PIA/NAPL Unification Talks: Good for In-plants?

The news that two preeminent printing trade groups—Printing Industries of America (PIA) and the National Association of Printing Leadership (NAPL)—have started “unification” talks spurred IPG blogger Ray Chambers to analyze what this means for in-plants.

“Last time I looked we’re part of the printing industry. A pretty sizeable part of it, in fact,” Chambers notes. “But as usual...graphic arts media coverage will focus on how the unification impacts the commercial printing industry, but not the industry in general—and certainly not in-plants.”

He goes on to note that one of these associations has “waged a war against in-plants” while the other recognizes that in-plants can save significant amounts of money for their parent organizations. So what impact will their “unification” have on in-plants? Find out what Chambers thinks by reading his blog.