Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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It has been my observation, over the many years I’ve been in and around the reprographics industry, that most reprographers are “very shy” when it comes to “price increases.” One of my reprographics industry friends mentioned, in an e-mail to me today, that it is highly likely that the industry’s material suppliers will increase their…
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I found this on Reuters.com the day before yesterday…. Feb. 28, 2011–Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services today affirmed its ‘BB-‘ corporate credit rating on Walnut Creek, Calif.-based reprographics and printing company American Reprographics Company (ARC). “We removed this rating, along with all related issue-level ratings on the company’s debt, from CreditWatch, where we placed it…
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First, let’s take a look at SPS’ Sales for 2010 vs. 2009, country-by-country: Using EUR/USD exch Service Point Solutions rate on Jan 1 (1.34) Sales by Country 2010 2009 % change 2010 2009 Spain 12.291 14.057 -12.56% 16.470 18.836 United States 16.428 19.201 -14.44% 22.014 25.729 United Kingdom 54.113 54.538 -0.78% 72.511 73.081 Netherlands 62.841…
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Yesterday’s announcement by Xerox generated a lot of traffic for “Reprographics 101”. Google Analytics (which compiles statistics for visits to Reprographics 101), reported the following: (Note: names of “service providers” are “in quotes”) · 17 visits to the blog from “OCE USA Inc” · 11 visits to the blog from “Xerox Corporation” · 5 visits…
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This is an “update” to this post, having just realized that I typed “Xerox” instead of typing “OCE” in the last paragraph of the post. So, the following paragraph is the “corrected” paragraph: “There is another issue as well. This one’s an interesting, if not an intriguing, one. There are reprographers “out there” who have…
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Just a quick highlight: Sales of Service Point Solutions’ US Division FY 2009 – 19,201 mil Euro FY 2010 – 16,428 mil Euro = 14.5% off Sales for all of Service Point Solutions (the entire company) FY 2009 – 213,788 mil Euro FY 2010 – 202,746 mil Euro = 5.2% off I will likely make…
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So, tonight I got this e-mail from a young reprographer who visits my blog. (Just to qualify what I just said; anyone who is younger than me is young. Anyone who is my age is old.) Here’s the first part of the e-mail he sent me: “Hey Joel, I want to say is that your…
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FURTHER UPDATE ….. AND BREAKING NEWS !!!! From: Quinn, Patti Subject: Xerox’s Wide Format Statement Date: March 1, 2011 4:10:56 PM EST To: Joel Salus Joel, per your request, here is Xerox’s statement regarding Wide Format: Xerox will stop taking orders for wide format products in the U.S. and Canada in 2011, with specific timing…
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Yesterday, I noticed an article in the Orange County Register (newspaper, the on-line edition) about the “name change” of two ARC-owned companies, OCB and CR. For those of you who haven’t seen this news, here’s the article: Two Orange County printers, OCB Reprographics and Consolidated Reprographics, are changing their names to their parent company, American…
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The “Photizo Group” is involved in the MPS (managed-print-services) business, and, since the MPS business is of interest to reprographers, the IRgA has, again this year, arranged for Ed Crowley, CEO of The Photizo Group”, to present at the upcoming IRgA Convention. This is the title of the “breakout session” that Ed will be presenting:…
Reprographics 101 