Toppan Printing World's Largest Print Company for 4 Straight Years

Since last September's Lehman shock, times have been hard for print: Several prominent U.S. newspapers ceased publication, while others were forced into bankruptcy. Some commentators even saw this May's launch of the Kindle DX, Amazon's second-generation electronic reader, as the deathblow for print media. Given this trend, why is Naoki Adachi, president and CEO of Toppan Printing, whose 2008 sales of $16.3 billion (1.61 trillion yen) made it the world's largest general printing company for the fourth consecutive year, so positive about the future? Read More