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St Ives Completes Acquisition of U.S. Operations Posted: January 21, 2009 The Angstrom Group Now Owns American Facilities HOLLYWOOD, Florida (January 22, 2009) – The management team of St Ives US, one of America’s leading digital, sheet-fed and web offset printing companies, has completed the acquisition of the U.S. division from its parent, St Ives plc in London, England. “The U.S. facilities are now owned by the Angstrom Group,” says Wayne Angstrom, St Ives US chairman and CEO. “We have purchased the entire company including St Ives Florida, St Ives Cleveland, St Ives Creative and St Ives Market Direct.” Angstrom says the company will continue operations in Hollywood and Cleveland. The company plans to re-brand the creative, graphic and fulfillment operations with new names within the next 12 months as well as enhance the St Ives On-Line™ suite of application systems. “We remain dedicated to our customers, employees and vendors and will continue to improve our business and our service to clients,” says Angstrom. “We have invested in manufacturing platforms that present flexibility and economies to our customers that will take us into the future.” The total price of the acquisition was $39 million. Carl Grassi of McDonald Hopkins LLC of Cleveland served as the lead attorney for the transaction. Brown Gibbons Lang & Company is the investment banker. St Ives is an award-winning creative and print services provider specializing in magazines, catalogs, annual reports, digital, sheet-fed and web commercial printing, saddle-wire, perfect binding, direct mail and fulfillment services. St Ives has operations at 2025 McKinley Street, Hollywood, FL 33020, telephone 954-920-7300 and 4437 E. 49th Street, Cleveland, OH 44125, telephone 216-271-5300. The company, which employs a total of 564 people, is ISO-9001:2000 certified with a focus on total quality management. Visit www.st-ives-usa.com. Read all the news  |
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