WESTMONT, IL Print industry M&A strategist and investment banker The Open Approach has facilitated the acquisition of ZipTek Services for Huron Capital. The deal represents the fifth transaction in the private equity firm’s TouchPoint Print Services platform—an investment now positioned among the top 100 print enterprises nationwide. Moreover, the move provides additional digital print and mailing capabilities, enhancing the cost-saving, just-in-time distribution abilities of its mountain-area facility.

“Over the four years of our partnership, The Open Approach has been integral to our investment strategy. They understand private equity’s mission and are driven to creating tangible value for all our stakeholders.”

—Peter Mogk,
   Partner, Huron Capital

In business for more than a decade, ZipTek provides state-of-the-art mail processing and sorting capabilities for an extensive client base. The company will be integrated into Huron’s rapidly growing, nationwide single-source platform, joining high-growth enterprises CCI/CoakleyTech, Berman Printing, and NSO Press. Bringing a unique focus in gaming, healthcare, financial services, and non-profit, ZipTek provides the enterprise additional specialty focus, vertical knowledge, and market expertise to bolster sales.

“Over the four years of our partnership, The Open Approach has been integral to our investment strategy; commented Peter Mogk, Partner, Huron Capital. “They understand private equity’s mission and are driven to creating tangible value for all our stakeholders.”

The Open Approach continues to collaborate with Huron in identifying, analyzing, and negotiating with prospective platform candidates. As part of its engagement, The Open Approach provides comprehensive and valuable market analyses that enable a comprehensive understanding of the unique drivers, opportunities, and challenges of digital document management and other related segments.

ZipTek will be integrated into the enterprise’s Denver, Colorado, location, facilitating expansion while driving significant cross-selling advantages across the entire enterprise.

About The Open Approach

The Open Approach is an investment banking/M&A firm with numerous successful transactions in the graphic arts, document management, ECM, label, packaging, and related industries. The firm provides full-cycle business model development and deployment, including acquisition targeting, due diligence, transaction execution, integration support, market analysis, and other advisory services to maximize value generation for its clients. For more information about The Open Approach and the ECM opportunity, call 630-323-9700, email: rseavey@theopenapproach.net, or visit www.theopenapproach.net.