PRINTING IMPRESSIONS 400 YEAR IN REVIEW -- Reflecting on 2003

Also announced was an agreement of private equity groups Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. and Jefferies Capital Partners to acquire the Sheridan Group from BancBoston Ventures and other shareholders in a deal valued at $142 million.

On the equipment supplier front, Lastra America merged its Western Lithotech and Lastra America operations into a single business unit. Electronics For Imaging (EFI) signed an agreement to acquire T/R Systems, and Colter & Peterson purchased the paper cutter and paper drill assets of Dexter-Lawson Manufacturing.