In-Plant Outlook

The best podcast covering key topics essential to the in-plant community.

Automation, Innovation and Metrics: Howie Fenton Reflects on In-plant Consulting Career
January 28, 2025 at 4:25 pm

In the first episode of our rebranded In-plant Outlook podcast series, In-plant Impressions Editor Bob Neubauer talks with well-known in-plant consultant Howie Fenton, principal of Howie Fenton Consulting. In a wide-ranging discussion, they explore Fenton’s long career, how he started consulting for the in-plant market, why he enjoys working with in-plants, past in-plant consulting jobs where he feels he made the biggest impact, and much more.

In-plant Managers Reflect on the Allure of Printing
October 28, 2024 at 3:18 pm

While at an in-plant conference, In-plant Impressions Editor Bob Neubauer talked with a half dozen seasoned in-plant managers about their careers in the printing industry and why it has been such a fulfilling profession for them.

Transforming K-12 Curriculum Printing in Texas
October 9, 2024 at 3:53 pm

In this episode, In-plant Impressions’ Editor Bob Neubauer talks with Chuck Werninger, who recently moved from Houston Independent School District’s in-plant to become chief officer of print production and distribution at the Region 4 Education Service Center, where he’s been tasked with building a new facility to print curriculum materials for Texas’ students.

Discrimination and Diversity in the Printing Industry
October 1, 2020 at 10:41 am

In the latest Impressions Xchange podcast, we talk with Alvin Griffin, manager of Graphic Production at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, about barriers he has faced in his career because of his race and how discrimination has impacted him.