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Think Ink buys Kirk-Rudy assets, relaunching the mailing-gear maker as KR Engineering

The deal closed during PRINTING United and keeps the business running from Kirk-Rudy's 100,000-square-foot plant in Woodstock, Georgia.

By PrintingBeat · Source: WhatTheyThink ·
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Think Ink has acquired certain assets of Kirk-Rudy, a longtime builder of feeding, addressing, transport, inserting and tabbing systems for the mailing and printing industries. The deal closed September 25 during PRINTING United Expo, and the business now operates as KR Engineering, a Think Ink division.

KR Engineering will run from Kirk-Rudy's existing facility in Woodstock, Georgia, adding to Think Ink's operations in Maryland, Chicago and Florida. Kirk-Rudy was founded in 1967 in Libertyville, Illinois, and moved to Georgia in 1971.

Think Ink President David Loos is working with the existing staff on the transition, with plans to keep customer and dealer relationships intact and develop new mailing equipment. The company is also introducing the KR FireJet Pro, a 1600-dpi process-color inkjet envelope press that debuted at the show; terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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