# Fry Communications, Inc.

> Fry Communications is a privately held, family-owned print manufacturer serving magazine publishers, catalogers, and direct-mail marketers. Its Mechanicsburg campus brings offset and digital printing, specialty finishing, binding, and on-site co-mailing together, with production software and marketing services supporting the work before and after the press run.

- **Founded:** 1934
- **Headquarters:** Mechanicsburg, United States
- **Products:** Publication and catalog manufacturing, Specialty finishing and WOW! Factory, On-site co-mailing and distribution, Insite, Journal Designer
- **Notable:** Company reports more than 1.3 million square feet of manufacturing space, 17 presses, 30 binders, and approximately 700 employees., Discovering Beauty calendar received first runner-up in the 2026 NeoGraphics Power of Print competition, according to Fry’s May 15 announcement., Fry reported three Franklin Awards for Excellence in the same 2026 announcement.

## Products & services

- **Publication and catalog manufacturing** — Web offset, sheetfed, digital inkjet roll-to-roll, and toner printing, with saddle stitching and perfect binding.
- **Specialty finishing and WOW! Factory** — Embossing, soft-touch and grit coatings, cold foil, film lamination, gatefolds, bellybands, inserting, and other specialty production options.
- **On-site co-mailing and distribution** — Co-mailing, distribution analysis, presort, commingling, and drop shipping; the company advertises a Co-Mail Total Delivered Cost Guarantee.
- **Insite** — Online file submission, proofing, and approval portal.
- **Journal Designer** — Publication layout and pagination planning tool offered among Fry’s production tools.
- **Customer Online** — Customer portal for production information and supplied paper and insert usage.
- **Relevant Reach** — Fry’s direct-mail and digital-print division, offering lettershop services and personalized inkjet production.
- **OmniReach** — Marketing automation offering through Relevant Reach, combining mail and digital tracking; Fry describes 13 technologies in four packages.
- **Hybrid print** — Offset production for common content combined with digitally customized covers, offers, and regional editions.

## Achievements

- Company reports more than 1.3 million square feet of manufacturing space, 17 presses, 30 binders, and approximately 700 employees.
- Discovering Beauty calendar received first runner-up in the 2026 NeoGraphics Power of Print competition, according to Fry’s May 15 announcement.
- Fry reported three Franklin Awards for Excellence in the same 2026 announcement.
- Company reports FSC and PEFC chain-of-custody certifications for certain paper offerings.
- Company history says Fry became the largest federal contract printer within five years of entering government printing in 1970.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published the final part of The Partnership Advantage series, describing print planning, cost, and vendor relationships.
- **2026-07** — Promoted Cassandra Crawford to Director of Customer and Distribution Services, adding PILOT responsibilities to her customer-service role.
- **2026-05** — Announced first runner-up for Discovering Beauty and three Franklin Awards in the NeoGraphics competition.
- **2026-04** — News index announced Michael Houtz as Director of Corporate Strategy.
- **2026-01** — Announced the retirement of Jim Davis, a key figure in development of the Presort Information and Logistics Team.
- **2025-09** — Described its hybrid offset and digital print approach for customized covers, offers, and editions.

## Links

- Website: https://frycomm.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fry-communications
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/frycommunications/

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