In-plants Off The Beaten Path
In Honolulu, Tsumura says technicians are flown in from the mainland just two or three times a year to do maintenance for all the print shops on the island. If something breaks down in between visits, his employees either fix it themselves or turn to one of the island's other printers for help.
Down in Americus, Ga., an agricultural region dominated by peanut and pecan farms, when equipment goes down at Habitat For Humanity's eight-employee in-plant, it means a long wait for service. Atlanta is three hours north.
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- 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.
