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AlphaGraphics is a franchise chain of business centers that provide print communication solutions that include one-to-one marketing, mailing services, large format printing, design services, copying, printing, and finishing and bindery services. AlphaGraphics is the largest franchise print company, with 270 stores worldwide as of August, 2006.

Though some references[citation needed] give the startup year for AlphaGraphics as 1970, the first employees of the company and its early competitors agree that it was 1969[citation needed].

The first AlphaGraphics store was opened in the summer of 1969 one block west of the Main Gate at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona by Rodger Ford, a former Xerox technician. The company offered photocopies at the then-unheard-of price of USD $0.03 each. The company was purchased by G. A. Pindar & Son Ltd. and its headquarters relocated to Salt Lake City, Utah in March of 2001.

At one time, AlphaGraphics had operations in 22 countries. Currently, AlphaGraphics operates in the United States, Brazil, China, Cyprus, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom.

To date, AlphaGraphics is the only franchise print company to have attained ISO 9000 certification system-wide through the International Organization for Standardization.

[edit] See also

FedEx Kinko's: A global competitor to AlphaGraphics, in the photocopy industry.
Photocopy
Xerox

[edit] External links

  • AlphaGraphics, official site
  • [1] an article from 1991 exploring print franchisers. The situation has changed since the time of the article, but the article gives a good history of the print franchise boom before the internet became widely used.


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