In-plant Profiles

Adding Web-to-print has brought in new revenue and dropped costs at the University of Wyoming Copy & Print Center.

When Dale Wymore joined Print Services at California State University, Chico in 2005, the in-plant was in serious financial trouble. The university was ready to close it down. Within one year, she was able to turn the shop around and have it operating in the black.

After working for other companies for 27 years Howie Fenton is returning to independent consulting. He announced the change this week during the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association conference in Pittsburgh.

Students were shelling out serious cash for yearbooks in this rural New York school district. Then the in-plant stepped in.

Although he was “bound and determined” not to become a printer, Ken Schanuel has spent nearly 40 years in the printing industry. He is now director of Production Services for the Catholic Health Association of the United States.

With staffs made up entirely of convicts, prison in-plants face some challenges. Yet criminals can be surprisingly dedicated employees.

By adding promotional product distribution and a new HP Indigo 10000, the University of North Texas has cut costs and added value.

John Sarantakos has been working at in-plants since he was seven. Today he runs one of the largest in-house printing operations in the country.

Trevecca Nazarene University’s in-plant went from an offset shop at risk of being closed to an organization that manages the fleet of printers across campus with a central digital print shop. IPG Blogger Greg Cholmondeley explores this success story.

Through a chance encounter, Robbie Feazel found a career in printing. Now manager of Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta's in-plant, he’s been enjoying the ride ever since.