CUNNINGHAM GRAPHICS -- Public Service

A British Buyout

The first company Cunningham Graphics went after was Roda Ltd., a London-based financial printer. Cunningham Graphics bought out Roda for $8 million six days after the IPO's completion.

Cunningham Graphics and Roda shared a partnership long before the acquisition, however. The two companies—along with Workable, a Hong Kong financial printer—were all part of World Research Link, a business network that Cunningham Graphics developed five years ago to strengthen its position in the research report market.