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You Mean There's Another Printing Company in Sussex?

No, it's not Quad/Graphics, but Special Editions is a full-service commercial print shop that can handle big and small jobs.

Apparently there is room in this town for the both of them. While Quad/Graphics focuses on massive printing orders, Special Editions has made its niche dealing with customers of all sizes. Regardless of how large the printing job, chances are Special Editions can handle it. It's precisely this trait that its owner believes distinguishes Special Editions from its competition. “Probably, most of our uniqueness (in Sussex) is because of the range of what we can do,” said president and owner Brandon Esser. “We do go down to the small printer size as well as all the way up to what the large printers are doing. I don’t think other printers in Sussex can do the full range of what we do.” Established in Milwaukee in 1993, the business moved to …

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Quad/Graphics Acquires Mexican Assets of Transcontinental Inc.

Sussex company exchanges its Canadian assets in order to grow its presence in Mexico.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics announced Wednesday it has agreed to acquire the Mexican operations of Transcontinental Inc. and sell its Canadian operations to the same company. Quad will hold onto its operations in Vancouver and also receive a portion of Transcontinental’s Canadian book printing business, and its black-and-white book printing business transferred to the U.S . The transaction will also make Quad the leader producer of magazines, retail inserts and catalogues in Mexico. The transaction is considered an exchange of assets of the two companies. “This agreement is a win-win for Quad/Graphics and Transcontinental and one that will create long-term value for both companies,” said Joel Quadracci, Chairman, President and CEO of Quad/…

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