Government In-plant Association to Merge with IPMA
But as loyal members retired, including Bailey, they were not replaced in the association by younger managers and directors, and attendance dwindled. The high-water mark was the 2008 conference in Bellevue, Wash., which drew an impressive 82 in-plant attendees. After that, attendance plummeted, with less than 10 members gathering for the recent conference in Hartford, Conn.
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.