We have finished collecting the data for our annual ranking of the largest in-plants. As we prepare the lists for our December issue, we've decided to reveal some of the data a little early. Here are the 19 largest government in-plants, ranked by employees and then by sales.
This year's ranking by employees looks pretty similar to our 2017 list, with the Government Publishing Office and the State of California at the top. The next seven in-plants are also in the same order as last year, but then the City of New York Police Department's in-plant rose in the ranks, while the City of Los Angeles' shop dropped a few spots.
On the ranking by annual sales, the State of Wisconsin jumped higher in the ranks, chiefly due to lower reported revenues from the states of Colorado and Montana. Overall, most operations reported lower revenues than in 2017, with only the states of California, Oregon and New Mexico and the City & County of San Francisco showing sales increases over last year.
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.