communications type wholly owned subsidiary industry printing founded 1912 headquarters dayton ohio usa key people glen taylor deb taylor mark o leary number of employees 4 000 parent taylor corporation website taylor communications taylor communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of taylor corporation headquartered in dayton ohio . founded in 1912 as standard register the company re branded in 2016 as taylor communications and serves the financial services healthcare insurance industrial and retail markets through the manufacturing of commercial print corporate stationery direct mail business forms labels retail signage and promotional products . as of 2016 the company operates dozens of manufacturing facilities across the united states and mexico . 1 company background edit taylor communications was founded as standard register co. in dayton ohio in 1912 . brothers john and william sherman along with local dayton inventor theodore shirmer founded the company to sell the pinfeed autographic register a device invented by shirmer . the device enabled multiple copies of printed forms to be fed through the machine using a hand cranked wooden cylinder . 2 over the next century standard register rose to prominence as one of the largest printed communications companies in the united states . 3 on june 17 2015 it was announced that taylor corporation would be acquiring the assets of the company for a reported 307 million . 4 several months after the transaction was complete standard register re branded as taylor corporation s new go to market subsidiary taylor communications . 5 less than one year following the acquisition of standard register taylor communications announced its intentions to purchase staples print solutions the commercial print division of staples inc. the acquisition added 10 commercial print facilities to the company s manufacturing footprint . 6 as of 2016 taylor communications parent company taylor corporation is considered one of the top 3 largest graphic communications companies in north america with competitors rr donnelley and quad graphics being the other two . 7 references edit taylor corporation map pdf . taylor corporation . retrieved 14 october 2016 . important events in standard register s history . dayton business journal . retrieved 14 october 2016 . the 2013 printing impressions 400 . printing impressions . retrieved 14 october 2016 . taylor corp. buys ohio based standard register co. for 307 million . star tribune . retrieved 14 october 2016 . standard register name changed to taylor communications . dayton daily news . retrieved 14 october 2016 . taylor corp. to buy staples printing facilities . star tribune . retrieved 14 october 2016 . by the numbers . taylor corporation . retrieved 14 october 2016 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title taylor communications & oldid 744381146 categories privately held companies based in ohio navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 october 2016 at 21 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view