Transition to Digital Printing Roils the Book Industry
Edward Brothers Malloy, formed in February 2012 with the merger of two book manufacturing companies, announced the closure of one of its two printing facilities in Ann Arbor, MI. John Edwards, CEO of the company, attributed the closure to a significant decline in the demand for longer runs which utilized the offset printing process. He also noted that the closure is consistent with the company’s strategic effort to grow its digital book printing business. The company is capable of the “distribute-then-print” model of content delivery, using its several remote digital printing facilities in the United States, as well as its one facility in the United Kingdom.
Mark Hahn is a managing director and founder of Graphic Arts Advisors, a boutique strategic financial advisory and consulting firm focused exclusively on the printing, packaging, mailing, marketing services, brand management, and related graphic communications industries. With more than 35 years of graphic communications experience in the areas of finance, operations, sales, M&A, and general management, Hahn has served as chief financial officer, chief operating officer and other senior positions with several commercial printing companies, as well as founding and eventually selling his own printing company.The firm assists company owners and management, as well as their lenders, investors and shareholders in the following areas: mergers and acquisitions, sale of business, strategic and financial advisory, capital structure and funding, financial analysis, interim and turnaround C-level management, business valuations and serving as consulting experts. Hahn is the author of The Target Report and is regularly published and quoted in printing industry trade and management journals. Mark Hahn can be reached at (973) 588-7399 or mark@graphicartsadvisors.com
