Cannon Solutions Voted Top 50 POP Company
- July 2003
- Cannon Solutions, which combines Cannon Equipment, along with DCI Marketing and Display Technologies, was among the top 50 POP (Point-of-Purchase) companies in the United States in 2002, as compiled by Creative Magazine in its 7th annual survey. The survey established that sales volume of the ten top companies for 2002 was a total of approximately $900 million dollars. Cannon Solutions was ranked second in sales revenues of all surveyed organizations with $188 million.
- September 2002
- Cannon Solutions (formerly Cannon Equipment) has agreed to purchase DCI Marketing, a Point-of-Purchase (POP) design, product development and marketing organization headquartered in Milwaukee, with regional offices in five other US cities. There are approximately 300 employees and all the key current management will remain with the business.
- Wayne Whitney, President of Cannon Solutions, said, "The addition of DCI Marketing reinforces our commitment to deliver a full line of ’best-in-class’ products and services to our customers. Their state-of-the-art design process, market research expertise and long-term relationships with Fortune 500 clients bring additional growth opportunities to our entire organization. The coalition of our respective technologies, business ’best practices’ and people provides unparalleled marketing and merchandising synergies."
- "We’re excited to be part of Cannon Solutions and eagerly look forward to a collaborative and profitable relationship," said Alan LaFreniere, President of DCI Marketing. "Cannon’s leadership and focus in the Point-of-Purchase industry, combined with our 50+ years of award-winning research driven design, direct marketing programs and sales experience, enables us to accelerate our growth objectives. Cannon and IMI provide financial resources that help leverage our ability to execute new marketing initiatives while providing an ever higher level of service to our customers."
- Martin Lamb, IMI’s Chief Executive, commented, "DCI Marketing has a history of success serving the automotive, technology and packaged food industries, with clients such as General Motors, Microsoft, Motorola and Frito-Lay. Focusing on multi-material design and marketing expertise, it complements our considerable presence in Point-of-Purchase markets. The combination of these businesses will help our retail and brand-marketing customers increase their merchandising efficiencies and grow sales."
- Cannon Solutions’ business consists of Cannon Equipment - concentrating on heavier-duty metal and wire formed solutions for the dairy, newspaper, confectionery and retail distribution industries; Display Technologies, acquired in 2001, focusing on highly creative plastics designs for a wide range of consumer product customers in the beverage, food and cosmetics industries; and now, DCI Marketing, with its strengths in delivering customer value in automotive, technology and packaged goods markets.