Not Dead Yet: In-plant Revived Months from Termination
So in the Spring of 2010, UI made the decision to shut the shop down. The in-plant’s largest equipment was auctioned off, its letterpresses were donated to UI’s School of Art and Design, positions were eliminated and operations began winding down in preparation for its closure next June.
But then a strange thing happened. Scott McCartney, business manager for the Illini Student Union, which is part of Auxiliaries, started asking Director Barbara Childers questions about the in-plant’s revenue, costs and production.
- Places:
- Urbana-Champaign
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.
