In-plants Off The Beaten Path
One factor that often accompanies a remote location is extreme weather. Frigid winters and humid summers can make life unpleasant. But most northern in-plants say cold, snowy winters have little negative impact on their in-plants—if they take a few precautions.
"We have to climatize the paper when it comes off the truck," says Larsen, in Maine. This involves storing it in the shop's climate-controlled stock room for 24 hours.
- 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.
