Shared values and tradition have been essential to each ownerships throughout negotiations. Each are multi-generational household firms that care abut the communities they work in
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Cober Options, with headquarters in Kitchener, Ont., has acquired the digital print and large format signage division of West Canadian Digital Imaging (WCD). The brand new relationship marks a big milestone in Cober’s 110-year historical past, and having vegetation in Calgary and Edmonton will considerably scale back emissions produced by means of its present cross-country delivery.
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“We’re thrilled to welcome WCD’s print and signage groups into the Cober household,” says president Todd Cober. “WCD’s distinctive expertise and manufacturing capabilities will additional improve our capacity to help our nationwide clients, and we’re really excited for this subsequent chapter of progress.
“I might additionally wish to thank the Brookman household. I’m very cognizant as to how a lot this portion of the enterprise means to them and I don’t take the belief they’re placing into the Cober crew calmly.”
Karen Brookman, president and CEO of WCD, says: “It is a notable second within the historical past of WCD, in Cober we discovered the proper firm with shared values and tradition to take the deeply valued and long-standing print and signage divisions of our firm to a brand new stage.”
WCD is retaining its managed service firm that focuses on managing companies by offering folks, processes and know-how on-site to enhance effectivity within the office. Its groups deal with non-core capabilities comparable to managing excessive printing calls for or advanced print options. Karen says it can additionally proceed to supply shoppers with design options by means of its WCD Inventive Companies, however printing shall be handed on to the brand new Cober entity, a superb instance of how the 2 firms will work collectively.
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WCD might be one among Cober’s largest clients.
Shared values and tradition have been essential to each ownerships throughout negotiations. Each are multi-generational household firms that care abut the communities they work in.
Cober was based by Todd’s nice grandfather in 1916. WCD traces its historical past right here again to 1952 and was bought by Karen’s father, George — now performing as chair and firm ambassador. Her sister, Jennifer, is vice-president of gross sales and advertising.
The 2 firms additionally share complementary operational processes, workflows, gear and know-how, enabling a totally built-in, streamlined fulfilment providing to companions across the globe, together with massive e-commerce manufacturers in addition to nationwide business print clients.
George is happy about the way forward for his firm. “Nice transfer for WCD,” he mentioned. “Forty years in the past, West Canadian was a blueprint and photofinishing firm, at this time we’re a totally digital doc and managed service group. By the sale of our print and signage manufacturing to Cober, we open up alternatives for our clients, our workers and for WCD on a nationwide foundation.”
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E-commerce, on-demand client printing has been an enormous a part of the enterprise quantity of each firms; it’s an ever-growing division, which is one purpose Cober is at the moment increasing its Kitchener plant by 100,000 sq. ft. It additionally has a big plant in Barrie, Ont. In Calgary, the corporate will proceed to work out of WCD’s 9th Avenue S.E. plant and workplaces, alongside the Brookmans and their employees. Seventy-eight of these will now be working for Cober, whereas the remainder of its 175 workers will stay within the Calgary head workplace and in its busy Edmonton location.
Karen says the announcement marks a pivotal milestone to WCD’s journey and a crucial subsequent step in realizing its imaginative and prescient to be a technology-led managed service firm.
“As WCD strikes ahead, we shall be specializing in rising know-how and progressive options with the additional advantage of leveraging Cober’s newly established nationwide footprint with world-class functionality and elevated capability. It is a strategic alternative that actually advantages all events concerned.”
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David Parker seems frequently within the Herald. Learn his columns on-line at calgaryherald.com/enterprise. He could be reached at 403-830-4622.
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