Predictions of Industry Mergers --DeWese

So, by 2006, we will have fewer than 30,000 printing companies in America. That's down from about 50,000 in the late '80s.

I predict that by year-end 2006, commercial printing profit margins will have improved 20 percent to 30 percent as measured by the PIA ratio studies. Now, along the way in the commercial printing segment between now and December 31, 2006, we will see even bigger blockbuster deals like Moore's recent acquisition of Wallace.