COMMERCIAL PRINTING -- Running Lean and Mean

The association's broadest measure of print activity—the NAPL Printing Business Index (PBI)—in July went over 50 for the first time this year, after hitting a 15-month low (44.4) in March. By October, it stood at 56.7 (a reading above 50 means more printers report activity is picking up than say it is slowing down).