Bang Printing Acquires Media Lithographics

BRAINERD, MN—September 1, 2010—Bang Printing, one of the nations’ leading book manufacturers, announces the acquisition of Media Lithographics in Commerce, CA. Media Litho is a 40 year-old company specializing in commercial, book and educational printing with sheetfed, web and digital capabilities.

Bang Printing is one of the most diverse book manufacturers in the nation. Delta Printing Solutions, its West Coast facility in Valencia, CA, is the largest independent full-service book printer and manufacturer in the western United States. With the addition of Media Litho, Bang Printing’s West Coast operations will offer offset and digital printing with a complete array of binding options.

Chris Kurtzman, Bang Printing’s President and CEO stated, “This new acquisition will add greater efficiencies, production synergies and huge economies of scale to our West Coast operations.” Additionally he stated, “Adding Media Lithographics is a great fit to our Delta Printing facility and to our national organization as a whole. This will give us even greater ability to service our national customer base while adding new digital and print-on-demand capabilities to our west coast operations.”

Though terms of the deal were not disclosed, it was stated that “when both sides can win in a printing acquisition today, in this current environment, it actually makes for a pretty good day.”

Source: Company press release.