An In-plant Victory
"I think we're doing great," Schrader proclaims. "Our impressions have gone back up. Our whole team is actually really excited about things that are going on."
The First Hint of Trouble
Since its creation in the 1950s, the Fond du Lac, Wisc.-based in-plant has printed most of the materials that support Mercury Marine's engines, such as owners' guides and installation manuals. In recent years, though, with its offset volumes declining and its imagesetter on its last legs, Schrader knew he had some tough decisions to make about the 17-employee in-plant's future. So in the spring of 2008, with the leases on the shop's digital printing equipment nearing their end, Schrader made a recommendation to Mercury to upgrade to a Xerox Nuvera 288 with an inline C.P. Bourg PowerSquare to produce square-backed stitched manuals, which make up a big chunk of the in-plant's work.
- Companies:
- C.P. Bourg Inc.
- Xerox Corp.
- People:
- Mike Schrader
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.
