Business Management - M&A

Avery Dennison announced that veteran wrap and graphics industry professional Blake Madsen has joined the Avery Dennison team as one of its wrap trainers. Madsen’s first class is May 1-2 at Warrior Wraps in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Convergence, as demonstrated by early reprographers, is still eminent in modern-day printing companies and M&A activity.

Ken Holsclaw, co-founder and president of Phase 3 Marketing and Communications, talks about the company's recent acquisition of Technology Media Group (TMG), shares how the acquisition will increase Phase 3's offerings, and provides insight into the company's path forward.

Convergent Print Group will take advantage of the core competencies of two merged companies. A strong commitment to innovation and growth will help the company customers bring their big ideas to market.

Phase 3 Marketing and Communications, headquartered in Atlanta with offices in Dallas, New York City Metropolitan Area, Nashville and Charlotte, announced the acquisition of Technology Media Group, Inc. (TMG), an established Dallas-based digital printing company.

BPGraphics in Phoenix, Arizona, and Vincent Printing in Chattanooga, Tennessee, announced that the two companies are joining forces to create Convergent Print Group.

Advanced Digital Services (ADS) in Livermore, California, has been acquired by Crisp Imaging.

How often in the print industry do we say no?

Appleton, Wisconsin-based JP Graphics has been acquired by BR Printers of San Jose, California. JP Graphics serves the commercial print market with an array of services like offset, digital, large-format printing, and packaging capabilities.

Peter Schaefer, a partner at New Direction Partners, discusses why more and more private equity (PE) firms are seeking to acquire printing and packaging companies, how it's impacting sales multiples, differences between PE and strategic buyers, and if an economic downturn would impact current and new PE entrants.