Four In-plants, One Long Day

What do NBC, AXA Equitable, New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Metropolitan Museum of Art all have in common? Well, they're all in New York for one thing. But more importantly, they all have in-plants. And in mid-December, IPG Editor Bob Neubauer paid all of them a visit. (Watch a short video of the tours by clicking the video tab to the right.)

NBC Universal's pressroom overlooks the busy city streets below through a set of windows that would make most basement-based in-plants jealous. Still, pointed out Director Michael Orlan, soot and subway vibrations do affect the printing. He and his staff go above and beyond the call of duty to serve every graphics-related need that NBC executives may have. Products printed by the in-plant appear on NBC shows.

At AXA Equitable's small shop, Horace Galea showed off the in-plant's black-and-white and color Xerox equipment. He has handled the company's printing since the early 1960s. Jobs include reports, teaching materials and forms. Galea has noticed an increase in color printing recently.

Way up at 70th Street, Neubauer visited New York Presbyterian Hospital's in-plant, overseen by Dennis Nanton. Though the shop has some Multi presses to handle forms, its digital print area features Xerox and Ikon equipment.

Deep inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Printing Services is split into two locations. This became a necessity when the shop added a four-color Ryobi press recently. Supervisor Paul Ortiz demonstrated it and explained how adding the press enabled the in-plant to bring a major job in-house: the printing of the MET's two-color floor plans.

Don't miss the IPG video tour of these four diverse New York in-plants.