PBM Graphics, Inc.

Commercial printer equipment installations and other news from Printing Impressions’ December 2013 edition, featuring Sandy Alexander, Lithographix, DPI Direct, Apex Color, IWCO Direct, Japs-Olson Co.

A new six-color, 40˝ Komori Lithrone G40 will allow PBM Graphics in Durham, NC, to expand its printing capacity, offer shorter turn times, and provide a boost in pressroom capacity and assurance of supply.

HOUSTON—Consolidated Graphics (CGX) enhanced its East Coast presence and immediately became “Pikachu’s” favorite printer with the acquisition of Durham, NC-based PBM Graphics. Ranked 51st in the Printing Impressions 400 for 2007 with sales of $121.7 million, PBM specializes in producing collectible trading cards and trading card games and is the largest producer of Pokémon cards in the world. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to fiscal year 2009 earnings per share. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. PBM was founded in 1983 by Terry Pegram, who along with his management team will continue to direct the facility. In addition to card products,

HOUSTON—Consolidated Graphics (CGX) continued a recent rash of big acquisitions in the industry and enhanced its East Coast presence by obtaining Durham, NC-based PBM Graphics. Ranked 51st on the Printing Impressions 400 for 2007 with sales of $121.7 million, PBM specializes in producing collectible trading cards and trading card games and is the largest producer of Pokémon cards in the world. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to fiscal year 2009 earnings per share. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. PBM was founded in 1983 by Terry Pegram, who along with his management team will continue to direct the facility. In addition

DURHAM, NC—In an effort to bolster its capacity and enhance productivity, PBM Graphics has installed a pair of six-color Komori LS sheetfed presses at its facility here, and another at its Greensboro plant. All three presses are equipped with an in-line coating system for delivering aqueous, metallic and color coating options.

Ask yourself a simple question. Where will you be when opportunity knocks? Take Terry Pegram, for example. Rather than wait for an opportunity to show up at his doorstep, Pegram made his own chances by being a risk taker—despite having a low-key demeanor more fit for the Southern gentleman that he is. Who is Terry Pegram, you ask? He is the founder, chairman and CEO of PBM Graphics, based in Research Triangle Park, NC. In terms of stature and industry recognition, the company is as much a mystery as the peculiarly named city in which it resides. His vision was of a company that