Business Management – Market Research

Join NAPCO research analysts as they share insights to help print providers enhance productivity in the year ahead.

Our latest in-plant research is drawn from a survey of more than 130 in-plant printing facilities serving a diverse group of parent organizations. We investigated what in-plants are doing in critical areas such as automation, waste tracking, sustainability, and artificial intelligence.

We have ranked the country's largest in-plant printing operations.

We’ve ranked the 25 largest in-plants serving higher-ed institutions.

These are the largest government in-plants, ranked by annual sales and full-time-equivalent employees.

Join us as we share important considerations to meet the needs of print buyers and retain them as customers.

Join us as we explore the importance of market research in gaining a competitive advantage.

Today’s in-plants have expanded into new realms, with wide-format printing and value-added services now generating a significant portion of their revenues.

Though in-plant managers’ salaries barely rose between 2019 and 2021, that changed in a big way this year.

Our latest research shows that college and university in-plants are shifting toward wide-format services and focusing more on automation, installation, and insourcing.