September Printing Shipments Up +$198 Million; Five Months of Increased Shipments

Inplant Printing Departments Selling More of the Output into the Commercial Market

More than half of inplant printing departments have some sales to other businesses and individuals. Seventeen percent of these inplant printing departments reported that their sales of printed goods to others outside their host corporation or organization were up more than 10%, and 29% said it was up between 5-10%. Only 3% said that their outside sales were declining. In contrast, 25% said their purchases from commercial printers have increased. Answers varied, sometimes considerably, depending if the inplant department was in educational, finance, manufacturing, or other kinds of organizations. These data will be found in the soon-to-be released PrintForecast Quarterly Survey. Subscribers will receive complete, detailed data by business class, size of business, and other key segmentaion characteristics.