Top book printers -- El-Hi, Trade Fuel Optimism

"We started (installing equipment) several years ago…The investment was really made to ensure that Dubuque was a first-class player in the education market, and the timing couldn't be better," reports Kevin Clarke, president of the book and directory group at Quebecor World.

"Publishers in general are predicting double-digit growth because of an increase in the number of state adoptions this year and in the next several years," says Peter Tobin, executive vice president of the North Chelmsford, MA-based Courier Corp. Tobin adds that the amount of state funding, a critical component of educational publishing, has increased.