News & Events
12/18/2007
(Midlothian, TX) - Ennis, Inc. (NYSE: EBF), a manufacturer of printed business products and apparel, has acquired certain assets of Englund Graphics through its wholly owned subsidiary, Northstar. Headquartered in New Hope, MN, Englund Graphics' product line includes laser forms and checks, blank and printed stock, and other printed products. This opportunity presented itself as a result of Englund Graphics making the decision to exit the business after 30+ years of serving the short run market.
Included in the purchase was the key equipment used in the production of the Englund Graphics product line. Northstar has retained Kelly Faris as the Key Accounts Customer Service Representative for Englund Graphics' customer base. Kelly worked in a similar position with Englund Graphics for the past 9 years. The operation will utilize the trade name of Northstar and become part of Northstar's Roseville and Brooklyn Park, MN facilities. Northstar's goal is to allow for a seamless transition of customer's work from Englund Graphics to Northstar. With both the equipment and the customer service position now part of Northstar, this should be an easily accomplished task.
John Christenson, Vice President of Ennis, said, "Adding Englund Graphics to Northstar is a very exciting opportunity for us. This addition will give Northstar a larger distributor base and increase our production capabilities."
For more information about Ennis, Inc. go to www.ennis.com or call the Ennis HOTLine at (800) 972-1069.
About Ennis
Ennis, Inc. (www.ennis.com) (formerly Ennis Business Forms, Inc.) is primarily engaged in the
production of and sale of business forms, apparel and other business products. The Company is
one of the largest private-label printed business product suppliers in the United States.
Headquartered in Midlothian, Texas, the Company has production and distribution facilities
strategically located throughout the United States of America, Mexico and Canada, to serve the
Company's national network of distributors. The Company, together with its subsidiaries,
operates in two business segments: the Printing Segment and Apparel Segment. There are
three groups within the Printing Segment: the Forms Solutions Group, Promotional Solutions
Group, and Financial Solutions Group. The Apparel Segment consists entirely of the Apparel
Solutions Group. The Forms Solutions Group is primarily engaged in the business of
manufacturing and selling business forms and other printed business products. The Promotional
Solutions Group is primarily engaged in the business of design, production and distribution of
printed and electronic media, presentation products, flex-o-graphic printing, advertising
specialties and Post-it Notes. The Financial Solutions Group designs, manufactures and
markets printed forms and specializes in internal bank forms, secure and negotiable documents
and custom products. The Apparel Solutions Group manufactures T-Shirts and distributes TShirts
and other active-wear apparel through six distribution centers located throughout North
America.