JAL Deal History

JAL Equity has executed the following transactions.
Atlantic Coast Cotton (ACC)
Atlantic Coast Cotton’s mission is more than just supplying its clients with goods from manufacturers of printable sportswear. Our goal is to help embroiders, screen printers, promotional product distributors and other embellishers develop their businesses successfully with on-demand stocks and through a wide variety of marketing tools and excellent administrative support.
Acquired By:
JAL Equity
Year Acquired:
2024
Location:
Gainesville, VA
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Executive Mailing Services
Located in Palos Hills, IL, Executive Mailing Service (EMS) has been providing full service direct mail services for over 30 years. EMS has a full array of digital roll to roll presses, extensive mail inserting capabilities, and commingling services to assist our customers with their direct mail campaigns.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2024
Location:
Palos Hills, IL
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Anchor Graphics
Located in Pilot Point, TX, Anchor Graphics is a premier label provider offering customized labels, stickers, decals, asset tags, signage, and packaging solutions for over 40 years to clients. Anchor Graphics has both flexo and digital presses along with a wide range of finishing capabilities including hot-stamping and embossing.  Anchor can provide durable outdoor labels to withstand the elements and is a certified UL authorized label supplier.  Key marketing verticals include food and beverage, mobile device manufacturers, education, property management, and many others.
Acquired By:
JAL Equity
Year Acquired:
2024
Location:
Pilot Point, TX
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Kappa Graphics
Located in Hughestown, PA, the Kappa Graphics facility is a Commercial Printer specializing in puzzle and game magazines and books including crosswords, sudoko, and related novelty books for all ages. Kappa Graphics produces has both web coldset presses as well as sheetfed offset presses along with full bindery finishing and fulfillment capabilities. Kappa has served mass market paperback book publishers across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and the U.K. for over 50 years.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2024
Location:
Hughestown, PA
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Mossberg & Company
Located in South Bend, IN, Mossberg & Company is a premier Commercial Printer in the Midwest with nationwide distribution. The Mossberg site produces high quality commercial print catalogs, magazines, labels, and custom boxes for our customers. Mossberg has sheetfed offset, digital presses, flexo presses, and full bindery finishing and fulfillment services.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2024
Location:
South Bend, IN
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Response Envelope
Located in Ontario, CA, Response Envelope is a large Envelope facility that focuses on both the Direct and Trade channels with their customers. Their customer base are large companies with on-going billing and statement mailings who require on-going envelopes to send to their customers.  Response produces envelopes on high speed flexo web equipment and has full converting capabilities to fold and convert the printed stock to final envelopes for our clients.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
Ontario, CA
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Husky Envelope
Located in Walled Lake, MI, Husky Envelope is a large Envelope facility focused on the direct channel with their customers. Their customer base is large companies with on-going billing and statement mailings who require on-going envelopes to send to their customers. Response produces envelopes on high speed flexo web equipment and has full converting capabilities to fold and convert the printed stock to final envelopes for our clients.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
Walled Lake, MI
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Smith-Edwards-Dunlap
Located in Philadelphia, PA, Smith Edwards Dunlap is a high-quality Commercial Printer that specializes in educational testing work, catalogs, magazines, and political mailings. Smith Edwards Dunlap sells through a Direct sales channel for our clients with both sheetfed offset and digital press capabilities along with full bindery and fulfillment services.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
Phildelphia, PA
Current Status:
Actively Managed
American Stationery
Located in Peru, IN, American Stationery has provided premium quality personalized stationery, letters, invitations, notepads, labels, and stampers for our customer for over 100 years! Customers can purchase these specialized products from the AmericanStationery website or from our catalog offerings.
Acquired By:
Tshirts.com
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
Peru, IN
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Kubin Nicholson
Located in Milwaukee, WI, Kubin Nicholson is the “printer of the humongous” for clients needing large signage for interior or exterior needs. Kubin has a blend of large format sheetfed offset press printing capabilities as well as a wide variety of digital press equipment along with all associated finishing equipment needed to cut, weld, seam, grommet a wide variety of sign products for our customers.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
Milwaukee, WI
Current Status:
Actively Managed
GrowMail
Growmail provides customized post-cards and other related products and delivers them through USPS mail for customers with ultra-fast turnaround speeds. Growmail sells through the E-Commerce channel online to customers who select and design their products directly on our website and pay upfront.  The Growmail business has no equipment, but sources their printing, finishing, and mailing work to our complementary Marketing.com sites for production.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
National
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Prolist
Located in Hagerstown, MD, Prolist is a direct mailing company with expertise in mail list processing, where customer product is then printed on digital presses, and then inserted and mailed all within our facility.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
Hagerstown, MD
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Photography.com / Horizon Worldwide
Located in Houston, TX, the Photography.com business turns memories into custom wall art on several different materials such as acrylic, canvas, metal, glass, puzzles, and panel wood. Customers can purchase either directly on the Photography website and through large eCommerce channel customer partners who offer our products on their various platform offerings.
