Bama is Back

The University of Alabama has a lot to be thankful for. Not only did the Crimson Tide prevail in Monday's BCS National Championship Game, shutting out LSU 21-0, but the school's in-plant also made the cover of IPG's January issue. The cover story details the role Printing Services played in printing the recruitment materials that facilitated Alabama's near 100 percent enrollment increase since 2003.

The in-plant, with 31 full-time employees and 20 part-time student workers, has an extremely robust offset printing operation, with two four-color presses.

"Many of our run lengths are more cost-effective to produce offset than digital," explains Bill May, director of Printing Services.

Aside from recruiting materials, the Tuscaloosa in-plant churns out products in support of the school’s winning athletics department, from media guides and posters to ticket office materials and clinical literature. It also produces fundraising materials, magazines, alumni literature, brochures, business cards, envelopes and much more for the legendary 180-year-old institution. Read all about this bustling in-plant (which also boasts a busy digital division) in the January issue of IPG.