Reisch Exits Quebecor World

Reisch, formerly president of World Color Press, became a central figure when World Color and Quebecor announced its historic merger in late 1999. The company made headlines with the announcement of layoffs and plant closings as it struggled to eliminate duplication, but quickly landed on its feet.

"From a big-picture standpoint, this was clearly the largest, most complicated transaction in the history of the printing industry," Reisch said in an April 2001 interview with Printing Impressions. "The good news: we accomplished it more quickly than anybody had anticipated. All the equipment that we took out of service and had to redeploy has come up well. Customer retention was virtually 100 percent, so the integration went as smoothly as we could have hoped."