Michael Wurst, former owner and CEO of Henry Wurst, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri-based, 4th generation, family-owned web and sheetfed printing company, has joined Graphic Arts Advisors (GAA) as a Director. GAA, Mountain Lakes, NJ, is a strategic financial advisory and consulting firm devoted exclusively to all sectors of the graphic communications industry, primarily assisting company owners with mergers, acquisitions, restruct...

The obvious macro trend driving consolidation in printing and related industries over the last several years is the positive U.S. economy characterized by slow steady growth, low interest rates and abundant pools of private capital. In what is still a highly fragmented industry, the logic behind consolidation is inexorable, and buyers will seek to strengthen their position while times are good. However, some trends stand out a...

Graphic Arts Advisors (GAA) welcomes Cecil R. (Rod) Bristol, CFE, as a Director at the firm. Based in Mountain Lakes, NJ, GAA is a strategic financial advisory and consulting firm devoted exclusively to all sectors of the graphic communications industry, primarily assisting company owners with mergers, acquisitions, restructuring and related services. Adding Bristol to its team further strengthens GAA’s ability to guide owners...

Transaction achieves strategic objectives for both companies while strengthening their value to customers

Offset printing and mailing company Dual Print & Mail, Cheektowaga, NY, has merged with Pittsburgh, PA-based Knepper Press, a full-service firm offering offset and digital printing, mailing, and warehousing and fulfilment. Graphic Arts Advisors, LLC (GAA), Mountain Lakes, NJ, a strategic financial advisory and consulting fi...

Envision3, Bloomingdale, IL, a full-service offset and digital printing, packaging, mailing, and finishing company, has acquired mailing services, variable printing and fulfillment provider Direct Mail Solutions (DMS), Carol Stream, IL. Graphic Arts Advisors, LLC (GAA), Mountain Lakes, NJ, a strategic financial advisory and consulting firm devoted exclusively to all sectors of the graphic communications industry, represented D...

McClung Companies, Waynesboro, VA-based firm providing printing, marketing and digital services, has acquired full-service mailing company Commonwealth Mailing Systems, LLC, Richmond, VA. Graphic Arts Advisors, LLC (GAA), Mountain Lakes, NJ, a strategic financial advisory and consulting firm devoted exclusively to all sectors of the graphic communications industry, represented Commonwealth Mailing in the sale, with GAA Directo...

GSB Digital, a trusted print and litigation support service provider located in the New York City area, announced today that they have acquired selected assets of Aldine Printing, Inc. and will assume the manufacturing for the customers of Aldine, a luxury specialty printing company also located in the New York City area. This purchase supports GSB Digital’s vision towards a complete print solution approach by bringing togethe...

Graphic Arts Advisors (GAA), Mountain Lakes, NJ-based strategic financial advisory and consulting firm devoted exclusively to the graphic communications industry, announced today that integrated marketing firm SGM Technologies, Dallas, Texas, has acquired United Group Printing, a commercial printing company also based in the Dallas metro area. GAA represented United in the outreach process, negotiations with prospective buyers...

Graphic Arts Advisors (GAA), Mountain Lakes, NJ-based strategic financial advisory and consulting firm devoted exclusively to the graphic communications industry, announced today that Sterling North America, Hauppauge, NY, has acquired Ocean Group, Ronkonkoma, NY. Mark Hahn, Managing Director of GAA, which represented the Ocean Group in the transaction, noted that “in today’s consolidating print industry, the merger of the Oce...

Graphic Arts Advisors, a strategic financial advisory and consulting firm devoted exclusively to all sectors of the graphic communications industry, announced today that the merger between direct-mail firms Universal Mailing Services, Inc. and Prompt Direct, Inc., announced in April 2018, has been completed. The combined firm will operate from Universal’s Piscataway, New Jersey facility. Mark Hahn, Managing Director at Graphic...