A Look Inside Canon
Katayama confided that his greatest challenge is the increasing cost of labor. Workers wages are higher than China's minimum wage, he said. To cut costs, the facility is trying to increase efficiency and decrease workers.
"We do want to introduce automation in the sorting process," he said, through a translator. "So with that effort, we believe we will be able to maintain our competitive edge."
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.
