Fort Dearborn acquires FetterGroup's paint & coatings label business.

KRG Capital Partners becomes Fort Dearborn's largest investor.

Fort Dearborn acquires Renaissance Mark. The acquisition combines the two leading supplier of "cut & stack" labels and expands Fort Dearborn's scale and presence as a premier label supplier.

Genstar Capital, a private equity firm, acquires Fort Dearborn. After evaluation of opportunties in the decorative label industry, Fort Dearborn is selected as the most attractive platform company.

Fort Dearborn begins evolving from a small, family run organization to a larger, professionally managed organization with several key positions appointed with industry talent.

Fort Dearborn acquires Coastal Sleeve Label, a progressive producer of shrink sleeve labels for the food, beverage and consumer product industries.

Fort Dearborn introduces the HiColour printing process to the label industry, which expands the color gamut by eliminating the need for spot colors.

Digital printing capabilities are added at Fort Dearborn in response to customer needs for shorter run size projects and prototyping.

Fort Dearborn focuses on label converting.

When Nick passes away unexpectedly, Tom assumes role of President of Fort Dearborn.

Fort Dearborn continues to grow as Nick’s sons, Tom, Jerry and Richard, all join the company.

The US Government asks Fort Dearborn to print top-secret, strategic topographic maps for the War Department, garnering many commendations for this effort.

Fort Dearborn begins carving a niche in label production for food and beverage products.

Fort Dearborn Company is founded by Nick Adler Jr. Following an apprenticeship in Milwaukee, Nick used his $6000 life savings, and a matching loan from his father, to open a one press shop in Chicago, Illinois.