Wisconsin technology consulting companies merge
C&G Consulting is expanding by acquiring Appleton-based Business Technology Systems Inc.
C&G Consulting is a division of Chortek & Gottschalk, LLP, based in Waukesha, Wis. with offices in the Chicago and Los Angeles areas. Services include audit and accounting, tax compliance and consulting, IT management, fraud investigation and litigation consulting, business valuations and M&A advising.
Business Technology Systems executives Steve Krueger, Joseph Huettner and senior consultant Susan Wolf, CPA, are joining the C&G Consulting team.
C&G is maintaining Business Technology Systems’ existing office space in Appleton to extend its geographic presence to better serve its customers, many of whom run their businesses with software from Sage.
"We look forward to serving our expanded customer base with world-class support and proactive service," said Rick Sovitzky, leader of the software implementation division at C&G Consulting. "Our focus remains, to help Midwest area businesses compete globally through effective usage of sales and business management software systems. Expanding our team allows us to be even more responsive to our customers and increases our technology solution offerings."
C&G Consulting has been helping businesses manage their technology investments for more than 15 years.
Quad/Graphics acquires Burlington printer
Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. the second-largest provider of print, digital and related services in North America, today announced it has purchased HGI Company, a full-service, multi-faceted commercial and specialty products printer.
HGI is based in Burlington, Wis., and employs 245 full-time people, with 2009 sales of $45 million.
The acquisition builds upon a strategic partnership the two companies established earlier this year.
HGI, which had been majority owned and led by Craig Faust and his team of print industry professionals, will operate as a division of Quad/Graphics.. Faust will serve as the division’s president, guiding the profitable growth of commercial products and services, including short-run books, catalogs and directories; marketing collateral; print-on-demand custom publications; and specialty binding. He will also oversee the advancement of the company’s specialty products offering such as retail point-of-purchase (POP) displays and materials through its Tempt brand.
"HGI is a premier printing company that has earned a stellar reputation for quality, flexibility and reliability," said Joel Quadracci, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Quad/Graphics. "I look forward to Craig joining my management team and expanding on HGI’s strong commercial and specialty print offering, which includes some of the newest, most advanced equipment anywhere in North America. Our goal is to offer a broader, more complete suite of differentiated products and services that advance our clients’ business goals and help drive Quad/Graphics’ immediate and long-term growth."
Faust said, "This acquisition allows us to take short- to medium-run commercial and specialty print to a whole new level to better serve both new and existing clients, and give them the most value for their print spend. Through strategic investments in best-available technology and capabilities, we’ll create the most complete, innovative and cost-effective platform while maintaining the high level of customer service and personal interaction our clients have come to expect."
