In-plant Events

This week in Cardiff, Wales, dozens of higher-ed in-plants from all over the U.K. met for the 2024 Association of Creative and Print Managers in Education conference. Among them are the presidents of ACUP+ and CUPMAC.

When IPMA President Christopher Donlon started his job, he was no in-plant expert. He learned critical details about in-plant management at IPMA conferences. We talked with him about the many perks in-plants will get by attending the world’s largest in-plant conference.

drupa 2024 begins less than two weeks from today. Here’s an in-depth look at what some of the exhibitors plan to unveil in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Last week, IPMA held its first Road Show event of the year at The World Bank Printing & Multimedia operation, just outside of Washington, D.C. The event drew more than 65 people from 10 in-plants.

In March, nearly 30 in-plant managers from around the country gathered in San Diego for the 11th annual Print Shop Pro user group meeting.

While in Rochester and Orlando recently, I made time to visit four in-plants at Lockheed Martin, Rochester and Osceola School Districts, and RIT to see what was happening in their shops.

IPI Editor Bob Neubauer was taken by surprise Wednesday night during the ACUP+ Awards ceremony when he was called to the stage to join the prestigious ACUP Hall of Fame. He has covered the association’s conferences for 30 years.

At Wednesday night’s ACUP+ Awards ceremony, Yale University and Bucknell University were the top winners, with Iowa State and Oregon State close behind.

This week in Rochester, New York, more than 80 higher-ed in-plant managers from 52 institutions have been gathered for the ACUP+ Conference. Numerous sessions on wide-format printing are giving managers in-depth information.

On Monday more than 125 print managers and executives, including 23 in-plant managers, will meet in Orlando for the 12th annual Inkjet Summit.