From the mill to the press.
Western Pennsylvania work shaped the Hess story. Richard’s father worked in a steel mill, and Richard worked at the same mill before driving for Strimbu Trucking and belonging to Teamsters Local 261. Jason’s family account is that the value Richard placed on organized labor helped shape Quickprint as a union shop from its beginning.
Richard and Carol Hess established Quickprint in New Castle in 1978. Jason grew up around the business and learned it from production outward—from the pressroom and prepress to sales, operations and ownership. The earliest independent newspaper evidence located so far documents Quickprint advertising union-shop service by 1984.
Quickprint, Hess Commercial Printing and Hessprint Graphics are distinct chapters in the Hess family’s business history. The names and tools changed. The expectation to understand the work and stand behind it did not.
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