Salt Lake City In-plants Gather at Intermountain Health
Yesterday in Salt Lake City, the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA) held its second Road Show event of the year at Intermountain Health’s brand new Design & Print Center facility. The event drew in-plant attendees from all around the Utah state capital.
Ricoh's Debbie Pavletich led off the event with a presentation on trends and in-plant Innovation in the marketplace. This was followed by a “Power Hour” during which in-plant managers had time to talk with one another about their daily challenges and offer each other advice. They also had a chance to visit the booths set up by exhibitors and talk with them about the solutions they provide.
Road Show attendees tour Intermountain Health’s new Design & Print Center facility, which features a Ricoh Pro VC60000 roll-fed inkjet press.
After lunch, the in-plant team, led by Tami Reese, told attendees about the in-plant’s journey from its former 8,000-sq.-ft. space, located inside Intermountain’s supply chain center, to the current 20,000 sq. ft. facility with loading docks, 30ˈ-high ceilings, and a new Ricoh Pro VC60000 roll-fed inkjet press.
Attendees got to see the new inkjet press for themselves on a plant tour. The shop also runs two Ricoh Pro C9210s, two Kodak Digimaster 300s to handle MICR printing, a Ricoh Pro 8220 for NCR, and a Xanté En/Press digital envelope printer.
This was just the second Road Show of the year planned by IPMA. Next week, the University of Oklahoma’s in-plant will hold a Road Show in Norman, Oklahoma, on May 23, the day before the university celebrates the retirement of Director John Sarantakos, after 26 years of service to OU.
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.
