The Garvey Group — All Under Four Roofs

The press additions have allowed The Garvey Group to break into the coupon market. Sturtevant’s bindery has enjoyed an uptick as a result, and Halbur feels few competitors can offer the capability of in-line folding and gluing for coupons. Calendar and brochure jobs have also been bountiful.

While founded in 1919 as an office supply company, The Garvey Group has undergone its most massive changes in the last 20 years. As recently as 1994, the company employed just 12 workers. But a run of deals bulked it up in the late 1990s, led by the 1999 acquisitions of TruLine and C Graphic that added greater commercial printing and fulfillment depth. Ed Garvey uses a 12-point checklist to measure the potential benefit of an acquisition.