Commercial Printing Industry : Year in Review

In a more or less expected move, Quad/Graphics announced that five plant closures and 2,200 lost jobs would result from the consolidation phase of the Worldcolor integration. Plants in Tennessee, Mississippi, Ohio and Nevada were to close by year’s end.

A tragic accident at a Quad plant in Dickson, TN, carried its own silver lining. Bruce Mitchell died in an Aug. 13 explosion, but his quick thinking may have saved the lives of others. He was able to reach a shutoff valve to prevent more of the highly flammable toluene from escaping into the plant.