Held in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., the first of its kind summit, organized by nGage Events and North American Publishing Company (owner of In-plant Graphics and Printing Impressions), drew dozens of printers, including seven in-plants. They spent three days networking and learning from each other, and left the event full of inspiration and ideas for implementing inkjet technology. Most of the in-plant attendees either have already installed an inkjet press (e.g., World Bank, Allstate) or were about to (e.g., Excellus BCBS, State of Colorado).
The summit was packed with non-stop activities: keynotes, panel discussions, case studies, user conversations and more, providing a near constant flow of information. The enthusiasm of attendees and sponsors alike was very high, with many compliments going to organizers for bringing the two groups together in such an intimate setting, which included scheduled one-on-one meetings.
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.