transparency image processing see alpha compositing . alphagraphics type private industry printing founded 1969 headquarters salt lake city utah usa key people aaron grohs president website alphagraphics printing services alphagraphics 1 2 is a franchised chain of more than 260 independently owned and operated marketing service providers with full service print shops . alphagraphics business centers are franchised by alphagraphics inc. part of the blackstreet group of companies . alphagraphics was founded by entrepreneur rodger ford in tucson arizona in 1969 and began franchising in 1979 . 3 in 1985 the company became the first desktop publishing retailer . by the late 1980s alphagraphics became the first u.s. based printing franchise to expand internationally . 4 the company was purchased by the pindar group in 2001 and subsequently moved its headquarters to salt lake city utah . as of august 15 2014 art coley stepped down as president . gay burke stepped into the interim president position and executive chairman of the board . 5 after the bankruptcy of the pindar group the company was sold to the blackstreet group of companies . 6 today the alphagraphics network is composed of more than 260 owner operated business centers located in the united states brazil china hong kong mexico saudi arabia and the united kingdom . it has approximately 3 900 employees worldwide . according to franchisegator.com purchasing an alphagraphics franchise requires a total investment of between 240k to 375k . financial assistance training and support are available . 7 references edit alphagraphics official site official uk site franchises aren t easy to come buy phoenix gazette blueprint for success alphagraphics leadership page http whattheythink.com articles 55956 alphagraphics has new owner alphagraphics has a new owner alphagraphics franchise information this article about a corporation in the service industry is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alphagraphics & oldid 743654079 categories companies based in salt lake citypublishing companies established in 1969printing companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in utah1969 establishments in utahservice company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 15 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view