Quad/Graphics Inc. is looking to fill 757 open positions—111 are professional jobs and 646 are production positions—in its network of plants and corporate offices in Wisconsin. About half of the jobs are part-time and the remaining are full-time positions, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal.
After acquiring nine rival printing companies in the last four years, and shuttering over 20 older and inefficient printing facilities in the same period, Quad/Graphics Inc. on Wednesday said it might not be finished yet with its reinvention.
Asked during an investor conference call if Quad planned additional acquisitions, Chief Executive Joel Quadracci replied: "We're always looking, but again, we're pretty disciplined about it. A company has to be a good strategic fit."
The closure of Quad/Graphics, which will come in the next couple of weeks and put 280 people out of work, is expected to have a ripple effect that will result in the total loss of 475 jobs.
The loss of those jobs equates to almost $73 million in sales and more than $24 million in labor income annually in Benton and Stearns counties.
Those are the findings of an economic emergency report jointly prepared by University of Minnesota Extension and the St. Cloud State University School of Public Affairs Research.
Commercial printer company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ August 2014 edition, featuring Wright Business Graphics, Liberty Creative Solutions, Quad/Graphics, Sheridan Books, Mittera Group, COT Holdings, Chase Media Group and Proforma.
Constructing PDF files properly has become critical to production efficiency. Poorly constructed PDF files can impact print service providers in two ways. Firstly, the additional processing they require slows down the digital press, reducing the return on investment (ROI) and disrupting production schedules that are typically tight, particularly for variable data direct mail and transactional printing. Secondly, they can make the DFE more expensive because, to expand the processing capability, the press vendor builds in more hardware than would be necessary if all jobs were well-constructed.
Grocery store circulars, fashion flyers, furniture and appliance advertisements. One usually thinks of these as smaller parts of a larger whole, like a daily or weekly newspaper. But, for Nicholas Maiale and his crew at Pennsauken, NJ-based Inserts East, these free-standing inserts (FSIs) are shining stars themselves.
Commercial printer company and personnel news from Printing Impressions’ July 2014 edition, featuring, Bookmasters, Mossberg & Co., Quad/Graphics, Multi-Craft, Maestro Media Print Solutions, GLS Cos.
Bill Graushar has joined PrintCom Consulting Group as an associate consultant. He comes to PrintCom after 34 years as a production executive at Quad/Graphics. "With this experience, Bill Graushar enhances PrintCom’s capability to provide in-depth assistance to printers of all sizes and types, as well as industry manufacturers and suppliers," said Bill Lamparter, PrintCom president and well known consultant.
The Lakefront Festival of Art on Milwaukee's lakefront this weekend drew thousands of people despite the chilly and foggy weather.
This year's festival was dedicated to long-time Milwaukee Art Museum supporter Betty Quadracci, a co-founder of Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc., who died Dec. 9, 2013.
She and her husband, Harry Quadracci, spearheaded the major fundraising effort to help finance the Santiago Calatrava-designed addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum with a $10 million matching donation. The soaring addition now bears their name—the Quadracci Pavilion.
SUSSEX, WI—With the completion of its Brown Printing deal now in the rearview mirror, Quad/Graphics is now embarking upon its integration plans, which include the closure of facilities in St. Cloud, MN, and Woodstock, IL.
