WARREN PRINTING Plant to shut down after assets are sold

A sales- and customer-service office will remain in Warren.
By DON SHILLING
VINDICATOR BUSINESS EDITOR
WARREN -- Warren Printing is closing its production plant after selling its assets to a Cleveland printer.
HKM Direct Market Communications will move some of the local company's printing equipment to its plant as part of the sale. Terms of the deal were not released.
Warren Printing will become part of HKM and will serve customers through a sales- and customer-service office that will remain at 387 Chestnut Ave. N.E.
Jim Jastatt, former Warren Printing president, said a number of the 28 employees will lose their jobs but he couldn't say how many. The moving of some equipment will be done over the next few weeks, he said.
Jastatt and his sister, Nancy Jastatt-Juergens, were the owners of Warren Printing and now will work in the local sales office for HKM. Jastatt said he will continue working with local customers and others in New York.
Parents started company
Their parents, the late Bill and Betty Jastatt, started the company in 1946. Warren Printing handles a variety of jobs, including brochures, annual reports, envelopes and letter heads.
Jim Jastatt said the deal makes sense for both companies.
It will give Warren Printing's customers a wider variety of options, he said. HKM offers digital printing and presses capable of handling sheets 40 inches wide.
HKM also offers Web site development, e-commerce, mail information management and laser printing services.
"Warren Printing has a tradition of quality, and we know this tradition will be carried on with HKM," Jastatt said.
He said he had been considering adding digital equipment, which would allow for personalized direct mail and less expensive printing costs.
HKM also benefits in the deal, he said. HKM officials had been looking to add presses that handle sheets 29 inches wide, which Warren Printing has. That equipment will be sent to HKM's plant.
Larger jobs can be printed more cost-effectively on the bigger presses, while smaller jobs work better on the smaller presses, he said.