Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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Several “financial analysts” follow, and issue reports (for investors), on ARC and/or Service Point Solutions. Other “financial” people who follow ARC are investment analysts who work for institutional investors and mutual funds. Both ARC and SPS are players in the “reprographics” industry, and both are publicly-traded companies. (ARC trades on the NYSE; SPS trades on…
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For Owners in the Reprographics business who are interested in selling their companies. When Suri (of ARC) was asked a question about ARC’s interest in looking at acquisitions, Suri’s response was “yes.” Due to the downturn in the A/E/C reprographics business, ARC has not, at least that I’m aware of, completed an acquisition of a…
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This article is “required reading” for financial analysts, institutional investors, mutual fund managers and other “non-reprographers” who are interested in the reprographics business and industry. For blog visitors who are reprographers, please don’t bother reading this post; you already know the points we’re going to make in this post. Several years ago, not long after…
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Yesterday, I ran into someone I know who works for OCE “wide-format”. I asked him about OCE’s wide-format “black and white” click volume. He said: (1) On a U.S.-country-wide-basis, OCE’s wide-format “black & white click volume” in 2010 was 50% off its peak (peak, meaning, before the recession kicked in.) (2) On a Florida-wide basis,…
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (Feb 25, 2011) – Cisco today announced that more than 3,000 customers have deployed Cisco® Digital Signs technology. Recently named the new worldwide market-share leader in digital signage software by Frost & Sullivan in the firm’s forthcoming report, “World Digital Signage Systems Market,” Cisco joined the digital signage market in 2007 and…
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January 2011 AIA ABI Index right at 50.0, down 3.9 points from December 2010. Kind of like Humpty-Dumpty sittin’ on a wall …. which way will “it” fall? Personally, I think Kermit should have fudged the numbers just a wee bit this month, either way, wouldn’t matter. When the number is above 50, that indicates…
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Just a “few” comments about ARC’s Q4 2010 and Full-year 2010 results. And, a few questions. This is going to be a fairly long post, so please kindly bear with me. These comments are based on the numbers ARC reported and on my knowledge of, and experience in, the reprographics business and industry. So, yes,…
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ARC closes out another difficult year with *profitable results for the full-year From the Press Release just issued by ARC: “Adjusted net income for 2010 was $1.3 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, *excluding the net effects of the Company’s goodwill impairment charge, the amortization impact related to the change in trade name as we…
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Together Again, Brothers Eric and Evan Gaydon Join Regional Powerhouse C2 Reprographics COSTA MESA, CA – – February 21, 2011 – Evan Gaydon has joined C2 Reprographics as its director of sales. His brother Eric Gaydon, who joined the company in October of last year, has been appointed to the executive team at C2 Reprographics.…
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“Managed-Print-Services”…. hmmmm. Before I take you to the OCE Press Release, a few comments ….. If I’m recalling this correctly, in 2010, ARC (American Reprographics Company) mentioned, for the first time, that it was going to venture into the “managed print services” business. Service Point Solutions recently announced two managed print services deals that it…
Reprographics 101 