Tapella discussed the status of FDSys, GPO’s new digital system to automate the collection and dissemination of electronic information from all three branches. It will debut this year. (See IPG’s exclusive interview with Tapella in the features section of this site.)
Gilles Biscos, president of INTERQUEST, discussed key market trends. Though the move toward transpromo printing has caused some financial firms and banks to bring printing back in-house, outsourcing is still occurring, he said. Book printing is experiencing double digit growth. In the future, ink-jet will compete head on with electrophotography, putting even more pressure on offset.
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.