M&A for Overseas Business Expansion: Acquisition of All Shares of U.S.-based "GLOBAL VENTURE"
OSP Holdings has acquired all shares of Global Venture, a U.S.-based label manufacturer. This M&A aims to strengthen OSP's presence on the U.S. West Coast by establishing a local manufacturing base, reducing costs and delivery times. The synergy between OSP's technology and GV's customer network is expected to drive significant growth in the American packaging market.
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OSP Holdings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tennoji-ku, Osaka; President & CEO: Tadashi Matsuguchi; hereinafter 'OSP Group'), the holding company of the OSP Group, which has Osaka Sealing Printing Co., Ltd. at its core—a one-stop manufacturer of everything from seals and labels to film products, paper packaging, and promotional tools—announces that it has acquired all shares of the U.S. family-owned company GLOBAL VENTURE (Headquarters: Washington, USA; official name: MERCHANT INVESTMENTS, INC.; hereinafter 'GV') on March 31, 2026, U.S. time (April 1, Japan time). The terms of this agreement have not been disclosed.
Left: Tadashi Matsuguchi, OSP Holdings Right: CEO Hakimali S. Merchant
■ Positioning as a Solution to Challenges
Until now, the OSP Group's U.S. subsidiary, PRIMARK AMERICA CORPORATION, based in New York, has been promoting sales, primarily to Japanese food companies in the West Coast area, which is a key region for seal and label sales. However, due to the geographical distance and the fact that manufacturing was either outsourced within the U.S. or handled by imports from Japan, there were issues with long delivery times and high costs. To solve the challenge of establishing a locally-rooted, flexible, and speedy supply system, we have welcomed GV, to whom we had already entrusted some of our seal and label manufacturing, as a new member of the OSP Group.
GV has a 35-year history as a seal and label manufacturer in Kent, Washington. It is a company that has built a solid business foundation on reliable quality, pricing, and service, with a customer base centered on food-related industries, as well as retail, distribution, and aviation. This has a high affinity with the OSP Group, which holds an approximately 33%(*) share of the seal and label market in the Japanese food sector. (*)Source: Label Shimbun / Japan's Label Market 2025.
■ Future Outlook
The OSP Group has set forth the vision of becoming 'The Most "Sustainable" & "Innovative" Global Package Solution Group' and is working on developing environmentally friendly products and products that contribute to solving customer challenges, as well as environmentally conscious manufacturing processes and labor-saving automation through DX. This acquisition is a move to globally expand the business model of value creation and strengthening competitiveness, which has been cultivated in the domestic market, in order to specifically realize this vision.
In the massive U.S. packaging market, the need for environmentally friendly products is also increasing. In this market, we expect dramatic growth through the synergistic effects of both companies' strengths: the OSP Group's diverse printing technologies and supply of functional adhesive paper, and GV's customer base of major food and retail companies and its purchasing network.
■ GV Company Overview
・Company Name: GLOBAL VENTURE (Official Name: MERCHANT INVESTMENTS, INC.)
・Location: 7412 South 262nd Street, Kent, WA (Washington State)
・Representative: Hakimali S. Merchant
・Year Established: 1993 (Founded 1990)
・Capital: $105,000 USD* (16.4 million JPY)
・Sales: $21.6 million USD* (3.38 billion JPY)
・Business Content: Seal and label printing for food, retail/distribution, and aviation industries.
・Number of Employees: 55
*Converted at an exchange rate of 1 USD = 156.56 JPY (as of December 30, 2025)
Left: Tadashi Matsuguchi, OSP Holdings Right: CEO Hakimali S. Merchant
■ Positioning as a Solution to Challenges
Until now, the OSP Group's U.S. subsidiary, PRIMARK AMERICA CORPORATION, based in New York, has been promoting sales, primarily to Japanese food companies in the West Coast area, which is a key region for seal and label sales. However, due to the geographical distance and the fact that manufacturing was either outsourced within the U.S. or handled by imports from Japan, there were issues with long delivery times and high costs. To solve the challenge of establishing a locally-rooted, flexible, and speedy supply system, we have welcomed GV, to whom we had already entrusted some of our seal and label manufacturing, as a new member of the OSP Group.
GV has a 35-year history as a seal and label manufacturer in Kent, Washington. It is a company that has built a solid business foundation on reliable quality, pricing, and service, with a customer base centered on food-related industries, as well as retail, distribution, and aviation. This has a high affinity with the OSP Group, which holds an approximately 33%(*) share of the seal and label market in the Japanese food sector. (*)Source: Label Shimbun / Japan's Label Market 2025.
■ Future Outlook
The OSP Group has set forth the vision of becoming 'The Most "Sustainable" & "Innovative" Global Package Solution Group' and is working on developing environmentally friendly products and products that contribute to solving customer challenges, as well as environmentally conscious manufacturing processes and labor-saving automation through DX. This acquisition is a move to globally expand the business model of value creation and strengthening competitiveness, which has been cultivated in the domestic market, in order to specifically realize this vision.
In the massive U.S. packaging market, the need for environmentally friendly products is also increasing. In this market, we expect dramatic growth through the synergistic effects of both companies' strengths: the OSP Group's diverse printing technologies and supply of functional adhesive paper, and GV's customer base of major food and retail companies and its purchasing network.
■ GV Company Overview
・Company Name: GLOBAL VENTURE (Official Name: MERCHANT INVESTMENTS, INC.)
・Location: 7412 South 262nd Street, Kent, WA (Washington State)
・Representative: Hakimali S. Merchant
・Year Established: 1993 (Founded 1990)
・Capital: $105,000 USD* (16.4 million JPY)
・Sales: $21.6 million USD* (3.38 billion JPY)
・Business Content: Seal and label printing for food, retail/distribution, and aviation industries.
・Number of Employees: 55
*Converted at an exchange rate of 1 USD = 156.56 JPY (as of December 30, 2025)