50th: Long Road to Automation — From High Touch to Hi Tech

o Doing More with Less

James Niesen, executive director, Binding Industries of America: Continuing mechanization will be the single most influential factor (in the bindery). Through the use of robotics, the industry will continue to increase volume and, consequently, there will be more printing produced without an increase in the number of employees in the industry. [Good as far as it goes, but doesn't anticipate the trend of printers bringing postpress in-house.]