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| Company type | Subsidiary of Quad/Graphics |
|---|---|
| Industry | Commercial and industrial printing |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Key people | Mark Angelson, Chairman and CEO |
| Revenue | $4,016.9 million USD (2008) |
Number of employees | 20,000 (2009) |
| Website | worldcolor.com |
World Color Press Inc. ("Worldcolor") (formerly Quebecor World) was a company which provided high-value and comprehensive print, digital, and related services to businesses worldwide. World Color and its subsidiaries printed various commercial products, including comic books, magazines, brochures, direct mail and newspaper inserts, and directories, while also providing clients a broad range of pre-press services, such as desktop production and assembly.
World Color was the first printer to make comic book printing a major part of its business throughout most of its history was the dominant North American printer of comics and associated publications. During its history, World Color was also at the forefront of many new technologies and printing innovations, including use of web offset presses, "pool shipping," rotogravure printing, computer technology, digital registration systems, and flexography.[1]
World Color merged with Quebecor Printing in 1999; at the time World Color was the largest printer of consumer magazines in the United States and the third largest commercial printer in North America. Worldcolor was acquired by Quad/Graphics in early 2010.
- ^ "Forgiving Plate Aids Processing," Graphic Arts Monthly (Dec. 1993), p. 64.