Industry News

Every in-plant outsources something; the smart ones look for opportunities to bring those outsourced services in-house. For Whatcom Community College, one of those services was perfect binding.

As technologies advance, in-plants find themselves much better suited to producing signage than the facilities departments and in-house sign shops that traditionally handled them. Some in-plants are strategically taking over sign making.

Two of the Smithsonian Institution’s finest museums rely on in-house printing operations to produce the graphics that accompany their numerous exhibits.

In a new blog, Consultant Howie Fenton discusses the challenges of implementing new software, raising prices, updating budgeted hourly rates, and creating an in-plant "sales" program.

With the winners of the In-Print 2021 contest now revealed, we wanted to shine a spotlight on some of the pieces honored with awards in the only printing contest exclusively for in-plants.

Heidelberg and Canon Solutions America led the pack of cutting-edge technology providers honored with Pinnacle InterTech Awards by PRINTING United Alliance.

In this new video, IPI Editor Bob Neubauer takes us with him to Texas where he toured the University of Texas' in-plant, then mingled with in-plant managers at the Inkjet Summit. It was the first in-person industry event since the pandemic began, and it was a networking nirvana.

Though the 2021 PRINTING United Expo has been canceled, in-plants are moving forward, and so will we, despite our disappointment. Our mission to keep you informed has not wavered one bit.

Providing all the printing for a large grocery chain is a challenging task, but the four-person in-plant team at Coborn’s Inc. does it with style, spoiling its customers with fast service.

Elizabeth Bowden, Duplicating Services manager for Illini Union Document Services and Campus Mail Distribution, has been recognized for exceptional performance by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She is one of this year’s recipients of the Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award.