GRAPH EXPO & CONVERTING EXPO 2002 -- Showing Signs of Recovery

NPES, The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies, reports that its economic forecasts show a strong upturn in equipment shipments in 2003. In fact, one forecast puts the value of machinery shipped in the first quarter of next year at more than $700 million, the highest quarterly level in two years. Those shipments would largely be the fulfillment of orders booked in Chicago in October.