50th: Unforgettable Moments — The Odd and Memorable

Venture capitalists loved the printing industry; it was huge and highly fragmented.

It defined a generation of printers and made Printing Impressions/RIT Printing Industry Hall of Famers out of the most notable M&A artists in the business, Joe Davis and Chris Colville of Consolidated Graphics.

Well, the last 10 years have brought about great change, and many venerable names have disappeared from the printing landscape: Moore Corp., Wallace Computer Systems, World Color, Banta Corp., Cadmus Communications and Perry Judd’s, to name a few.