The Caps Group provides Branding and Design, Photography, Retouching, Hero Comp Packaging, Magazine Publishing, Trade and Educational Publishing, Retail Catalog and Consultative Services.

Bringing your ideas
to the finish line.

welcome to the caps group

Chances are you’ve never seen a visual communications and marketing support services company like The Caps Group.

Headquartered in Chicago and assisting clients at locations throughout North America, The Caps Group is a proven and growing leader of integrated creative, marketing and production services for advertising agencies, design firms, publishing companies, and corporations worldwide.

For more than 50 years, the collective of companies within The Caps Group have provided best-of-breed expertise in proprietary visual communications disciplines: Branding and Design, Photography, Retouching, Hero Comp Packaging, Direct Marketing, Retail Catalog and Consultative Services.

We’re your go-to visual communications resource. We’re your expert production management partner. We manage the entire creative and production process from initial idea to final deliverables.

The Caps Group Companies. Click on a logo below to go directly to the individual company web site.

HERO PACKAGING DISPLAY PROTOTYPES FOOLPROOFING			For over 25 years, CAPS57 has been the major resource for unique, multidimensional prototypes. Whether they are Hero color corrected comps for use in either broadcast and/or print production or honing designer files to help achieve the best creative reproduction attainable on press - along with our "Natural Color & Foolproofing" systems - we deliver the most desirable end results including speed to market.
BRANDING CORPORATE IDENTITY ANNUAL REPORTS & SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS			Founded on the premise that communications should be an extension of business strategy, our marketing specialists and graphic designers will help you uncover what’s unique about your business and the best avenue to reach your customers, shareholders and employees. Through print and interactive media we make a difference for your business each day.
PRE-PRESS/PRINTING OUTDOOR WIDE-FORMAT COLOR ASSET MANAGEMENT			Fulfilling client’s premedia needs in the areas of print campaigns for newspaper and magazine ads, out-of-home or point-of-purchase materials, or collateral printing needs both digital and conventional - we manage your creative executions from start to finish along with cross platform color management systems that guarantee your brand’s integrity from medium to medium.
INTEGRATED PHOTOGRAPHY CREATIVE RETOUCHING e-SOLUTIONS			Clutch is not just about getting it done. . .it's about getting it done right. We believe in relationships. We build those relationships by bringing together the most talented photographers, imaging artists, prepress operators and business solutions consultants that will ensure your project is not only well planned but also well executed. Because a walk-off homerun in the bottom of the ninth isn't just a homerun - it's amazing - for everyone. It's Clutch.
CATALOGS DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL PRINT ADVERTISING			Since 1963, the technology driven Black Dot group is best known as a visual communications company. Serving both print and electronic media with seamless workflow support for production and creative needs of retailers, catalogers, direct marketers, packaging and advertising agencies. We deliver mega-page projects in part or in their entirety.
PRE-MEDIA PRODUCTION CREATIVE RETOUCHING CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT			Color-critical visual communications are flawlessly executed by the creative retouching, color management and pre-media production teams of HudsonYards. Strategic locations in New York, Nashville and San Francisco help advertisers, their agencies, publishers and corporate clients deliver complete campaigns, multi-page publications and complex brand communications to any media.
CGI MOTION GRAPHICS DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY CREATIVE RETOUCHING			Imagine what you can create with Koi Studios - the possibilities are endless.Our artists use their talents to create unique visual solutions for all media types. Koi also provides innovative services from initial concept to distribution that exceed customer expectations.