Jacob North Printing Retains Equity Partners CRB to Seek Buyer

LINCOLN, NE—May 20, 2013—Equity Partners CRB LLC (“Equity Partners”) has been retained through the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to seek a buyer for Jacob North Printing Company. Located in Lincoln, NE, Jacob North Printing is a 125-year-old, full-service regional printing and graphics communications company that offers web, sheetfed, digital and label printing, as well as fulfillment, mailing, and inventory management services. Jacob North Printing also provides e-mail marketing, personalized Websites and SMS marketing.

Jacob North Printing operates out of a modern 62,000-square-foot, leased facility at the Lincoln AirPark West. Equipment includes a sheet-fed, six-color, 40” Heidelberg press with inline aqueous coating, half and full web presses suitable for longer runs, and top-of-the-line digital equipment for shorter runs. The company also has extensive bindery services, a flexographic label press for labeling, and laminating and UV coating capabilities. Jacob North offers a wide range of product lines, but the majority of the company’s business is as a general, commercial printer. They do short run magazine work, direct mail, and annual reports, among other offerings. The digital department utilizes the most up to date technology to complete complex, variable data jobs, as well as short-run color jobs.

Charlie Calhoun, the president and CEO, stated “With Jacob North’s ability to handle jobs from disk to distribution, full in-house mailing capabilities, full web and sheet-fed printing and complete Individualized Content offerings, we are truly a one-stop shop for all print and cross media communication distribution, large or small, static or individualized.

Matt LoCascio, a managing director at Equity Partners, continued “This is an excellent opportunity to capture a quality customer base, existing volume, and a seasoned management team.”

Equity Partners, based in Easton, MD, provides investment banking services and has completed in excess of 400 engagements throughout the United States since 1988.

Source: Equity Partners.