Printech Business Systems

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By Shelley Gabert While other printing companies make their exodus out of Manhattan, Printech Business Systems Incorporated is committed to staying put. The eight-year-old firm started as a one-machine copy shop and has grown into a successful, medium- sized digital black-and-white and color printing business. Last year, the com- pany outgrew its space on West 32nd Street and doubled its operations in a move to Midtown Manhattan, a few blocks from Pennsylvania Station. "In the past three years, we have grown by leaps and bounds," said Frank Passantino, president and partner of the company with Marc Zaransky. "We have doubled our employees from 25 to 50, and our sales have tripled." Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the company handles short-run digital printing with quick turnaround, and offers in-house finishing capabilities and variable-data mail merge in black- and-white and color. Small Beginnings The firm started out with six employees working out of a 900-sq.-ft. fadility but it quickly took off and the partners moved to the sixth floor of a 100-year- old building on 32nd Street. Mr. Passantino estimates that the company grew from doing 10 to 15 jobs a day, to 35, to currently upwards of 50 for its trade and commercial clients, including banks, brokerage firms, hospitals, and healthcare and insurance companies. The firm also works with many non- profit organizations, producing pam- phlets and saddle-stitched booklets. Printech prints on 11x17' and CD cover stock, as well as on large poster board for banners and flyers. "In the past, we could track our jobs efficiently, but with the increased work processed each day, we needed a plant designed for our larger workflow," Mr. Passantino noted. "We also needed more storage space for the boxes of collateral material we used for jobs completed over several months." To accommodate this growth and the expanded service offerings, the company took over the third floor of a 25- story building at 519 Eighth Avenue, between 35th and 36th Streets, in January 2004. While it was a major move, which required months of transition and organization, the firm has finally settled in and the operation is running smoothly. "We really love our new, bigger layout and our new neigh- borhood," said Mr. Passantino. "We received tax incentives to stay within Manhattan, but we would stay here anyway."

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