Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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From the “overview” section of the Federal Reserve “Beige Book” Report issued on June 8, 2011…. Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts indicated that economic activity generally continued to expand since the last report, though a few Districts indicated some deceleration. Some slowing in the pace of growth was noted in the New York,…
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During one of his recent “earnings calls,” Suri, President & CEO of ARC, indicated that ARC would, once again, be considering acquisitions. He also said that increasing “market share” would be one of ARC’s objectives for 2011. One way of increasing market share – buy existing competitors in your present markets. In an e-mail I…
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Well, I was wrong. There was some sort of Press Release, after all. Badger Blueprint bought by American Reprographics The Business Journal Date: Friday, June 10, 2011, 10:52am CDT American Reprographics Co. said this week that it acquired Waukesha-based Badger Blueprint Co., a provider of reprographics and document services to architects, engineers and contractors. Badger…
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The above referenced article was published on www.whattheythink.com, this morning. Here are the three “lead” paragraphs from this morning’s article, and, below that, you’ll find the internet address for the complete article…. Friday, June 10, 2011, Press release from the issuing company Lexington, KY – WhatTheyThink, the leading online media organization serving the printing and…
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This morning, SPS put up a Press Release on its web-site to essentially say that its growth plans are on track, so far, for year 2011. I did not find an English-language translation of the Press Release. I only found a Spanish-language version. Here’s the first part of the Press Release, in Spanish…. Las ventas…
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On Wednesday this week, I asked this question – “has American Reprographics Company resumed its acquisition initiative?” The answer to that question is, “yes.” Early this week, ARC acquired “Badger Blueprint” in Wisconsin. I think Badger is located in the Milwaukee WS suburbs. There will likely be other acquisitions like this one as we move…
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There’s another really excellent article on www.aecbytes.com; this article was written by the CIO of an A&E firm and is targeted towards other A&E firms. But, reprographers, you are aware that I’m of the opinion that the more you know about what “customers” are doing, the better off you’ll be. Here’s just the beginning of…
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Most reprographers who’ve attended the past couple of IRgA Conventions have heard Ed Crowley, President/CEO of the Photizo Group, present on the topic of “Managed Print Services” (MPS.) This morning, I visited this web-site: www.mpsinsights.com, which is a web-site operated by the Photizo Group. I entered “IRGA” in the search box on that web-site and…
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If there are topics that YOU would like me to write about on Reprographics 101, your suggestions are welcome. Quite a number of the articles and posts we’ve done on this blog, since it was first started, have been “provoked” by visitors who have either provided me “news on the street” information or who have…
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Per Google Analytics statistics (a free service we use to monitor activity on Reprographics 101), someone in “Sunset Beach”, CA, over the past 48 hours, spent 3 hours and 4 minutes, viewing a total of 44 “articles/posts” on Reprographics 101. Inasmuch as part of the reason for Reprographics 101 is to assist in the education…
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