Chronology of Growth

-- graphic arts online, 3/1/2001

1994 Mail-Well founded when Pavey Envelope and Tag Corporation acquires GP Envelope, a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific. When it adds American Envelope, Mail-Well becomes the single largest envelope printer in the U.S.

1995 Mail-Well acquires Supremex, the largest envelope company in Canada, and the Graphic Arts Center, a major player in high-impact color printing. In September, Mail-Well goes public.

1996 Additional acquisitions boost Mail-Well's share of market in the high-impact and commercial printing arena and the Canadian envelope market. The company also acquires a leading envelope company in the office products segment.

1997 Mail-Well acquires six companies with combined annual revenues of $140 million.

1998 Growing aggressively, the company adds more than 25 companies with aggregate sales exceeding $700 million. The company also creates a new division, Mail-Well Label, by acquiring the glue-applied label divisions of Lawson Mardon Label and International Paper.

1999 Mail-Well expands its commercial printing and label divisions by acquiring seven companies with combined revenues of more than $210 million. In one month, Mail-Well completes a tender offer for Porter Chadburn plc, a label manufacturer based in Great Britain, and acquires a Massachusetts-based label subsidiary of Ferguson International plc, becoming a major supplier to the high-growth pressure-sensitive label market.

2000 The company completes its largest acquisition, American Business Products, for $334 million, later adding commercial printers Craftsmen Litho and Strathmore Press.