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Blackford Capital sells ISC II portfolio due to COVID impacts

July 1, 2022

In June CWG International, Inc., a subsidiary of Carolina Wholesale Group, announced the acquisition of International Toner Company, Supplies Wholesalers, and Cartridge World USA from Blackford Capital.

Blackford in its announcement said, that it entered the aftermarket toner and cartridge supply industry in 2017 with the acquisition of Online Tech Stores.com (OTS). Imagining Supplies Consolidation (ISC II), including International Toner Company, Supplies Wholesalers and Cartridge World USA, joined the OTS platform in 2019 when the toner cartridge industry was enjoying solid year over year growth.

Prior to the ISC II acquisition, Blackford boasted a proven a track record in the imaging industry, having created one of the industry’s first managed print services (MPS) platforms and dealer organisations through a total of six acquisitions in less than 20 months, and resulting in an five times return for investors.

Under Blackford ownership, the company said that significant investments were made in ISC II to create value and growth for all parties, including investors, customers, employees, communities and suppliers.

Unfortunately, the global COVID-19 pandemic, associated supply chain issues and a shift in employee work situations had a profound impact on the printing industry, dramatically changing market conditions as government agencies, schools, colleges and businesses of all sizes simply closed.

Ultimately, Blackford said its decision to accelerate its exit from ISC II was primarily due to this unrecoverable decline in print volumes in the United States along with much higher logistics and supply chain costs driven by increased tariffs, enormous freight and container costs and ever-increasing lead and transit times from Chinese producers.

“Exiting ISC II was part of our strategy to refocus Blackford’s portfolio on investments more aligned with changing economic conditions and more promising opportunities,” said Martin Stein Founder and Managing Director of Blackford Capital. “Despite our best efforts, the performance and results of ISC II were inconsistent with Blackford’s track record of high performance and value to our shareholders so we made the difficult, but right decision to sell the companies and focus our time and efforts on growth and value creation for our family of investors in other vertical markets.”

Categories : City News

Tags : Acquisitions Blackford Capital Business COVID-19 CWG International New Opportunities

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