Allied's Major Milestones

Over 70 Years Experience

We’ve spent over 70 years focused on perfecting the art of traditional printing while strategically investing in the future. Our experienced team will work with you from concept to completion, helping to achieve your business objectives. Our customers are local, regional, and national organizations; many have worked with us for decades.

1952

Allied is incorporated

1952

1971

Paul C. Zimmer purchases Allied with a vision to support community growth.

1971

1982

Bob Straub joins Paul Zimmer in partnership and the vision.

1982

1988

Allied invests in its first 5-color offset press, a Shinohara 66VPK.

1988

1992

Allied installs inserting and ink-jetting equipment, bringing critical mailing operations in-house.

1992

1994

The Allied Distribution Center opens. We begin warehousing collateral and customer-owned products.

1994

1997

We invest in our first digital press & begin customizing client collateral—the start of Allied’s one-to-one personalization journey.

1997

2010

Allied develops a succession plan focusing on long-term leadership to promote internal growth and future innovations.

2010

2013

We move warehousing to a larger space. The old location is where our state-of-the-art Digital Direct Mail Center is born.

2013

2014

Allied goes big, acquiring the HP Pagewide 300 digital inkjet web press.
2014

2015

Allied installs its first HP Indigo.

2015

2021

We invest in personnel, security, quality, and technology to support complex, matched mailings.

2021

2022

Allied announces a new management team to propel the company forward in operations, technology, printing, and marketing services. We invest in in-house envelope manufacturing equipment that can produce over 1,000,000 envelopes weekly.

2022

2023

We expand our ability to support our client’s omnichannel marketing needs by providing email marketing, personalized URL and personalized QR codes, SMS marketing, and ringless voicemail.

2023