Quad/Graphics

Quad/Graphics in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on November 19, 2001

Quad/Graphics was founded July 13, 1971 by Harry V. Quadracci and his wife Elizabeth. This plant in the Duplainville neighborhood in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, is Quad/Graphics' original location. Originally a 20,171 square foot abandoned mill warehouse that Harry Quadracci purchased at auction, Quad/Graphics started here with 11 employees, a leased press and a loaned binder. Since then it has grown to a 291,097 square foot facility with over 700 employees, and includes an on-site medical clinic, fitness & rehabilitative center, and child care center for employee use.

Quad/Graphics in Sussex, Wisconsin, on November 19, 2001

The Quad/Graphics plant in Sussex, Wisconsin, opened in 1983. The 1.3 million square foot facility employs over 2,900 workers. This plant’s M-64 32-page offset web printing press set a world record in 1996, printing more than 350,000,000 impressions that year.

Quad/Graphics in Sussex, Wisconsin, on November 19, 2001

This facility features a 24-hour child care center, fitness center, sand volleyball courts, softball diamond, and fishing ponds for employee use.

Quad/Graphics in Sussex, Wisconsin, on November 19, 2001

Quad/Graphics became the largest privately-owned printing company in the world and the fifth largest printing company in the United States with 13,000 employees and 22 facilities on three continents.

Quad/Graphics Trailer in Sussex, Wisconsin, on November 19, 2001

The Sussex plant is also the headquarters for Duplainville Transport with over 350 trucks, the company’s distribution subsidiary originally founded in 1973.

Parcel Direct Trailer in Sussex, Wisconsin, on November 19, 2001

Parcel Direct was founded by Quad/Graphics on September 16, 1998 as a package consolidator and expeditor for catalog and online retailers, picking up and sorting parcels and delivering them to post offices for final delivery. Parcel Direct’s headquarters and main facility was in New Berlin, Wisconsin. Parcel Direct was sold to Federal Express in 2004.