Business Management – Market Research

According to NAPCO Research and the PRINTING United Alliance, graphic and sign producers were hit hard as the pandemic forced closures in March and April. Since then, things have improved dramatically, but the average change is still negative.

While reducing production costs and improving efficiency are key business initiatives for in-plants, almost half track their operational key performance indicators manually. It's imperative to automate both the production process and the data collection to effectively manage a print shop.

More than three-quarters of in-plants now provide wide-format printing, according to the latest IPI research, with other services like graphics installation, contour cutting, and scanning on the rise. Here’s an excerpt from our newly published report.

To help commercial printing companies navigate the COVID-19 crisis, NAPCO Research and the PRINTING United Alliance have launched the COVID-19 Print Business Indicators Research and will report the results of this ongoing survey on a continuing basis.

The thriving U.S. economy of the past few years appears to have had a positive impact on the salaries of in-plant managers.

Recent In-plant Impressions research shows college and university in-plants are focused on supporting the educational mission of their institution, adding services their customers need, and keeping up with technology, and their revenue is increasing as a result.

North America is home to some very large in-plants.

After receiving some updated data, we've posted a new list of the largest 80 in-plants in the country, ranked by both annual sales and employees.

Though nowhere near as big as the largest university in-plants, several K-12 in-plants have impressive operations. Find out which in-plants made it into the top 10.

Though nowhere near as big as the largest university in-plants, several K-12 in-plants have impressive operations.