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Joseph Benjamin Lawton began his printing journey in the late 1800s, at age ten. Years later, after being shot for printing the truth in his Louisiana newspaper, he tried a new venture in Orlando: pineapple farming. The severe freeze of 1899 sent him back to what he knew. Lawton Press was formed in 1900, and our family's legacy began.

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J.B. Lawton at the press in the early years of the company

Five generations of printers

125+ Years of Making Print Matter.

The Lawton family tradition continued, with each son learning printing from a young age and expanding the business with each generation. J.C. Lawton took over until 1948, followed by J.B. Lawton III, and then Ces Lawton in 1981. In 2002 the fifth generation, Kimberly Lawton Koon and her husband Ty Koon, took the helm, driving growth with advanced technology and expanded equipment.

Kimberly Lawton Koon and Ty Koon on the plant floor
PresentOrlando, Florida.

Kimberly and Ty saw early on the future in digital printing, automation and diversification. With large investments in equipment, people and processes, the company has grown to serve clients nationwide, providing the highest quality customized printing. The development of our subsidiary companies and online platforms has only strengthened that success.

Today, from our Orlando facility, Lawton Connect remains the nation's longest consecutively family-owned printing company. Our commitment to excellence and to client trust spans five generations.

Certified WBENC Women's Business Enterprise

Lawton Connect is a certified woman-owned business through the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

Our mark, over the years

The Logo Changed. The Family Never Did.

Lawton Printing Co., then Lawton Printers, now Lawton Connect. Seven marks, five generations, and the same family signing off on the work every one of those years.

  • Lawton Printing Co., set in script on a printed card
  • Lawton Printers on a red arrow, with the line At Least Try Us
  • Lawton Printers in blackletter beside an engraving of a hand press, Since 1900
  • Lawton Printers in a gold rule box, Since 1900
  • Lawton Printers in chrome, Excellence For Over 100 Years
  • Lawton Printers in a soft serif with four coloured sparkles
  • The current mark, Lawton Connect, with the CMYK ampersand
Our museum room, with an original Heidelberg letterpress, a Linotype machine and cases of hand-set type beneath a portrait of J.B. Lawton
Our museumSome of our original equipment, kept in the plant.

Our commitment

Trust Is Hard to Earn. Easily Broken.

While cultural norms and business models evolve and change, there is one thing we have learned across more than 125 years that remains constant. Across the nation and throughout our Central Florida home, it is trust that connects our team to your team, and it is our mission to protect it.

Trust begins with learning about your objectives, your audience, your budget and your timeline, and then customizing an approach that solves your own communication challenges. Our ongoing investments in equipment and technology give us flexibility for projects of virtually any quantity and any budget. We connect our experience, technology, team and resources to make the impossible a reality.

Our core values

How We Work, Every Day.

  • Partnership. Fostering trusting relationships with customers, suppliers, our community and each other, to grow the greater good.
  • Collaboration. Integrating our client's goals to create customized communications that make dynamic and lasting impressions.
  • Resourcefulness. Finding innovative and creative ways to meet customer requirements and expectations.
  • Accountability. Influencing others in positive and proactive ways by taking responsibility for our behaviors and actions.
  • Efficiency. Finding ways to fully leverage our resources and partnerships to create the most cost efficient solutions possible.
  • Commitment. Pursuing excellence in behaviors, actions, knowledge and delivery.

Our family of companies

Four Brands. One Family.

Three companies of our own, each selling direct, each built on more than 125 years of knowing how print is made.

What clients say

  • The service quality is truly exceptional: no job is too big or too small. We trust our jobs will arrive on time and within budget.

    Lydia, Conscious Discipline

Let's make something worth keeping.

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What we do

Sheetfed PrintingWide Format PrintingSpecialty FinishingDirect Mail PrintingPackagingMenu PrintingPromotional Products

Industries we serve

RetailHealthcareRestaurantEducationReal EstateHospitalityFranchisePoint of Sale