Prime Business Solutions

Safeguard, a top 50 distributor and member of Deluxe Corp. based in Dallas, recently announced the completion of its acquisition of Prime Business Solutions Inc.

Opportunity can find us when we least expect it. When it happened to D. Todd Mellon, CEO/president, Prime Business Solutions/The Ampersand Group, he was smart enough to recognize it and turn it into a prosperous career.

1 WorkflowOne Headquarters: Dayton, Ohio Annual Sales $(000): 1,200,000 Principal Officer(s): Greg Mosher, Chairman; Mike Zawalski, President, CEO Locations: 140 2 Proforma Headquarters: Cleveland Annual Sales $(000): 293,933 Principal Officer(s): Greg Muzzillo, Founder, Co-CEO; Vera Muzzillo, Co-CEO Locations: 600 3 American Solutions for Business Headquarters: Glenwood, Minn. Annual Sales $(000): 249,022 Principal Officer(s): Larry Zavadil, President, CEO Locations: 455 4 InnerWorkings Headquarters: Chicago Annual Sales $(000): 160,515 Principal Officer(s): Steven E. Zuccarini, CEO

Rank: 1 Company: WorkflowOne, Dayton, Ohio Sales $(000): 1,000,000 Principal Officer(s): Greg Mosher, Chairman, CEO Locations: 150 Rank: 2 Company: Proforma, Cleveland Sales $(000): 293,000 Principal Officer(s): Greg Muzzillo, Founder, Co-CEO; Vera Muzzillo, Co-CEO Locations: 650 Rank: 3 Company: American Solutions for Business, Glenwood, Minn. Sales $(000): 239,776 Principal Officer(s): Larry Zavadil, President Locations: 410 Rank: 4 Company: GBS, North Canton, Ohio Sales $(000): 90,143 Principal Officer(s): Eugene Calabria, President, CEO Locations: 12 Rank: 5 Company: Merrill Corp., Monroe, Wash. Sales $(000): 83,950 Principal Officer(s): Mark Rossi, President Locations: 6 Rank: 6 Company: The Shamrock Companies, Westlake, Ohio Sales

Prime Business Solutions, Akron, Ohio, recently launched a new division, The Ampersand Group, to serve the independent distributor market in the United States. The Ampersand Group utilizes Prime's infrastructure and allows distributors to benefit from its warehousing, fulfillment and e-commerce online ordering delivery system. In addition, the division will provide independents with greater buying power and pricing leverage. Affiliates will maintain full ownership of their businesses. For more information, call (330) 762-3300 or (330) 379-0046.