SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON APRIL 15, 2002
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QUEBECOR WORLD INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS QUEBECOR PRINTING INC.)
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(Translation of Registrant's Name into English)
612 Saint-Jacques Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3C 4M8
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(Address of Principal Executive Office)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F)
Form 20-F _______ Form 40-F X
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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.)
Yes _____ No X
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Press Release
of
QUEBECOR WORLD INC.
(Formerly known as Quebecor Printing Inc.)
Filed in this Form 6-K
Documents index
1. Press Release issued on April 15, 2002 (#04/02).
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APRIL 15, 2002 04/02
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QUEBECOR WORLD INC. AND AGFA-GEVAERT NV. ANNOUNCE SIGNING OF
LARGE SCALE AGREEMENT ON DELANO, AN INNOVATIVE PRINT PROJECT
MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
IPEX BIRMINGHAM, UK, MORTSEL, BELGIUM AND MONTREAL, CANADA - At IPEX
Agfa-Gevaert NV. (AGFAt.BR / AGEG.DE) and Quebecor World Inc. (NYSE, TSE: IQW)
today announced that both parties have reached an agreement on the deployment of
the jointly developed AGFA DELANO software in several Quebecor World printing
and pre-press operations worldwide.
AGFA DELANO is the result of a special business relationship between Agfa and
Quebecor World. The world's largest print media services company approached
Agfa, the leading supplier of pre-press solutions about creating a web enabled,
server based software suite to facilitate communication and process management
between pre-press and print professionals, creatives and customer support
personnel.
The AGFA DELANO suite of products was developed by combining Quebecor World's
leading business know-how and the breadth and depth of Agfa's software
development expertise to address the wide ranging needs of Quebecor World's
global operations.
The initial design and development started under the leadership of Image
Building NV of Antwerp, an advanced design, prepress and digital services
company, with which Agfa has been doing business since 1995. In the summer of
2001 Agfa acquired a 70% share in the company.
DELANO provides real time information on the status of all projects at every
stage - first customer contact, prepress, printing, post-press activity - and
workflow analysis. AGFA DELANO is designed to further reduce costs and
streamline the entire publishing and print production processes, regardless of
the brand of the workflow systems in use.
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Delano will further enhance Quebecor World's competitive leadership by
strengthening relations with publishers and print buyers. Customers will benefit
from this new class of business tools that dramatically improve workflow and
production management. Through active collaboration, improved communications and
active partnership with its customers Quebecor World will be able to optimize
its services to its customers resulting in increasingly faster response times.
"Quebecor World is delighted to have reached this stage with Agfa. We have
identified significant potential for the streamlining of our operations with the
deployment of Agfa's solution. We developed a novel relationship with the Agfa
team. Their willingness to immerse themselves in our thinking and in our
operations made Delano possible," said David Blair, Quebecor World's Corporate
Vice President Manufacturing, Technology and Environment.
"We worked hard in understanding and meeting the needs of a leader like Quebecor
World. It has been a rewarding journey for Agfa, as it enabled us to jointly
analyse the inner working in the relationship between publishing, prepress and
printing in the making of print products and print communications. The
relationship with Quebecor World in North America, Europe and Latin America has
been extremely valuable. It's amazing what creative minds with a vision from
Quebecor World, Image Building and Agfa could produce", said Etienne Van Damme
Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Marketing at Agfa.
ABOUT QUEBECOR WORLD INC.
Quebecor World Inc. (NYSE, TSE: IQW) is the largest commercial print media
services company in the world. The Company is a leader in most of its major
product categories, which include magazines, inserts and circulars, books,
catalogs, specialty printing and direct mail, directories, digital pre-media,
logistics, mail list technologies and other value-added services. The Company
has approximately 40,000 employees working in more than 160 printing and related
facilities in the United States, Canada, Belgium, France, the United Kingdom,
Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru,
Colombia, Mexico and India. Web address: WWW.QUEBECORWORLD.COM
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ABOUT AGFA
The Agfa-Gevaert Group is one of the world's leading imaging companies. Agfa
develops, manufactures and markets analogue and digital systems, intended mainly
for the graphics industry, healthcare, non-destructive testing, micrographics,
motion picture and photography markets. Agfa's headquarters are in Mortsel,
Belgium. The company is active in 40 countries and has 120 agents throughout the
world. Together they achieved a turnover of 4,911 million Euros in 2001. Product
and company information can be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web
at: WWW.AGFA.COM.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For Quebecor World Inc.:
Tony Ross
Director, Communications
Quebecor World Inc.
Tel.: +1 514 877 5317
(800) 567 7070
For Agfa-Gevaert NV.:
Marc Verbiest
Public Relations Manager
Agfa Graphic Systems
Tel.: +32 3-444-4101
E-mail: mverbiest@agfapress.com
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
QUEBECOR WORLD INC.
By: /s/ Marie D. Hlavaty
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Name: Marie D. Hlavaty
Title: Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Date: April 15, 2002