Last month’s ACUP conference in Clearwater, Fla., was a great opportunity for in-plant managers to share their stories. Most of them have been very busy back home and had a lot to talk about. IPG Editor Bob Neubauer spoke with as many attendees as he could corner, to find out what’s been happening in their in-plants. Here’s what a few of them have been up to: • The University of Tennessee is replacing its four-color Heidelberg with a new four-color, 40˝ Heidelberg XL-105 with in-line coating and an image control system. The shop also purchased a pile turner for press stock preparation. • California
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Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 170 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
It’s been more than a year since the Association of College and University Printers last met, in San Francisco. On Sunday, the long wait will end when more than 125 higher-ed in-plant managers will gather once again, this time in Clearwater, Fla. ACUP President and host Jennifer Bowers, director of Florida State University’s Printing, Mailing and Postal Service, has a great program planned, with sessions covering the merging of print and mail, equipment justification, blending printing and education, and using drama to motivate staff. Outsourcing, RFP creation, new revenue streams and generational differences will also be discussed. IPG Editor Bob Neubauer will lead off
ACUP is just three weeks away. The 44th annual Association of College and University Printers conference will take place in Clearwater, Fla., from May 4-8. Already 120 in-plant managers have signed up. In addition to an excellent lineup of speakers, and an exhibit area boasting more than 30 vendors, ACUP will feature a green theme on Wednesday. Attendees will ride a bus that morning to the famed Sunken Gardens (www.stpete.org/sunken), a 100-year-old botanical garden that is home to some of the oldest tropical plants in the region. There, consultant Vic Barkin—IPG’s “green writer”—will talk about various green initiatives that are being adopted by the
After a big success last year in San Francisco, ACUP is moving across the country to Clearwater, Fla. Taking place May 4-8, the Association of College and University Printers conference will be cohosted by Florida State University and the University of North Florida. A terrific lineup of sessions is planned, including topics like: • Justifying equipment and software acquisitions • Transforming your shop from conventional to digital • Blending educational programs with in-plant printing • Outsourcing: A dirty word or a sensible solution? • Merging mail and print operations • Future trends and directions in higher-ed in-plants • Managing a changing work force:
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