Visant Obtains Book Component Specialist VSI

ARMONK, NY—Visant Corp. has acquired Milwaukee-based Visual Systems (VSI), a supplier of overhead transparencies and book components. Visant purchased all of the outstanding stock of VSI.

The results of VSI will be reported under Vistant’s marketing and publishing services segment. VSI ranked 247th on the 2006 Printing Impressions 400 with sales of $20 million.

“The acquisition of VSI closely aligns with the other key capital investments in our book cover and component businesses,” noted John DePaul, president of Visant’s Lehigh Lithographers book cover and component operation.