New Era Of Consolidation

Consolidation is back in the commercial printing industry. This could impact in-plants, who rely on these firms to handle a portion of their work.

by ERIK CAGLE

Who can forget 1998 and 1999? Those were easily the salad days of merger and acquisition activity in the commercial printing industry.

The dotcom craze was sweeping the nation, with venture capitalists seeking new avenues into printing. Wall Street coveted the printing industry, and a wave of consolidators embarked on the IPO-and-roll-up philosophy.