RR Donnelley

RR Donnelley, known as RRD, is a global provider of marketing, packaging, print and supply chain solutions. Founded in Chicago in 1864, the company employs more than 37,000 people across over 175 locations in 30 countries. It serves 92% of the Fortune 100 and works across printing, communications, advertising, marketing, packaging, supply chain and publishing.

Its portfolio covers four main areas: marketing solutions, packaging solutions, print solutions and supply chain solutions. The print business traces directly to the Chicago printing operation established by Richard Robert Donnelley; the wider offering grew out of more than a century and a half of work in commercial printing, print production and directory publishing.

The company's history includes several notable commissions. It produced the Lakeside City Directory of Chicago in 1874, an advertising vehicle credited with giving rise to the Yellow Pages industry and, eventually, online search. It won a contract to print Chicago telephone directories in 1886, a relationship that lasted over a century, and printed the literature for Ford's Model A in 1927.

RRD has a long record of investment in its workforce and in its own continuity. It pioneered the first apprentice school in the United States. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed its printing plant without sufficient insurance, the firm rebuilt on the strength of its reputation, securing a New York loan and credit terms to ship new equipment to Chicago.