Flottman Co. opened in 1921, making 2021 its 100th year of operation. It’s an impressive achievement for any business to reach this milestone, and according to Sue Flottman Steller – the current president and third generation – it all started with her grandfather.
The company’s adventure began when FE Flottman was working for another company in his printing department, but realized that his position was going to be cut. So he bought the equipment from his employer and opened his own commercial printing house. And that, like the rest, that was it.
In 1969 her son took over, and in 2020 Flottman Steller took over the reins, making Flottman Co. a woman-owned business. The original business was started in Cincinnati, but moved to northern Kentucky in the 1970s. It then moved in the late 1990s to a new factory it built in Crestview Hills, SK. Kentucky, where the company is located today. “The property [we now have] allows us to grow without having to relocate, ”says Flottman Steller. “We can push the building to accommodate growth, or reconfigure the layout to add more equipment. We can grow without having to disrupt operations.
