A company is known for the people it keeps.

Mr. Linwood Carter – Founder (retired)

Linwood Carter started the company after a successful career in newspaper printing. He created Carter Mat Service when lead was poured into mats to make the plates for the press. The company typeset ads for large grocery stores throughout the state. As Carter Mat Service grew and technology changed, Linwood recognized the impact of cold type composition. Carter Mat Service typeset for many religious magazines and other retail clients. Linwood soon realized the industry was changing and moved to enhance the customer experience by reorganizing into Carter Composition Company, a typeset and design operation.

Wayne R. Carter – Owner and President Email

Wayne, along with his father Linwood, started Carter Composition Company in 1968. At that time the typeset and print industry were rapidly changing. Together with his father, Wayne invested in the first photo-typesetting equipment in the region. Prior to his joining his father’s business, Wayne’s background was in computer programming and he was able to utilize these skills in the early move to photo-typesetting. Here, at Carter Composition, Wayne was instrumental in leading the firm through its continued expansion by focusing on superior customer service, manufacturing efficiency and by obtaining some of the best people in the business! As the markets changed, so did Carter Composition by providing what the customer wanted: to get it printed!

Russell Carter – Vice President – Sales and Marketing Email

A third generation Carter family member involved in the business, Russ Carter started on the ground floor by making deliveries, by working in bindery, the pressroom and in prepress; as customer service representative, sales representative and now in management. Many things have changed: digital prepress has automated many aspects of the printing process, digital printing for short run high-end color reproduction, automated bindery and much more! Yet the focus is still the same – Provide superior quality printing, solve customer problems and provide efficient solution for price competitive results!

Daniel J Kelliher -Vice President and Plant Manager Email

Dan began his print career in 1968 as a camera operator and quickly advanced into other areas of the offset printing field. In 1979, he joined Carter Composition Corporation as its first estimator and quickly advanced into management. Having both a sales and production background, Dan was promoted to Pressroom Manager in 1984, followed by appointment to Plant Manager in 1985. In 1991, he was promoted to Vice President, a position he still holds while remaining Plant Manager. Through the years, Mr. Kelliher has attended many industry conferences and educational programs and has gained insightful perspectives of the industry.