The latest acquisition made with our customers in mind.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Dec. 23, 2024 – Walsworth, a family-owned printing company based in Marceline, Missouri, recently announced that it will acquire Documation on Jan. 1, 2025, bringing it into the Walsworth brand. Documation will be renamed Walsworth – Eau Claire, and will be Walsworth’s eighth facility, joining the company’s locations in Marceline, Brookfield and Fulton, Missouri; Overland Park, Kansas; Saint Joseph, Michigan; and Ripon, Wisconsin.
Documation was founded in 1994, and for the last three decades, the company has offered print on demand services, utilizing digital inkjet printing technology to serve its customer base. Priding itself on its commitment to customer service, Documation has been praised by its customers for its flexibility and ease of doing business. These characteristics made it an ideal candidate to become part of Walsworth.
In addition to also being an excellent cultural fit, the Documation print facility will expand Walsworth’s capability into on-demand digital printing to better meet customer needs. This will allow the company to accommodate long and short print runs while also providing the high-quality printing and customer service Walsworth is known for.
“Adding digital inkjet to our capabilities is a game changer for Walsworth, and it’s made with our customers in mind. Being able to meet our customers’ needs by giving them a complete printing solution, whether they want to print one million items on a web press or one unit on a digital inkjet press, is our driver for acquiring Documation,” said Don Walsworth, President of Walsworth. “The Documation team has built a best-in-class print on demand facility, and we are excited to welcome them into the Walsworth family.”
Brad Stuckert, Documation’s owner and CEO, said that once the company’s leadership decided the time was right to sell, partnering with Walsworth was the easy part.
“Over the past decade, I’ve gotten to know Don Walsworth and the leadership team well. Their commitment to their customers, their employees and their communities is evident in everything they do,” said Stuckert. “When evaluating who to partner with, we felt comfortable choosing Walsworth because we believe they will take care of our team and our customers. It’s just who they are.”
Over the past two decades, Walsworth has been steadily growing its market share in key print segments. In 2010, the company purchased IPC in Saint Joseph, Michigan, and in 2012, The Ovid Bell Press in Fulton, Missouri, was acquired.
Most recently, the company acquired its first Wisconsin printing facility with the purchase of Ripon Printers in 2019. Walsworth has made significant investments in people, capital and technology at each location and is seeing growth across all locations.
The printing facility in Eau Claire will remain open as usual but will be branded as Walsworth – Eau Claire over the next several months.
About Walsworth
Walsworth, the 29th largest printer in the U.S. and Canada, is a top yearbook, magazine, catalog and book printer, and the only family-owned yearbook printer. Started in 1937 by Don Walsworth, current leadership is under the second and third generations: Don O. Walsworth, Chairman of the Board, and his son, Don Walsworth, President. Tripp Walsworth, the fourth generation, also joined the company in 2023. With the acquisition of Documation in Eau Claire, Walsworth will operate from eight facilities across the Midwest – Marceline, Brookfield and Fulton, Missouri; Overland Park, Kansas; Saint Joseph, Michigan; and Ripon and Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Additionally, Walsworth owns the Donning Company Publishers, a specialty book publisher.
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