In-plants Off The Beaten Path
Buying the equipment is only half the battle, though.
"The biggest difficulty is obviously the cost of getting factory technicians up to do repairs, installations, things along those lines," notes Arthur Larsen, director of Printing and Mailing Services at the University of Maine. Located five miles north of Bangor, in a heavily wooded area of old sawmill towns, the 32-employee in-plant has to pay the travel costs of technicians whenever a major repair is needed. Since this involves a five-hour trip from Boston, expenses can easily clear $1,000.
- Companies:
- Heidelberg
- Manroland
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.
