Survey Results: Government In-plants
Our 2012 survey of government in-plants drew 62 responses, mostly from state and local government agencies. Comparing these results to our 2008 survey of this segment shows that the amount of four-color printing done by government in-plants has increased more than 32 percent, from 18.9 percent of their work to 25 percent. The number of government in-plants handling variable data printing also rose, from 52 to 57 percent.
More government in-plants are now offering services like wide-format inkjet printing (59 percent offer it, compared with 50 percent in 2008), scanning for archival (43 percent do this, up from 27 percent) and fulfillment (36 percent handle this, up from 23 percent). Online job submission capabilities are more prevalent as well, with 59 percent now offering them, vs. just 47 percent four years ago.
The charts here (download the PDFs) will provide you with a good snapshot of the government segment of the in-plant industry.
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- Neubauer
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.
