HISTORY

THE COMPANY ROOTS GO BACK CIRCA 1820 AND THE FORMATION OF HAMILTON’S FIRST NEWSPAPER, “THE HAMILTON REPUBLICAN”. IN MARCH OF 1946 THE PAPER MERGED WITH THE “MORRISVILLE LEADER” AND THE “EARLVILLE STANDARD” TO FORM ” THE MID-YORK WEEKLY”. IN OCTOBER OF THAT YEAR THE COMPANY ACQUIRED ALL THE PRINTING PRESSES OF THE NORWICH PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY AND INCORPORATED AS THE MID-YORK PRESS, INC. SINCE THEN THE COMPANY HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH MANY TYPES OF PRINTING AND PACKAGING. TODAY THE COMPANY IS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED SUPPLIER TO THE PHARMACEUTICAL, COSMETIC AND FOOD INDUSTRIES ON A NATIONAL LEVEL IN ADDITION TO SUPPLYING COMMERCIAL PRINTING SERVICES TO LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

PRINCIPAL MANAGERS

Robert W. Tenney,President, Chief Executive Officer

Patrick W. Dowdall, Vice President, Chief Operating Officer

Shawn M. Aikins, Vice President, Plant/Production Manager

Brian J. Hicks, Director of Quality Assurance

Eric W. Conant, Shift Supervisor

John M. Lawrence, CAD Designer

Kathryn Conron Director of Human Resources

Nichole Jaycox, Purchasing and Accounts Payable

Rose Tenney, Creative Consultant

Business Breakdown

Commercial Printed Packaging 90%

Commercial Printing 10%

Facilities

Administrative and Manufacturing

2808 State Highway 80

Sherburne, NY 13460 (70,500 Square feet)

Location

Economic Impact on County

$3,040,000 Gross Payroll
$2,500,000 paid locally for goods and services
$480,000 paid for healthcare benefits (to area hospitals, dentists, doctors and drugstores)
$36,000 paid in property and school taxes
The Mid-York Press, Inc. Sign

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OUR VISION

To be identified among the leaders in the commercial printing/packaging industry through outstanding, progressive growth, and to be a vitally profitable company.

OUR MISSION

We will market superior printed products for use by our customers throughout the world. Efforts will be directed to the discovery of innovative products and services to meet and exceed our customer’s demands.

OUR VALUES

Integrity is the overriding principle which guides the company in its dealings with customers, suppliers and above all, employees. We believe in fairness, trust and openness in communication. We will always be guided by the realization that our customers must benefit from our efforts. By adhering to these principles, we believe the ultimate result will be dedicated customers, involved and committed employees, and an organization driving the management.

OUR STRATEGIES

We will strongly support our current business, recognizing it provides the resources for all future growth. Innovation and constantly improving service to our customers are essential to long-term growth.

Our strategy includes three focus areas:
  1. Constantly increasing the quality of our product.
  2. Constantly increasing the service to our customers.
  3. Constantly seek out new ways to reduce our costs through innovation and increased efficiencies without sacrificing quality.
We will command competitive advantage through a superior knowledge of, and interaction with our customers. We will apply the principles of Total Quality to achieve continual improvement in everything we do.