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People in Print
the OVERflow
Above Benefits to customers: Cory Hall, CEO Precision Group
Precision Group
and Melbourne PMailing to merge
recision Group and Melbourne Mailing are joining forces to create a
full service marketing agency powerhouse, offering direct mail, print, graphic design,
data analytics and logistics services, which the say will rival Australia’s largest providers.
Precision CEO Cory Hall
– who did his apprenticeship
at Melbourne Mailing – will become CEO of the new company, with the Precision plant, including its six-colour A1 offset press, moving into the new Melbourne Mailing facility at Somerton – which is only
a few minutes away from its current factory – between now and the end of the year.
Melbourne Mailing CEO Felice Armato will stay with the business and take a more client facing role, while general manager Sandra Manning will stay in a more finance focused role. 21
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Peacock Bros. buys AMR Hewitts in major Melbourne merger
Leading label print business Peacock Bros. has entered the folding carton
market with the acquisition of AMR Hewitts, the specialist pharmaceutical and food print and packaging operation.
Peacock Bros. says the acquisition will lead to the “smart packaging revolution” and digitised product solutions coming from AMR Hewitts, in what it describes as a time of “strong growth opportunities”. Major companies that work with AMR Hewitts include Aspen Pharmacare Australia, Ferrndale Foods and BIC Australia.
The deal, continuing the wave of industry mergers currently underway, will
see the AMR Hewitts brand, Tullamarine factory, employees, plant and equipment remain as is, with the Hewitts owners, the Mimmo family, departing.
Ryan McGrath, group managing director at Peacock Bros., said, “We are delighted to announce the coming together of two of the great family-
run printing businesses in Australia, with 280 years of combined printing history, to create the most experienced local printing group in the country. The acquisition of AMR Hewitts will further strengthen Peacocks’ offerings in the printed packing marketplace, complementing
Above Strengthening: Ryan McGrath, group managing director, Peacock Bros. Above right AMR Hewitts deal a win-win: Andrew Crump, operations director, Peacock Bros.
Imagination aims for 500 Supertee packages
Marrickville print business Imagination Graphics is seeking
donations to help it meet its target of supplying 500 Supertee Marvel Edition care packages to seriously ill children.
A Supertee is a medical garment, in the style of one of the Marvel Super Heroes. Imagination says it “helps empower sick children facing life-threatening conditions in h o s p i t a l ”.
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Imagination says every Supertee Marvel Edition Care Package helps improve the level of comfort and morale of sick children.
For every donation of $45, Supertee will deliver a Care Package to an ill child. All donations made are tax deductible. 21
Supertee donation opportunity: Emmanuel Buhagiar (left) and Jason Sortis
our current range of colour labels and flexible packaging products.”
Andrew Crump, operations director at Peacock Bros., said, “We have acquired a business with a high reputation in the industry. We were looking to enter folding carton, as many of our label customers were asking us for product. It is a natural progression for us.
“The deal is a win-win for both Peacock Bros., and AMR Hewitts, and for the Mimmo family. Once they decided to sell they wanted a business with similar family values
to themselves, who would recognise the value of their people and understand the ethos of the business. It is a great fit for Peacock Bros.”
The 35 staff at AMR
Hewitts will join the 125 at Peacock Bros., spread across
its manufacturing plants
in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland. Matt Mimmo from AMR Hewitts said, “AMR Hewitts is a proud, family-run, business, with long-standing customers, who have come to know and trust the quality of our work. We are so pleased to be joining the Peacocks Group, given their shared values and operating culture, and knowing that our staff and customers will be looked after, and that the long history of the business and our brand will continue to grow into the future.”
Hewitts was established in Melbourne in 1876 by Thomas Hewitt, on La Trobe Street. 21