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Transcontinental Inc. announces the sale of its book printing assets in Louiseville and Sherbrooke
MONTREAL, July 16, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - After reviewing its business plan and long-term stra...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nMONTREAL, July 16, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - After reviewing its business plan\n and long-term strategic objectives, Transcontinental Inc. (TSX: TCL.A\n TCL.B TCL.PR.D) today announced that it is selling its book printing\n assets, namely Transcontinental Gagné printing plant in Louiseville and\n Transcontinental Métrolitho printing plant in Sherbrooke, to Marquis\n Book Printing Inc., in Cap-Saint-Ignace, which specializes in book\n printing.\n\n\nGiven the highly competitive industry of recent years, Transcontinental\n plans to further specialize in only certain type of markets, such as\n four-colour web offset printing for educational book markets in Québec,\n Canada and the United States, a niche where it stands out and has an\n established reputation. Results in these markets have been excellent\n and the Corporation is confident about future development.\n\n\nFrançois Olivier, President and CEO of Transcontinental Inc., says \"we\n thought long and hard before deciding to sell the assets of our\n Sherbrooke and Louiseville plants. Over the past several months we have\n made strategic decisions based on changes in the book printing market.\n We are sure that our one- and two-colour book customers in Québec will\n continue to be well served by the new acquirer. For our part, we remain\n well positioned to respond to the demands of our customers who are\n looking for better marketing solutions in our areas of specialization,\n including educational book printing.\"\n\n\nAbout TC Transcontinental\n\n\nTC Transcontinental creates marketing products and services that allow\n businesses to attract, reach and retain their target customers. The\n Corporation is the largest printer in Canada and the fourth-largest in\n North America. As the leading publisher of consumer magazines and\n French-language educational resources, and of community newspapers in\n Quebec and the Atlantic provinces, it is also one of Canada's top media\n groups. TC Transcontinental is also the leading door-to-door\n distributor of advertising material in Canada through its Publisac\n network in Quebec and Targeo in the rest of Canada. Thanks to a wide\n digital network of more than 3,500 websites, the company reaches over\n 18.7 million unique visitors per month in Canada. The company also\n offers interactive ma...