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Pictured from left: Chris Cormack, Director of Operational Excellence, PTG; Bram Mencher, President of Operations, PTG; Keith Abert, COO and Co-Owner, PTG; Chris Reimer, Marketing Director, PTG; Larry Sainte-Marie, CTO and Co-Founder, PTG; Ronda Tennison-Whitt, Office Relations Manager, JVI; John Whitt, COO and Co-Owner, JVI; Jim Carter, Controller, PTG; Sophia Trepanier, Chief of Staff, PTG; Wes Pickering, CEO and Co-Founder, PTG

Two Missouri Manufacturers Join Forces to Expand Capabilities
and Serve More Customers

We’re excited to announce our acquisition of Just Vision It, LLC, a leader in grand-format sublimation printing. Just Vision It (JVI) will operate as Just Vision It, a Pic The Gift company, out of its current 50,000-square-foot facility in Lone Jack, MO.

“This acquisition is a major milestone for Pic The Gift and a tremendous win for our Partners, our team, and our future,” said Wes Pickering, CEO and Co-Founder of Pic The Gift. “JVI brings 13 years of manufacturing excellence, a talented and dedicated team, and a culture that aligns beautifully with our own. We are excited to welcome them into the Pic The Gift family.”

The acquisition expands our manufacturing footprint to three production facilities and meaningfully upgrades our sublimation capabilities. Most notably, our print width capability increases from 1.8 meters to 3.2 meters, enabling PTG to produce large and grand-format banners, tradeshow displays, soft goods, and custom event signage entirely in-house. JVI is also recognized as one of the only G7-certified printers specializing in dye sublimation, a color calibration standard that ensures exceptional consistency across devices, substrates, and production runs. 

“Adding JVI’s facility and equipment gives us a meaningful increase in manufacturing capacity, along with excellent operational redundancy,” said Keith Abert, COO and Co-Owner of Pic The Gift. “The product offerings from both companies complement each other well, and we see tremendous cross-selling opportunities that will allow us to deliver more comprehensive solutions to our customers.”

JVI’s facilities consist of four buildings in Lone Jack, MO, about 20 minutes east of Kansas City

“We built Just Vision It to be the best dye-sublimation manufacturer in the USA,” said John Whitt, COO of Just Vision It. “Joining forces with Pic The Gift means we can deliver on that promise at a scale we couldn’t achieve alone. I am confident this is the right next chapter for our customers, our team, and everything we’ve built.” 

Bram Mencher, President of Operations at Pic The Gift, sees the deal as a foundation for long-term growth. “The economies of scale we’ll gain across purchasing, production, logistics, and administration will make us a stronger, more competitive company,” said Mencher. 

JVI’s existing customer relationships will continue without disruption. Pic The Gift is committed to serving JVI’s customers with the same quality, responsiveness, and personal attention they have come to expect.

With three production facilities spanning 170,000 square feet, an expanded product catalog, and a team of more than 150 dedicated manufacturing professionals across Missouri, we enter our next chapter as one of the most capable print-on-demand manufacturers in the United States.

Fourteen years of building something we’re proud of, and this is one of our best days yet. Welcome to the team, JVI!

Thank you St. Louis Magazine, St. Louis Business Journal, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Apparelist, and ASI for the positive news coverage of our acquisition of JVI!