Established in 1977, The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group offers book manufacturing and distribution services. It operates The Maple Press Company and Vail-Ballou Press, which produce more than 45 million hardcover and paper-cover books annually in a variety of bind styles. The company serves readers throughout the world. It operates electronic prepress department that utilizes the Agfa ApogeeX technology. The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group operates Web and sheetfed presses that manufacture over 500,000 copies of books. The company also utilizes THINKTech printing process. Its distribution centers are spread across an area of nearly 440,000 square feet. The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group offers cartooning, folding and inserting services.