Industry News

The world’s largest gathering of in-plants took place in Florida in June, when more than 140 managers met for the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association conference.

The Graphic Communications Leadership Institute (GCLI) held its second quarterly workshop of 2023 at Ricoh’s Premier Customer and Executive Briefing Center in Boulder, Colorado. During the event, members had the opportunity to discuss ideas with Ricoh’s technical and marketing professionals.

In working with a rapidly growing client company, the subject of continuous improvement was added to the “issues list.” As they continue to add and grow key accounts, mistakes borne of the need for speed are predictable.

Following up on the success of its dealer summit in Las Vegas, Canon U.S.A. held a second Canon Summit in Nashville this week, offering its dealers in-depth educational sessions and technology demonstrations.

While in Nashville recently, I took the opportunity to visit two in-plants: Vanderbilt University Printing Services and the State of Tennessee’s Document Services operation.

When service wanes, equipment becomes less valuable. That was the case for EMC Insurance Companies' Print and Graphic Resources team. The decision to move to a Riso ComColor GL 7430 inkjet printer enabled local vendor support and a reduction in cost.

After outsourcing posters and banners for years, Osceola School District’s print shop recently started printing that work in-house.

With production inkjet becoming increasingly popular among in-plants, two sessions at the IPMA 2023 conference were devoted to inkjet.

In January 2023, Consultant Howie Fenton released his "11 Predictions of How Print Industry Trends Will Impact Your Business in 2023." His prognostications have been mostly borne out. In his updated blog, he offers some new information that backs up his predictions.

Del Shankle of CHRISTUS Health, took to the stage during the IPMA 2023 conference to give an enthusiastic presentation about his in-plant’s expansion from a small shop with slow turnaround times and no consistent standards to an award-winning-plant model that continues to push the limits.