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.
Phototype Engraving founded in 1919 in Cincinnati, Ohio as the first business in the region to use revolutionary photo-etching technique
First in region to offer powder-less etching
Began using newest Kodak relief KRP plate
First in region to offer magnesium plates
Expanded to offer specialized services for packaging design and production
First in region to offer 4/color offset on-press color proofs
First in region to adopt SWOP color standards
Reorganized from a unionized company to a non-union company
First in region to purchase digital scanning and imaging equipment
Opened PhotoArt photography studio
First in region to offer digital photography
Opened sister facility in Columbus, Ohio
Designed and opened world-class flexo platemaking facility
Installed Cyrel Digital Imager for flexo plates; the sixth machine of its kind to be installed in the US
Announced NuDot® screening technology
Launched Gravity (www.gravityisgood.com) brand consultancy and packaging design studio
Implemented Ghent PDF Workgroup standards for universal graphics data exchange
Opened a location in Fayetteville Arkansas
Opened Production Art and Premedia in UK
Opened Guangzhou China office
Opened facility in Appleton Wisconsin
Opened a dedicated 3-D studio in Columbus Ohio
Opened Art/Premedia site in Dallas Texas
