Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?
A look back at the top 25 distributors from the first Top 100 Distributors
published in FORM Magazine, June 1998
issue,
Compiled by Jim Anderson and edited by Kristin Quinn
1998
Rank
Company
~rters
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David
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1997
Dallas, TX
Current Status
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Neely, .Chain:nan~C$6 ~
$136,000,000
Glenwood, MN
American Business Forms
$183,192,214
Company has remained under the continuous leadership of Chairman/CEO Larry Zavadil and is now American Solutions for Business,
(American Solutions for Business)
Larry Zavadil, PresidenVCEO
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.SFi, adiY; of Workflow. '.•'
Thomas 0: A!JOstiM,·J~;p,es~~nt.
(Nasdaq: W()~!<)~r,aJJ11,;s.~~(jh,:fik
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3p,?I$~n:~ompan~::Workflow. Managem~_nt(Wor~flowOn'e)
I GBSCorp,
4
Sales
$159.335,000
.Wofkflowvias'li!~en p'iiVil\ein2?9.~by, l3~gMosheral)~.lhE! pi,/v,lte- equity lirmof Perseu,s,,arid t~en a:CcjUiredf:l~Ii?~i1.(n~e·R~fl',~,eF.•...
GeneraLBF
Olvlslon)
In.2005; .IllS now;WorkfiowOneand,based
In Dayton,
OH,Dave Davlsils'chalrman/CEO.
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$103,500,000,
Company continues under the leadership of CEO Eugene Calabria,
Larry Merriman. Chairman
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I Data Supplies lnc, (DSI)
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James Combee,
FGjPiinCMifuagement ••.
hlanoverPa(k,
Parent Company:
little
IBankandElusi';~ssFhrms'
fOltnderandco'GEOGreg
Muzzillo,
Cpmpany wasliquidatep bYits.secured c(editor (\'\Iells Fa.rgoit() SFlyi3) in 2000;
$28,000,000
Fiserv Inc. (Nasdaq; FISV)-Brookfield,
Rock, At!!
Jerome Group Inc.
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of June 1998)
$26,800,000
I
Andrew Kohn. President
11;:): ~raphi¢s;&;Te'ch;'61(lgy'GrQuii.·'·•.
Company (a Division of FISV) continues under the leadership of Vice President Dave Hiller, FISV's Forms & Graphics is now known as
Fiserv DirectSource and is part at FISV's Output Solutions,
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$2i,090;00(),
Parent Company: Global DocuGraphiX,Chicago,IL
Jer~ySpears, President
West Caldwell, NJ I"
.beEttirenam!!d\Ba~k,mclB~sineSsSQI\ltions,
Company was acquired
Berkeley,IL
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$25.000;000
Parent Company: 'North American- Paper :cp._:~~rkel.eY.·IL
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Hygrade Business Group
12
Company continues under the leadership of Jim Combee's son -in-law, Tom Tabor,as vice president.
Il
Bellevue, WA
Bill Colborn, President
10
$65,431,000
• (WorkflowOri,,)
I Fiserv Forms & Graphics
9
Companyttasremain~~t1detthecontinuousleaderShipof
President
:Oavid'wa~ers~-Presi~entiCEO
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$78,000;000
by Fiserv (#6)
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and became part of its Personix division in 2006,
QivisionisnOW·called Nvislon,.but 1'1$lilipart of North AmeriCI'I.1i
CbrporaiiCln,ToddVan .Paris·ruhsthisunit .:NAC.hasrf)m~ihed.On4~".thf).
. CQriiinuQ,Usleadernhip:6f:PreSi,den[John
Miiler:;
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$25,000,000
Company has remained under the continuous leadership of CEO Vie Albetta,
Victor Albetta, PresldenVCEO
f'MGR~Sourc~;M'ahil~eni~ht
Mark Trumpet; E(!) ,
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Monroe, WA..
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'Parent Company;
Consolidated Graphic Communications
Bridgeville, PA
David Pilcher. President
Parent Company; Champion
15 .··[eilte~~rg:;BUsloil$liForms &P.rln\lrig .
~.Henw}e~t~berq,
Rreslde~t'
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$23,840,000
Paul, MN
.;,EI\ltP ~atSa.cgllii,ed.bIY~fllrliilHCoi·piln.t99!)UInowope(at~sas.MerriIiCorp,NWDi\tision'
$22,200,000
Industries (Nasdaq;
$21,000,000
CHMP)-Huntington,
Company (a Division of CHMP) continues under the leadership of President Jim Rhodes.
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$21,500,000
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$21,029,000
O'Brien Budd inc.
16
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Merrill Corporation-St.'
Michael O'Brien, President
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$19,900,000
$19,700,000
No information could be found regarding the current status of Luhrarna.
$18,785,000
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.,211'MHC Asspbi!!teF'
····90mJlariycoriti~u~.suri~ert~eleadel'Sh!p 01 LarrypeAogelis' son Mark, WhQis now president;
$18,121,000
Company is majority - owned by High Street Capital and still run by CEO Sharie Bartlett and President Dave Holland,
$18,00(),bOQ
GbrnPahYisnow knbwrias'Te~rnMI:ICand'has remained under thecontintlous leadership of CEO pete,Mall$bn,
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$17,500,000
PSI Group was among several companies acquired by Dominion Graphic Services, which is now known as Source4,
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Pete, tVtattsoli;Presjd~~t
22
I PSI Group Inc.
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;;GhairmluliCEO Dan $i<idak,.•.'..•.. ". ••........
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W. Charles Caiman. President
··2~.'1·9ominiOOGr~Pbic,~r?ljces.
": , .Roger .Jefferson;- Preeldent-'
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Company has remained under the continuous leadership of President Bob Troop,
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Cptnpany has.rel)laifl~cJul1derthe
conliti\Jous
lea~erS6ipofPresidellUCEOElOb O'Conneli:
:~.<.'ber~~9;'_Co~r~lI,
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