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In January 2015, Verso Corp., a paper products supplier based in Memphis, Tenn., completed the acquisition of NewPage Holdings Inc., a once-leading producer of printing and specialty papers, headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio. The transaction, valued at approximately $1.4 billion...
Komori America announced last week that 4over Inc., Glendale, Calif., has signed an agreement at drupa 2016 to be the first adopter of the Komori Impremia NS40, a sheetfed inkjet press equipped with Landa Nanography, a new digital printing category employing water-based inks...
On March 12, 2015, Standard Register Co. rocked the industry with some startling news: The Dayton, Ohio-based printing giant filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy-court protection, with a $275 million buyout offer from existing lender Silver Point Capital L.P. The story took several surprising turns...
During a hearing in Wilmington, Del., last week, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brendan L. Shannon dismissed claims from the Standard Register Co. estate liquidating trust that directors set the company up for failure by acquiring fellow Dayton, Ohio-based rival WorkflowOne LLC...
Have you ever given a coworker a bad gift? Of course you have! Just don't let it happen again. Instead, give your colleague something that's valuable to the bottom line: Print+Promo's 2016 Buyer's Guide...
Staples Inc., Framingham, Mass., and Office Depot Inc., Boca Raton, Fla., announced that they intend to contest the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's decision to challenge the merger of the two companies. The companies were informed of the FTC's decision yesterday...
Verso Corp., Sappi North America and Appleton Coated, together with the United Steelworkers (USW), have called for an extension of duties on imports of coated paper from China and Indonesia that previously were determined to have threatened material injury to U.S. producers and workers. Duties resulting from this determination are periodically reassessed under what are known as “sunset reviews.”
Mary Ann McLaughlin, managing partner at Butler Street, shares the four most common (yet completely avoidable) reasons that clients will leave you...
Ennis Inc., Midlothian, Texas, reported financial results for the three and six months ended Aug. 31, 2015. The company’s consolidated net sales for the quarter ended Aug. 31, 2015 were $150.8 million compared to $151.8 million for the same quarter last year, a decrease of 0.7 percent...
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