By updating its bindery, Documation was able to move from production of about 200 books per day with too much waste to a fully digital bindery system that enables them to produce 6,000 books per day with the same number of people and much less waste. “This was quite an improvement in productivity,” states Jeremy Stanek, Documation’s Vice President of Operations. “We also grew our revenues from about $15 million in 2017 to more than $22 million in 2022.” Quite an achievement considering the pandemic was in full force during much of that time.

Documation was founded 1999 in Eau Claire, Wis., with the acquisition of an in-plant printing operation, formerly owned by a company that organized seminars. After the acquisition, Documation continued to produce materials used in the original owner’s seminars like paper-based direct mail, brochures, and other onsite materials.

Stanek explains that Documation’s original founder leveraged the expertise the company gained by serving the seminar company and began producing similar work for a variety of associations such as the American Bar Association. They also branched out to serve publishers as well. In 2012, the company was bought by Brad Stuckert, the current CEO, and began to reinvent itself again for a digital world.