Year in Review — Big Deals Make Comeback

Quebecor World made some tough decisions to improve the viability of its magazine platform, including the closure of its Lincoln, NE, plant. Roughly 550 jobs were lost.

February meant a second chance for many of the 380 or so workers of the defunct Sunny Industries in Mazomanie, WI, when it was acquired at auction by Synergy Graphics of Plymouth, MN. Synergy reopened Sunny, which had closed down shortly before Christmas, and brought back many of its employees.