Taylor Corporation
{{Short description|American printing company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Taylor Corporation
| logo = Taylor Corporation logo.svg
| type = Private
| founded = 1975
| location = North Mankato, Minnesota, USA
| key_people = Glen Taylor, Chairman
Charles Whitaker, CEO
| industry = Printing
| num_employees = 10,000
| owner = Taylor Family
| homepage =
}}
Taylor Corporation is a privately owned print and communications company headquartered in North Mankato, Minnesota, and was founded in 1975 by businessman Glen Taylor.{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Taylor Corporation|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=705004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505142415/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=705004|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 5, 2011|work=20 November 2013}} The company comprises more than 90 locations and employs nearly 10,000 employees. Taylor has print operations in dozens of U.S. states{{cite web|last=Taormina|first=Barbara|title=Taylor Corporation: All in the Cards|url=http://www.manufacturingdigital.com/reports/taylor-corporation|accessdate=20 November 2013}} and multiple countries around the world.
As of 2025, Taylor Corporation is considered the fifth largest graphic communications company in the country, with RR Donnelley and Quad/Graphics achieving larger revenues. The company holds more than 200 issued and pending patents.
History
Taylor Corporation was founded in 1975 by Glen Taylor when he purchased Carlson Wedding Service located in North Mankato, Minnesota. Bill Carlson, the previous owner, had decided to sell the company in preparation for retirement.{{cite web|title=Taylor Corporation History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/taylor-corporation-history/|accessdate=20 November 2013}} Taylor had worked for and alongside Carlson since 1959.{{cite web|title=Straight Shooter|url=http://www.tinalassen.com/magazine-writing/sample/ceo-profile|publisher=Meredith Corp.|accessdate=21 November 2013}}
In 2020, Glen Taylor appointed Charlie Whitaker as the chief executive officer.{{Cite news |title=Glen Taylor appoints insider as next CEO at Taylor Corp. |work=Star Tribune |url=https://www.startribune.com/glen-taylor-appoints-insider-as-next-ceo-at-taylor-corp/571372852/?refresh=true |access-date=2020-08-28}} Glen Taylor remains chairman of the company.
=Taylor Corporation=
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Taylor Corporation has grown by acquiring more than 200 companies in the graphic arts industry since its inception in 1975.{{Needs citation|date=April 2024}}
One of the largest was its acquisition on June 17, 2015[3], of Standard Register Co., founded in Dayton, Ohio in 1912, for a reported $307 million. Brothers John and William Sherman, along with local Dayton inventor Theodore Shirmer, founded Standard Register Co. to sell the pinfeed autographic register, a device invented by Shirmer. The device enabled multiple copies of printed forms to be fed through the machine using a hand-cranked wooden cylinder.{{cite web |title=Important Events in Standard Register's History |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2015/03/12/important-events-in-standard-registers-history.html |accessdate=14 October 2016 |publisher=Dayton Business Journal}} Over the next century, Standard Register rose to prominence as one of the largest printed communications companies in the United States.{{cite web |title=The 2013 Printing Impressions 400 |url=http://www.piworld.com/article/printing-impressions-2013-ranking-leading-commercial-printing-companies/ |accessdate=14 October 2016 |publisher=Printing Impressions}}
Several months after the transaction was complete, Standard Register was re-branded as Taylor Corporation. Less than one year following the acquisition of Standard Register, Taylor Corporation announced its intentions to purchase Staples Print Solutions, the commercial print division of Staples Inc. The acquisition added 10 commercial print facilities to the company's manufacturing footprint.{{cite web |title=Taylor Corp. to buy Staples printing facilities |url=http://www.startribune.com/taylor-corp-to-buy-staples-printing-facilities/376460531/ |accessdate=14 October 2016 |publisher=Star Tribune}}
Another significant acquisition was Curtis 1000, founded in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1882 by Henry Russell Curtis. Curtis Printing Company was incorporated on September 9, 1886, and grew to become a leading provider of direct mail, labels, promotional products and other printed items for the financial industry. Taylor acquired Curtis 1000, Inc. in 2002.{{Cite web |date=25 February 2002 |title=Mail-Well sells Curtis 1000 for $40M |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2002/02/25/daily6.html |access-date=22 April 2024 |website=Denver Business Journal}}
In 2021, the business discontinued using the Curtis 1000 brand name and now refers to this part of its business as Taylor.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-15 |title=Curtis 1000 Becomes Taylor Print Impressions |url=https://www.floridagraphics.org/member-news/2021/7/15/curtis-1000-becomes-taylor-print-impressions |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Florida Graphics Alliance |language=en-US}}
=Elections=
Taylor prints ballots for Maryland and Clark County, NV.{{Cite news |last=Leckrone |first=Bennett |date=2020-09-11 |title=Former Mail-In Ballot Vendor Won't Print Packets For November Election |url=https://www.marylandmatters.org/2020/09/11/former-mail-in-ballot-vendor-wont-print-packets-for-november-election/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |work=Maryland Matters |language=en-US}}
References
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- {{Cite web |last=Michelson |first=Mark |date=2024-01-11 |title=Reflecting on 40th Annual Printing Impressions 300 |url=https://www.piworld.com/article/largest-printers-ranked-2023-printing-impressions-300-list/ |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Printing Impressions |language=en}}
External links
- {{official}}
- [http://www.taylor.com/ Taylor Corporation]
{{Minnesota Corporations}}
Category:Privately held companies based in Minnesota
Category:Business services companies established in 1975