumped 10 percent in 2004, nearly 5 times the industry average, as the printing company pulled in new customers and churned out new products for old ones. The family-owned company, which prints everything from greeting cards for Catholic charities to 5-foot-tall Coolatta posters for Dunkin' Donuts ...  View article on Concord Monitor online