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6 Quick Printing | February 2015 MyPRINTResource.com Ennis Acquires Kay Toldeo Tag, Inc. and Special Service Partners Ennis, Inc. has purchased Kay Toledo Tag and Special Service Partners in a stock purchase transaction. Kay Toledo has lo- cations in Toledo, OH, and Neenah, WI, through Special Service Partners. Experts in digital printing and customer short-run printing, Kay Toledo Tag produces tags, labels, tickets and commercial printing. Kay Toledo Tag has $25 million in sales and sells through distributors and resellers. Ennis now has fve tag facilities in Texas, Iowa, Ohio, and Wisconsin. "The Kay family will be instrumental in bringing their skills and know-how in this market to the Ennis orga- nization and we believe they will allow us to grow this business in all segments of the tag and label market," said CEO Keith Walters. Dan Kay, president of Kay Toledo Tag, Inc. stated that "… the ability to market to a broader customer base with more geographic and product diversity will strengthen the busi- ness and allow Kay Toledo Tag to expand. The fnancial strength of Ennis will allow us to grow this business and serve our customers." The operations will continue under the Kay Toledo Tag and Special Service Partners names. All of the locations will continue their normal operations. MyPRINTResource.com/10005202 SouthComm Acquires Quick Printing Publishing/communications frm SouthComm, Inc., based in Nash- ville, has purchased the remaining properties of Cygnus Business Media, including the Inkjet's Age, Quick Printing, and Wide-Format Imaging publications and the MyPRINTResource.com website portal. SouthComm has retained all publication staff, including editor Mark Vruno and editorial director Denise M. Gustavson, who has relocated to a West Babylon, NY offce. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. According to former CEO John French, who led Cygnus since 2009, "Following the sale of the Public Safety and Security Group to SouthComm in November, we were impressed with the compa- ny's leadership and realized that it made sense for them to acquire the remaining assets. We're proud of the dramatic turnaround and progress our whole team has made in the last fve years. The great advances in tradeshows, digital products, databases, and improved designs of our magazines all contributed to reaching our ultimate goal of realizing signifcant value to our owners." "From the start, we were impressed with John and his team for the work they've done to rebuild Cygnus as both a media and technology company," said SouthComm founder/CEO Chris Ferrell. "The business' technical strength and integrated properties combine to support future growth and lend itself to the SouthComm portfolio of businesses. Further, we're pleased to continue primary operations of Cygnus Business Media in Fort Atkinson, WI, making the transition in ownership seamless to our audience and advertisers." QP publisher Kelley Holmes added, "We are excited to move into 2015 under the new corporate ownership of SouthComm and will continue to do business under the Cygnus brand. Our clients, subscribers, and partners can continue to expect the same level of service from MyPRIN- TResource.com, Quick Printing, Printing News, Inkjet's Age, and the Wide-Format Imaging brands. The future is very bright and we look forward to strengthening our brands even further in the commercial, sign, and digital printing markets." As part of the transition to SouthComm, the Melville, NY, offce has been closed. "We were saddened to part ways with Suzette Schear, our media services representative," said Holmes. "Connie Wolf has taken over this responsibil- ity and is located in our Fort Atkinson offce. We welcome Connie to the printing industry, but she is not new to Cyg- nus and has 19 years' experience with the company." MyPRINTResource.com/12032185 News of the Printing Industry at a Glance Prestigious Pantone Certifcation Think Patented, one of Ohio's leading commercial printers and a Marketing Execution Company, is one of fewer than a dozen printers in the world to have been certifed by the Pantone for having met its rigorous criteria for consistently superior color output. The certifcation requirements cover every aspect of a printer's color process, from ink storage and management, to prepress protocols, to pressroom best practices. The ob- vious beneft to customers is unmatched color fdelity and consistency across virtually every printed piece. "Pantone is the gold standard for corporate color standards and color measuring equipment," said manag- ing partner Niels Winther, who formerly was a longtime executive with Heidelberg North America. "Combining the Pantone certifcation with our everyday quality control processes—like the in-press control on our Heidelberg XL106 that inspects every fourth sheet—gives our clients unparalleled quality assurance and peace of mind when it comes to their printed materials and brand standards." Think Patented is also one of only eleven exclusive com- panies to be certifed as both a G7 Master printer and G7 Process Control Master. MyPRINTResource.com/10241263 A diverse portf olio of targeted media delivering smart solutions. Group publisher Kelley Holmes (left), editorial director Denise M. Gustavson, and editor Mark Vruno (seated).