Year in Review--A Torrent of M&A

And what Quebecor bought was a company that was considerably larger than it had been a year earlier. Before its acquisition, World Color had been one of the industry's most active consolidators. Among the companies it had acquired earlier in the year were: Providence, RI-based UP/Graphics; Erlanger, KY-based Metroweb Corp.; Great Western Publishing in Phoenix; Waukee, IA-based Downey Printing Group; and Enfield, CT-based Infiniti Graphics.