I was among a group of printing industry journalists who recently toured the Museum of Printing where industry historian Frank Romano serves as president. The museum houses antiquated printing, typesetting, and binding equipment, along with rare bibles and books.
Frank Romano
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.
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Braving the chilly Wisconsin winter weather, In-plant Printing and Mailing Association board members met recently in Milwaukee to discuss the upcoming IPMA conference, to be held there June 8-12.
AN ANCIENT saying attributed to Chinese author, philosopher and general Sun Tzu offers great insight into the attitude the printing industry should take toward electronic readers, smart phones and iPads: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. In other words, it pays to know your enemy (and, if necessary, put him to work for you).
Dozens of Philadelphia-area printers, including several in-plant managers, turned out for the grand opening of the new Xerox Color Innovation Center in Cherry Hill, NJ.
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I WAS kind of shocked last month when I realized I have attended 15 consecutive In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association conferences. It seems like only yesterday that I was the new kid, lost in a sea of managers at the Stouffer Nashville Hotel; now I'm one of the only ones left who remember those crowded IPMA conferences of yore.
Despite economy-related cutbacks, more than 100 in-plant managers flocked to Rochester, N.Y., last week to attend the 50th In-plant Printing and Mailing Association conference. It featured not only educational sessions and a two-day vendor fair, but visits to the nearby facilities of both Xerox and Kodak.
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