American Reprographics Company
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American Reprographics Company is the largest reprographics
Reprography
Reprography is the reproduction of graphics through mechanical or electrical means, such as photography or xerography. Reprography is commonly used in catalogs and archives, as well as in the architectural, engineering, and construction industries....

 company in the United States, providing business-to-business document management services to the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. It also provides these services to companies in other industries that require sophisticated document management services. The company provides its core services through a proprietary suite of reprographics technology products, a nationwide network of locally-branded reprographics service centers, and facilities management programs at customers' locations throughout the country.

Founded in 1988 as a single reprographics firm in Southern California by S. "Mohan" Chandramohan (now Chairman of the Board), the company has grown into a national corporation with 2006 revenues of $591 million.

Corporate headquarters are co-located in Walnut Creek, California
Walnut Creek, California
Walnut Creek is an incorporated city located east of the city of Oakland. It lies in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While not as large as neighboring Concord, Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the neighboring cities within central Contra Costa...

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The company, with more than 40 operating divisions, employs more than 4,500 employees, and serves more than 140,000 customers nationwide. ARC continues to grow through acquisition.

On February 3, 2005, ARC announced pricing of its initial public offering of 13,350,000 shares of common stock
Common stock
Common stock is a form of corporate equity ownership, a type of security. It is called "common" to distinguish it from preferred stock. In the event of bankruptcy, common stock investors receive their funds after preferred stock holders, bondholders, creditors, etc...

at $13.00 per share for gross proceeds of $173,550,000. $92,690,004 of the proceeds went to ARC, $68,711,496 went to selling shareholders.

ARC created the products PlanWell, Pinadmin, BidCaster, Metaprint, Sub-Hub and Abacus — applications aimed at solving problems of the reprographic and construction industries with sharing, transferring and managing printed and digital data.

Executive members

  • S. Chandramohan, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, American Reprographics Company.
  • K. Suriyakumar, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Reprographics Company
  • John Toth, Chief Financial Officer, American Reprographics Company
  • Rahul Roy, Founder, President & CEO of MirrorPlus; Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of American Reprographics Company.
  • K.P. Reddy, Vice President of BIM
  • Ashish Singh, Director of Engineering (Operations)
  • Srinivas Rao Mukkamala, Director of Engineering and R&D.
  • Chaitanya Garlapati , Software Manager.http://www.mirrorplus.com/chaitanya.htm
  • Sanchit Gupta, Business Consultant - Financial Costing & Analysis.
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