Troedel-Docucopy is the outcome of the April merger between Troedel & Co and Docucopy.

Director David Shandler said the company is preparing to start work on a newly won annual publication, which he would not name but said had only been secured thanks to the dual firepower of the merged company.

Troedel and Docucopy finalised their tie-up in April following “seven months of hard negotiation”.

Non-executive director Bill Troedel said the two companies decided to merge because they had been outsourcing work to one another for eight years, and sometimes missing out on jobs due to mark-ups.

Troedel & Co was also looking for a way to go digital, while Docucopy was forced to relocate because its Carlton factory was to be converted into apartments, said Troedel.

The merged company is based in Troedel’s Oakleigh South premises. Turnover is about $5- million to $6 million, with Troedel providing about 55% of the revenue, he added.

The offset presses are all Heidelbergs: a six-colour Speedmaster 74, five-colour Speedmaster 52, two-colour GTO 52 and one-colour GTO 52.

Docucopy brought four Fuji Xerox digital machines: a Nuvera 288, Nuvera 100, Xerox Color 1000 and Xerox Color 800.

Director Alastair Troedel told ProPrint the merger had been done without redundancies because there was minimal duplication between the two companies.

The 34-person outfit has 22 Troedel staff, 11 from Docucopy and one new arrival, he said. Troedel & Co was founded in 1973 and Docucopy in 1997.

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