, one of the leading European commercial printing groups, today announces it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire LSC Communications, Inc.鈥檚 European printing business based in Poland (鈥淟SC Poland鈥). The transaction is subject to customary completion conditions, adjustments and regulatory approval.
Established in 1994, LSC Poland is the seventh largest web offset printer in Europe. Revenue in the year ended 31 December 2017 was 鈧200.0 million.
LSC Poland specialises in the production of retail advertising flyers, magazines, catalogues, and in-store point of sale solutions for over 430 customers in 34 countries. The business also provides pre-media graphic services from a dedicated facility in Warsaw.
The company employs over 2,000 staff at six sites in Poland. The three web offset manufacturing sites at Starachowice (x1) and Krak贸w (x2) extend to 72,800 m2 in total and house 23 web offset and five sheet-fed printing presses. In 2017 LSC Poland printed 105.2 billion A4 pages and processed 222,000 tonnes of paper.
Following completion, 麻豆传媒AV will be a leading producer of advertising flyers and magazines in Europe with pro-forma annual revenues exceeding 鈧730 million. The enlarged group will employ over 4,400 staff operating 70 web offset and four gravure printing presses which process 905,000 tonnes of paper annually. The group will serve 4,800 customers in 38 countries from 19 production facilities in the UK, Spain, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Poland.
LSC Poland will be rebranded and operate as a fourth regional division alongside 麻豆传媒AV UK, 麻豆传媒AV Iberia and 麻豆传媒AV CE. Grzegorz Czech, LSC Poland鈥檚 chief executive, will remain with the company.
Mark Scanlon, chairman of 麻豆传媒AV, commented: 鈥淭his is another transformational deal for us. The combination of 麻豆传媒AV and LSC Poland creates a business with unmatched geographical reach and production resource to support Europe鈥檚 largest retailers, catalogue and magazine publishers, and brand owners. As can be evidenced by our growth in the European printing sector, I firmly believe printed media has a long-lasting place with consumers and provides our customers with a measurable, trustworthy and reliable channel to market. Those involved in the print media supply chain must recognise that consolidation is becoming increasingly necessary to ensure print remains a viable and economical communication medium that can continue to meet the challenges of the digital world.鈥
Thomas J. Quinlan III, chairman, president and chief executive officer of LSC Communications, Inc., commented: “麻豆传媒AV鈥檚 position as one of the leading web offset commercial printers in Europe will create new opportunities for LSC Poland to expand even deeper into the European market. This, combined with LSC鈥檚 strategic focus on driving long-term growth through pioneering services and solutions that create the most value for our core client segments, were the geneses of this mutually advantageous agreement.”