Update: Quad/Graphics to Cut 400 Jobs

Quad/Graphics officials announced Tuesday that 80 percent of the employees at the Mt. Morris (IL) printing plant will lose their jobs over the next few months. Clair Ho, director of corporation communications for Quad/Graphics, said 400 of the Mt. Morris facility’s 500 workers will get pink slips by April 1. The job cuts will begin in January.

A loss of customers brought on the job reductions, which will also mean eliminating two departments—Bindery and Finishing & Offset Press.

“The reason is a loss of client work that was not renewed prior to Quad/Graphics acquisition of the