About Us
The Value Leader
Southern Lithoplate supplies quality digital and analog lithoplates to more than 1,800 newspaper and commercial printers across North America and around the world. Our lithoplates deliver unbeatable image quality and consistent, durable and sustainable performance that has firmly established us as the value leader.
Southern Lithoplate: Providing High Quality at the Lowest Possible Cost so that our End-Users see Real Value and Maximize their Profit Margins.
With our Southern Lithoplate Strategic Alliance Partners, we also offer our customers prepress and pressroom solutions, which match our commitment to quality and maximizing customer value. These are integrated solutions that provide our customers best-in-class solutions at the lowest total cost of ownership.
Walking the Talk
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Southern Litho awarded Platinum status from Page Cooperative Members PAGE Cooperative announces Southern Lithoplate as Platinum Supplier for second year in a row. |
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Our Hat's Off to You We are pleased an honored you have selected Southern Lithoplate as the overall preferred lithoplate supplier for the third time in a row in the most recent Belden & Associates Research Survey. Here’s what drives our ability to be your Preferred Supplier. Click here for more... |
So, how do we deliver high quality at a cost that creates real customer value?
It starts with more than 77 years of manufacturing know-how, coupled with our patented technology built into our lithoplates. They have superior printability, color fidelity, crispness and fine detail; low power requirements; fast imaging speeds; and durable performance that stands up to even the most demanding pressroom.
Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, are led by seasoned industry professionals employing the latest technology, automation and process controls that ensure our operations are lean, cost-effective and efficient. Our niche market focus enables us to provide products with best-in-class quality and performance.
Our operations are equally leanselling directly to customers with no expensive distributor network; no giant inventory to warehouse. Our pro-active relationship with our customers means we know what you need and when. And our close integration means continuous improvement to meet your needs.
Our Strategic Alliance Partners allow us to offer fully integrated prepress and pressroom best-in-class solutions at the lowest total cost of ownership.
The bottom line is Southern Lithoplate means Better Technology at a Better Value with Faster Delivery, Better Service and Technical Support.