Nielsen Co.

TORONTO—Who says there aren't any major acquisitions in the commercial printing industry any more? As a host of industry rollups plod their way through turbulent times, Moore Corp. has thrown down the big-dollar gauntlet. Fresh off a year in which CEO Robert Burton implemented a $100 million cost-savings initiative, a leaner and meaner Moore ushered in the 2002 campaign by announcing it has entered into an agreement to acquire a privately held commercial printer, The Nielsen Co. Nielsen, which chalked up revenues of $90 million in 2001, has three manufacturing facilities located in Cincinnati, Florence, KY, and Raleigh-Durham, NC. With 730 employees, The Nielsen