A conversation at Edge Long Beach helped spark the relationship that led Pacific Nexus to acquire Nonstop Printing.
At a dinner at Edge Long Beach hosted by HP, two people who haven’t met before are seated next to each other. They introduce themselves and begin to talk about craft. They also talk about family. They take turns describing to each other the kind of work they care about doing, and the kind of businesses they want to build.
Neither knows yet that this conversation will set a much bigger story in motion.
For Zaheer Bylin, CEO of Vista, CA-based based Pacific Nexus, Edge Long Beach is still new territory. He is a first-timer attendee exploring HP Indigo ownership and taking full advantage of the Dscoop experience, walking the show floor and engaging with every partner and vendor he can. What stands out immediately is the openness of the community — a sharp contrast to the more guarded, competitive environments he has known in other industries. There is a sense of warmth, curiosity and generosity that feels unusual and energizing.
That spirit shows up again at the dinner table. The person beside him is Leiman Chan, owner of Hollywood, CA-based Nonstop Printing. As Leiman describes his company to Zaheer — its focus on premium, design-driven production, its dedication to craft and its people-first culture — Zaheer recognizes something familiar. The alignment is less about equipment or services and more about values: excellence, intentionality and respect for the work itself.
At Pacific Nexus, Zaheer has been building a multidisciplinary creative and production platform designed to endure. The company brings together photography, film, brand development and print, serving clients who care deeply about detail and storytelling. Print plays an important role in that ecosystem, particularly as customers increasingly seek near-offset quality, short runs and flexibility over extended campaign timelines. HP Indigo technology fits that need, but Zaheer is thinking bigger than a single press. He is thinking about people, systems and how service can become a true differentiator.
Edge accelerates those conversations. As Leiman and Zaheer continue to connect, they dive into workflow and MIS, revealing an unexpected overlap: Nonstop Printing is already using the same Print IQ platform as Pacific Nexus.
Soon after Edge, that connection deepens. Leiman reaches out, open to exploring what a partnership could look like.
"Trust is everything," Zaheer says later. "For me, it's having people around me who can build together, where there's trust and there's fun and there's shared values."
The result: Pacific Nexus’s acquisition of Nonstop Printing, expanding its creative and print capabilities across the U.S. and bringing Leiman into the role of COO. The deal strengthens Pacific Nexus’s Los Angeles footprint while preserving Nonstop’s commitment to precision, personalization and quality. More importantly, it brings together two leadership teams aligned around culture, service and long-term growth.
For both leaders, the decision was grounded in people first — shared values, shared standards and a belief that great businesses are built by teams who enjoy working together and take pride in what they create.
"We're going to build something extraordinary," Zaheer says.
His relationship with Leiman formed inside a community designed to encourage openness, learning and connection. Edge provided the space for honest conversation — the kind that reveals how people think, what they value and whether trust can take root.
That is the quiet power of Dscoop. Beyond education and technology, it creates moments where paths intersect — sometimes leading to new ideas, sometimes to new partnerships and occasionally to decisions that reshape the future of a business.
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Leiman Describes His Team, Culture and Philosophy
Leiman shares his perspective as a leader in this video, recorded at Edge Long Beach:
