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How Foote Printing is Printing Differently

Foote Printing is not your run of the mill printing company. We try to set ourselves apart from the rest by doing our best to serve you, our employees, and our natural environment. We feel that what makes us a really unique printing company is that we are locally owned, we operate as a union, and perhaps our most crucial differentiator, we are doing our part to be an environmentally consciences company.

Locally Owned

Most printing companies are chains and not locally owned because there is a lot of consolidation in the printing market right now. However, we are one of Cleveland's only locally owned printing companies. Because of our locality, we are able to fulfill all your printing needs, anywhere from the smallest projects to the biggest, with fast and personalized service. We also aim to provide our customers with the best quality printing products and customer experience.

Considering we are a Cleveland owned and operated company, we boost the economic growth of our city. All of our profits stay in the Cleveland area and not only does our business's money cycle back into the market but so does the spending of our employees.

Union Ran

In addition to a customer-focused mission, we are also committed to providing our employees with the best career opportunities and growth potential. Therefore, we operate under a union so that our employees are more likely to have health care, pensions, and other benefits that unions can offer.

Union label for Foote Printing | Cleveland, OH

Passion for our Environment

At Foote Printing, we are doing our part to reduce our carbon footprint! We recycle about 99.9% of all of our paper. Moreover, our company runs on solar power. Our roof is covered with 305 solar panels. During the course of a month, our solar panels provide us with 60-90% of our electric usage. These are just a few ways we are making the world as clean and green as possible!

Solar panels on Foote Printing's rooftop | Cleveland, OH

The next time you need a print, whether the project is small or large, choose fast, personalized, and local over chain printing. Choose a company who supports their employees. Choose a printing service who cares about its impact on the world. Choose Foote Printing! If you have any questions about the services we offer or want more information about how we do all that we can to give back to you, our people, and/or our environment, then contact us today!

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