History of Faverman Press and Blue Hill Press

1948 - Irving “Jack” Faverman left BBD & G Letterpress to found Faverman Press on Dudley Street in Roxbury.

1948 - Fire destroyed first location on Dudley Street. Jack Faverman reopened Faverman Press 4 doors down from the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Roxbury.

1956 - Jack Faverman moved the business to 1038 Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan near the Public Library.

1965 - Jack’s son Howard Faverman joined the business. He studied camera and darkroom at Boston Technical High School and joined the union. Howard excelled at sales and marketing.

1968 - Jack suffered a heart attack at age 56. Howard assumed responsibility for running the business.

1971 - Howard moved the business to 1014 Turnpike Street in Canton.

1980 - Alan and Howard Shwartz purchased Faverman Press in March, renaming it Blue Hill Press. The Shwartz brothers concentrated on offset printing.

1980 - The Shwartz’s moved Blue Hill Press to 540-A Turnpike Street in Canton, sharing the building with LustreColor. During the 6 years that they owned the business, it grew 4X in annual sales to more than $400,000.

1986 - Paul Lauenstein and his wife, Lonnie Friedman, purchased Blue Hill Press on February 1, 1986. They focused on small-format (11 x 17) offset printing and developed the Macintosh-based graphics capabilities of the company.

1996 - Annual sales exceeded $1,000,000.

1999 - Paul and Lonnie moved the business to 480 Neponset Street in Canton.

2002 - Daniel Bauman purchased Blue Hill Press on May 28, 2002.

2005 - Blue Hill Press acquired Flinn Printing Company of Hingham on October 11, 2005 and merged operations including digital printing and mailing in Canton.

2006 - Blue Hill Press installed Komori Lithrone 26” 5-color press on October 20, 2006.

2007 - Blue Hill Press installed computer-to-plate technology with Rampage Workflow and Fuji Dart 4300 Platesetter on January 29, 2007.

2008 - Blue Hill Press launched newly designed website

2009 - Blue Hill Press upgraded its digital printing by installing high-speed Xerox 4110 production engine and high-performance Konica Minolta Pro 5501 digital color production printer.

2009 - Blue Hill Press upgraded its in-house mailing department by installing new addressing line featuring Secap 26K multi-head inkjet printer with conveyor equipped with infra-red dryer.

Blue Hill Press proudly serves Abington, Acton, Arlington, Avon, Bedford, Boston, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Brookline, Cambridge, Canton, Cohasset, Concord, Dedham, Dover, Easton, Foxboro, Framingham, Franklin, Holbrook, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Holliston, Hull, Lexington, Mansfield, Marshfield, Medfield, Medway, Middleboro, Milford, Millis, Milton, Natick, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, Northboro, Norton, Norwell, Norwood, Quincy, Randolph, Raynham, Rockland, Scituate, Sharon, Stoughton, Taunton, Walpole, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, Weston, Westwood, and Weymouth MA.