About Us
What We Do
Graphic Arts Advisors provides financial advisory services related to mergers, acquisitions, sale of company, financing and consulting services related to valuations, challenging situations, expert analysis & opinions, and strategic counsel and advisory.
Who We Serve
Our team of advisors serves company owners, investors, lenders, boards of directors and senior management in the printing, packaging, mailing, marketing services, brand management, and related graphic communications industries.
The company is headquartered in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey and serves clients nationally.
Leadership
Our team of advisors has decades of real industry experience, working in a variety of C-suite positions as well as business ownership roles around the U.S. Their careers have evolved across all areas of print and graphic production segments, including commercial sheet-fed and web-offset, flexography, and digital print production as well as sign and environmental graphic companies.
GAA principals have significant Merger & Acquisition experience with private companies, as well as deep experience in business value assessment, restructuring in challenging situations, orderly wind-downs, financing, strategic counseling and advisory, working closely with owners, investors, lenders and other constituents in the printing, packaging and related graphic communication industries.
GAA principals maintain active relationships with owners of printing, packaging, paper, mailing services, fulfillment, marketing technology/services and related companies, as well as private equity groups, banks, and institutional investors and lenders throughout the U.S.
UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS BY GAA PARTNERS
AWAVirtual™ Mergers & Acquisitions Executive Forum 2025
Moderator: Mark R. Hahn
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Printing United Expo 2025
Orlando, Florida
In this panel discussion about buying and/or selling a business in the print industry, a panel of an industry-leading company senior executive, investment banker, and private equity executive will discuss the factors that are driving the consolidation of the industry, the nuts and bolts of the deal process, and the qualitative and quantitative factors that affect business valuation.
Our Panelists:
- Robert Mason, Managing Director, Qualfon Group (Parent company of MAR Graphics)
- Phil Kelley, CEO/President, Salem One (Portfolio company of Granite Creek Capital Partners)
- Mike Kellogg, Director, Graphic Arts Advisors, former CEO of Century Direct Solutions (A division of Triangle Services)
Presented by Mark Hahn
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Printing United Expo 2025
Orlando, Florida
A deep dive workshop into how to assess the value of a graphic business with emphasis on factors that impact the value of a business. Discussion will include GAA’s “14 Keys that Drive Value”, determining EBITDA, rule-of-thumb valuation metrics, working capital requirements, "tuck-in" transactions and factors that impact deal structure.
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET GAA PARTNERS
Printing United Expo 2025
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, Florida
Wednesday to Friday October 22-23, 2025
Meet with Mark Hahn
Contact Mark Hahn to set Appointment
What Clients Are Saying
"Without Graphic Arts Advisors, there really would not have been a way for us to go out to market and sell the company without showing our hand to our competition. Also, GAA had connections in the marketplace that I did not have. The people that I knew who I thought would be eager buyers turned out not to be. I am pretty sure I would never have found my way to the right buyer if GAA was not involved.”
Jami Daniels
Owner
Daniels Communications
