Acquisitions Resume, Cautiously

Howard Press becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of ImageX.com and will continue to operate from its current headquarters. Howard Press President and CEO Scott Porter becomes COO of the new subsidiary, and 15 of Howard's salespeople will become part of the ImageX.com team.

Rich Begert, president and CEO of ImageX.com, says the Howard Press acquisition, like the previous acquisitions of Fine Arts Graphics and Image Press, was made to gain access to Howard's customer base, and that the decision was less about printing capabilities. "These customers chose Howard Press for the quality of their production, but now they'll have the added opportunity to move their vendor relationship online."