Tariff Surge of 2025: Strategies for In-plants
As tariffs continue to raise the cost of materials and consumables critical to printing operations, in-plant printers face growing financial pressure.
“The 2025 tariff surge has reshaped the landscape for in-plant printers, driving up the cost of essential materials and complicating long-established sourcing pipelines,” writes Consultant Howie Fenton in a new blog.
Unlike commercial print shops that can directly adjust their pricing to reflect increased costs, in-plants operate within internal budget frameworks and must find alternative strategies, he notes. They need a more strategic approach to pricing, cost control, and resource allocation.
Raising prices is always challenging for in-plants, but the tariff situation has made it imperative for in-plants to implement increases as soon as possible. They must collect and present clear data showing the financial impact of tariffs and reiterate the value the in-plant provides relative to outsourcing, Fenton writes.
The blog goes into other strategies like workflow automation, identifying high-return applications, alternative sourcing strategies, rethinking inventory management, and more. Read the full blog here.
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Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited 200 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
