ACROSS the nation

SUSSEX—Mega catalog merchant Lillian Vernon signed a multi-year contract extension with Quad/Graphics for exclusive production of two catalog titles, “Lillian Vernon” and “Lilly’s Kids,” amounting to between 90 and 100 million books a year. Quad/Graphics has printed the catalogs since 1988.

MILWAUKEE—Visual Systems, a leading producer of overhead transparencies and textbook components, has purchased a new Kodak NexPress 2500 digital production color press.