{{Infobox company | name = Walsworth Publishing Company | logo = | type = [[Private company]] | foundation = {{Start date and age|1937}} in [[Marceline, Missouri]] | founders = Don Walsworth | location = 306 N. Kansas Avenue | hq_location_city = [[Marceline, Missouri]] | hq_location_country = USA | key_people = Don O. Walsworth, [[CEO]] | industry = [[Printing]] | products = [[Yearbooks]] [[Books]] [[Magazines]] [[Cataloging|Catalogs]] | num_employees = 1,250 | revenue = [[United States dollar|US$]]85.1 million (est.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/revenue-financial.WALSWORTH_PUBLISHING_COMPANY_INC.e539cc3fa7259e6e.html| title=Walsworth Publishing Company, Inc. | access-date=2023-11-26 | publisher=Dun & Bradstreet}}</ref> | homepage = {{URL|http://walsworth.com/}} }} '''Walsworth Publishing Company''' is a [[Family business|family-owned]] printing company based out of [[Marceline, Missouri]]. The company was started in 1937 by Don Walsworth. The current CEO of the company is Don's son, Don O. Walsworth, and the current president is his grandson, Don Walsworth. Walsworth operates from administrative offices and book printing and binding facilities in Marceline, Missouri; a prepress facility in Brookfield, Missouri; a sales and marketing office in Overland Park, Kansas; and magazine and catalog printing facilities in Saint Joseph, Michigan; Ripon, Wisconsin; and Fulton, Missouri. Additionally, Walsworth owns the Donning Company Publishers, a specialty book publisher.
==Company history== Walsworth Publishing Company is among the 30 largest printing companies in the United States. It is headquartered in [[Marceline, Missouri|Marceline]], Missouri.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walsworth.com/company|title = Our History}}</ref> In 1937, Don Walsworth settled in Marceline to print [[playbill]]s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myforum.associationforum.org/site/walsworth/3506|title=- MyForum|website=myforum.associationforum.org}}</ref> with a borrowed [[typewriter]] and a [[mimeograph]] machine. Soon the product line expanded to include [[cookbook]]s and, following [[World War II]], memorial books to honor those who had served.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3483600103.html| title = Walsworth Publishing Company, Inc. {{!}} Encyclopedia.com}}</ref> In 1947,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walsworthyearbooks.com/about/history.html |title=History {{!}} Walsworth Yearbooks |website=www.walsworthyearbooks.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806190224/http://www.walsworthyearbooks.com/about/history.html |archive-date=2009-08-06}}</ref> Walworth began to produce yearbooks. In 1970, the commercial printing division was established to balance the cyclical yearbook<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://whattheythink.com/news/38226-walsworth-optimizes-worflow-with-eskoartwork-odystar/|title = Walsworth Optimizes Worflow with EskoArtwork Odystar}}</ref> production schedule, adding [[textbook]]s, catalogs, [[magazine]]s and other specialty publications to the Walsworth line.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4285662 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510075715/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4285662 | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 10, 2009 | title=Walsworth Publishing Co Inc - Company Profile and News }}</ref>
==Business model== Walsworth produces books, catalogs and magazines, and is the only family-owned publisher of [[yearbook]]s.
Walsworth is still a family-owned company that employs more than 1,250 people worldwide. Over 675 employees have attained Master Printer of America status.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uwecsaleswarmup.com/sponsor.phtml/1f651bc58c/Walsworth%20Yearbooks|title = Sales Warm up Sponsors | College Sales Competition}}</ref> The company operates from administrative offices and book printing and binding facilities in Marceline, Missouri; a prepress facility in Brookfield, Missouri; a sales and marketing office in Overland Park, Kansas; and magazine and catalog printing facilities in Saint Joseph, Michigan; Ripon, Wisconsin; and Fulton, Missouri. Additionally, Walsworth owns the Donning Company Publishers, a specialty book publisher.
In December 2019, the company announced plans to acquire the [[Wisconsin]]-based Ripon Printers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fdlreporter.com/story/money/2019/12/18/walsworth-acquire-ripon-printers-wisconsin-operations-continue/2687023001/|title = Walsworth to acquire Ripon Printers on Dec. 31, operations to continue | Streetwise}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://walsworth.com/ Walsworth Publishing Company website] {{Authority control}}
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