Year in Review: Not the Best of Times

The EPI Cos., a $51 million-a-year, Marietta, GA, printer, announced it was closing on April 15. Naperville, IL-based Solar Communications also shut down after a run of nearly 50 years. Cenveo, meanwhile, fired up the M&A engine by plunking down about $44 million in cash and stock to obtain Nashua Corp.