Ennis, Inc.

Rank: 1 Company: Ennis, Midlothian, Texas Commercial Print Sales $(000): 57,338 Total Sales $(000): 559,397 Rank: 2 Company: Champion Industries, Huntington, W. Va. Commercial Print Sales $(000): 54,000 Total Sales $(000): 135,000 Rank: 3 Company: Nieman Printing, Dallas Commercial Print Sales $(000): 16,417 Total Sales $(000): 22,185 Rank: 4 Company: RiteMade Paper Converters, Kansas City, Mo. Commercial Print Sales $(000): 12,000 Total Sales $(000): 40,000 Rank: 5 Company: Acculink, Greenville, N.C. Commercial Print Sales $(000): 10,068 Total Sales $(000): 10,598 Rank: 6 Company: The F.P. Horak Co., Bay City, Mich. Commercial Print Sales $(000): 7,000 Total Sales $(000): 20,000

DMIA’s annual Print Solutions conference and exposition will be held Oct. 3-5 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill. The conference will provide three days of educational sessions, including a presentation by this year’s keynote speaker, Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and co-author of “Contract with America.” Join Gingrich as he analyzes the current political climate in Washington, DC, and educates attendees on effective leadership. This year’s conference will feature equipment demonstrations, offering distributors better insight into how various applications are produced. In addition, exchange centers will be located on the show floor with more than 34 hours of

Mergers and acquisitions are significantly reshaping the competitive landscape, and they will continue to do so. With manufacturing facilities, the big story surrounding a new negotiation typically concerns increased capabilities, enhanced efficiencies and greater profitability. But, it takes a village to produce printed business products, and the human resources arena is where a lot of the action takes place. Keith Walters, president and CEO of Ennis, Midlothian, Texas, explained that company owners usually will have approached Ennis about being acquired. “We have been approached by some companies where, for one or more of many possible reasons, we choose not to engage in discussions. The

Ennis, Midlothian, Texas, recently named Charles “Chuck” Hester as general manager of the company’s Wolfe City, Texas location. The Wolfe City plant manufactures and sources advertising specialties, tags and labels in support of Ennis’ 40,000-plus distributor base. The previous general manager, Les Roisum, has assumed outside sales responsibilities for Wolfe City, with a focus on growing the company’s 360 degree Custom Labels Line and other core products. Hester, a 13-year veteran in manufacturing and plant operations management, comes to Ennis from Lancer Label, a Cenveo company, located in Omaha, Neb. As general manager of Lancer Label, he played an integral role in the financial

Keith S. Walters, chairman, president and CEO of Ennis, Midlothian, Texas, recently announced that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 15-1/2 cents a share on its common stock. The dividend is payable August 1 to shareholders of record on July 14. For more information, visit www.ennis.com.

Headquartered in Midlothian, Texas, Ennis added Todd Scarborough to the executive team of the company as corporate vice president–Apparel Division. In addition, he will retain his previous title as president of Alstyle Apparel. Before serving as president of Alstyle Apparel, Scarborough was vice president of sales and marketing, as well as eastern division sales manager of Alstyle. Prior to joining Ennis, he held numerous sales and manufacturing positions with leading embroidery and silk screening companies, some of which he owned. “Todd Scarborough has been an invaluable asset throughout the integration of Alstyle,” said Keith Walters, Ennis’ chairman, president and chief executive officer. “His knowledge

Ennis, Midlothian, Texas has entered into a Letter of Intent to acquire substantially all of the assets of Block Graphics, Portland, Ore. Block Graphics is currently owned by an Employee Stock Ownership Program formed 10 years ago to acquire the stock from Bill Block, the original owner. The acquisition, when completed, will include the use of the trade name Block Graphics. Ennis expects that many of Block Graphics’ employees will become part of the Ennis family and continue to provide the same service they have brought to the market for more than 25 years. The acquisition will add additional short-run print products and the

Ennis, Midlothian, Texas, acquired 100 percent of the stock of Specialized Printed Forms (SPF), a privately held company headquartered in Caledonia, N.Y. The acquisition involves the purchase of all of SPF’s outstanding stock from Robert McAleavey, president, and CEO of SPF, as well as the associated land and buildings from a partnership that leases the facility to SPF. The acquisition will add additional short-run print products, long-run (jumbo rolls) products and solutions as well as, integrated labels and form/label combinations sold through the indirect sales (distributorship) marketplace. The transaction is expected to be accretive to Ennis’ earnings in the first full year of

Midlothian, Texas-based Ennis added a Drent Vision Press to its Leipsic, Ohio, division of the Ennis Forms Solutions Group. The press is capable of printing up to six-color continuous forms, unit sets and direct mail pieces, as well as 50˝ rolls for large, laser-printed applications. Equipped with UV dryers, it offers superior offset print quality for a wide variety of business documents. The Leipsic division specializes in the printing of cut sheets, continuous forms, unit sets, form/label combinations and other custom forms products. Ennis operates in two business segments: the Printing Segment and the Apparel Segment. There are three groups within the Printing Segment: