Frankin Park marketing company adds noted clients

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Updated: March 10, 2012 8:12AM

Tukaiz, a marketing services production company in Franklin Park, has announced that among its accomplishments during a productive 2011, the company achieved continued revenue growth with an increase of 8.3 percent.

The growth earned Tukaiz a spot as one of the 50 fastest growing companies in Chicago as identified by Crain’s Chicago Business. Notably, sales of Tukaiz’ customized marketing management software product, Backstage, have increased allowing growth of the client base, as well as new business opportunities.

Frank Defino Sr.,Tukaiz’ chief executive officer, attributes much of the company’s success to a combination of talented employees, outstanding client relationships, a culture that inspires innovation, and a focus on reinventing the company and staying in front of evolving production trends to lead the marketplace.

In addition to adding Fortune 500 companies and household name brands to its client roster, Tukaiz had its highest rate of new employment within one year — up 73 percent from 2010, which included the creation of 40 jobs throughout the company.

As a part of Tukaiz’ overall business strategy to remain competitive in the industry, the company continues to grow its service offerings, in particular in its web development and design capabilities. As a result, Tukaiz houses one of the largest Ruby on Rails web and application development teams in Chicago. Tukaiz also expanded its social media and analytics offerings, forming a partnership with social media service provider Brickfish.

Rounding out its year, Tukaiz reinvested in the organization by purchasing hardware and software to strengthen its infrastructure and enhance its ability to deliver on emerging trends. A few of the acquisitions include flatbed and latex large format printers, as well as one of only three Scodix printers in use in the United States, adding textures and sensory perception to marketing and point-of-purchase materials.

In order to house all of its equipment and expanding team, Tukaiz added 40,000 square feet to the existing campus in Franklin Park. Tukaiz also intends to acquire building space at its Franklin Park location, as well as a satellite office in downtown Chicago in early 2012.

Tukaiz is a marketing services production company based in Franklin Park. Founded in 1963, Tukaiz is a family-owned and operated company providing products and services to advertising agencies and corporate America.

The infrastructure of Tukaiz includes imaging, print and interactive services comprised of in-house consulting, creative, pre-press, color correction and retouching, as well as offset, digital, large format and banner printing, online marketing management and print production systems, software and data applications development, website development/hosting, multimedia solutions, finishing and mailing and fulfillment services.

For information, visit www.tukaiz.com.