PIA/GATF Summit Looks at Industry M&As

Johnson also announced a $20 million investment in a new longer-run, financial printing facility in South Bend, IN. Mutual fund prospectuses, being initiated from Bowne's Fundsmith proprietary software, are examples of the longer-run products to be produced on the plant's web presses.

One of the more popular sessions of the conference was the presentation by Joe R. Davis, chairman of Consolidated Graphics, on mergers and acquisitions. His firm has acquired 23 plants in 18 markets since going public in June of 1994.