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Phototype is a third generation family-owned business with a rich, entrepreneurial heritage. Our independent spirit, deeply ingrained service values and aggressive pursuit of new technology have fueled our growth and success over nearly a century.
1919 - Phototype Engraving founded in 1919 in Cincinnati, Ohio as the first business in the region to use revolutionary photo-etching technique.
1950 - First in region to offer powder-less etching
1952 - Began using newest Kodak relief KRP plate
1965 - First in region to offer magnesium plates
1972 - First in region to offer 4/color offset on-press color proofs
1975 - First in region to adopt SWOP color standards
1985 - Reorganized from a unionized company to a non-union company
1986 - First in region to purchase digital scanning and imaging equipment
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1970 - Expanded to offer specialized services for packaging design and production
1988 - Opened PhotoArt photography studio
1992 - First in region to offer digital photography
1994 - Opened sister facility in Columbus, Ohio
1996 - Designed and opened world-class flexo platemaking facility
1998 - Installed Cyrel Digital Imager for flexo plates; the sixth machine of its kind to be installed in the US
2002 - Announced NuDot® screening technology
2003 - Launched Gravity (www.gravityisgood.com) brand consultancy and packaging design studio
2005 - Implemented Ghent PDF Workgroup standards for universal graphics data exchange |
