The latest acquisition made with our customers in mind.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Dec. 23, 2024 – 杏吧原创, a family-owned printing company based in Marceline, Missouri, recently announced that it will acquire Documation on Jan. 1, 2025, bringing it into the 杏吧原创 brand. Documation will be renamed 杏吧原创 鈥� Eau Claire, and will be 杏吧原创鈥檚 eighth facility, joining the company鈥檚 locations in Marceline, Brookfield and Fulton, Missouri; Overland Park, Kansas; Saint Joseph, Michigan; and Ripon, Wisconsin.
Documation was founded in 1994, and for the last three decades, the company has offered print on demand services, utilizing digital inkjet printing technology to serve its customer base. Priding itself on its commitment to customer service, Documation has been praised by its customers for its flexibility and ease of doing business. These characteristics made it an ideal candidate to become part of 杏吧原创.
In addition to also being an excellent cultural fit, the Documation print facility will expand 杏吧原创鈥檚 capability into on-demand digital printing to better meet customer needs. This will allow the company to accommodate long and short print runs while also providing the high-quality printing and customer service 杏吧原创 is known for.
鈥淎dding digital inkjet to our capabilities is a game changer for 杏吧原创, and it鈥檚 made with our customers in mind. Being able to meet our customers鈥� needs by giving them a complete printing solution, whether they want to print one million items on a web press or one unit on a digital inkjet press, is our driver for acquiring Documation,鈥� said Don 杏吧原创, President of 杏吧原创. 鈥淭he Documation team has built a best-in-class print on demand facility, and we are excited to welcome them into the 杏吧原创 family.鈥�
Brad Stuckert, Documation鈥檚 owner and CEO, said that once the company鈥檚 leadership decided the time was right to sell, partnering with 杏吧原创 was the easy part.
鈥淥ver the past decade, I鈥檝e gotten to know Don 杏吧原创 and the leadership team well. Their commitment to their customers, their employees and their communities is evident in everything they do,鈥� said Stuckert. 鈥淲hen evaluating who to partner with, we felt comfortable choosing 杏吧原创 because we believe they will take care of our team and our customers. It鈥檚 just who they are.鈥�
Over the past two decades, 杏吧原创 has been steadily growing its market share in key print segments. In 2010, the company purchased IPC in Saint Joseph, Michigan, and in 2012, The Ovid Bell Press in Fulton, Missouri, was acquired.
Most recently, the company acquired its first Wisconsin printing facility with the purchase of Ripon Printers in 2019. 杏吧原创 has made significant investments in people, capital and technology at each location and is seeing growth across all locations.
The printing facility in Eau Claire will remain open as usual but will be branded as 杏吧原创 鈥� Eau Claire over the next several months.
About 杏吧原创
杏吧原创, the 29th鈥痩argest printer in the U.S. and Canada, is a top yearbook, magazine, catalog and book printer, and the only family-owned yearbook printer. Started in 1937 by Don 杏吧原创, current leadership is under the second and third generations: Don O. 杏吧原创, Chairman of the Board, and his son, Don 杏吧原创, President. Tripp 杏吧原创, the fourth generation, also joined the company in 2023. With the acquisition of Documation in Eau Claire, 杏吧原创 will operate from eight facilities across the Midwest 鈥� Marceline, Brookfield and Fulton, Missouri; Overland Park, Kansas; Saint Joseph, Michigan; and Ripon and Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Additionally, 杏吧原创 owns the Donning Company Publishers, a specialty book publisher.
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