JAL Equity and Taylor Corp. to Close Acquired Facilities in Wisconsin 

In unrelated moves, two once locally family-owned printing industry businesses in Wisconsin — which had been acquired by industry conglomerates — are being closed. 

Marketing.com, which is owned by industry consolidator JAL Equity, of Sarasota, Florida, recently filed a WARN notice with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development announcing the closure of Action Printing, located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The plant closure, will be finalized by October 31st, impacting 44 workers. 

Marketing.com indicated in the WARN notice that Action Printing employees are being paid all earned wages and agreed upon benefits at the time of their termination. 

Action Printing had been acquired by Marketing.com in August 2024. In business for more than 40 years, Action Printing specialized in large, multi-page perfect bound catalogs and books. The operation produced short to medium runs on uncoated text paper with optional gloss covers and sections.  

At the time of the acquisition last year, Marketing.com said the Action Printing facility would further scale its capabilities in the coldset web offset and uncoated printing markets for catalogs, books, magazines, manuals, and marketing materials. 

Marketing.com: M&A Growth and Retraction 

Eureka, Missouri-based Marketing.com was ranked No. 9 on the 2025 Printing Impressions list of the top printing companies in the U.S. and Canada, reporting most recent fiscal year sales of $765 million, a 7% drop from $825 million in revenues reported for its previous fiscal year. 

Marketing.com has grown very rapidly through M&A activity, but has since been downsizing its operations. Its parent, JAL Equity, is led by Eran Salu, founder and managing partner. JAL Equity’s website indicates it targets middle market companies that provide marketing services, commercial printing and direct mail, sign manufacturing and installation, promotional products, and data management services. 

Reindl Bindery Also Shut Down 

Germantown, Wisconsin-based Reindl Bindery has also reportedly been shuttered, according to industry sources. Founded in 1978, the award-winning trade bindery provided a wide range of book binding and finishing services.  

An outreach by Printing Impressions to Dave Reindl earlier today seeking confirmation of the closure had not been returned by the publishing time of this article. 

Reindl Bindery’s assets were acquired by Corporate Graphics Commercial, a Taylor Corp. company, in January 2022. The previously family-owned Reindl Bindery had a legacy of providing innovative binding solutions throughout the printing industry, with capabilities spanning a wide range of finishing applications including perfect, layflat and case binding, to Smyth sewn books, Wire-O systems, and much more.  

Headquartered in North Mankato, Minnesota, Taylor Corp. was ranked Number 5 on the 2025 Printing Impressions 300, reporting annual sales of approximately $2.2 billion. Taylor Print Impressions is the company’s commercial printing business, which operates its book publishing and bindery unit under the Corporate Graphics Commercial name.