Transcontinental Inc. -- Growth on the Horizon

By Erik Cagle

Senior Editor

Luc Desjardins has many babies, and they all demand his constant attention. For the president and CEO of Montreal-based Transcontinental Inc., a constant eye is kept on one offspring in particular, named Horizon 2005.

There's little doubt that Horizon 2005 is being raised as, arguably, the biggest child in the Transcontinental family—one with promises of (C)$2 billion to (C)$3 billion in growth from its late 2001 inception through the year that bears its name. But among Transcontinental's plans of acquisition and internal growth are other key points of this multifaceted initiative: