Commercial Printing Industry : Year in Review

Quad/Graphics finished the year with a flourish. It received $46 million in assistance from the state of Wisconsin to help create jobs, then acquired the highly respected HGI Co. (nee Hi-Liter Graphics) of Burlington, WI, in early November.

While 2010 was a modest step up from its predecessor, the industry still finds itself awash in capacity, dealing with smaller and smaller print runs, and thinking long and hard about what role inkjet digital printing will play in the near future.