Jack Stoughton's original partners, Dale Houchin (shown left) and Mike Kirovff, in the first building on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. Circa 1965

Our Company's History

Stoughton Printing Co. was founded in 1965 to meet the needs of the growing recording industry, initially providing record label backgrounds and imprinted, die cut labels. Jack Stoughton, Sr. and his partners soon found that business was growing by leaps and bounds. Mr. Stoughton bought out his partners to better focus his vision of Stoughton Printing Co., its market and its service to its customers.

Soon, new and larger quarters were in order. New equipment was added, and not long thereafter, the company outgrew its building again. In 1969, Stoughton installed the first dual installation of Heidelberg's new S-Line presses, two SORMs. Not only were these presses of the highest quality and speed at the time, they were also versatile enough to print cover slicks for record albums-the outgrowth of fine service to the recording industry-as well as record label backgrounds.