Devon Group announcement.STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 1995--Devon Group Inc., Stamford, (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DEVN), today announced that its Black Dot Graphics Inc. subsidiary acquired Ahrens Creative Group Inc. Ahrens, located in Chicago, is a developer of interactive multimedia products and services for the corporate, retail, advertising, and publishing markets. Commenting on this announcement, Marne Obernauer Jr., chairman and chief executive officer, stated, "Although this acquisition is small in economic terms, we have chosen to make this public announcement because the acquisition is consistent with our previously stated goals to enhance our capabilities in this area. The technological expertise of Ahrens will accelerate Black Dot's development of a variety of interactive multimedia capabilities and services which will be applicable to a broad range of existing and potential customers. Black Dot has been highly successful in developing creative solutions for the communication needs of its varied base of customers including those in the retail and catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. advertising, textbook and magazine publishing, and commercial segments. This success is fueled primarily by its ability to embrace ever-changing technology and establish itself as a valued resource to its customers." Devon Group Inc. is a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s graphic arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. company that provides the following services and products: advertising and editorial production, computerized typesetting typesetting: see printing. typesetting Setting of type for use in any of various printing processes. Type for printing, using woodblocks, was invented in China in the 11th century, and movable type using metal molds had appeared in Korea by the 13th , composition, color separation Separating a picture by colors in order to make negatives and plates for color printing. The four-color process requires four separations: cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK). See OPI and DCS. , printing, binding, and related services to a broad base of customers, and publishing/distribution of posters, art reproductions, original art, note cards, calendars, and related products. CONTACT: Devon Group Inc., Stamford Bruce K. Koch, 203/964-1444 |
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