Pitman Co. acquires fellow supplier Charrette
Jul 7, 2006 3:48 PM
Pitman Co. (Totowa, NJ) has announced its acquisition of Charrette LLC, a Woburn, MA-based imaging equipment, services and materials supplier to the graphics, corporate and technical design marketplaces. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Charrette LLC becomes a division of the Pitman Company and will continue to operate under the Charrette name. John J. Ford III (“Jack”), president and CEO of Charrette LLC, continues to head the new division. Charrette has 22 locations with 404 employees. It continues its operations across the country as before, now serving customers nationwide as a division of the Pitman Co.
Founded in 1964, the company today offers 40,000 inventoried items and access to more than 100,000 products used in design and wide-format imaging applications. The company’s expanding online catalog offers more than 10,000 searchable products.
Charrette is the industry’s largest supplier to the pay-for-print market that comprises color labs, sign shops, screen printers, digital print and repro shops. It also serves customers in graphic design firms, architectural, engineering and construction firms, large corporations, professional photographers, schools and museums.
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