Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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From a press release found on ABC Imaging’s web-site: ABC Imaging acquires Graphic Reproduction, San Francisco area industry leaderWashington, DC—July 12, 2010—ABC Imaging announced today that it has acquired Graphic Reproduction of Concord, CA. Founded in 1959 Graphic Reproduction has a long tradition of being in the forefront of digital printing and reprographic technology. Like…
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One of my blog-site readers just asked this question about the AEC Reprographics PPop Index: “Joel, What is the source of the data you use? Who compilies the numbers? What vendors contribute to the data set?” Response: 1) the data I’m using to compute the index is furnished to me. (In other words, I am…
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This is the 2nd quarter 2010 update to the index of the U.S.A. A/E/C reprographics industry’s sales revenues of “plans-printed-on-paper”. The A/E/C Repro PPoP Index ….. This index does not attempt to track “total sales” of A/E/C reprographers. It attempts to track only sales of “plans printed on paper,” which, traditionally and even nowadays, is…
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BACKGROUND: I subscribe to Morningstar Research and, yesterday, Morningstar released a video where Dr. John Hussman, President of Hussman Investment Trust, was interviewed by Ryan Leggio, and Investment Analyst with Morningstar. After I watched that video, I visited the Hussman Funds web-site (http://www.hussmanfunds.com/index.html) and found (and read) two different articles, both authored by Dr. Hussman.…
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Service Point held its Annual Shareholders’ meeting (2010 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting) last week in Barcelona, Spain, and, in conjunction with that annual meeting, Service Point prepared a “presentation” file. If you read Spanish, you will be able to read the presentation. I was unable to find an English language version of the file. I think…
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On Thursday, July 1st, 2010, I posted an article, written by a veteran of the “managed print services” (MPS) business, and, in that article, the author, quite basically, suggests that one should not approach selling MPS services by “saying that” you (the vendor) can cut 30% of the customer’s current cost; in other words, the…
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An article about the capital increase (share issuance) that Service Point is apparently planning to do:One of my blog-readers brought this one to my attention this morning. This article comes from the web-site of ZEPHYR, http://zephyr.bvdep.com/ About ZEPHYR……… ZEPHYR contains information on M&A activity, IPOs, joint ventures and private equity deals, with no minimum deal…
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The article below came from this web-site: http://www.imagesourcemag.com/ It is a very well written article and the “points made” in the article are, well, right on point. MPS: The 30% Catastrophe vs. The Reality By Tom Callinan, Strategy DevelopmentCategory: MPS Industry Analysis | Issue: | Posted Online: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Many commentators in the…
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Immediately following this intro paragraph, you will find the “full text” of a Press Release Service Point issued on June 29, 2010. Immediately after the Press Release, you will find a few comments from me about the information in the press release. Service Point to renew M&A activity in 2010 · The company is currently…
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I don’t profess to know the exact fall-off in employment in the Architecture profession since the current “recession” in the Design/Development/Construction Industry began, but I’m sure that most of you would agree that the words “severe fall-off” would adequately describe what happened. One of my earliest mentors in the reprographics business was an architect who…
Reprographics 101 