Latest Target Report Analysis: Catching the Falling Knife Versus Personal Branding

Acquisition activity in the commercial printing segment picked up. As we have predicted in our last two annual projections, wide-format printing companies continue to be attractive targets for commercial printing companies which seek to cross-sell the new services into their existing clients. As a bonus, the acquiring company adds new clients for their traditional printing services.

NextPage in Kansas City, Missouri, acquired Print Big Solutions, stating this exact strategy as their rationale for the deal. DOME Print & Marketing Solutions, a web and sheetfed commercial printer in Sacramento, California, acquired wide-format printer Color Solutions.