Business Management – Market Research

In-plant Market Size, Trends and Battle Plans
December 5, 2016 at 4:51 pm

As I write this, 2016 is coming to an end, and there are three things worth remembering. First, it’s been a year since I joined IMG (Integrated Methods Group), and I am happy to say that I continue to work with and research in-plant service providers. In fact, immediately after joining IMG, we were contracted…

The Largest Government In-plants
December 2, 2016 at 12:59 pm

We have finished collecting the data for our annual ranking of the largest in-plants. Here is a taste of the results.

Trump Is Coming: How Will Your In-plant Fare?
November 18, 2016 at 10:28 am

Though some commercial print industry observers feel that Donald Trump's election win will be good for printers, in-plants may be less affected by some of the regulation cuts that have their commercial cousins excited. Could the controversial president-elect's policies hurt in-plants? Here are three views.

How to Stop Losing Customers in Your In-plant
October 12, 2016 at 10:24 am

There are some surprising reasons a printing business (or an in-plant) might lose a client. If you’ve been around the printing industry for any time, you know all about the common yet fatal customer service problems such as missed deadlines, printing errors or finishing mistakes. However, recent research from Pitney Bowes details some reasons that…

In-plant Insight
June 7, 2016 at 4:45 pm

Every two years, IPG polls the in-plant industry to learn about trends and to see how in-house printers are faring. This year 252 in-plants responded to our survey, though just 216 completed the full survey. Those are the responses from which we drew this data. In April we published our first report, covering budgets and…