From its humble beginnings in 1971, with a rented press and a borrowed binder in an abandoned millwork factory in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Quad Graphics has grown to become a ￡3.3bn global provider of print and digital communications. Today, the company has approximately 25,000 employees, working from approximately 70 locations in North America, Latin America and Europe. A key to the company's success is its emphasis on seamlessly integrated services from data management and creative development through electronic imaging, print production and distribution. This includes manufacturing its own printing inks - not only offset and gravure but also metallic and fluorescent inks and invisible inks, used as security markings. The company even produces glow-in-the-dark inks, based on a proprietary blend of varnish and crystals that absorb and store ultraviolet (UV) light and release a specific wavelength (colour) depending on the type of crystal used.
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