IPI Editor Bob Neubauer visited a brand-new in-plant opened by the Sheetz convenience store chain in Central Pennsylvania to print store signage, product labels, wallpaper for retail stores, and more. The 35,000-sq.-ft. facility houses a grand-format printer, automated cutters, label printing and cutting equipment, and production toner presses, all run by a staff of 17.
Neubauer talked with Print Operations Manager Lauren Gearhart, a key motivating force behind the creation of the new print operation. Here's an exclusive look inside this new in-plant.
- 0:40 Why did Sheetz choose to bring printing in-house?
- 1:08 What types of products is the in-plant printing?
- 1:35 Grand-format printing and cutting equipment in use.
- 2:18 Label printing and cutting equipment in use.
- 3:26 Toner presses in use.
- 3:48 Finding employees to run the in-plant.
- 5:08 How joining PRINTING United Alliance helped bring the in-plant to life.
- 6:16 Future growth.
