Article: Shamrock Cos. further extends reach; Westlake marketing communications specialist acquires two firms, sets ambitious sales goal.(News)

Byline: JOHN BOOTH

Mounted on a wall in the accounting department of The Shamrock Cos. is a bright metal and glass sculpture engraved with the phrase, "Numbers speak louder than words.''

For the Westlake marketing communications company, some of those numbers include two acquisitions in the past three months. One of those deals is the just-completed purchase of Pittsburgh-based Arnold Printed Communications, which gives Shamrock its first foothold in Pennsylvania.

"They were an organization that was really kind of like us maybe 10 years ago,'' said Shamrock president Tim Connor. "They did a lot of the same things we did: business forms, ...

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