MONTREAL, CANADA--(MARKET WIRE)--Sep 5, 2008 -- Quebecor World Inc. (Toronto:IQW.TO - News) has won the most Gold Ink Awards for quality printing in a prestigious annual competition. The company won 35 awards - more than any other printer - in the 21st Annual printing competition sponsored by Printing Impressions and Publishing Executive magazines. The awards are judged by an independent panel of print production professionals who rate entries along stringent quality criteria. Quebecor World won awards in magazine, book, directory and catalog categories.

"This outstanding showing in a distinguished industry competition reflects our continuing commitment to consistently providing our customers with top-quality product to meet their publishing and advertising needs," said Jacques Mallette, President and CEO of Quebecor World Inc.

Highlighting the Quebecor World awards were a Gold for I.D. magazine printed at St. Cloud, which also won four Bronze and six Pewter awards. Other plants winning multiple awards were Midland, Eusey Press, Taunton and Clarksville. Stillwater, Merced, Dyersburg and Schaumburg (Premedia) also won awards.

The winners will be honored at a special Gold Ink Banquet and Hall of Fame Gala in Chicago October 27, where Quebecor World will be the exclusive printer sponsor. Additional information on the Gold Ink awards can be found at www.GoldInk.com.

Congratulations to all the winning customers and to the Quebecor World employees who made the quality commitment to produce a winning product.

Forward looking statements

This press release may include "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release, including statements regarding the prospects of the industry and prospects, plans, financial position and business strategy of Quebecor World Inc. (the "Company"), may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities legislation and regulations. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "plan," "foresee," "believe" or "continue" or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these expectations will prove to have been correct. Forward-looking statements do not take into account the effect that transactions or non-recurring or other special items announced or occurring after the statements are made have on the Company's business. For example, they do not include the effect of dispositions, acquisitions, other business transactions, asset writedowns or other charges announced or occurring after forward-looking statements are made.

Investors and others are cautioned that undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements. For more information on the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause the Company's actual results to differ from current expectations, please refer to the Company's public filings available at www.sedar.com, www.sec.gov and www.quebecorworld.com. In particular, further details and descriptions of these and other factors are disclosed in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2007.

The forward-looking statements in this press release reflect the Company's expectations as of September 5, 2008 and are subject to change after this date. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or intention to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by the applicable securities laws.

The Company is currently subject to Court protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act in Canada ('CCAA'), and various U.S. subsidiaries have filed petitions under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code ('Chapter 11').

In light of the CCAA and Chapter 11 Proceedings, it is unlikely that the Company's existing Multiple Voting Shares, Redeemable First Preferred Shares and Subordinate Voting Shares will have any material value following the approval of a final plan of arrangement.

About Quebecor World

Quebecor World Inc. (Toronto:IQW.TO - News) is a world leader in providing high-value, complete marketing and advertising solutions to leading retailers, catalogers, branded-goods companies and other businesses with marketing and advertising activities, as well as complete, full-service print solutions for publishers. The Company is a market leader in most of its major product categories, which include advertising inserts and circulars, catalogs, direct mail products, magazines, books, directories, digital premedia, logistics, mail list technologies and other value-added services. Quebecor World has approximately 24,000 employees working in more than 100 printing and related facilities in the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India, Mexico, and Peru.

Web address: www.quebecorworld.com

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