CHICAGO—RR Donnelley reported a net loss of $69.4 million for the second quarter, compounded by $330.5 million in pretax charges, virtually all of which covered the company’s writedown of the value of trade names for acquired companies Moore Wallace and Office Tiger.Excluding one-time charges, Donnelley’s earnings stood at $149.2 million. For the same period in…
Stitchers Star at Muller Martini Open House HAUPPAUGE, NY—Nearly three dozen print production businesses, including printing and binding companies of different sizes, recently attended a saddlestitching open house hosted by Muller Martini. The event, entitled “First to the Finish: Leading-Edge Saddlestitching Solutions for Maximum Automation,” was held here at Muller’s Long Island headquarters. Open house attendees viewed live demonstrations of three finishing machines geared toward the middle-performance segment. Demonstrated were a BravoPlus saddlestitcher with AMRYS (Automatic Make-Ready System), a BravoPlus T stitcher with partial AMRYS and a Presto stitcher. During the event, Muller Martini sold a BravoPlus T machine. Visitors not only saw three of Muller Martini’s
IWCO Direct Changes Hands CHANHASSEN, MN—Marketing specialist IWCO Direct is changing hands, with Avista Capital Partners acquiring a controlling interest in the company from Court Square Capital Partners. The transaction does not impact day-to-day operations. IWCO Direct’s executive management team will retain their shares in the company and continue to lead it. Donnelley Sheds Old Names CHICAGO—RR Donnelley has unified its printing and related services offerings under the single RR Donnelley brand. Moore Wallace, Moore Canada, Moore Response Marketing, Moore (in Latin America), OfficeTiger and the company’s network of North American commercial printing facilities have been rebranded as RR Donnelley. Rechristening for PIA New York AMHERST, NY—The
CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN—It’s not often that a print job generates hushed, reverent tones and giddy anticipation, but this small town here has become the focus of media scrutiny. And for good reason. RR Donnelley’s Crawfordsville book printing facility is one of several that had the honor of manufacturing “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” which went on sale last Saturday at 12:01 a.m. While Donnelley would not confirm or deny having the contract, the company in the past told Printing Impressions that it had printed large quantities of J.K. Rowling’s series. Publisher Scholastic was also tight lipped when various media inquired as to which vendors had
CHICAGO—RR Donnelley has unified its printing and related services offerings under the single RR Donnelley brand. Moore Wallace, Moore Canada, Moore Response Marketing, Moore (in Latin America), OfficeTiger and the company’s network of North American commercial printing facilities have been re-branded as RR Donnelley. The company also announced that Daniel Knotts has been named RR…
CHICAGO—RR Donnelley has opened a new 50,000-square-foot facility in the San Francisco Bay area and doubled its Portland, OR, premedia operations in a further expansion of its West Coast premedia initiatives.The growth complements Donnelley’s domestic premedia operations in Los Angeles and Seattle.The new San Francisco plant will feature 21 large photography bays. Donnelley’s full suite…
CHICAGO—RR Donnelley plans to shut down its Albany, NY, plant—the former Moore Wallace Albany—on July 21, according to the Times Union of Albany. The move will leave 74 employees out of work.In accordance with state law, Donnelley notified the New York State Department of Labor that it would close the facility. The move resulted from…
WASHINGTON, DC—Nearly 200 guests packed the National Building Museum in the nation’s capital for a black-tie gala as Sappi Fine Paper North America honored eight well known printing establishments with gold awards at the 2007 North American Printers of the Year reception held Saturday. The eight winners were: Williamson Printing in the annual reports category, with Jesse Williamson accepting. Canfield & Tack won the book category, with Dan Mahany accepting. Graphic Press, represented by Randy Ginsberg, took home top honors for brochures. DirectConnectGroup (HKM Marketing) topped the calendar category. Bob Lyons of RIS Paper accepted on behalf of DirectConnectGroup. Also winning were Kirkwood Printing, represented by
Cunningham, CGI Reunited JERSEY CITY, NJ—Michael Cunningham has returned to the organization he helped start. Cunningham was named CEO of The CGI Group, the successor to Cunningham Graphics International, which he founded in 1989. He will report directly to CGI Chairman Peter Furlonge. Cunningham has served as a professor at San Diego State and is a research professor at Cal Poly, as well as an adjunct professor at New York University. American Banknote Buys Firm FORT LEE, NJ—American Banknote, parent company of ABnote Group, finished a deal to obtain Arthur Blank & Co., of Boston, for an undisclosed amount of cash and stock. Arthur Blank & Co.
CHICAGO—RR Donnelley will have the honor of producing and coordinating the mailing of questionnaires for the 2010 Census. Donnelley and the Government Printing Office (GPO) came to terms on a three-year, $49.7 million pact.Donnelley will use the latest technology to print and deliver census packages to more than 120 million U.S. households.
