R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company and Consolidated Graphics jointly announced that they have signed a definitive agreement by which RR Donnelley will acquire Consolidated Graphics. The agreement has been unanimously approved by each company's Board of Directors.
The potential for digital packaging is great, and while there are many obstacles, these can all be overcome. Commercial printers would also like to get into packaging, but commercial shops have some additional challenges. Commercial printers generally do not have the finishing equipment: folding, scoring, diecutting. Perhaps more significant, brand owners generally look to box makers for boxes, not commercial printers.
Anderson/LA, a Consolidated Graphics company based in Los Angeles, which provides leading national restaurants, retailers and Hollywood movie studios with offset print, digital print and fulfillment services, is one of the first companies in North America to operate three VUTEk GS5000r printers. The announcement was made at emerge 2013, Consolidated Graphics' annual customer solutions conference taking place April 30 through May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
HOUSTON—Leading, innovative executives from Nike, MGM Resorts International, United Airlines and The Leo Burnett Co. are featured keynote speakers at Consolidated Graphics' fifth annual emerge conference, to be held April 30-May 2 in Las Vegas.
At Consolidated Graphics' fifth annual emerge conference, held April 30-May 2 in Las Vegas, executives from Nike, MGM Resorts International, United Airlines, and The Leo Burnett Company will be the featured keynote speakers. emerge is hosted by Consolidated Graphics, along with the support of leading sponsors such as HP, International Paper, Xerox and Adobe, and 30 additional supporters.
It would be presumptuous to say that M&A activity, across the board, has taken a hit. There has been a fair amount of activity near the $5 million to $15 million range, situations where unions have taken place due to the complementary nature of their products and services, while others have forged working relationships in order to cross-sell off each other's platform. But what isn't receiving much attention—or ink—is the phantom tuck-in, simply because many companies just aren't trumpeting asset purchases.
Consolidated Graphics (CGX) has announced the 27 marketing and business leaders that have been named Crystal Award finalists in the third annual Encore Awards, presented by International Paper. The awards are part of emerge, Consolidated Graphics’ annual customer conference and business expo, scheduled for April 30 to May 3, 2013 in Las Vegas.
Consolidated Graphics (CGX) has announced its financial results for its third quarter ended December 31, 2012. Revenue for the December 2012 quarter increased 4.0 percent to $295.3 million, compared to the prior year. Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share was $1.75, the all-time high in the history of the company.
Commercial Printing Industry News Briefs from Printing Impressions’ January 2013 edition, including items on Quad/Vertis, AFL Web Printing, PBM Graphics, DMH Printing, Brown Printing, Press-Enterprise newspaper, Southeastern Printing and Arandell Corp/Schumann.
Consolidated Graphics, Inc. (NYSE: CGX) and Kodak recently announced that CGX will install a KODAK PROSPER 5000XL Press. Powered by KODAK Stream Inkjet Technology, the PROSPER 5000XL Press provides offset class quality, productivity and cost across a wide range of coated and uncoated commercial print applications.
