Year in Review--A Torrent of M&A

Montreal-based GTC Transcontinental Group made news in 1999 by making a major (physical) move into the United States. It is building an 80,000-square-foot printing plant designed for direct marketing in Dayton, OH, near Transcontinental's existing flyer printing plant.

Menasha, WI-based Banta Corp. expanded its influence south of the border by acquiring partial ownership of Chilean printer Morgan Impresores S.A. and by forming a joint venture with Grupo Imagen, a sheetfed printer based in Queretaro, Mexico.