Mergers & Acquisitions

In a transaction that closed last month, Stingem Management Group LLC acquired Boathouse Capital’s 72 percent stake in Colortree Group, a full service manufacturer of envelope products and print services for the direct mail industry...

FEY Promotional Products, Edgerton, Minn., has acquired Magna-Tel Inc., Cape Girardeau, Mo. “This acquisition brings together two long-standing suppliers of promotional products,” said Mike Fey of FEY Promotional Products. “We truly are excited...

thumbprint, a marketing fulfillment and logistics company based in Apopka, Fla., has acquired LOI Marketing, a Miami-based marketing services company. The acquisition will expand thumbprint’s already-growing footprint into South Florida...

Effective Jan. 1, Lancer Label, Omaha, Neb., will merge with sister company Discount Labels, New Albany, Ind. Once the merger is complete, the company will operate as “Discount Labels,” serving as a one-stop stop for custom labels, promotional products and stamps...

Cimpress, Venlo, Netherlands, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire National Pen Co., Shelbyville, Tenn. National Pen Co. will complement the investment Cimpress already has made in its technology and supply chain capabilities for promotional products, apparel and gifts offerings.

Proforma Signature Solutions, Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, has announced a merger with Creative Image Advertising, Crowley, Texas. Proforma Signature Solutions will service Creative Image Advertising clients from its Arlington, Texas, location. “I’m excited to introduce our clients to the vast marketing capabilities Proforma Signature Solutions will be adding...

Behind every manufacturing arm is a true champion—someone eager to execute a vision, someone who can sell a product into new revenue-generating buckets and, most importantly, someone who leverages his or her partner’s capabilities for the greater good of customers. In our industry, that someone is a distributor...

A buyer needs to establish some level of trust in your competence and ability to deliver before they will pull the trigger and buy. But, all too often, I see deals where people lack a sense of trust either in the business they’re buying or in one they’re selling. If you can’t trust the other side, then why are you entering into an agreement together...

Corporate Development Associates (CDA), Scottsdale, Ariz., has added former print industry owner Tom James to its deal-making team. James is the former owner of Goffstown, New Hampshire-based NTI Data Products Inc., a specialty label distributor that was acquired by Peak-Ryzex in August 2016...

After months of speculation and lead-up, Los Angeles-based American Apparel announced this morning…