A Year of In-plant Road Shows

By Bob Neubauer

This was a great year for the in-plant community. The In-plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA) held eight Road Shows in 2023: one- or two-day mini-conferences for in-plants. These were spread across the country, giving most in-plants an opportunity to drive to one of them for a day of networking and education.

All told, 206 in-plant attendees from 85 in-plants, and 139 vendor representatives from 28 companies were able to attend the eight events, which wrapped up last week at Messiah University, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Here’s a look back at each of them:

Missouri State University
Springfield, Missouri
March

Nearly 30 managers and other representatives from 14 in-plants gathered for the first IPMA Road Show of 2023 at Missouri State University.

Managers attend the educational sessions at the IPMA Road Show at Missouri State University.

Michigan DTMB
Public Sector Symposium
Lansing, Michigan
April

About 20 in-plants attended the Public Sector Symposium at the State of Michigan’s Department of Technology, Management & Budget facility.

About 20 in-plants attended the Public Sector Symposium at the State of Michigan’s Department of Technology, Management & Budget facility.

Attendees visit the Canon booth at the Public Sector Symposium.

CHRISTUS Health
Tyler, Texas
May

The IPMA Road Show at CHRISTUS Health Print Services.

Students from Carlisle High School attended the Road Show.

The IPMA Road Show at CHRISTUS Health Print Services.

The IPMA Road Show at CHRISTUS Health Print Services.

Del Shankle welcomes in-plant managers to the Road Show at his facility at CHRISTUS Health, where Holly Izard, director of Creative Services, spoke to the gathering.

Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon
July

The IPMA Road Show in Oregon.

The IPMA Road Show in Oregon.

The IPMA Road Show in Oregon.

The IPMA Road Show in Oregon.

The IPMA Road Show in Oregon.

The IPMA Road Show in Oregon.

The IPMA Road Show in Oregon.

Blue Valley Schools
Overland Park, Kansas
September

Scenes from the Blue Valley Schools IPMA Road Show.

Cedarville University
Cedarville, Ohio
October

Scenes from the Cedarville University IPMA Road Show.

Deer Valley Unified School District
Phoenix, Arizona
October

IPMA Road Show at Deer Valley Unified School District.

Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
November

Bob Barbera of Canon USA

Editor Bob Neubauer gave a presentation recapping PRINTING United Expo.

Kimberly Duetsch, an assistant professor in Messiah University’s Master of Occupational Therapy Program

In-plant managers packed the room

Attendees from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Paul Bethel (right) of BCBS of Louisiana traveled the farthest to attend.

Attendees stare wistfully at one of the in-plant's offset presses.

Dean Fisher of Bucknell University

In-plant attendees of the Road Show

And here's a video recap of them all, courtesy of IPMA:

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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 180 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.