Allegra Network: British Columbia (14), Ontario (15), Nova Scotia, Japan (6), Philippines · Banta: Ireland (3), Scotland, Singapore, The Netherlands, Mexico · Bowne: Calgary (2), Vancouver (2),
Toronto (4), Montreal, Argentina, Brazil (3), Chile, China, Hong Kong, Korea (2), Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France (2), Germany (4), Ireland, Italy (4), Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden (2), Taiwan, Tokyo (2), United Kingdom (12) · Canadian Bank Note Company: Florida, United Kingdom · CCL Industries: California, Connecticut,
Kentucky, New Jersey, New Jersey, North Carolina, Maryland, Tennessee, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Denmark, England, France (2), Mexico, Puerto Rico (2), The Netherlands, Thailand, United
Kingdom (2) · Cober Printing: Michigan · Datamark Systems: Miami, North Dakota · Dollco Printing: Boston, Dorchester, New Hampshire · Embassy Graphics: Hong Kong · Gilmore Global:
Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Mexico, North Carolina, Singapore, United Kingdom · GM Nameplate: Surrey, BC · GlobalWare Solutions: China (2), Malaysia, Singapore, The Netherlands
· Hemlock Printers: Seattle, San Francisco · J.B. Deschamps: Boston, New York · Kinko's: Australia (10), China, Japan (59), Korea (14), Mexico, The Netherlands (2), United Arab Emirates, United
Kingdom (3) · Jonergin: Napa · The Lowe-Martin Group: Ireland · Mail-Well: Calgary, Delta, Edmonton, LaSalle, Moncton, Montreal, Regina, Toronto, Winnipeg · Metropolitan Fine Printers:
The Map
The planned merger of RR Donnelley and
MooreWallace will create a global printer with more
than US$8 billion in annual revenues and some 50,000
employees worldwide. Quebecor World comparatively
earned more than $9-billion in annual sales last year,
with nearly 40,000 employees working in some 160
facilities around the world.
Quebecor World has taken to calling itself the
largest commercial printing company in the world.
Has this now changed? Definitely this is a large
change to the Canadian landscape, having lost the
identity of Moore to Chicago-based RR Donnelley.
This map is forward thinking in that it shows RR
Donnelley at MooreWallace locations.
This map was broken down into three categories,
as the logos are placed around the world:
1. Companies headquartered in Canada with sales
offices or facilities in the United States; 2. Companies
headquartered in the United States with sales offices
or facilities in Canada; and 3. North American
companies with sales offices and facilities in other
continents.
Companies are only represented through their
international locations. This map is not to scale.
Continental Influence
On December 18, 2003, Transcontinental made
its largest-ever acquisition in terms of pure
revenue. The $133-million purchase of
Pennsylvania-based CC3 puts Transcontinental
deeper into the direct-marketing industry, but
more importantly it puts the company deeper
into the world's most powerful economy.
Transcontinental president, Luc Desjardins,
stated the company is now able to hit the
entire continent with direct-mail operations in
Toronto, Philidalphia, Texas and Los Angeles.
CC3 fittingly stands for Communication
Concepts to the Power of 3, as Transcontinental
unleashes its ambitious growth plan across
Canada, Mexico and the U.S. With CC3 and
the proposed takeover of Optipress in
Eastern Canada, Transcontinental stands to
cross the $2-billion mark for the first time in
its short history.
Canadian
Bank Note
Canadian
Bank Note
Canadian
Bank Note
Allegra Network
GlobalWare Solutions
Hemlock Printers
J.B. Deschamps
Kinko's
Jonergin
Banta
Bowne
Canadian Bank Note Company
CCL Industries
Cober Printing
Datamark Systems
Dollco Printing
Embassy Graphics
Gilmore Global
GM Nameplate
A Rising Power
South Africa is undoubtedly the strongest
printing market in Africa. In fact, the
country's printers are beginning to legiti-
mately compete with British companies
both at home and abroad.
Sappi may be the most recognizable
printing name to come out of the country,
but it is full of other paper mills, plate
lines (most recently Creo), ink sub-
sidiaries from the UK and sizable printing
companies. Because of the deflated value
of the Rand, South African manufacturing
is cheap. With the Web providing the
transmission of copy and online proofing,
airfreight to European countries and the
U.S. becomes an affordable option. With
Britain there is a common language and
a very similar time zone.
The 8th annual World Print Congress
will be held in Cape Town in January of
2005.
Bellingham, Honolulu, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle · Pollard Banknote: Iowa, Missouri · Polytainers: California, Detroit, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio · Quad/Graphics: Argentina,
Brazil, Poland (2) · Quebecor World: Arizona, Arkansas, California (5), Colorado, Connecticut (4), Florida (2), Georgia (4), Illinois (11), Iowa (3), Kentucky (5), Massachusetts (5), Maryland, Michigan
(3), Minnesota, Missouri (2), Mississippi (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York (3), Ohio (3), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (3), Rhode Island, Tennessee (11), Texas, Virginia (2), West
Virginia, Wisconsin, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil (2), Chile, Colombia, Finland, France (18), India, Mexico (3), Peru, Spain (4), Sweden (3), United Kingdom · The Relizon Company: Boucherville,
Quebec · Rhino Print Solutions: Portland · RR Donnelley: Toronto, Vancouver, Cowansville, Trenton, Fergus, Mississauga, Oshawa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico (2), Austria, United Kingdom (2),
Germany (2), Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland (2), Russia, China (3), Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica,
Barbados, Trinidad · Schawk: Toronto, Mexico (3), Japan, Malaysia (2), China, Singapore · Transcontinental: Mexico (5), Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Los Angles, Texas · Valassis Communications:
Toronto · Webcom: New Hampshire, New Jersey · Winpak: California, Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania
The Song of China
There is debate whether the Italian merchant Marco Polo ever visited
China, but his writings describe the astonishment in reaching a land of
unimaginable cities and commercial activity. Ships raced up and down
Chinese canals and rivers in a way that made the waterways of Venice
and Genoa look tame.
It was 1271 and Polo had come across the Song Dynasty, a forgotten
empire, at a time when people drank tea out of exquisite porcelain bowls
(china). The Song also invented gunpowder. But many historians agree
that the Song Dynasty's greatest impact on the world was the invention
of clay moveable type to print Confucian texts called The Canons, as well
as agricultural and medical manuals. This fundamental alteration in the
dissemination of knowledge eventually spread west and found its way
to Gutenberg for the printing of the Bible.
Some nine centuries later, China once again stands ready to lead the
world stage in the growth of print. The world will be watching this time
around, and wanting to play. Estimates put the current per capital con-
sumption of print in China at $20, while the same per capita consumption
in developed countries is greater than $300. And what effect will China's
cheap manufacturing costs have on the rest of the print world?
The Lowe-Martin Group
Mail-Well
Metropolitan Fine Printers
Pollard Banknote
Polytainers
Quad/Graphics
Quebecor World
Topline Printing & Graphics
Schawk
The Relizon Company
Rhino Print Solutions
RR Donnelley
Transcontinental
Valassis Communications
Winpak
Webcom
Multinational
Companies
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