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Article: Peacock Colors finds success in plastics, UV. (Ink, Inc.).
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- Ink World
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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For some companies, a relatively minor acquisition can provide a major impetus for growth and success in other fields.
Such is the case with Peacock Colors, the Addison, IL-based manufacturer of UV inks and colorants for plastics. In 1967, Frank Bloom, then president of Peacock Colors, acquired Homer Palmer, a small ink and plastic colorants company. As a result of that purchase, Peacock Colors has developed a niche in the rapidly expanding plastics field, utilizing the knowledge it acquired in plastic colorants from Homer Palmer plus its current focus on UV inks to fuel its growth.
"In 1967, we bought Homer Palmer, which made ink for Vander Cook ...