Birmingham's Cather Publishing Closing After More Than 100 Years in Business

By: Michael Tomberlin | AL.com

Cather Publishing is ending its 100-year run in business with the retirement of owner Bill Cather, 70, who spent this week hosting old employees and moving out the classic industrial equipment that has set his shop apart from others in the digital printing business.

A walk through Cather Publishing at 3109 Seventh Ave. South in Birmingham’s Lakeview District is like a visit to a museum. A Linotype machine once used by The Birmingham News was saved when the newspaper modernized decades ago and is still operational at Cather Publishing. It is now bound for the Birmingham History Center.