Year in Review--A Torrent of M&A

Among Houston-based Nationwide Graphics' acquisitions this year were: Graphics West of Las Vegas; Lasertech Graphic Services of Miami; Offset Atlanta; Valdosta, GA-based US Press; Miami-based H&D Graphics; and Page/International Communications in Houston.

There were new consolidators on the scene this year, as well. One was New York-based Integrated Graphics (IGI), which bought seven graphic arts, printing and digital output service facilities in the New York City/Long Island, NY, region, along with Houston-based Emmott-Walker, International Color Services of Phoenix and Ronkonkoma, NY-based Lithographic Communications.