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

The CAPS Group has acquired a high-end photography and retouching studio from GROUP360 Visual Communications. The acquired operation, which The CAPS Group has named Clutch Studios, is a nationally recognized provider of brand business solutions. The acquisition expands the CAPS Group’s suite of creative services for photography and retouching. More..

InContext Publishing Partners proudly announces the opening of our Boston office. Heading the Boston office is Richard Lena who has just joined InContext as Vice President, Director of Instructional Solutions.
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HudsonYards has launched a new, advanced web-based ad portal service that significantly speeds the start-to-finish ad submission process with improved automation of delivery, pre-flighting and acceptance of ad materials to publishers.
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Chances are you’ve never seen a visual communications and marketing support services company like The Caps Group.

Headquartered in Chicago with more than 550 employees 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, Magazine, Trade and Educational Publishing, 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.
DIGITAL IMAGING HIGH-END RETOUCHING PHOTOGRAPHY			Serving as the high-end in-house studio for photography, retouching and creative imaging needs, Alchemy Studios is an added plus for creative project management. Image capture of any table top shots can be combined with retouching and color management expertise to achieve final production execution for print advertising campaigns, outdoor media, hero comp production or multi-page printing projects.
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 PREMEDIA AND ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS STUDIO			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.
PUBLISHING 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, trade & educational book publishers, direct marketers, magazine publishers and advertising agencies.We deliver mega-page projects in part or in their entirety.
EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY DESIGN PRODUCTION			Dedicated to serving the educational publishing community for over 25 years, InContext has become one of the foremost resources in the areas of editorial content for text book publishers. Offering a combination of design, production and subject expertise in the areas of: Reading, Language Arts, Social Studies, Health and Math InContext is a full service educational product developer.
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.