Business Management - Finance/Financial

HR 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, provides approximately $900 billion to bolster the U.S. economy amid the continued spread of COVID-19 and includes targeted economic relief for specific print verticals that have been especially hard-hit during the coronavirus pandemic.

More than 70% of printing businesses were able to continue operations last year in large part due to securing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Now, a second draw is available for continued support. But there are several key changes that accompany PPP 2.0.

It appears the numbers we’re seeing for the printing industry and the American economy will be revised up rather than down as we move into the new year. The bottom line: An upturn is coming. Let’s be ready for it.

Health care and health insurance companies rely on their in-plants to produce documents and signage crucial to their core businesses. Here are some of the largest in-plants serving this sector.

According to the report, total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 24% in October compared to October 2019, and U.S. purchases of uncoated free sheet papers in October decreased 18% compared to last October while the inventory level decreased 2% compared to September 2020.

Xerox reported $106 million of operating cash flow from continuing operations, down $242 million YoY, but up $72 million from Q2.

Learn practical information about operating cost, anticipated ROI, ancillary systems, and more.

The proactive inkjet estimation tool provides productive ink usage estimates for any PDF application.

The 2011 movie Moneyball was not only a great baseball movie, it was a wakeup call that motivated people to reconsider what we measure, and how we use measurements. In a new blog, Consultant Howie Fenton points out that in-plants can take a lesson from that movie and reconsider the metrics they measure.

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the August 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry. Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 48.4, an increase from the July index of 45.3.