User:Swirlicious/Workflow

WorkflowOne is a company that allows other companies to outsource all print and promotional needs. It was recently labeled the 13th largest distributor of promotional products by the ASI and Counselor Magazine, which was a jump from 26th in 2007. The company takes a two armed approached offering production capabilities as well as consulting services.

Company Facts

 * WorkflowOne is a subsidiary of Workflow Management Inc.
 * Headquarted in Dayton, Ohio
 * Roots dating back to Reynolds and Reynolds in 1866 and Newport News Printing in 1912
 * WorkflowOne began selling business forms and company stationary in 1927

History

 * 1866 - The Reynolds and Reynolds Company founded in Dayton, Ohio (progenitor of Relizon).
 * 1912 - Newport News Printing Co. founded in Newport News, Virginia (progenitor of Workflow).
 * 1927 - Newport News Printing Co. renamed Standard Sales Book Co.
 * 1961 - Reynolds and Reynolds goes public.
 * 1967 - Standard Sales Book Co. moves to Norfolk, Va.
 * 1977 - Stan-Data Products is formed to begin marketing products other than business forms.
 * 1988 - Reynolds and Reynolds attains the FORTUNE 500.
 * 1990's - Standard Sales Book Co. is renamed Standard Forms, Inc. (later shortened to "SFI") and acquires a number of other firms that produce and market forms, office and computer supplies, and other printed material, giving the company a national presence.
 * 1994-1997 - Reynolds and Reynolds purchases Formcraft Inc. (Houston), Dataforms Inc. (Milwaukee), Jordan Graphics (Charlotte), Duplex Products Inc. (Sycamore, Ill.), Vanier Graphics (Atlanta), and Crain-Drummond (Canada).
 * 2000 - Reynolds and Reynolds sells its Information Solutions Group to The Carlyle Group. Resulting entity becomes an independent, privately held corporation named The Relizon Company.
 * 2003 - SFI name is changed to Workflow.
 * 2004 - Workflow is purchased by Greg Mosher, Perseus LLC and The Renaissance Group, LLC. Company is renamed Workflow Management, Inc., and its operating arm becomes Workflow Solutions.
 * June 2005 - Workflow Solutions is rebranded as WorkflowOne.
 * November 2005 -- The Carlyle Group sells Relizon to Workflow Management Inc., which is a portfolio company of Perseus LLC and The Renaissance Group, LLC. Perseus is a leading merchant bank and private equity fund management company with offices in Washington, D.C., and New York, N.Y. The Renaissance Group was a minority investor along with Perseus in the transaction.
 * 2006 WorkflowOne expands by absorbing the operations of Relizon.