Acquired By:
JAL Equity
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
Houston, TX
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Fisher Group
Located in Hiawatha, IA, Fisher is a Midwest Commercial Printer of high-quality magazines, brochures and mailing pieces through a Direct sales channel for our clients. Fisher has web offset and digital press printing capabilities in multiple formats, as well as full bindery finishing, and mailing services.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
Hiawatha, IA
Current Status:
Actively Managed
HBP
Located in Hagerstown, MD, HBP is a premier Mid-Atlantic Commercial Printer of high-quality magazines, catalogs, direct mail, and brochures through a Direct sales channel for our clients. HBP has sheetfed offset and digital printing capabilities in multiple formats, as well as full bindery finishing, mailing, and fulfillment services.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
Hagerstown, MD, Springfield, VA, Fairfax, VA
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Money Mailer
Money Mailer offers a printed envelope filled with coupon deals for local and national advertisers strategically mailed directly to consumer’s homes.
Acquired By:
JAL Equity
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
National
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Southland Envelope
Located in Lakeside, CA, Southland Envelope is a large Envelope facility that focuses on the Trade channel with their customer base primarily being Commercial and Publication Printers on the West Coast who purchase their on-going envelope needs from Southland as their trusted partner. Southland does both flexo and digital printing on Envelope stock and also has full converting capabilities to fold and convert the printed stock to final envelopes for our clients.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2022
Location:
San Diego, CA
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Brant Instore
Located in Brantford, Ontario Canada, Brant InStore provides large format store signage for many name-brand Fortune 500 companies. Brant has a blend of large format sheetfed offset press printing capabilities as well as wide variety of digital press equipment along with all associated finishing equipment needed as well as a full fulfillment center for our customers. 
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2022
Location:
Toronto, Canada
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Gibson & Dehn / CustomCandles.com
Gibson & Dehn specializes in premium gifting programs featuring products from renowned brands that are unique and sustainable. Whether searching for the perfect gift for one customer or organizing a grand gesture for many, Gibson & Dehn curated gifts allow brands to showcase their unprecedented attention to detail and thoughtfulness. Gibson & Dehn isn’t just another corporate gifting company; they serve as partners in creating extraordinary moments that leave a lasting impression. Gibson handles all logistics, providing a seamless gift-giving experience whether customers send 5,000 branded gifts to different locations or a single, carefully curated gift.
Acquired By:
JAL Equity
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
Clarksville, MO
Current Status:
Actively Managed
NPC
Located in Tampa, FL, NPC is a full-service commercial printer and direct mailer offering quality web and offset printing with advanced in-line bindery.
Acquired By:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2022
Location:
Tampa, FL
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Knepper Press/DualPrint and Mail
Located in Pittsburgh, PA, Knepper Press & Dual Print and Mail is a premier Commercial Printer on the east coast. Knepper/Dual produce high quality commercial print catalogs, magazines, and mailing pieces through a Direct sales channel for our clients.  Knepper/Dual have web offset, sheetfed offset, and digital printing capabilities in multiple formats, as well as full bindery finishing, mailing, and fulfillment services.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2022
Location:
Pittsgburgh, PA
Current Status:
Actively Managed
American Spirit Graphics
Located in Des Moines, IA, American Spirit Graphics (ASG) is a MidwestCommercial Printer of high-quality magazines, brochures and mailing pieces through a Direct sales channel for our clients. ASG has web offset printing capabilities with inline finishing in multiple formats, as well as full finishing, inserting, and mailing services.
Acquired By:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2022
Location:
Des Moines, IA
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Brand Depot
Ecommerce site selling custom apparel, stickers, drinkware, banners, signs and more.
Acquired By:
Tshirts.com
Year Acquired:
2022
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Eagle Tshirts
Wholesale manufacturer and distributor of custom screen-printed apparel and related products.
