Year in Review -- QW Grabs the Headlines

Only 16 months after it was rescued from receivership, Synergy Web Graphics (formerly Sunny Industries) of Mazomanie, WI, had to close its doors again, leaving 125 unemployed. Court papers showed the company owed millions of dollars to creditors.

Even with a faltering economy, transactions kept flowing through the summer and fall. Minneapolis-based Bolger Vision Beyond Print bought the assets of crosstown rival Diversified Graphics, while book manufacturer Bang Printing of Brainerd, MN, snapped up Valencia, CA-based Delta Printing Solutions. Transcontinental Inc. of Montreal, meanwhile, acquired Rastar Inc., in Salt Lake City.