Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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6-16-11 10:00 AM EDT WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)– U.S. home construction rose modestly in May and the previous month’s results were better than initially estimated, but the long- troubled sector remains a sluggish part of the economy. Construction of homes and apartments last month increased 3.5% from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual rate…
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City of Boston’s Bids & RFPs Advertisement City of Boston ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT/PURCHASING DIVISION. INVITATION FOR SEALED BIDS FOR FURNISHING GOODS AND MATERIALS FISCAL YEAR 2012 NOTE:For information specific to this particular bid, please contact Jian Huang, @ 617-635-4554 at Fax-617-635-2777. 6/6/11 – 6/23/11 Bids The City of Boston (the City)/the County of Suffolk (the…
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I’ve previously mentioned “Project Collaboration” software products developed and offered by ARC and ReproMAX, and, just the other day, I “discovered” another “project collaboration” software product. For several years by now, Lynn Imaging, a powerhouse regional reprographics company with locations in Kentucky and Ohio, has been offering an e-planroom software product – known as “eDistribution”…
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While visiting the web-site of a reprographics company in Germany, I came across another company that develops and sells software for the A/E/C community. This company was mentioned by the German reprographer: conject – the Company conject is a leading provider of management software for the real estate and construction industry. conject develops and manages…
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Check out the latest “digital signage” video on Cisco’s web-site: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/video/ps9339/ps6681/digital_signs.html Facing declining A/E/C industry revenues, in particular, declining revenues from printed plans and specifications, most reprographers have pushed into the “large-format” digital color printing space in an effort to diversify and grow their revenues. Many reprographers made this push well before the A/E/C industry…
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Using the word “confidence” in the same sentence with the index number of 13 is kind of like an oxymoron. Perhaps they should change the name of this index to the “un-confident” index instead of the “confidence” index? 6-15-11 10:00 AM EDT WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The already-weak index of builder confidence for new single-family homes…
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I received an e-mail this morning from one of my very frequent blog-visitors, and he e-mailed me to share a help wanted ad with me; here’s what he said ….. “I know you are not in the business of posting job ads, but it is always interesting to see repro firms help wanted ads!” And,…
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From one of my reprographer friends, who is active in the Denver, CO market area, to provide a little “local color” on one of the reprographics companies ARC recently acquired: “Joel, Denver City Reprographics was down to a minor player in town, just the owners and 3-4 employees. They were one of those fringe players……
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Story found on the Tampa Bay Business Journal web-site: Economist Basu (Chief Economist of Associated Builders & Contractors) sees upturn for end of year Tampa Bay Business Journal – by Mark Holan Date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 12:22pm EDT by Mark Holan, Staff Writer, Email: markholan@bizjournals.com I spoke the other day with Anirban Basu, chairman…
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….. and a new subway station as well. Huge ($1.5 billion) real estate development project in Somerville (Boston area) to break ground in fall 2011. After a several year delay, this project, owned by Federal Realty Investment Trust (a very well-run, formidable REIT based in the Washington, DC area), will commence construction this fall. (I…
Reprographics 101 