Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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….. and that Construction-sector unemployment is down 29% from peak in April 2006. Two recent articles on AGC’s web-site: HEADLINE: Data Digest: Construction spending hits 11-year low; ARRA added jobs, 3 studies find July 07, 2011 Construction spending in May totaled $753 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, the sixth consecutive monthly decrease (following…
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Hopefully, it was up from Q1 2011 and up from the same period one year ago. Two days ago, I heard that one of the reprographics industry’s largest companies cut jobs, just after the end of Q2 2011. If that’s not rumor, but true, that’s not good news; frankly, it’s not good news for anyone…
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According to an article I just read on Reuters.com, the AIA ABI (Architecture Billing) Index reading for June 2011 fell to 46.3. See Reuter’s release down below….. I’ll repeat what I said last month ….. that’s bad news for the A/E/C Industry, and that’s bad news for reprographers. According to the AIA, there is an…
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Service Point Holmbergs opens new hi-tech production centre in Malmö, logistics gateway to Scandinavian market New 4000m2 centre is the most modern digital print centre in Europe, including warehousing, fulfilment and distribution facilities Warehousing and distribution capacity is key to Toyota (ITP) contract, where Service Point Holmbergs can print and deliver car manuals within three…
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I’m hearing rumbles that one of the five largest reprographics companies in the U.S. very recently reached an agreement to acquire a well-established New York area reprographics company. Rumor or Fact? More on this as the news unfolds.
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Bid Title Plotter and Scanner Services Bid Number 48400-110-0000000028 Agency 48401-TRANSPORTATION-2, DEPARTMENT OF Contact Person Charles Nixon Contact Phone Number 404-631-1582 Contact E-mail Address cnixon@dot.ga.gov Bid Process RFP Purchase Type Agency Contract Category Type Services/Special Projects Date Posted Jul 8, 2011 Bid Closing Date/Time Aug 10, 2011@2:00 PM Bid Status Open Government Type state Fiscal…
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So, yesterday afternoon, I watched a video that was an interview of Warren Buffet, sitting with, being peppered with questions by, a smart young reporter from either Bloomberg or the Washington Post. The interview session was nearly 30 minutes long and was quite interesting. During the interview, Buffet essentially said (what I’ve been saying for…
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On July 6th, I put up an article on Reprographics 101 about an article titled “The End of Blueprints”. Here’s a link to the post I did on July 6th. http://reprographics.blogspot.com/2011/07/end-of-blueprints-what-did-he-say.html Today, via e-mail, I received a long comment on that article, and, since what the “commentor” (Vern Kellie) had to say was so eloquently…
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On Monday, June 27th, after learning that Mr. Makin (CEO?, President?, Executive Director?) of the Printing Industries of America had issued a Press Release to criticize President Obama – a criticism I thought was totally unfounded and completely unwarranted – I did a brief post on Reprographics 101 about that and provided a link to…
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I may not have agreed with all of his policies, practices and decisions, but you have to give the guy credit – he was and is a true patriot and strong supporter of our democratic way of life. I don’t think he once doubted that everything he did, every decision he made, every action he…
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