Commercial Print Group Inc history

The early, rapid growth of Chicago, however, meant that already in 1846 there were eight printing offices and four newspapers, making it the region's printing center.

1860), small printing houses were to be found in almost every American town.

One early specialized railroad printer was Rand McNally & Co. , founded in 1868.

Other Consolidated acquisitions had history behind them, such as John C. Otto Co. of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, which was founded in 1880.

A union drive for a nine-hour day (part of a national effort) led the employing printers to form their own association in 1887, the Chicago Typothetae.

Gulf had been founded in 1916.

Donnelley also opened one of the first regional printing plants of a Chicago firm at Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1921.

In 1960 there were 2,100 printing establishments in the city (including the world's three largest at the time: Donnelley, W. F. Hall, and Cuneo), but another 1,550 plants were located in the metropolitan area.

Established in 1984, Northeast Wisconsin Printing Company has grown from a small quick printing company to a full service commercial printing company that accommodates the local, regional and international printing needs of its customers.

With backing from family and investors, Davis formed Consolidated to acquire Western Lithograph Company in 1985.

A second acquisition, Grover/Houston Litho, followed in 1987.

The first out-of-state buy, Tewell's Printing of Denver, came in 1988.

The first digital print was released on watercolor paper in 1989 when a pre-press printer, the Iris 3047, was modified for ink-jet printing an art reproduction for the very first time, thanks to the interest and backing of Graham Nash, co-founder of the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young music group.

Launching a Management Training Program in 1991

In 1993 the world͛s first digital color printing press was launched called Indigo.

In June 1994, the company went public, raising about $20 million.

Sales were $57 million in fiscal 1995, with a net income of $4.5 million.

Annualized revenues for the fiscal year ending March 1996 were about $100 million.

Consolidated bought another ten businesses in 1997 alone.

In 1998, Davis told Printing News that of the 37,000 commercial printing companies in the United States, about 7,400 constituted his target market.

He began stocking shelves with bread at the tender age of six, according to the Houston Business Journal, which reported the store was still standing in 1999.

In 2000 the Hewlett Packard Company invested in the Indigo, and a year later acquired the remaining shares.

Print Group Inc. was founded in 2003 by Jay Wacha, with the assistance of twelve highly experienced industry professionals.

CGX posted net income of $20 million on sales of $708 million in fiscal 2004.

In 2007, Dan Paulson and Scott Moore purchased Printec Press.

In 2009 Print group Inc. expanded its operations to include a new digital press service.

In the summer of 2010 Print Group Inc. expanded its operations yet again to include wide format printing and sign manufacturing.