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Nies/Artcraft CompaniesWho We Are

St. Louis, MO

•Nationally recognized leader in the printing industry since 1901

•Four locations in St. Louis, Missouri

• Printing Capabilities• Sheetfed Printing• Web Printing• Digital Printing• Mailing

• Unique Services • Promotional Solutions• Impression Labeling

• Fulfillment/Direct Mail

Nies/Artcraft CompaniesNies Artcraft Printing

St. Louis, MO

• Medium to large run six-color sheetfed and heat set web printing with in-line finishing

• Union and Non Union plants.

• New 40” Komori LS640C, 6 Color Sheet Fed

Press with Aqueous or UV Coating.

• Heidelberg 74 29” 5-color with Aqueous.

• G7 Master Certified - one of only 225 printers

in the country

• Half web in-line finishing includes: 12 folding

patterns, paste binding, remoist gluing, perfing,

scoring, rotary trimming

• Pre-press services with “InSite” online

approval, Color Management Solutions,

Staccato Screening

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Valcour Digital Printing – Print On Demand Solutions

St. Louis, MO

Features•Digital printing on 14 HP 5500 & 7000 presses.

•New HP WS6000-Web

•One of the Largest Facilities In the U.S. housing•HP Indigo Digital Presses

•Print on Demand, Variable Data Printing (VDP), Web to Print Applications and Photo Books.UV Coating, Film Lamination

•Full book bindery

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Impression Label Co. Flexographic Roll Printed Labels on a Variety of Substrates

St. Louis, MO

Features• Web widths up to 16” • 8 color capability with varnish coating• Dual sided printing• Lamination, pattern varnishes and adhesives• Supplied in rolls, sheets, fan folded, die cut,

butt cut, perforated and back slit

We can print on:• Pressure sensitive material• Paper• Clear plastic• Opaque plastic• Flexible pouch material• Foil

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Lion Promotional Solutions – Building Brand Loyalty and Increasing Sales

St. Louis, MO

Features• Specializing in the planning, development,

administration and production of games, sweepstakes and contest programs.

Games and Sweepstakes include:• Scratch off• Peel and win• Folded perforated devices• Red reveal• Internet

Nies Artcraft CompaniesLion Promotional Solutions - Case Study/Build-A-Bear

St. Louis, MO

Program Highlights• Red reveal game pieces distributed via in store,

direct mail and as insert in Nickelodeon Magazine.

• Consumers brought game piece to one of 160 Build-a-Bear stores nationwide, held it under the “Red Reveal Bear” displays to see if they won one of the national prizes.

• Consumers then filled out the sweepstakes portion of the game piece and placed it into “ballot box”. At the end of the promotion period the ballot boxes were sent to Nies for a drawing for each store “the Run-for the Stuffing shopping spree at each store.

• Over 250,00 entries were received nationwide. One winner selected and verified for each store.


NAFCO-Fulfillment and Direct Mail Company

St. Louis, MO

Features•Inventory management includes warehousing, pick-pack-ship and kit assembly • Our Midwest location saves time and reduces shipping cost

•Online inventory and ordering

•Smart Technology Warehouse Management System

Direct Mail• High speed Camera based intelligent inserting, HP technology, ink jetting, high speed data laser Imaging, On-site DMU.


The Value We Create

St. Louis, MO

“Nies Artcraft a Consolidated Graphics company is unique in that we provide the service and responsiveness of a local printing company combined with the economic, geographic, and technological advantages of a large national printer”


Our Footprint

St. Louis, MO


A Growing Range of Capabilities

St. Louis, MO

303 Sheetfed Presses

State-of-the-Art Prepress

PrintingFulfillmentTechnology 62 Web Presses

Extensive Bindery


A Growing Range of Capabilities

St. Louis, MO

•Over 220 digital presses in 65 companies

• Expanding international production

• Integrated Digital Highway

2Oce

30NexPress

56Indigo

4VuTek

3Xeikon

24 iGen

Nies Artcraft Companies St. Louis, MO

Unique Capabilities…

• POP / POS

• Large and Grand Format Signage

• Synthetic and Specialty Substrates

• Games & Sweepstakes

• Foreign Language Translation

• Promotional Products

• National warehousing and fulfillment (regionalization)

• Variable Data Print (VDP) and data management

• Mailing Services

• Print and Publishing on demand (POD)

• Case binding


•Storefront• Customizable online system that streamlines

purchase, management and distribution of company’s marketing materials

•Digital Asset Management• A powerful system that gives you limitless

means to organize, protect and facilitate proper use of your company’s vast library of digital assets.

•CrossMedia• Enables you to create engaging personalized

one-to-one campaigns increasing your response rates

• Personalized direct mail, websites, e-mail and text messages.

Technology Solutions customized for our clients…


A Focus on the Environment

Paper Recycling - We recycled 66,633 tons of paper in FY2008 which equates to saving 219,889 yards of landfill space.

Aluminum Recycling - We recycle more than 700 tons of aluminum per year.

Enterprise-wide FSC Certification - Each of our facilities utilizes FSC paper to help support a more sustainable forestry industry.

Distribute and Print - Our national footprint allows us to print and distribute products closer to the delivery points, reducing emissions.

Ink - Nearly all of our printing inks are soy and vegetable based and less harmful to the environment

Energy Conservation - Energy efficient lighting in our facilities reduces energy consumption. Some locations offset 100% of their grid electricity usage with Green-e certified renewable energy credits.


Resources – Tom Pandolfo -National Account Manager - Cell 314-713-5349 , 1-888-951-5466, [email protected]

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