In Los Angeles, in the summer of 1955...
...Robert Paul Apperson established his new printing company, Apperson Business
Forms, to supply precision forms to the import-export industry. The Apperson company pleased
customers with high-quality printing and impressed them with a rock-solid integrity that resonated
with their values. Times have changed, but the perennial need of customers to find companies that
consistently do a good job and keep their word is as strong as ever.
Milestones
- Import-export becomes Apperson's first vertical market.
- The company moves to its current Gage Avenue facility in Los Angeles and establishes a corporate office.
- Mr. Apperson opens a new facility and sales office in New York City, making the company the sixth
tenant in the new World Trade Center building.
- Apperson purchases Hill Gordon Company in Los Angeles to expand its sales force and increase capacity.
- Apperson purchases Precision Forms of Charlotte, NC, gaining an east-coast manufacturing and distribution center.
- Houston office opens.
- Launches customized inventory-control system for customers.
- Seattle office opens.
- Begins inside sales (telemarketing) in Seattle.
- Launches new credit union telemarketing program.
- Company starts manufacturing OMR scan forms for the education industry.
- The first Advantage™ test scanner is introduced.
- Company name is changed to Apperson Print Management Services to better reflect our growing services.
- Apperson upgrades to voicemail and email.
- Marketing Department is established.
- Debut of Apperson's website, www.appersonprint.com.
- New E-Doc division is acquired.
- The first GradeMaster™ test scanner is introduced.
- Launches new TSM scanners and DataLink™ software.
- Customers place orders via the internet for the first time.
- E-Doc division changes to Digital Technology Services (DTS).
- DTS expands operations to the east-coast Charlotte facility.
- July 15, 2005: Apperson Print Management Services celebrates 50 years in business!
- Company name is changed to Apperson Print Resources
- Corporate office moves to Cerritos
- Charlotte and Seattle offices move
- BenchMark auto-feed scanner released.
- Apperson reaches a major milestone in selling 100 million scan forms.
