Annual Reports and Corporate Printing, Handled In-House
Fiscal year-end does not move to fit a print vendor’s schedule, and board materials cannot wait on a subcontractor’s queue. Garlich runs prepress, printing, finishing, and distribution under one roof, so your annual report, board book, or shareholder mailing moves on your timeline instead of someone else’s.
G7 Master Facility Colorspace qualified Qualification renewed annually
FSC Certified
In-house prepress through distribution
Award-winning annual report printing
Fourth-generation, employee-owned since 2016
What Corporate & Financial Teams Are Up Against
Every annual reporting cycle runs on a calendar nobody in the print chain controls. The fiscal year closes, the board meets, and the report has to exist in finished, bound form before either of those dates moves. A vendor who needs a week for prepress and another week for a subcontracted bindery is not building in margin for the inevitable last-minute figure revision, and that margin is exactly what a corporate communications or investor relations team is short on every single cycle.
The pressure compounds because the same team is rarely producing just the annual report. A finance or corporate communications department managing a reporting cycle is also fielding requests for board meeting materials, shareholder correspondence, and often the printed collateral that HR and marketing need on their own separate timelines. Juggling one vendor for the polished, deadline-critical work and another for everyday brochures and onboarding kits multiplies the number of places a schedule can slip.
Confidentiality adds a layer most print buyers outside this space never think about. A financial statement or an unreleased annual report is not something a communications team wants moving through an outside subcontractor’s shop before its public release date. Keeping prepress, printing, and finishing in one facility is not just a turnaround advantage. It is fewer hands touching material that has not gone public yet.
How Corporate & Financial Companies Use Garlich
Annual Reports and Board Materials
The situation is the same every cycle: the fiscal year closes, the board meets, and a finished, professionally bound report needs to exist before either date arrives. Garlich produces the full report from prepress through binding, along with the board books and financial statement materials that accompany the meeting itself. This is not a capability we are extending into an adjacent category. Garlich has won awards specifically in the annual reports category at the St. Louis Gallery of Superb Printing, in multiple years, which is the kind of proof that only comes from having actually done the work.
Employee Welcome Packets and Onboarding Kits
New hires arrive on a schedule set by hiring managers, not by a print production calendar, and a financial services firm with a branch network or a seasonal hiring wave needs onboarding materials ready every time a class of new employees starts. Garlich produces welcome packets and onboarding kits as a recurring job rather than a one-off order, which makes this a natural fit for our web-to-print portal: once the packet is built and approved, HR can reorder it on their own schedule without resubmitting files or waiting on a new quote each time.
Marketing Brochures for Financial Products and Services
Rate changes, product launches, and seasonal promotions all generate the same need: brochures and product collateral that go out to clients and prospects on a timeline set by the market, not by the print shop. Garlich produces this collateral alongside the higher-stakes annual report and board work, which means a marketing team is not managing one vendor for polished investor materials and a second one for everyday brochures.
Shareholder, Investor, and Client Event Direct Mail
Branch-network financial firms and independent local advisors both run the same kind of recurring event calendar: client appreciation events, investor seminars, and annual meetings that all need invitations and promotional mailers timed to the event date. Garlich handles this with variable data and personalization, and every list goes through NCOA processing before it mails, so invitations reach the right address instead of coming back undeliverable. Shareholder mailings tied to the annual meeting itself run through the same direct mail capability, which means the report, the board materials, and the meeting invitation can move through one vendor rather than three.
Capabilities for Corporate & Financial
Capabilities for Corporate & Financial
| Capability | Applies to | Detail page |
|---|---|---|
| Prepress and finishing | Annual reports, board materials | /services/prepress, /services/finishing |
| Direct mail, variable data, NCOA processing | Shareholder and event mailings | /services/direct-mail |
| Web-to-print ordering | Recurring welcome packets and brochures | /web-to-print |
| Fulfillment and kitting | Onboarding kit assembly | /services/fulfillment |
Corporate & Financial Work
Garlich’s most direct proof in this space is specific rather than broad: awards won in the annual reports category at the St. Louis Gallery of Superb Printing, across multiple years.
Garlich has not published a named client or case study from the corporate or financial services sector specifically. [Gap] What we can point to is relevant, adjacent enterprise work: companies including Anheuser-Busch InBev, Nestlé, and John Deere trust Garlich with high-volume, brand-sensitive print and distribution work, which is the same standard a board book or shareholder mailing demands. [Confirmed, general enterprise proof, not vertical-specific]
Garlich Printing Company Testimonials
What Our Clients Say About Our Work
We needed some booklets printed for an upcoming event. Garlich Printing was easy to work with and got it done fast, and the quality is amazing. Definitely recommend!
Mary P.
Chris Garlich and his staff are amazing! We have a custom printed paper done locally for our funeral home. I would recommend Garlich Printing for any business in and around the St. Louis area.
Donnell W.
I had to order 100 glossy, full color postcards for a client by end of business day… Chris answered the phone and made it happen. My client picked them and LOVED them! Reliable, quick, and they’ll help you when you’re in a jam. Highly recommend!
Bailey W.
Great company! St. Louis owned and operated. Large scale printer, top quality work.
Scott S.
Standards We Meet
Garlich holds G7 Master Facility Colorspace qualification, the most stringent of the three G7 compliance levels, and FSC certification for responsibly sourced paper. For corporate and financial buyers, G7 qualification supports consistent color and gray balance across printed materials, helping brochures, annual reports, and other brand communications maintain a cohesive appearance.
Garlich provides secure link uploads through InSite for submitting files, including pre-release financial materials. While Garlich does not currently hold a dedicated information-security certification or attestation such as SOC 2, InSite offers a secure file-submission option. Clients with specific confidentiality or handling requirements can discuss those needs with Garlich before submitting sensitive materials.
Request a QuoteWhy Corporate & Financial Companies Work With Us
Keeping prepress, printing, finishing, and distribution in-house means fewer subcontracted hands touching a report before its public release date, which matters more in this industry than almost any other Garlich serves.
One vendor covers both ends of the workload: the polished, deadline-critical annual report and board materials, and the everyday onboarding kits and brochures a finance or HR team also needs. That single relationship is worth more to a busy communications team than a marginally lower price from a specialist who only handles one or the other.
Employee ownership since 2016 and more than 65 staff members give a recurring vendor relationship something a smaller shop cannot: continuity. A financial services client working with Garlich on this year’s annual report is working with the same company, likely the same production team, next year.
Corporate & Financial Questions
How far in advance of our board meeting should we submit files for printing and binding?
The required lead time depends on the specific job and its scope. We recommend submitting files as early as possible so we can confirm the appropriate turnaround time.
Can we send onboarding kit orders through the web-to-print portal instead of resubmitting a new file each time?
Yes. Once a welcome packet or onboarding kit is built and approved, it can be reordered through the portal on your own schedule.
Do you handle materials that have not been publicly released yet, like an unreleased annual report?
Garlich keeps prepress, printing, and finishing in-house rather than subcontracting steps out, which limits how many hands touch material before it goes public.
What is the minimum run for financial product brochures?
There is no minimum run. We can accommodate orders based on your specific needs.
Can you match color consistently across an annual report, a brochure, and event signage for the same event?
Yes. Garlich’s G7 Master Facility Colorspace qualification exists specifically to keep color and gray balance consistent across different print formats and substrates.
Ready for a Print Partner Who Understands Your Calendar
Whether it is this year’s annual report, a board meeting three weeks out, or an onboarding kit you will reorder every quarter, Garlich can quote it from one shop.
