Book Printing Outlook: Trade, Higher Ed Better

Courier Corp., of North Chelmsford, MA, also competes in the education and trade markets, along with religion. Like Donnelley, Courier enjoyed a strong effort in higher education, buoyed by a wave of people going back to school, notes Peter Tobin, vice president. Four-color textbook demand kept the presses humming at Courier's Kendallville, IN, plant. Textbook purchasing deferrals brought about by lackluster tax resources, however, have stymied the el-hi sector.