Closing of Brampton Plant reflects commercial printing volumes

Operating earnings decreased by  56.5%, from $99.0 million to $43.1 million.

More a packaging company than a commercial printer

Transcontinental stated about their printing Sector, "we expect that the current trends with respect to our service offering to Canadian retailers will continue. However, our in-store marketing products and book printing offerings should continue to grow. In all the other printing verticals, we expect that our revenues will be affected by the same trends observed in recent quarters, with the exception of our newspaper printing offering with the end of revenues related to the printing contract with Hearst.