PI 400 -- Financial Printing - It's Been a Bear of a Year

Donnelley has not been the only printer mired in the economic and terrorist quagmire. Henry Wurst Inc. President Michael Wurst describes 2001 as being dismal. "Heading into 2001, we certainly didn't expect a down year. On the other hand, we knew that with such a lengthy expansion behind us, it couldn't go on forever. We just couldn't predict that 2001 would be the year the bubble burst. The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon only further exacerbated the economic conditions," he adds. "The already tough environment got even tougher," says Wurst.