Print Industry Outlook is Upbeat

Davis said PIA/GATF forecasts increases of about 1.5 percent in 2007 and 2.5 percent in 2008. Significant growth is coming from new digital and “ancillary” services printers are adding to their portfolios, Davis said.

Joseph Truncale, president of NAPL, reported that “sales grew at their fastest rate in eight years in 2006 and will continue to grow, although at a noticeably slower pace, in 2007.”