John V. Howard

The Group's principal activities are to provide commercial print media services. The products provided by the Group include magazines, inserts and circulars, books, catalogs, specialty printing and direct mail, directories, digital pre-media, logistics, mail list technologies and other value-added services. The Group operates in the United States, Canada, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Columbia, Mexico and India.

Vertis, Inc. provides print advertising and direct marketing solutions. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered New York, NY.

Quark Software, Inc. develops and distributes publishing software. It offers a wide range of products from customizable solutions for large organizations in government, finance and manufacturing through brand management and design software for agencies, marketing departments and designers. The firm’s products include Quark Publishing Platform, Quark Author, Quark XML Author, QuarkCopyDesk, QuarkXPress Server, and Quark Brand Manager. The company was founded by Tim Gill and Mark Pope in 1981 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Andersen Worldwide SC provides accounting services. The private company is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Part of Quad/Graphics, Inc., Laser Tech Color, Inc. is a company that prints and sells advertising circulars. The company is based in New York, NY. Laser Tech Color was acquired by Big Flower Press Holdings, Inc. on November 28, 1995.

Columbine JDS Systems, Inc. used to provide internet applications, digital automation, electronic commerce and media convergence solutions for the advertising buying and selling process within electronic media markets including broadcast television, cable, DBS, radio, streaming media and advertising agencies. It was founded in 1964 and was headquartered in Denver, CO.

ATC Technology Corp. distributed drive train products used in the repair of vehicles. The company was headquartered in Downers Grove, IL.