Creative Web Systems, founded in 1980, was a nationally recognized Commercial Web Offset Printing Company headquartered in Los Angeles County. It was founded by Doug Laidlaw Sr., Doug Laidlaw Jr., Bill MacDonald, Carol Kelty, Frank Weaser, Don Secrest, and Tom Ritchie. Sold to Trend Offset Printing in 1992, the legacy of CWS lives on in the lives and achievements of many alumni.