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Number of employees. 36,400 (2019) [2] Website. rrdonnelley.com. R.R. Donnelley is an American integrated communications company that provides marketing and business communications, commercial printing, and related services. [2] Its corporate headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
History. It was incorporated in 1866 as the J. Manz Engraving Company by Jacob Manz, [1][2] who was the company president, [3] and was built in 1867 in Chicago to act as a wood engraving business. [4] The company moved to premises at 4001-43 Ravenswood av. in Chicago in 1908, just after it merged with The Hollister Press. [5]
The company was founded in 1883 [1] in Chicago as a lumber company by Albert Blake Dick (1856 – 1934). It soon expanded into office supplies and, after licensing key autographic printing patents from Thomas Edison, became the world's largest manufacturer of mimeograph equipment (Albert Dick coined the word "mimeograph"). [3]
February 17, 1983. Designated CL. March 31, 2004 [4] The R.R Donnelley Printing Plant, sometimes known as the Calumet Plant or the Lakeside Plant and now known as the Lakeside Technology Center, was built between 1912 and 1929 to house the operations of the RR Donnelley printing company. In 1993, the plant was closed after the discontinuation ...
Curt Teich & Company, Inc. factory in Chicago. Curt Otto Teich (March 1877 – 1974) was an American publisher of German descent who produced popular color postcards, primarily of scenes from American life. He was a pioneer of the offset printing process. Under his management, Curt Teich & Company became the world's largest printer of view and ...
In 1870, the company expanded into printing business directories and an illustrated newspaper, the People's Weekly. According to company lore, during the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, Rand McNally quickly had two of the company's printing machines buried in a sandy beach of Lake Michigan, and the company was up and running again only a few days ...
The Donohue Building is a historic 19th century building housing the Chicago printing company. It was designed by Julius B. Speyer (1845 - 1916) [2][3] and built in 1883. It was eventually converted for residential use. The building is on "Printer's Row" on South Dearborn Street. [4] It was the first large factory on Printing House Row.
Lakeside Press. Lakeside Press was a Chicago publishing imprint under which the RR Donnelley Company produced fine books as well as mail order catalogs, telephone directories, encyclopedias, and advertising. The Press was best known for its high quality editions for the Chicago Caxton Club as well as the Lakeside Classics, a series of fine ...