Reprographics 101
(more than you ever wanted to know about the reprographics industry)
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Even though the ABI Index report for May is not yet posted on the AIA’s web-site, I found this news release on Reuters.com this morning. Read on……. U.S. architecture billings fall, credit still tightJune 23, 2010, 12:01am EDT* April architecture billings index down 2.6 pts* New project inquiries also down in May* Lenders cautious about…
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If you are interested in the non-residential real estate development and construction sector of the economy, you should take at least some time, each month, to follow what’s going on in the industry that “finances” non-residential projects. You’ve heard the term “CMBS”, which stands for “commercial mortgage backed securities,” and that market, and that market…
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This article appeared in the Seattle Times on June 12, 2010. Did we dodge a bullet on commercial real estate? Maybe or no way…By Jon Talton Good-news seekers can take some comfort in the fact that, so far, we’ve avoided a major commercial real-estate crash. This is no small thing when measured against economists’ fears…
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On April 9, 2010, I posted an article about the closing of Rink Design, a leading Florida architecture firm prior to the depression that clobbered Florida’s A/E/C design/construction industry. Jack Diamond, senior principal of the former Rink Design firm, has announced the starting of his new firm. I found two articles about the new firm;…
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This is a very interesting development, read on….. Press Release from ABC Imaging: ABC Imaging & Raak GmbH sign agreement to promote and implement FM operations in GermanyWashington, DC—June 16, 2010—ABC Imaging and Raak GmbH and its affiliates today announced that they have signed an operating agreement enabling Raak to represent ABC Imaging in Germany…
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Service Point, the second largest reprographics services enterprise in the world, just issued a press release to announce its newest innovative product line – The Concept Store! Here’s a portion of the press release: 15 June 2010. – The Norwegian subsidiary of Service Point Solutions, S.A. (stock market ticker: SPS.MC) has inaugurated an innovative digital…
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This is my stab at an index for the U.S.A. A/E/C reprographics industry for 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 the core…
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You can access the next report at this internet address: http://www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/beigebook/2010/ If you are in the A/E/C reprographics business and prefer to keep your head above the sand (rather than have your head buried in the sand), you should take the time to read the Fed’s June report, due out on June 9th. If you…
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In the “Deals and Dealmakers” section of the Wall Street Journal on May 21, 2010, Michael R. Crittenden (I think he is a WSJ staff writer) authored an article titled, “Problem Banks up to 775”. Within that article, he states that, as of the end of Q1 2010, 775 banks in the U.S., or roughly…
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Well, the annual IRGA Convention ended late this afternoon, and although the number of attendees was still down from two, three, four, etc years ago, attendance at this year’s convention appeared to be about the same as last year. Next year’s IRGA convention will be held in Las Vegas. Hopefully, the recession the reprographics industry…
Reprographics 101 