Small shops can produce excellent work. Just ask Tim Criswell, of Sunkist Growers, whose in-plant consistently wins In-Print awards.
Los Angeles
In six locations across the country, in-plants have been gathering over the past month for one-day networking forums. Coordinated by the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association, the regional meetings were designed to bring in-plants together with others in their areas while spreading the word about the benefits IPMA can bring to them.
Bindery equipment is often a secondary thought for printers. Sometimes they put up with inferior equipment for years, even though it's clearly slowing down their productivity.
A high school in-plant in Los Angeles got a high-profile visitor last month. Former governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger toured Venice High School’s Super Shop 9 during an open house to celebrate its new $3 million state-of-the-art printing facility.
To accommodate a large increase in digitally printed pieces, the in-plant at Grace Community Church, in Arleta, Calif., has replaced its friction-fed perforating/scoring/slitting machine with a new air-fed 24˝ Rollem ETR Champion. It boasts a more sophisticated guiding system and a deep pile feeder that handles stacks up to 30˝ deep.
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