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Rollprint's history dates back to October 2, 1933,
when Jack Schenker formed the Schenker Printing Company. Located at 1014 W. Fullerton
Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, the primary product was sheet-fed printed paper for
advertising flyers, letterheads, and other commercial printing.
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In 1937, Schenker Printing Company was purchased
by Sydney R. Raike. Over the years, the Company added sheet-fed press capacity and
expanded its product line into printing of paper packaging materials for chewing
gum wrappers, boxes, overwrap, and battery labels.
In 1944, Schenker Printing Company relocated
to a 20,000 square foot building at 2301 W. Wabansia Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1949, with two used flexographic presses
and a used slitter, Rollprint Products Corporation opened for business in the 1400
block of Hubbard Street in Chicago. Rollprint was formed as a subsidiary of Schenker
Printing Company, to provide the more commercial and faster flexographic printing
process.
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