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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.

“A business card is very personal. It’s representative of the individual,” explains Michael Schaefer, Print Center director at Methodist Healthcare System. “So I tell the employees, ‘You may think it’s just a card, but that’s got their name on it.’”

Since 1977, the Texas Association of College and University Printers (TACUP) conference has been bringing in-plants together from all over the Lone Star State. This year’s event will take place in San Antonio, from October 21-24, hosted by the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.

WHEN GARRY Boytos arrived at the University of Texas Health Science Center's in-plant (UT Print) in 2008, he faced a challenging situation. Boytos knew that to effectively compete with outside vendors, UT Print would have to make a lot of improvements.

WE RECEIVED 420 entries this year for In-Print 2009, the only printing contest exclusively for in-plants. Sponsored by both IPG and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA), In-Print was judged again this year in the Salt Lake City offices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Printing Division.

The festive mood of the awards banquet at the recent International Publishing Management Association conference was disrupted by the slowly spreading news that USAA, a San Antonio-based insurance financial services association, has decided to close its substantial in-house offset operation and outsource all printing. The news came as a blow to in-plants everywhere. USAA Publishing Services was one of the country's largest in-plants. With a $38 million budget, it ranked fifth on the most recent IPG Top 50 list and employed 305 people. The company plans to lay off 175 of those people as of August 20, with another 75 to be shown

In-plant managers from all over the country traveled to the Lonestar State to learn about leadership, technology and in-plant survival. by Bob Neubauer More than 500 in-plant managers gathered in San Antonio recently for the 41st International Publishing Management Association (IPMA) conference and exhibit. Attendance was up 20 percent this year, with supervisors from some of the largest in-plants, like Allstate, USAA and Wal-Mart, mingling with managers of medium and small shops. Aside from the numerous networking opportunities and educational sessions, attendees enjoyed evening strolls along the city's famed Riverwalk and several Texas-themed evening activities organized by IPMA. The conference was capped off with

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