Profile: Schawk Inc (SGK)

Schawk, Inc. (Schawk), and its subsidiaries provides strategic, creative and executional graphic services and solutions to clients in the consumer products packaging, retail, pharmaceutical and advertising markets. The Company delivers these services through more than 150 locations in 14 countries across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Effective December 31, 2008, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding stock of Brandmark International Holding B.V., a Netherlands-based brand identity and creative design firm, which has historically done business as DJPA. Brandmark provides services to consumer products companies through its locations in Hilversum, The Netherlands and London, United Kingdom. On May 31, 2008, the Company acquired Marque Brand Consultants Pty Ltd, an Australian-based brand strategy and creative design firm that provides services to consumer product companies.

Schawk’s offerings include strategic, creative and executional services related to three core competencies: graphic services, brand strategy and design, and software. Under the Schawk brand, graphic services encompasses a number of creative and executional service offerings including traditional premedia business, as well as high-end digital photography, color retouching, large format digital printing and sales and promotional samples. Additionally, Schawk offers digital three-dimensional modeling of prototypes or existing packages for its consumer products clients. Under the Anthem Worldwide (Anthem) brand, the Company offers brand consulting and creative design for packaging applications to Fortune 1000 consumer products companies, food and beverage retailers and mass merchandisers.

Schawk offers software services through its digital solutions subsidiary, a software development company that develops software solutions for the marketing services departments of consumer products companies, pharmaceutical companies and retail companies. Through its integrated software solution, BLUE, Schawk Digital Solutions works with clients to organize their digital assets, streamline their internal workflow and improve efficiency. The improved speed to market allows consumer products companies to increase the number of promotions without increasing costs. Schawk’s software products are supported with managed services, asset optimization, implementation and support and training for clients.

The Company competes with Southern Graphics Systems, Matthews International Corporation and Vertis, Inc.