In-plant Profiles

Starting at Ohio State University in 1997, and moving up to the position of plant manager at UniPrint was a welcome opportunity for Jim Strapp. Today, Strapp works with 38 employees along with 15 student helpers, to turn out printed materials for the Columbus, Ohio-based university — which has had a print shop since 1914.

If you want a job scored properly, Dave Juvenal maintains, then it should be done on press. But Juvenal is slowly being won over in his role with Print & Mail at the University of Oregon. The 21-employee shop ushered in 2017 with the installation of a Duplo DC-646 slitter/cutter/creaser

Villanova University Central Services used to outsource its four-color letterhead shells, store them as inventory, and then imprint them with variable data when the shop received an order. That all changed in May 2016 when the 13-employee in-plant installed two Ricoh Pro C7110 digital color presses with white and clear toner.

Paul Wanningman has brought printing and peace of mind to his customers at the Coborn’s grocery chain for nearly a quarter century. Wannigman began working at Coborn’s as a pressman 24 years ago. Today, he manages a fleet of Konica Minolta digital presses as well as an HP Latex wide-format printer.

The need for high-quality color marketing materials has prompted the State of Colorado’s in-plant to add a new Kodak NexPress SX3300.

Whitesburg Baptist Church counts 6,000 members in its congregation, for which pamphlets, booklets and bulletins need to be printed.

When your finance department insists to determine whether your in-plant compares favorably with others, it could make you uneasy.

After losing money and customers for years, Print and Document Services at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke is rebuilding its reputation and returning to profitability.

Oregon’s Publishing & Distribution division is implementing both print shop management and Web-to-print software to augment its efficiency, data measurement and customer service efforts in a true cost recovery environment.

When Kerry Mehle was selected as Moorpark College’s Classified Employee of the Year, he was deeply honored — and shocked.