Illinois In-plant Rises from the Dead

Just in time for Halloween, an in-plant that was on its way to the graveyard has been brought back to life. The University of Illinois Printing Department, in Urbana-Champaign, was slated to close next June. Once one of the largest university in-plants, with nearly 100 employees and a six-color press at its peak, the shop's "sizeable operating deficit" in recent years had prompted the university to pull the plug on it. Its largest equipment was auctioned off, positions were eliminated and operations began winding down.