LIGHTNING PRINTING INC., DBA WALLACE CARLSON PRINTING
Business: Commercial printing
Founded: 1931; taken over by current owners in 2005
Headquarters: Minnetonka
Website: www.wallacecarlson.com
Executives: Owners Ann and Brian Turbeville
Employees: 45
2009 revenue: $7 million
Quote: "We were trying to buy business." -- Brian Turbeville, talking about a tendency to focus on building sales even when the work offered low to no profit margins. It was a key factor that led to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in 2009.
