Surprise! In-plants Came to Graph Expo

By Bob Neubauer

It was standing room only at this in-plant breakfast panel discussion, sponsored by Xerox.

We didn't have a lot of confidence that Orlando would be as big a draw as Chicago for in-plants (as noted in this column). Boy were we wrong.

Each of the in-plant events organized by IPG had a great turnout. At one of our breakfasts, every seat in the room was taken — more than 100 people. The luncheon held by the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association also drew more in-plants than did their Graph Expo 15 luncheon, as did an in-plant panel discussion that was part of the show's seminar program.

On the show floor, in-plants were everywhere, looking at equipment, getting software demos and lingering at the In-plant Place, IPMA's networking booth.

And while some of the attendee drove from Georgia and Florida, the majority flew to Orlando for the show. This could be a sign that attendees this year had serious business to do at the show. After all, they paid airfare and hotel costs. By contrast, many Midwest printers drive to Chicago when the show is there, at very little expense, but end up only window shopping.

Stay tuned for more analysis of Graph Expo 16.

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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.