Business Management - M&A

Signet LLC has acquired BindTech, a trade binder/book manufacturer, marking Signet’s third purchase of a trade binder in three years.

The Vomela Companies, a full-service, specialty graphics provider of promotional, store décor, event, fleet, commercial and transportation graphics, based in St. Paul, Minn., has announced the acquisition of Elk Grove Graphics, which is based in Elk Grove Village, Ill. The acquired business will continue to operate under the name “Elk Grove Graphics” and will operate as a division of C2 Imaging LLC, a unit of The Vomela Companies.

Southeastern has announced the official name change of Franklin Dodd Communications to Southeastern.

On an acquisition tear, Orora, Melbourne, Australia, signed definitive agreements to acquire The Garvey Group and Graphic Tech.

Only 48 years old, Joel Quadracci continues a family legacy that was spawned by his bigger-than-life father Harry V. Quadracci.

Melbourne, Australia-based Orora is buying Niles, Ill.-based The Garvey Group and Graphic Tech, of Fullerton, Calif., for $54 million.

"I may not know everything, but I know what I like." We base many personal decisions on this bit of homespun wisdom, and more often than not, it leads us to the right choice. It’s also not a bad starting point for a preliminary review of printing companies identified as candidates for acquisition.

Pat Patterson has become the sole owner of the $60 million, Richmond, Va.-based printer after buying out its private equity partner.

Fortress, the largest investor of GateHouse Media, has been acquired by Japanese firm SoftBank Group Corp.

MPI Label Systems, headquartered in Sebring, Ohio, has acquired Label Gallery, a leading flexographic and digital printer in N.Y.