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Pitman Bolsters Offerings
TOTOWA, NJ—Pitman Co. has acquired Charrette LLC, a digital and traditional imaging supplies, equipment and services provider, as well as a leading wide-format ink-jet equipment supplier in the United States. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal sees Charrette become a division of Pitman Co., maintaining its name. John Ford, president and CEO of Charrette, will head the division. Compass Capital Partners represented Pitman in the transaction.