Paper Buying Survey
Judging by the 405 responses we got to our biennial paper buying survey, paper is still a hot topic—even though a growing number say they buy less of it than they did two years ago.
As in previous paper surveys, this one shows that in-plant managers play a very large role in buying and specifying paper for their customers. Most rely on multiple merchants to get the best deals.
When it comes to using environmentally responsible papers, apathy seems to be taking hold in organizations. Though the percentage that consider use of these papers “extremely important” rose slightly, the percentage of those whose organizations view environmentally responsible paper use as “not important” climbed more than 22 percent since 2009.
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.
