We have been a leading provider in the printing and communications market for over thirty years. Today, our clients include some of the world's largest companies, as well as discerning small and medium sized businesses active in different sectors from financial services to pharmaceuticals.
Some key dates in our history:
1976
Roda Print was founded and developed to produce fast turnaround printing services for the investment banking community in London
1983
Cunningham Graphics International Inc. was founded in the USA as a print brokerage, specializing in printing for the financial services industry
1988/89
Workable was founded in Hong Kong. The company quickly established itself as the printer of choice for Hong Kong's finance industry and within ten years, the workforce leapt from 4 to 120 employees. CGI moved into manufacturing to meet the need of the industry for quality overnight printing in the New York area
1990
Cunningham Graphics International Inc. formed a strategic alliance with Roda in London and Workable in Hong Kong in order to form World Research Link. WRL specializes in multi-time-zone printing and the servicing of global clients
1997
Cunningham Graphics International Inc. acquired Roda Print in London and Workable in Hong Kong and is floated on NASDAQ
2000
Cunningham Graphics International Inc. makes two further acquisitions in the UK: Apollo UK Limited, a research printer and Goldhawk Print Services Limited, a digital reprographics specialist
2000
Cunningham Graphics International Inc. is acquired by Automatic Data Processing Inc. (NYSE: ADP)
2000/01
CGI Europe Limited and CGI Asia Limited replace Roda and Workable as the company name in London and Hong Kong respectively
2002
CGI Pacific Limited and CGI Japan Limited are opened to service the financial and research market in Sydney and Tokyo
2003
CGI Asia Limited acquires IFP, a local research printer in Hong Kong
2004
Peter Furlonge acquires CGI Europe Limited, CGI Asia Limited, CGI Japan Limited and CGI Pacific Limited from ADP Inc. in a Management Buyout to form The CGI Group
2005
CGI Group acquires 3D Digital Limited, the largest London based digital printer to broaden the range of services to offer to clients
2005
CGI Group establishes CGI Squared, a technology-focused creative communications business to offer clients a seamless one-stop communications solution
2006
CGI Group acquires ADP Graphic Communications, Inc. to form CGI North America, Inc., extending the Group's global footprint and expanding the range of services available in North America
2007
CGI changes its name to DG3- Diversified Global Graphics Group and welcomes back Dr. Michael Cunningham as Group Chief Executive Officer
2008
DG3 receives a major investment from Arsenal Capital Partners, appoints Larry Bloch as Chairman and executes the acquisition of PharmAid Industries, a leading supplier of communication services to some of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms.
2009
DG3's ongoing commitment to environmentally responsible business practices is recognized with a No. 4 ranking on the Environmental Protection Agency's Top 20 Printers List.
DG3 achieves G7® Masters Proof-to-Print certification through IDEAlliance, allowing DG3 to certify its printing equipment as a G7® Master Printer, providing its customers with the assurance of consistency and quality from proof through to print.
2010
DG3 acquires 1StopXBRL Limited, a supplier of iXBRL and XBRL managed tagging services in the United States, United Kingdom, and other international jurisdictions. The acquisition of 1Stop expands the scope of DG3's current regulatory XBRL initiatives and adds focus to other emerging opportunities for XBRL taxonomies and tagging outside of regulated financial communications.
2011
DG3 acquires The Ace Group, a full service print and electronic marketing solutions provider in New York City best known for providing integrated offset print, personalized on demand print, email marketing and mobile marketing solutions. The acquisition enables DG3 to offer comprehensive communications solutions combined with integrated marketing solutions, and the formation of the DG3 Digital Marketing.
DG3 Europe Limited acquires UK-base FS Moore Limited, enhancing existing marketing solutions and state-of-the-art print capabilities.
2012
DG3 Group (Holdings) Limited Acquires the Manufacturing & Print Related Trade & Assets of UK's Sterling Financial Print Limited