PUBLICATION PRINTING OUTLOOK --Challenging Issues

On the positive side, the company is still investing in the market. It recently announced the completion of a multi-year project to consolidate the organization's periodical back-copy storage and fulfillment operations into a single 200,000-square-foot site in Hurlock, MD.

This secure, climate-controlled facility is said to currently serve approximately 160 publishers representing 1,200 titles with more than 12 million copies in inventory. A Web-based order entry and inventory access system is also in development.