Transcontinental Gagné: Photos of Official Opening Ceremony

Here are pictures of the official opening ceremony for the new Transcontinental Gagné book-printing plant in Louiseville, Quebec. The event, was held on a very sunny day, Wednesday, June 21, 2006, and was a great success.

As well as looking at the photos, you can read the speeches that Rémi Marcoux and Luc Desjardins gave to the roughly 100 invited guests. Thank you to everyone involved in organizing the event and to all the Louiseville employees for their warm welcome.

Official opening ceremony.

Rémi Marcoux giving his speech.

Address by Luc Desjardins.

Official ribbon-cutting ceremony. From left to right, Francine Gaudet, member for Maskinongé in the National Assembly; Jean-Paul Diamond, reeve of the Maskinongé RCM and mayor of Saint-Alexis-des-Monts; Rémi Marcoux and Luc Desjardins; Guy Richard, mayor of Louiseville; and Sylvain Paquin, representing the member for Berthier-Maskinongé in the House of Commons.

Rémi Marcoux being interviewed by the media.

In the middle, Jean-Pierre Gagné, grandson of the founder of Gagné Printing and president at the time the company was acquired by Transcontinental in February 1997. The second person from the left is Isabelle Gagné, daughter of Jean-Pierre Gagné, a member of Transcontinental Printing's general management.

On the left, François Olivier, president of the Printing Products and Services Sector, with Julien Houle, corporate vice president, human resources.

Jacques Grégoire, senior vice president of the Book Group.

Gaston Marcoux, in charge of the construction site.

On the right, Richard Lafrenière, general manager of Transcontinental Gagné, with (from left to right) Michel Rodrigue, director, corporate risk management, Francine Choinière, vice president, human resources, Printing Products and Services Sector, and Julien Houle.

Elaine Pelletier and Guillaume Picard, from the Corporate Communications Department, skillful organizers of the opening ceremony.

Entrance.

Overview of the facility.

Guided tour.

Make-ready.

Press console.

Bindery line.

Finishing.