For details on our nearly 200 year history, run your mouse over the years on our interactive timeline.

Obadiah Van Benthusyn opened the doors of Van Benthusyn Printing Co. (Vee Printing)

Van Benthusyn Printing Co. purchased two paper mills (one of which was Fort Orange Paper Co., Castleton)

Van Benthusyn Printing given title of official U.S. Printer and was the largest printer in New York State, from late 1880Õs - 1920Õs

V-B Printing is the newly shortened name of the Van Benthusyn Printing Co.

The Schenectady Herold - Journal (Schenectady Herold Printing) was founded by Oswald E. Heck and Thomas Unseld, Jr. as a weekly German newspaper at 151 Barrett Street, Schenectady

Schenectady Herold moved to 26 - 29 No. Broadway, Schenectady and continued to operate as a printing plant

Alan Dustin and Charlotte Foster open the doors of Alchar Printing in West Sand Lake

Tom Dowd and Jack Hupe purchase Alchar Printing from Alan & Charlotte

Alchar Printing moves to 602 Pawling Avenue, Troy

Alchar buys Birkmayer Artcrafters, builds a 2500 sq. ft. addition to the Pawling Avenue location and now prints up to 20Ó x 26Ó

Chuck Batcher opens Lower Forty Prepress in Stephentown, NY and Alchar purchases a 4-unit Didde Web Press

John Dillon and Tom Patterson purchase V-B Printing in Defreestville and shorten the name to Vee Printing

Schenectady Herold production facility consolidated into larger Troy facility

Alchar Printing grows again with another addition to the production plant. Five-color Omni 755 Adast Perfector purchased

Vee Printing & Lower Forty Prepress merge with The Alchar Printing Group which is now four companies strong. A direct-to-plate system installed to expedite our growing prepress operations

Heidleberg 26Ó x 40Ó added to accommodate larger print demands. The Alchar Printing Group now ranked 8th Largest Commercial Printing Company in Capital District (Capital District Business Review)