YEAR IN REVIEW — 2006: BANTA ON THE LOOSE

In May, the USPS proposed an 8.5 percent rate increase that, if passed by the Postal Rate Commission, would likely take effect in May of 2007. The USPS also proposed new pricing structures for different shapes of mail that aligns prices with processing costs.

Windy City printing giant RR Donnelley unveiled its new mail consolidation and distribution management services facility in Dallas. The new plant allows Donnelley to better serve direct response marketers, magazine publishers, catalogers and other mailers in the Southwest.