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controlling interest in Berlin Industries, Inc. have been acquired by Smith Investment Company MERTZ ASSOCIATES served as advisor to Smith Investment Company in developing a search strategy, contacting and evaluating potential sellers and assisting in negotiations.

• BERLIN INDUSTRIES, INC., Anderson, Illinois, is an important commercial printing firm serving a number of major magazines, publishers and direct mail catalog companies. Among the regularly recurring assignments is the printing of the T.V. Guide newspaper insert for national distribution.
   
• SMITH INVESTMENT COMPANY, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is an investment company that holds a controlling interest in the A.O. Smith Corporation. A.O. Smith is the world's largest independent manufacturer of automobile and truck frames.