Quebecor World

Quebecor World Restructures
April 1, 2001

GREENWICH, CT—Quebecor World announced it has combined its Commercial and Direct Mail groups, creating a gigantic business unit with sales in excess of $1 billion. The combined operations allows Quebecor World to enhance customer service and further facilitate its manufacturing strategy of increased plant specialization and equipment utilization. With the move comes a number of new assignments. They include: Fran Canzano, president of the New England Group (Acme, Universal and Packaging Graphics) will assume additional responsibilities for Northeast Graphics and Infiniti Graphics. The realignment gives the New England Group a broader array of resources and market coverage. Canzano reports directly to Brian Sullivan, president of the

QUEBECOR WORLD -- Marriage Made in Heaven
April 1, 2001

BY ERIK CAGLE Integration is defined as forming into a whole, uniting or incorporating into a larger unit. See: Quebecor World. It is difficult to put the merger of Quebecor Printing and World Color Press into perspective. The M&A shocker that ushered out 1999 has resulted in the largest commercial printing (et al) conglomerate in North America—the largest in the world. When the final receipts for 2000 were tallied, Quebecor World stood at $6.5 billion in sales. Only R.R. Donnelley & Sons, at $5 billion, was remotely close. The difference between the two could form a company that would rank eighth on the Printing

REMOTE PROOFING -- Approved On-site
April 1, 2001

BY MARK SMITH Since the dawn of the digital age in the graphic arts, remote proofing has seemed to be a logical way to more efficiently communicate with print clients. At that point, the Internet was still just the domain of computer geeks and researchers, and terms such as e-production and ASP wouldn't be coined for years. Yet, some prepress pioneers were trying to find effective ways to build electronic bridges to their client sites. The cost of maintaining a digital pipeline to customers had traditionally been a significant barrier to adoption of remote proofing. Given the rate at which high-speed Internet access is

SHORT-RUN BOOKS - Book of One
February 1, 2001

By CHERYL A. ADAMS E-commerce IS changing the name of the book publishing/manufacturing game. Internet customers want their books right away, and they are willing to pay a premium for instant turnaround. In reality—specifically the virtual one—the customer is paying for the convenience of shopping on the Internet. Interestingly, many books sold on the Web aren't usually marked down in price (in fact, book manufacturers admit that most Web products include the "acceptable" retail markup), and buyers pay the shipping charge. But this Internet sale comes with great expectations. The book buyer is willing to pay, but when payment is only a

Choose Your Inspiration Mantra--DeWese
February 1, 2001

This is a printing salesperson psychotherapy column. I have to write these every so often because I get bagfuls of letters, gigabytes of e-mails and memory-filling voice mails from distraught and depressed print salespeople. You've got hard jobs, and some of you have stupid bosses and even stupider competitors. These conditions can create considerable anxiety for even the strongest of psyches. The stock market tanked. Mr. Greenspan waited too long to reduce interest rates. The economy has been headed in the wrong direction. The presidential election results in Florida had to be counted, recounted and litigated, and all of the TV coverage sickened

Upfront 2-01
February 1, 2001

Bowne Reveals Cost ReductionsNEW YORK—Bowne & Co. revealed it will take additional steps in its cost reduction program that are expected to result in reductions in fixed and variable costs of more than $20 million in 2001. The cost-cutting initiatives are further realignments in manufacturing and composing operations, elimination of certain underutilized resources and a roughly 3 percent worldwide staff reduction through attrition, layoffs and reassignments. Bowne estimates that the related restructuring expenses will result in a fourth quarter pre-tax charge to earnings of less than $2 million. The company previously announced $7 to $9 million in annual cost savings, resulting from the combination

Printer Adding Co-Generation Power Plant
December 1, 2000

TOLEDO, OH—Whenever Frank Beaumont looks into his crystal ball, he sees a majority of commercial printers utilizing their own electricity generating plants in the not-too-distant future. The public relations director for NTA Graphics, based here, will soon be able to look out his office window and see that future. For NTA, the future is now thanks in part to state-backed revenue bonds that are financing a $3.5 million electricity generating plant at its 63-acre complex in North Toledo. The bonds were authorized by the Ohio Air Quality Development Authority in June after approving NTA Graphics' proposal to build its own pollutant-free power facility for its

Automation Tops R&E/GCA Conference
December 1, 2000

WHITE STONE, VA—Top technologists and strategic planners from leading printing, premedia and publishing companies around the world met in Orlando, FL, recently at the R&E Council/GCA Digital Smart Factory Conference to discuss integrated manufacturing in the printing industry. The meeting, co-sponsored by the R&E Council and the Graphic Communications Association, was an outgrowth of the 1999 Digital Networked Production Systems conference, staged by the R&E Council to explore the efficiencies possible in automating the print manufacturing process. The conference was co-chaired by Orlando Boleda, vice president of product development at Hart Graphics, and Stephen Franzino, vice president of technology for Courier Companies.

The Printing Impressions 400
December 1, 2000

Now in its 17th year, the Printing Impressions 400 provides the industry's most comprehensive ranking of the leading printing companies in the United States and Canada. For the first time the list has been shortened from 500 to 400 firms, primarily in response to the industry consolidation that has occurred over the past few years. The listings include company name and headquarters location; parent company; current and previous year's rankings; most recent and previous year's fiscal sales; percentage change; primary specialties; principal officer(s); and number of employees, manufacturing plants and total press units. Each year, we continue to refine our list. As was done

The Alphabetized PI 400
December 1, 2000

If you know the name of a printing company that you think appears on the Printing Impressions 400 list, but you're not sure of its ranking, here's an easy way to locate that firm. Simply find the company in the alphabetical listings on this page. In addition to each company's name and headquarters location, a corresponding number appears indicating that firm's ranking on the Printing Impressions 400. ABS Graphics (Addison, IL) 400 Action Printing (Fond du Lac, WI) 353 Adams Business Forms (Topeka, KS) 96 AdPlex Inc. (Houston, TX) 102 Advance Business Graphics (Mira Loma, CA) 153 AFL Web Printing (Voorhees, NJ)