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Hammer Packaging  has been named to the Graphic Arts Monthly (GAM) list for top performing printing companies in North America. This year, Hammer came in at #64. A subset of this listing places Hammer fourth among its peers in the packaging printing category.

Each year, GAM polls hundreds of top North American printing companies and assigns a ranking based upon their latest fiscal year.

Making the top of the list is a strong indicator of a sound business plan. The industry’s top firms are rising to the challenge with profit strategies that combine tough budget decisions with focused capital spending. James E. Hammer, president and CEO states, “I view 2009 as a year of tremendous challenges and decisions, as well as tremendous opportunities, but we all need to be focused on the key drivers that will make 2009 a success.”

GAM has previously singled out Hammer Packaging as having one of the highest percentages of revenues reinvested back into the business. When last measured, Hammer re-invested at a rate six times the industry average. Jim Hammer goes on to say, “Investing in leading-edge technology is a fundamental part of our business strategy, and it’s how we’re able to remain among the very elite of our industry.”

Graphic Arts Monthly reports on applied technology for printing and allied industries. The magazine is published by Reed Business Information, a member of the Reed Elsevier Group, and has a monthly circulation of 70,000 copies. A complete listing of this year’s GAM Top 101 can be found in Graphic Arts Monthly’s June issue or online at www.graphicartsonline.com.