A Great Move in Missouri
"I need to put another collator in here that will feed coated paper," he says.
Also, the in-plant's five Bell + Howell Mailstar inserters are 20 years old.
"I would say within the next year, year and a half, we are going to be probably replacing these with some new technology," he says.
The in-plant charges back and has an equipment replacement fund, but still needs to cost justify all new equipment—a process that's gotten more complicated in recent years, with all the state budget cuts. But Vessell is confident the in-plant will get what it needs to continue its high level of service to the state.
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.