Extraordinary Vision

The history of Transcontinental under his leadership is remarkable. The small printing plant in Ville St-Laurent, a suburb of Montreal—which in 1976 had about 30 employees—formed the basis for a company that has since extended its operations across North America and as far as Mexico. In the United States, Transcontinental has become a major player in direct marketing and plans to become a leader in outsourced newspaper printing. Over the past 10 years, its magazine and newspaper sales in Canada have jumped from $60 million to half a billion dollars.