EarthColor

The 2012 Printing Impressions 400 list of the largest printing companies in the United States and Canada as ranked by annual sales.

WEST ORANGE, NJ—EarthColor Inc. has acquired high end commercial printer L.P. Thebault, based in Parsippany, NJ. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Brian Thebault will remain chairman of L.P. Thebault, which will become a division of EarthColor. The company was founded in 1954. “The Thebault family has built one of the nation’s most recognized printing and service organizations,” notes EarthColor CEO Robert Kashan. “With over 50 years of experience, L.P. Thebault has an unmatched team of seasoned professionals working with state- of-the-art equipment and technology, a perfect addition to EarthColor.” L.P. Thebault is a web and sheetfed printer that produces general commercial work, including annual reports,

WEST ORANGE, NJ—EarthColor Inc. has acquired high-end commercial printer L.P. Thebault, based in Parsippany, NJ. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Brian Thebault will remain chairman of L.P. Thebault, which will become a division of EarthColor. The company was founded in 1954.L.P. Thebault is a web and sheetfed printer that produces general commercial work, including…

WEST ORANGE, NJ—July 9, 2007—EarthColor, Inc. announced today that it has acquired L. P. Thebault Co., one of North America’s premier commercial printers, founded in 1954 by Louis P. Thebault and led by Brian Thebault during the last 25 years. The transaction creates the country’s largest privately held graphic communications facility solely dedicated to serving the high end commercial printing market with the broadest range of solutions and services available in the industry. Brian Thebault will remain Chairman of L. P. Thebault, which will become an EarthColor division. Robert Kashan, CEO of EarthColor, said “The Thebault family has built one of the nation’s

Prepress and Press Capabilities Are Enhanced THREE RIVERS, MI—DeGraaf’x Inc. has streamlined its workflow with a new five-color Heidelberg Printmaster PM 52 perfector and Prosetter P 52 platesetter, as well as several elements of Heidelberg’s Prinect workflow system, including Signa Station, Printready System and MetaDimension. Marek Dives Into Digital WAUKESHA, WI—Tamara Marek, president, and Fuzzy Marek, CEO, purchased a new Kodak Digimaster EX138 system, a NexPress 2500 press and NexGlosser glossing unit for their printing operation, The Marek Group. The digital technology was installed to help the company handle its expanding Web- to-print business. CALIFORNIA CARLSBAD—L + L Printers installed

Printers Flock to See Two-Sided Coating DALLAS—Neither heavy rains nor threatening tornadoes could dissuade roughly 75 printers and journalists from visiting Buchanan Visual Communications on April 24 and 25 for Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses’ 2007 National Open House. The violent weather wiped out a planned visit to a Texas Rangers-Seattle Mariners game at Ameriquest Field in Arlington, TX, but the guests were treated to some towering, long drives nonetheless during the “State of Perfection” demonstration. At the core of the open house was a display of the firepower behind Buchanan’s 12-color, 40˝ Mitsubishi Diamond 3000R convertible perfector equipped with tower coaters. The dual coaters

WEST ORANGE, NJ—EarthColor has bought four Xerox iGen3 110 digital production presses and various Xerox FreeFlow workflow software components, with the expectation of printing roughly 15 million pages within the first year.The installations are the first Xerox products for EarthColor. Two of the presses will be installed at its facility here and two more are…

NEW YORK—A $210 million commitment by Allied Capital of Washington, DC, has fueled the senior management-led buyout of EarthColor, a leading commercial printer serving clients in the pharmaceutical, telecommunications and financial services industries. The management team made a significant equity investment in the company, acquiring a majority of the voting stock. EarthColor has eight plants overall, with production facilities in New York, New Jersey, Florida and Texas, and prepress operations in Arizona. “We have known the Allied Capital team for some time now and are pleased to have them as our new financial partner,” notes EarthColor founder and CEO Robert Kashan. “They have worked hard to

WASHINGTON, DC—November 20, 2006—Allied Capital Corporation (NYSE: ALD) announced that it has committed $210.5 million in the management-led buyout of EarthColor, Inc., (www.EarthColor.com) a leading commercial printer serving blue-chip customers in the pharmaceutical, telecommunications and financial services industries. The senior management of EarthColor made a significant equity investment in the company, acquiring a majority of the voting stock Based in New York City, EarthColor is the largest competitor in the New York metropolitan market and one of the largest competitors in its other markets. The company operates a low-cost distributed print platform with production facilities in New York, New Jersey,

S. Rosenthal Closes Doors CINCINNATI—S. Rosenthal & Co., a publication and catalog printer that dated back to 1868, perished in April with the demise of its Portland, TN, facility, Heritage Graphics. About 300 people lost their jobs. The company, ranked 117th on the 2005 PI 400 with $47 million in annual sales, never recovered from the loss of its TV Guide printing account. Weyerhaeuser Mulls Move FEDERAL WAY, WA—Weyerhaeuser Co. is considering alternatives for its fine paper business, including a possible sale. The company did confirm it is “in active discussion with several parties,” though it would not guarantee a sale of the fine paper business. Unique Press