Kappa Media, Steve Rossi to Acquire Vanguard Printing; Install Goss Sunday 4000
FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. – April 4, 2016 – Kappa Media, together with Steven Rossi, one of the prior owners of Vanguard Printing (“Vanguard”) and its president, have acquired the business, assets and print facility of Vanguard Printing, a New York-based full service provider of magazine, catalog, publication and financial printing services. The new entity will continue to do business under the Vanguard name and will retain the employees and print facility based in Ithaca, N.Y.
“We are very excited to add the talented personnel and high-quality Vanguard service offerings to the expanding Kappa Media group of affiliated companies,” notes Nicholas Karabots of Kappa Media.
Steven Rossi, president of Vanguard states, “We have been serving the printing market with high-quality color publications for many years and look forward to the enhancements Kappa will bring to our equipment portfolio and plant operations. Our capabilities and efficiencies will quickly improve with the addition of a Sunday 4000 Press to be operational early this fall. This and other planned investments further evidences our commitment to the market and our customers.”
About Kappa Media
Headquartered in Fort Washington, Pa., and managed by the Spartan Organization, the Kappa Media group of affiliated companies consist of various: Kappa publishing related entities that serve the newsstand magazine, children’s activity book and map markets; and Kappa Graphics and Craftline Graphics related entities that provide high speed web, sheetfed and digital printing, binding, packaging and other fulfillment services through its facilities in Pittston, Pa., and Fort Wayne, Ind.
