The Pokémon Company has acquired Millennium Print Group, a company that prints cards for the popular Pokémon collectible card game. Millennium Print Group has been working with The Pokémon Company since 2015.
“Through this acquisition, The Pokémon Company International aims to further develop Millennium Print Group’s capabilities, infrastructure and scale to become the leading transaction card printer serving the wider industry,” the Pokémon Company said in a press release. “Millennium Print Group will continue to operate as an independent autonomous organization, but will receive investment and industry expertise from The Pokémon Company International.”
Pokémon cards have been so popular during the pandemic that the Pokémon Company has even publicly committed to printing more cards in February 2021 to meet demand. (eBay even added a feature to its app that lets people scan trading cards to make it easier to sell.) The acquisition shows that the Pokémon Company anticipates demand for Pokémon cards and other types of trading cards as well. will continue to exist.
“Our goal is to develop Millennials into a better, bigger, state-of-the-art version of their already fantastic organization, benefiting not only Pokémon, but all of their customers,” said Kenji Okubo, President of Pokémon Company International In release.
