In an official press release today, The Pokémon Company International announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Millenium Print Group, which has been a partner in the production of cards for the Pokemon Trading Card Game since 2015. Millenium Print group will continue to operate independently, but will receive “both investment and industry expertise from The Pokémon Company International.”
The full text of the press release follows below.
ellevue, Wash. – April 18, 2022 – The Pokémon Company International, the company responsible for managing the globally popular Pokémon brand outside of Asia, has entered into an agreement to purchase North Carolina-based Millennium Print Group, a manufacturer and printer of trading cards and related packaging in the US. The two companies have been business partners since 2015, with Millennium Print Group serving as the long-time printer of The Pokémon Company International’s best-selling product, the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
With this acquisition, The Pokémon Company International aims to further develop Millennium Print Group’s capabilities, infrastructure and scale to become a leading trading card printer, serving the broader industry. Millennium Print Group will continue to operate as a separate, autonomous organization, but will receive both investment and industry expertise from The Pokémon Company International.
“The talented team at Millennium Print Group has been an important partner for The Pokémon Company International for many years. It helps us bring the Pokémon Trading Card Game to our fans with the quality they expect,” said Kenji Okubo, president of The Pokémon Company International. “By joining forces in a more meaningful way, we aim to improve the way our organizations work together and continue to bring the highest quality Pokémon TCG products to market. At the same time, we aim to develop Millennium into an even better, bigger, state-of-the-art version of their already exceptional organization, benefiting not only Pokémon, but all of their customers.”
Millennium Print group is acquired after nearly 10 years of cooperation.
“Millennium Print Group has had the pleasure of growing with the Pokémon brand and the Pokémon Trading Card Game for nearly a decade,” said Terry Pegram, CEO of Millennium Print Group. “In that time, we have had the opportunity to build a great relationship with the expert team at The Pokémon Company International, an organization with an extraordinary culture that lives up to its values every day. This exciting new chapter for Millennium Print Group has had a tremendously beneficial effect on both our company and employees. We look forward to continuing to support our team members and customers as we grow Millennium into a leading trading card printing company in the world.”
Want to know more about Millenium Print Group?
For more information on The Pokémon Company International, visit www.Pokemon.com and for more information on Millennium Print Group, visit www.mprintgroup.com.
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