Mergers & Acquisitions

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD), Chicago, has entered into a share purchase agreement with DATA Communications Management Corp. (DCM), a provider of marketing and business communication solutions. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement DCM will acquire RRD’s Canadian operations...

The Shamrock Companies, Westlake, Ohio, has acquired Innovative Business Products (IBP), Nashville, Tennessee. With 50 years of collective experience, IBP is a trusted resource for print marketing, promotional products and apparel, direct mail, and statement processing solutions for customers nationwide...

Blue Point Capital Partners and its portfolio company Next Level Apparel announced the acquisition of Germany-based Stedman GmbH, a designer, manufacturer and supplier of premium casual and sportswear blank apparel for the printwear industry. Since 1953, Stedman has stood for top quality and ethically produced clothing across men’s, women’s and...

HPG, Braintree, Massachusetts, announced today that it has acquired Evans Manufacturing, Garden Grove, California. The two companies made the announcement with a video from the PPAI Expo in Las Vegas. "The partnership with HPG represents the culmination of many years of hard work and dedicated service by...

Stran & Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, has completed its acquisition of the assets and business of Premier Business Services (Premier NYC), Larchmont, New York. “We remain committed to our M&A growth strategy, and with over 30 years of experience in the promotional products industry, we expect Premier NYC to complement our capabilities...

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced that its portfolio company, ID Images (IDI), a premier provider of product identification solutions, has acquired Summit Labels and Precision Label in separate transactions. The acquisitions bring the total number of add-on investments for IDI to seven since becoming a Sole Source Capital portfolio company…

Ennis Inc., Midlothian, Texas, has acquired School Photo Marketing, Morganville, New Jersey. School Photo Marketing provides printing, yearbook publishing and marketing-related services to over 1,400 school and sports photographers servicing schools around the country...

OrderMyGear (OMG), the leading online store platform for selling custom branded merchandise to groups, has acquired BrightStores, a leading provider of online company stores for promotional product distributors. The partnership brings together two market leading technology platforms in the team sporting goods and promotional products spaces...

Sole Source Capital LLC, an industrial-focused private equity firm, announced that its portfolio company, ID Images, Brunswick, Ohio, has acquired Hickman Label, Lebanon, Tennessee. The acquisition marks the fifth add-on investment for ID Images since it became a Sole Source Capital portfolio company in August 2021...

After working hard over the years to build a successful print/promo distributorship or trade manufacturing company, perhaps you’re now ready to sell. Whether you decide to do this on your own or with the help of an intermediary or broker, there are common mistakes that you’ll want to avoid to make the process smooth for you and your other shareholders. Here are five of the biggest mistakes that can potentially make or break a future transaction...