Acquired By:
Tshirts.com
Year Acquired:
2022
Location:
Kansas City, KS
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Tie-Dye Threads, Socky Sock & Flock and Feathers
Ecommerce sites selling proprietary novelty socks, and tie die / nature themed clothing and apparel items.
Acquired By:
Tshirts.com
Year Acquired:
2022
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Superb Selection
Ecommerce clothing and apparel producer selling proprietary and licensed items on Amazon, Walmart, and eBay.
Acquired By:
Tshirts.com
Year Acquired:
2022
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Las Vegas Color Graphics
Located in Las Vegas, NV, Las Vegas Color Graphics is a premier West Coast Commercial Printer with a wide range of capabilities and nationwide distribution. Las Vegas Color Graphics produces high quality commercial print catalogs, magazines, brochures and direct mail through a Direct sales channel, as well as customized framed photographic wall art through our eCommerce channel partner clients.  Las Vegas Color Graphics has both sheetfed offset and digital printing capabilities and full bindery finishing, mailing, die-cutting, and fulfillment services. 
Acquired By:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2022
Location:
Las Vegas, NV
Current Status:
Merged into ColorArt
Cockrell Enovation
Located in Ft. Worth, Texas, Cockrell Enovation is a full-service commercial printer and direct mailer offering quality offset, digital and wide format printing combined with advanced warehousing and fulfillment capabilities.
Acquired By:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2022
Location:
Fort Worth, TX
Current Status:
Merged into ColorArt
Byers Printing
Located in Springfield, IL, Byers Printing services the legal and city government industries by providing court record, election, and township supplies, in addition to doing specialized archival book restoration and preservation services.
Acquired By:
Marketing.com
Year Acquired:
2021
Year Acquired:
2023
Location:
Springfield, IL
Current Status:
Merged into ColorArt
DAS Group
DAS Group is a full-service marketing agency specializing in omnichannel marketing services for national and regional brands, multi-location brands, and franchise organizations. Our dynamic approach offers a different viewpoint – we combine the power of search, social, display, print and promo to build targeted and integrated marketing campaigns throughout every aspect of communication.
Acquired By:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2021
Location:
Weston, FL
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Love Tees
Ecommerce site selling proprietary love-themed clothing and apparel items.
Acquired By:
Tshirts.com
Year Acquired:
2022
Website:
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Cosmic Clothing
We set out to create an affordable line of trend-setting, expressive clothing. Our vision is to make streetwear accessible, working with makers and visionaries to inspire every individual who explores our boutique. We hope you love it here as much as we do!
Acquired By:
Tshirts.com
Year Acquired:
2022
Current Status:
Actively Managed
City Tees Apparel
Ecommerce site selling proprietary city-themed clothing and apparel items.
Acquired By:
Tshirts.com
Year Acquired:
2022
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Logos@Work
Specializing in branded apparel, promotions, ecommerce solutions and fulfillment services to over 4500 clients including businesses, schools, teams and events.
Acquired By:
Tshirts.com
Year Acquired:
2021
Location:
Dayton, OH
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Frye-Williamson Press
Full service commercial printer and direct mailer offering quality offset, digital and wide format printing.
Acquired By:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2021
Location:
Springfield, IL
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Lebco Graphics
Full service commercial printer and direct mailer offering quality offset and digital printing services.
Acquired By:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2021
Location:
San Antonio, TX
Current Status:
Merged into ColorArt
Alien Shop
Ecommerce sites elling proprietary alien-themed clothing and apparel items.
Acquired By:
Tshirts.com
Year Acquired:
2021
Website:
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Cenveo Print Group
Full service commercial printer and direct mailer with national client base offering quality offset, digital and wide format printing combined with advanced warehousing and fulfillment capabilities.
Acquired By:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2021
Location:
St. Louis, MO.  San Antonio, TX.  Amarillo, TX
Current Status:
Merged into ColorArt
Desert Paper & Envelope
Envelope manufacturer and paper merchant offering both standard commercial envelopes and specialty custom envelopes.
Acquired By:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2021
Location:
Albuquerque, NM
Current Status:
Merged into ColorArt
EnvelopesDirect.com
Online manufacturer of custom printed envelopes including business envelopes, regular, window, tax and invitation envelopes.
Year Acquired:
2020
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Topform
Healthcare marketing and printing company providing dental and medical forms, custom printing and marketing and promotional products for medical practices.
Acquired By:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2020
Location:
Albuquerque, NM
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Elemoose
Located in Springfield, MO, Elemoose brings our customers’ visions to life in the way of themed signage, exhibits, and conceptual architecture. We create signage for museums, amusement parks, and major retail and food establishments around the country.
