Small Shops Serve God in Big Ways
“We are members of the church, and we have a mindset of what the church is looking for,” he says. His shop provides quality control from beginning to end, he adds.
There are also more practical reasons that religious organizations have in-plants—namely, cost savings.
“We’re really not here to make money,” points out Kevin Riley, print department manager for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. His three-person operation charges back just enough to break even. A new two-color press is letting the in-plant bring additional work in-house, saving even more money for the archdiocese—money that can be put to better use funding various outreach programs.
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.
