R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company and Consolidated Graphics, Inc. have jointly announced the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-
Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR”) in connection with the previously announced merger agreement under which RR Donnelley will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Consolidated Graphics. The waiting period expired…

From:  http://wohlersassociates.com/blog November 25, 2013 3D Print Shops Filed under: 3D printing,Additive Manufacturing — Terry Wohlers @ 10:12 Note: The following was co-authored by senior consultant Tim Caffrey and principal consultant Terry Wohlers, both of Wohlers Associates. From London and Paris to Dayton and Denver, a number of independent brick-and-mortar 3D print shops have opened,…

I initially set up (and put up the first several posts on) the Reprographics 101 Blog in February 2009.  This month (Jan 2014) completes five full years of pure unadulterated dribble.  For those of you who have been frequent visitors to the Blog over the past five years, my thanks to you for visiting the…

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As previously reported on the Repro 101 Blog, Marathon Reprographics filed a lawsuit against Kevin Rowe (and others), and Kevin Rowe filed a counterclaim against Marathon. The most recent update on this matter – the Court set a date for the trial, March 3rd, 2015. For more detailed information about the “scheduling and trial order”,…

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Well, there has to be an end to everything, and, so, this is the end of the line for the Reprographics 101 Repro PPoP Index. What we’ve been saying all along about this Index:  – This index does not attempt to track “total sales” of A/E/C reprographers. It attempts to track only sales of “plans…

Well, talk about a completely opposite stance, check this out: http://seekingalpha.com/article/1921581-textura-a-late-christmas-gift 0 0 1 64 369 Proactive Management 3 1 432 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;…

The title of the post (see above) is the title of Citron Research’s “second report” on Textura.  Like the first report Citron issued, Citron’s second report is a “must read”. To refresh your memory, I put up a post on the blog after I read Citron Research’s “first report” on Textura; here’s the link to…

Very sad news. Roger Garner, long-time owner of Triangle Reprographics (Orlando, FL), passed away on December 31st. Our sincere condolences to the entire Garner family. I met Roger around 1984 when we (the first five “core founders” of ReproCAD) were in the process of recruiting the first 15 shareholders of ReproCAD. Roger was a stand-up…