BOOK PRINTING OUTLOOK — BEST-SELLERS FLOAT ALL BOATS

Aside from the heavy machinery, Courier also sank a good deal of money into its technology, research and development initiatives, including the XBITS program to create industry standard electronic transactions between publishers and other suppliers in the marketplace.

Tobin believes 2007 will prove even more fruitful on the el-hi side, noting that the American Association of Publishers projects new title publishing ballooning 20 percent to $800 million in 2007. With the power trio of Lithomans in Kendallville, Tobin feels his company is poised to pounce on the resulting opportunities.