An Upper Saucon Township printing company that was once a major printer of sheet music announced Monday that it is going out of business after nearly 60 years.
Chernay Printing Inc., on South Main Street just outside Coopersburg, said in a statement that it “regrets to announce the retirement of the business.”
“Rising costs and a rapidly contracting market for non-digital publishing have forced the closure of a number of print related businesses in both the production and publishing sectors,” board Chair Laura Ward said. “Sadly, our Coopersburg facility has become one of those casualties.”
The company was founded in 1966 by Paul Chernay and it grew into one of the largest offset printing companies in the mid-Atlantic region, serving clients across the U.S. and overseas.
CEO Lisa Arnold said the company employed 23, but had up to 80 in the 1990s. She said Chernay was once the largest printer of sheet music in North America and served clients for that niche market from as far away as England.
It remained a family-owned business and was under third-generation management along with several long-tenured employees, the company said.
Chernay Printing said it will continue operations until current orders are fully satisfied.
“It has been a privilege for my family to operate our business in this community,” Arnold said. “We are immensely grateful to our longstanding and loyal customers for their decades of support, entrusting their printing needs to the hardworking employees of Chernay Printing.”
