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Joel Quadracci Honored for Leadership in Advancing Todays Print Industry
Tuesday 27. September 2016 - Quad/Graphics Chairman, President & CEO Receives 2016 Walter E. Soderstrom Award
Quad/Graphics Chairman, President & CEO Joel Quadracci is the recipient of Idealliances 56th annual Walter E. Soderstrom Award, presented each year in recognition of outstanding contributions and service to the graphic communications industry.
Quadracci will accept the Soderstrom Award at a special event at the Orlando Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Saturday, September 24, that kicks off the GRAPH EXPO 16 tradeshow.
“Joels commitment to our industry is exceptional and he is very deserving of the Soderstrom Award, our highest honor for industry service,” said Ken Garner, Idealliance Executive Vice President, when he announced the award in July.
“I am pleased and honored to receive the Soderstrom Award, which I humbly accept on behalf of all of Quads hard-working employees,” said Quadracci, who has served as Quad/Graphics top executive since 2006. “Now in our 45th year, Quad continues to eat change for breakfast, transforming ourselves at a very transformational time in the industry. As a printer and marketing services provider, we are addressing marketers and publishers urgent need to coordinate content efficiently and effectively across multiple channels – both online and offline. We offer a one-stop, fully integrated solution that allows our clients to not only reach consumers faster but smarter. I could not be more proud to be part of the future of our industry.”
As Quad/Graphics Chairman, President & CEO, Quadracci has guided the strategic growth and success of Quad, continuing the tradition of family leadership at the company founded in 1971 by his father, the late Harry V. Quadracci. Quadracci literally grew up with the company and officially joined Quad/Graphics in 1991. He held a variety of sales and strategy roles before becoming President & CEO in 2006, and adding Chairman to his title in 2010.
Quadracci began transforming the company – and the industry – in 2010 with Quads acquisition of Worldcolor, which created North Americas second largest provider of print, digital and related media services. He subsequently guided additional acquisitions, including Vertis Communications in 2013 and Brown Printing Company in 2014, and others that expanded Quads solutions and services into high-end packaging, and in-store signage and displays. Today, building on Quads heritage and expertise as a printer, Quadracci is leading the companys transformation into a multichannel marketing services provider and trusted business partner for many of Americas leading retailers, marketers and publishers.
Quadracci is Quad/Graphics Chairman of the Board and also serves on the boards of Wisconsins Childrens Hospital and Health System, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce trade association, and Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He is also a member of The Greater Milwaukee Committee, a private-sector civic organization whose mission is to contribute to the cultural and economic base of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, and The Milwaukee 7, a regional economic development initiative.