In-Plant Profiles

In just a few short years, one in-plant went from basic poster printing to running a thriving wide-format operation that now generates 20% of its business. Here’s how it happened.

After managing the in-plant at Rodda Paint Co. for 35 years, Stephen Denny is retiring — to a busy life.

Kilgore College Print Services was bent on providing the offset quality the shop originally produced before going all-digital. Its new digital press is handling that requirement very well.

Beyond supporting the World Bank’s mission of ending poverty, the Best of Show winning piece showed off the in-plant staff’s extraordinary attention to detail.

With dozens of crossovers, UV spot coating and a very tight deadline, the Church of Scientology's winning piece was truly worthy of recognition.

For in-plants, solid outcomes often require hard decisions about staffing, technology and services offered. This university print center made them — and prospered by sticking to them.

The in-plant for C&S Wholesale Grocers is always looking for new and more creative ways to help further the company’s mission.

“Printing got a hold of me and did not let go,” says Mike Lincoln, whose career began in an in-plant, then took a variety of turns before returning to the in-plant world.

Ellen Abbey has some strong advice for any organization thinking about closing its in-plant and hiring a print outsourcing firm: “Don’t do it!” She should know. She spent five years trying to make it work before kicking that company out and bringing back the in-plant.

Printing for the country’s largest police force has its challenges, but the NYPD Printing Section — like the officers it serves — is trained and ready to handle almost anything.