Quad to Close Three Printing Plants in Early 2021 (piworld.com)
Citing volume declines in an already challenging retail environment and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Sussex, Wis.-based Quad closed out a tumultuous 2020 by announcing it will permanently cease print manufacturing operations at three production facilities in early 2021, impacting approximately 650 workers. Work currently performed in these commercial printing plants will be consolidated into other existing Quad locations. Its Fernley, Nev., plant will close in late January. The facility specializes in retail advertising inserts and employs approximately 75 people. Quad's Oklahoma City plant will be shuttered in early March. Employing approximately 400 workers, the plant produces magazines, catalogs, and retail advertising inserts. The Nashville, Tenn., facility will permanently close by mid-April. The plant specializes in retail advertising inserts and employs approximately 175 people.