Acquired by:
Capital Signs & Awnings
Year Acquired:
2020
Current Status:
Sold in 2024
Modern Graphics, Lafayette Printing & Hudson Printing
Full-service commercial printers offering quality offset, digital and label printing, signage and branded apparel / promotional products to companies throughout the Midwest.
Acquired by:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2020
Current Status:
Merged into ColorArt
Lafayette Printing
Full service commercial printer offering quality offset, digital and label printing, signage and branded apparel / promotional products to companies throughout the Midwest.
Year Acquired:
2020
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Modern Graphics
Full service commercial printer offering quality offset, digital and label printing, signage and branded apparel / promotional products to companies throughout the Midwest.
Year Acquired:
2020
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Capital Signs & Awnings
Full service sign and awning manufacturing, installation and service company serving national clients including Popeye's, RaceTrac, Hilton, and many more.
Acquired by:
JAL Equity
Year Acquired:
2020
Location:
Bunkie, LA
Current Status:
Actively Managed
Golden Circle Graphics
Full service commercial printer offering quality offset and digital printing, graphic design, bindery, screen printing, vehicle wraps, and signs.
Acquired by:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2020
Current Status:
Sold in 2023
Credeur's
Full service advertising specialties company offering branded apparel, screen printing, embroidery, and promotional products procurement for businesses, schools, and more.
Acquired by:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2020
Current Status:
Merged into ColorArt
Express Printers
Commercial Printer offering wholesale full color printing and thermography for Business Cards, Envelopes, Letterhead, Rubber Stamps and more.
Acquired by:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2019
Current Status:
Merged into ColorArt
Master Marketing
Commercial Printing & Mailing Company offering full color offset, digital, and large format printing, professional graphic design, branded promotional products and comprehensive direct mail and data services.
Acquired by:
ColorArt
Year Acquired:
2019
Current Status:
Merged into ColorArt
Sarasota Sports Club
Country Club with 19 Tennis Courts, Fitness facility, Restaurant, and Pool. Formerly named Serendipity.
Year Acquired:
2014
Current Status:
Actively Managed
High School Reunions
High School Reunion Planning Services with over 10,000 reunions planned. Formerly named Great Reunion.
Year Acquired:
2014
Current Status:
Sold in 2016
In Touch Today
Direct Mail and Printing Services for Real Estate and Mortgage Brokers.
Year Acquired:
2012
Current Status:
Sold in 2018
Equilibrix
Email Delivery System and Consulting for Small Businesses.
Year Acquired:
2013
Current Status:
Merged into Direct List
Castle Advertising
Full Service Advertising Agency focused on the Education and Hospitality Industries.
Year Acquired:
2012
Current Status:
Merged into In Touch Today
Direct List
Lead Generation, Data List Sales, Data Management, and Mailing Services.
Year Acquired:
2011
Current Status:
Actively Managed (renamed to Email Leads)
WS Radio
Online Radio Studios and Network with 200+ Radio Hosts.
Year Acquired:
2011
Current Status:
Sold in 2013
Who’s Who in Nashville
Regional Business Magazine, Events, Email Newsletters, and Web Sites.
Year Acquired:
2010
Current Status:
Merged into Business Leader
Inside Tennis
Tennis Magazine, Events, Email Newsletters and Web Sites.
Year Acquired:
2010
Current Status:
Sold in 2016
Atlanta Business To Business
Regional Business Magazine, Events, Web Sites, and Data Lists.
Year Acquired:
2009
Current Status:
Merged into Business Leader
South Florida CEO
Regional Business Magazine, Events, Email Newsletters, and Web Sites.
Year Acquired:
2009
Current Status:
Merged into Business Leader
Bizlife
Regional Business Magazine, Events, Email Newsletters, and Web Sites.
Year Acquired:
2008
Current Status:
Merged into Business Leader
Business Leader Media
Regional Business Magazine, Events, Email Newsletters, and Web Sites.
Year Acquired:
2008
Current Status:
Sold in 2012
Opportunity World
National Newsstand Franchising Magazines, Web Sites, Email Newsletters and Trade Shows.
Year Acquired:
2008
Current Status:
Sold in 2012

JAL Equity by the Numbers

40+
Acquisitions
2,500+
Employees
2Mn+
Square feet of facility space
$1Bn+
Portfolio company revenue