Year In Review : 2011 - Year of the Felony

Quad/Graphics plunked down $15 million to augment its book manufacturing platform in Martinsburg, WV. The printer also beefed up its plants in Leominster, MA; Fairfield, PA; and Dubuque, IA.

The summer heated up with one of the industry’s biggest deals in 2011. In an actual trade of facilities, Quad/Graphics acquired Transcontinental’s Mexican operations. In return, Montreal-based Transcontinental reaped Quad’s Canadian operations (except for the Vancouver, BC, facility). Quad also received a portion of Transcon’s Canadian book printing operation.