Meyers, a 70-year old family printing business, has named Micheal Lane as its first nonfamily CEO. He will be charged with growing the family business with the goal of eventually handing it over to the next generation of the Dillon family.
Lane joined the Brooklyn Park-based commercial printing and brand marketing company in 2016 as president of Meyers' Retail Marketing Solutions Division. Lane had a 27-year career at the multinational Cargill Inc. and most recently was CEO of Lofton Label, an Inver Grove Heights-based maker of flexible packaging and labeling equipment.
"Mike's experience at a very senior level in one of the world's largest privately held companies, along with his discipline and experience building effective sales, marketing, and production operations made him an ideal choice to fill the position of CEO," said current CEO David Dillon. "We are confident Mike will continue to lead and position Meyers for future success, while paving the way for the next generation of the Dillon family to grow into more senior leadership positions within the organization."
Meyers was founded in 1949 by Gerry Dillon with a single piece of printing equipment he purchased from Joe Meyers.
Dillon and two generations of his family have grown the business into a $60 million a year company that employs 250. They operate a 250,000-square-foot facility in Brooklyn Park that houses advanced, one-of-a-kind commercial printing equipment.
The company was able to distinguish itself from other commercial printers through collaboration and by adopting new technologies, officials said.
Meyers helps clients from initial creative design work to printing, assembling, distribution and installation.
The company has five separate divisions that print promotional displays for retailers; cards; product labels; coupons, games and promotional pieces for packaging and shelf displays; and radio-frequency identification and near-field communication products for medical and electronic devices.