JM Fry Thrives In Wake Of Acquisition BY GREG KISHBAUGH
through this before and had a strong track record with those businesses,” Gaber said. “That gave us confidence in what we could do with Fry.” A major priority for Gaber was to set up a location in Wisconsin to better serve customers in the area. “Fry had no prior footprint in the area; they were fulfilling orders from outside the region.”
In October 2024, JM Fry Printing Inks came under new ownership, led by the father-and-son team of Jerry Mos- ley, Chairman of the Board, and Michael Mosley, President and CEO. Oak Street Printing LLC does business as JM Fry Printing Inks, continuing a long and rich history in the corrugated market. The other C-suite partners include John Gaber, Chief Commercial Officer; Rachel Wooten, Chief Financial Offi- cer; Scott Mosley, Chief Technology Officer; and Darrell Kelly, Chief Information Officer. Gaber has a long history with the Mosleys, stretching back to their time working to- gether at Flint Ink. For nearly nine decades, the Fry & Hodges family led JM Fry Printing Inks. In purchasing the almost 90-year-old company, Gaber and his partners set out to upgrade and expand the company. “We aggressively set about investing in people, new buildings and the company’s infrastructure,” said Gaber. “We’ve been busily growing and investing and taking ad- vantage of the contacts and relationships we have built up over our years in the industry.” In their past shared work experience, Gaber and Mos- ley had worked together on six acquisitions. “We had been
To rectify the situation, Fry opened a state of the art location in Racine, Wisconsin, near the Illinois border. “I grew up in the area and live in Stevens Point,” Gaber said. “I know many of the printers in the area from my past work life. Opening the facility was not in the original plans but once we saw the need, we moved fast. That’s one of the benefits of a smaller, independent company. We are much more agile and can move faster when decisions are made. Within 90 days of formulating the plan for the Wis- CONTINUED ON PAGE 52 Reese Gaber, Solutions Engineer at JM Fry, left, stands with his father and Chief Commercial Officer, John Gaber.
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