Conferences Measure Industry’s Pulse

Among the highlights of the event was a silent auction, titled “Road Rally,” that helped raise $17,000 for the association’s political action committee, PrintPAC. Another topical subject was a look at private equity partners in the printing industry.

The NAPL’s Top Management Conference got underway March 8 in Santa Barbara, CA, with NAPL Vice President and Chief Economist Andrew Paparozzi telling a record crowd of more than 250 that the printing industry is in expansion, with sales for 2006 growing at their fastest rate in eight years.