Quad/Graphics

With a workforce expansion of 20% in a little more than two years, Quad/Graphics’ Saratoga Springs, N.Y., plant has announced an additional expansion with plans to hire more employees in May and June of 2017, according to The Daily Gazette. The Saratoga Springs plant prints the popular U.S. magazine titles Time, People and Sports Illustrated.

Only 48 years old, Joel Quadracci continues a family legacy that was spawned by his bigger-than-life father Harry V. Quadracci.

Quad/Graphics is eliminating 50 positions at its former Brown Printing publication printing facility in Waseca, Minn., as part of a plan to better position the plant for long-term success by focusing on special interest publications and journals. Claire Ho, Quad/Graphics' director of corporate communications, told the Waseca County News that impacted workers at the roughly 488-employee operation will be offered other positions within the company, primarily within its Wisconsin network of plants.

A major highlight of EFI Connect is EFI CEO Guy Gecht’s fireside chats with industry leaders.

Joel Quadracci and Guy Gecht sit down for a fireside chat at the 17th Annual EFI Worldwide Users’ Conference.

There is no question that 2017 will usher in a unique political scenario. When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January 2017, along with GOP majorities in both houses of the 115th Congress, there will be a unified Republican government for the first time in 88 years. What this means for the printing industry remains to be seen, but what is clear is that Trump’s policy proposals suggest that there are both opportunities and challenges ahead.

Quad has made it to the top of the 2016 Morningstar Wisconsin Ticker, which tracks percentage changes in the stock price.

Fujifilm North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division, has installed a J Press 720S at Quad/Graphics’ Dallas location. “Our Dallas plant is undergoing a transformation with the help of Fujifilm’s J Press 720S press,” says Tim Ohnmacht, Quad/Graphics President of Marketing Solutions. “With the addition of the J Press 720S and complete digital bindery capabilities, we are extending our reach as a total-solutions provider and positioned to serve the broader needs of today’s marketing organizations.”

A changing digital landscape and a market flooded with stimuli have marketers and printers reevaluating their direct mail strategies.

The team at Printing Impressions proudly presents the 33rd Printing Impressions 400 list, the industry’s most comprehensive list of the leading printing companies in the U.S. and Canada ranked by annual sales. The PI 400 rankings offers a glimpse at how the industry has changed, performed and evolved over the years — whether through the adoption of new technologies and/or through M&A transactions.