Printing Profits Up. . .Slightly

Printing industry profits increased slightly over the past year, back to the rates of the mid to late 1990s, according to the just-completed 2007 PIA/GATF Ratios Survey.

The average printer’s before-tax profit on sales was 3.4% for the typical Ratios participant over this past year. This was an increase compared to 2.7% percent for 2006; it also is within the 3.0–3.4% range experienced from 1995–2001.