IPMA Wraps up Conference, Celebrates 50 Years

Though the conference officially ended with the awards banquet Wednesday evening (see today's e-news story on the Best of Show winner), 50 attendees extended their stay to tour Briggs & Stratton's nearby in-plant. Manager Debbie Pavletich brought the group through prepress and graphic design, where they learned about the types of projects that typically come through the in-plant. She also showed them the large-format printing room and the CTP area, housing an Agfa Avalon device. Then Brian Patterson led attendees through the copy center, where they saw a new Konica Minolta device and asked Kodak representative Debra Payne-Benson about the shop's NexPress. The in-plant's OKI digital envelope press drew a lot of attention. Finally, Randy Will and Susan Thomas showed off the bindery department, featuring a Standard Horizon Stitchliner. Attendees also got quizzed on Briggs & Stratton engines, with prizes for teams that could identify the most engine components.