More than 480 entries were submitted to In-Print 2013, the only national printing contest exclusively for in-plants. After a full day of judging, 80 winning pieces were selected, from 34 different in-plants.
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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.
One large digital press in an in-plant is impressive. Two of them in the same shop is remarkable. But three is extraordinary. So when Medifast, a clinically proven, portion-controlled weight-loss program, installed a third Xerox iGen4 in its Ridgely, Md.-based in-plant in January, the in-plant entered the realm of the exceptional.
RENZ America has opened a new West Coast facility in Commerce, Calif., approximately 10 miles southeast of Los Angeles. It will offer full technical service and a sales team, and will manufacture cut ring wire and form coil wire for large quantity needs. The facility will also stock a full compliment of RENZ punching and binding equipment.
The company has appointed Charles Gutierrez to manage the facility.
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification is not just for West Coast in-plants. Penn State University’s Multimedia & Print Center (MPC) earned its FSC certification on May 13 and has been loading its presses and printers with environmentally responsible paper ever since. The new certification is a part of a green initiative that’s happening across many Penn State campuses. “It’s a part of being responsible for environmental purposes,” says MPC Project Coordinator Stacy Ostrofsky. “By making changes like this, we can help. It’s the right thing to do.” The paper that MPC purchases will be inspected annually by a qualified auditor to ensure that
The three largest state government in-plants are all on the West Coast. Despite budget cuts and calls for privatization, they continue to thrive--but changes are afoot. By Erik Cagle Don't let the calendar fool you. It may not read 1849, but tremendous wealth is still being mined in the largely untapped western portion of our country. Instead of prospectors dredging local waterways for gold nuggets, though, government in-plants are reaping a fortune by producing print and communications-related products for their respective agencies. Look at the figures. Each of the three West Coast states cracked the top 10 list on the In-Plant Graphics Top
Cigna Printing and Distribution Charleston, S.C. If there's one thing John Panhorst doesn't want to do, it's get his hands dirty. Not that Panhorst, assistant vice-president of printing in Cigna's Printing and Distribution department, has a problem with working; he just knows that the in-plant runs a lot more smoothly and efficiently if people don't get in the way of the machines. "We've got our systems so automated that when an order comes in to ship 500 books, the whole thing drops into the demand print queue automatically," he says. "We don't interface with it at all, and frequently we put those
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