Offset Printing

Double Exposure: L + L Printers Named to List of Fastest-Growing Companies, Profiled in Business Publication

Monday 22. December 2008 - L + L Printers recently gained some well-deserved recognition for its business acumen. The Carlsbad, Calif.-based commercial printer was ranked seventh in an annual list of the 100 fastest-growing private companies in the San Diego area.

The San Diego Business Journal, which published the list in September, also gave L + L Printers an opportunity to share the secrets to its success. The business weekly profiled the printing company as part of a special package of articles that accompanied the rankings.

Established in 1959, L + L Printers has purchased four 40-inch Mitsubishi presses in the past eight years, all of them equipped with inline aqueous coaters. The company acquired its first Mitsubishi press, an eight-color model, in 2000. That press was followed in 2006 by a four-color Diamond 3000S.

A six-color Diamond 3000S was added in early 2008 to provide L + L Printers’ customers with faster service and more diversity in the types of commercial projects the company produces. A few months later, L + L Printers installed another 40-inch press, this time a Diamond 3000LX. The six-color press is designed to print on thick stock, thin stock and synthetic substrates with equal ease and quality. L + L Printers outfitted its new press with Mitsubishi?s SimulChanger plate-changing system to significantly reduce makeready time.

The company finished the year 2007 with $13.3 million in sales — an increase of 444 percent from 2005 to 2007. More than 70 employees staff the main printing plant in Carlsbad and a satellite location in San Diego.

L + L Printers has a thriving business producing action sports catalogs, annual reports, marketing materials and point-of-purchase displays. The combination of sophisticated prepress software, computer-to-plate imaging and printing technology enables the company to deliver beautiful work. The Mitsubishi presses easily accommodate four-color process work, as well as jobs that require five or more colors or specialty projects where metallic inks and other effect pigments help ensure dramatic results.