Mission Statement
     Tully-Wihr Company is market driven to be the supplier of choice for business solution and print management systems...designed, produced and provided to our customers in a timely, value-added manner. Our goal is to supply the highest quality products and services backed by a team of responsive, service-oriented professionals who provide the best possible attention to detail.

     Committed to offer our Employees an environment that provides an opportunity to grow in their careers, to assume responsibilities commensurate with their ability and to experience ongoing challenge and reward.

     Dedicated to operating within the highest standards of integrity and professionalism, striving for total performance excellence.

Environmentally Friendly
     Tully-Wihr is a "Green" company that is environmentally aware. We have reduced our weekly waste by 60% and continue to look for new ways to further reduce waste. Our rubber strike-ins have been converted to water-soluble photopolymer plates. We recycle 98% of our waste paper and use only water washable plates, soy-based ink, 100% recycled corrugated shipping containers, and alcohol-free solutions.

     Tully-Wihr has received awards from the Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP), administered by the California Integrated Waste Management Board. These WRAP recognitions confirm our seriousness about waste reduction.

Community Support
      Tully-Wihr is recognized as a giving and loyal member of the community. We are pleased to donate to local health care events and to various youth sports programs. In addition to supporting our customers and children of the community, we also support the Placer County Sheriff’s Department. For the last 6 years, Tully-Wihr and its employees have participated in the local “Christmas Miracle” program.

Safety Program
     In an effort to keep all employees safe, Tully-Wihr initiated a safety incentive program. With no loss-of-work injuries for a period of 6 months, all employees are rewarded with a bonus. Tully-Wihr employees surpassed company expectations when they reached 3 years of no loss-of-work injuries in June of 2007.

Our Company's History
     Tully-Wihr was founded in San Francisco shortly after the 1906 earthquake. Located on Lower California Street, the original company made all types of rubber and metal stamps, from printed plates to branding irons.

     In 1928, John Tully sold the business to Frank Gemmell, who operated the company throughout the depression and into the World War II years. Known then as Tully’s Inc., the firm continued to handle the original basic product line. A large contract from the United States Marine Corps was important to the company’s growth in the war years.

     Toward the end of World War II, Mr. Gemmell foresaw major changes for the printing industry. Brass and rubber printing plate products were dying out, and offset lithography was becoming state of the art. Mr. Gemmell hired six sales people to sell stationery and other printed items. Much of that printing was subcontracted to the Wihr Printing Company. When George Wihr died in 1945, Mr. Gemmell bought that company and Tully-Wihr was born.

     In 1950, Arthur Bowe and Bob Wiecking—two former Brown and Bigelow printing salesmen—acquired the company. They kept the name but completely changed the direction of the firm over the next few years. The stationery line was dropped and emphasis was given to business forms and commercial printing. The company became a California corporation in 1964.

     Shortly after Mr. Wiecking died, Mr. Bowe decided to retire, and, on January 1, 1970, he sold the company to two of his salesmen, Don Knoll and Charles Miller. Over the next 25 years, the firm experienced phenomenal growth, with Mr. Knoll as President and Mr. Miller as Vice President. Annual sales grew from $500,000 to over $12,000,000. In January 1979, a manufacturing plant was opened and the number of Tully-Wihr employees grew from 7 to 55. Although Don Knoll is now deceased and Charles Miller is retired, Don’s son Gerry Knoll serves as President of the company. Along with Gerry Knoll, the other principals include Douglas Dunn, CDC, Chief Operations Officer, Jim Knoll, Vice President, and George W. Smith, CDC, Vice President of New Business.

     Tully-Wihr’s current management has maintained many of the philosophies of past ownerships, including an emphasis on product quality and a commitment to outstanding customer service. Building on this foundation, we have expanded our market area, manufacturing facilities, and product line. We look forward to continued growth through the ongoing expansion of our most important asset—our diversified list of satisfied customers.

     Tully-Wihr is among the top ten percent of printing and business forms distributors in the country and is one of Northern California’s largest independent business forms distributors. “Independent” means that we are not tied to any single manufacturing plant to produce the products we sell. Our own manufacturing facility produces the majority of our printed products.

     We are an active member of the PSDA (Print Services Distribution Association), the leading industry trade association. Tully-Wihr conforms to the approved business standards and practices of the PSDA.

     Tully-Wihr is also a member of the PODi, a not-for-profit industry consortium formed in 1996. Its charter is to foster the growth of the digital printing industry through market and standards development activities. PODi constantly monitors market and technology trends in the industry and shares information through seminars, independent research, white papers, articles, and the Web. PODi promotes interoperability through the PPML suite of open, XML based standards, test suites, and certification.

     Tully-Wihr continues to expand its products and services without losing focus on our core competency, the forms business. We have partnered with MindFire Inc. to offer an Integrated Campaign Marketing Solution, complete with personalized URLs, results tracking, and much more to ensure an increased ROI for your marketing campaigns. We offer direct mailing, variable-data printing, and Web-to-print solutions. With our I-way solution, offered in partnership with Press-sense, customers can set up and view their documents (static or variable) online, upload files, and create customized variable print jobs. The I-way solution also provides price quotes for customer orders. Our other powerful store front allows customers to reorder forms, business cards, and letterhead, as well as office supplies and promotional items. Customers can track real-time inventory levels and make adjustments as necessary.

     Tully-Wihr is a growing team of dedicated professionals whose goal is absolute customer satisfaction. By understanding our customers’ needs and meeting with them in an informed, professional manner, we remain at the industry’s cutting edge. We are successful because we deliver quality products and excellent service at a competitive price.

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