2006 PRINTING INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME — BUILDING A DYNASTY

“The first 100 days after an acquisition are highly important. You have to be a good teacher right from the beginning.”

In late 1975, Marcoux saw an opportunity to take the helm of his own printing company. A firm called Imprimerie Trans-Continental, located in the Montreal suburb of St-Laurent, found itself in dire straits following the death of its owner and was not performing well financially. So he teamed with partners André Kingsley and Claude Dubois to obtain and reopen the company.