Nov 22, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. R. R. Donnelley & Sons has acquired West Chester, OH-based StratusGroup Inc., a full-service manufacturer of custom pressure-sensitive label and paperboard packaging products for the health and beauty, food, beverage and other market segments, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. “With the exponential growth in media choices available to consumers, point-of-purchase packaging plays an increasingly important role in our customers’ marketing mixes,” said John Paloian, RR Donnelley’s COO. “StratusGroup’s superb decorative labeling and paperboard resources offer an excellent complement to our prime label, corrugated and other global packaging capabilities. “Its location is also ideal, with its facility in close proximity to RR Donnelley kitting and fulfillment centers,” continued Paloian. “We anticipate being able to immediately expand StratusGroup’s utilization and to offer its customers even more extensive integrated solutions.” StratusGroup’s pressure-sensitive capabilities include digital, paper, film, multi-ply, expanded content and a range of other solutions. It serves customers with custom paperboard products for folding carton, insert, multi-pack, tray and other applications. It also provides comprehensive structural design and prototyping services. RR Donnelley’s growing international packaging services include packaging design, print production, finishing, assembly, pack-out and other capabilities. The company provides packaging and labeling solutions to medical products, electronics, food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, industrial products, and a wide range of other customers. In September RR Donnelley completed the acquisition of Genesis Packaging & Design, a full service provider of custom packaging.