Offset Technology: Never Say Die

“I’m not sure that holds true for the consolidators, but Cenveo, Quebecor and Donnelley all have been closing plants,” Lamparter adds. “Why is all this going on? Because there are too many cylinders chasing too little work. Total commercial print in 2006 is down, compared with the late 1990s.”

It’s worth noting, according to Richard C. Holliday of 3P Inc., a printing/printing equipment consultancy, that since these consolidations have been going on, “many individually owned and operated companies have been growing and doing beautifully. When it comes to succeeding as a service business, it’s enterprise, pluck and spirit, and drive that can trump the logic of economics.”