Avalon Document Services acquires Utica company

UTICA, N.Y. — Avalon Document Services announced that it has acquired Graphics of Utica, a locally owned graphic design and printing business.

Avalon didn’t disclose any financial terms of its acquisition agreement.

The acquisition closed Monday, Avalon said in response to an email inquiry from the Business Journal News Network (BJNN).

Since opening in 1970, Graphics of Utica built its client base offering full-color printing, graphic design, and duplicating services.

Avalon has had a “growing presence” in Utica for more than 10 years offering those same services, the Syracuse–based firm said in a news release.

Under the agreement, Avalon will consolidate both firms’ operations into Avalon’s existing Utica office at 54 Franklin Square, the company said.

It also means that clients of Graphics of Utica client can access Avalon’s services and resources, including offices in Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, and Cleveland.

Elaine Kovach, owner of Graphics of Utica, will work as a consultant for Avalon during the transitional period of the acquisition.

“I want to thank all my customers for filling my days with challenges, conversation, and laughter. We’ve designed, printed, and created some amazing projects together. It’s been a pleasure, and I know my customers will be in extremely capable hands with Avalon,” Kovach said in the Avalon news release.

Avalon management is “excited” to work with Kovach and the Graphics of Utica client base, JP Midgley, CEO of Avalon Document Services, said in the release.

“Elaine is a well-respected veteran of the Utica business community and we look forward to continuing to serve the clients that have grown to rely on the great service that Elaine has provided over the last several decades,” said Midgley.

Colin Owens, who previously worked for Graphics of Utica, will join the Avalon team in Utica as a document specialist, according to the release.

Kovach and Owens were the only two employees of Graphics of Utica.

Avalon’s Utica office now employs four people, and the firm’s total employee count now stands at 95, the company added in its email response.

Founded in 2000, Avalon specializes in document services with offices in New York state and Ohio. It provides copying, scanning, printing, appellate publishing, and litigation-support services for law firms, architects, engineers, and the general business community.

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