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2 weeks ago | 
inplantimpressions.com | Kalie VanDewater |In-plant Profiles
Being an in-plant manager is all about being creative — especially when customers come to you with elaborate ideas. “We had a staff member call me into a meeting and she said, ‘I saw this on TikTok, and I thought if anybody in the Academy can re-create this, it would be you,’” recalls Shawn Parkison, Digital Center manager at the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) in Leawood, Kansas.
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2 months ago | 
inplantimpressions.com | Bob Neubauer |In-plant Profiles
To reduce print outsourcing and save money for the University of Florida, Marshall Gray has been slowly building up its in-plant by upgrading equipment, hiring an experienced manager, adding services, rebranding, and promoting the shop across campus. It has paid off.
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2 months ago | 
inplantimpressions.com | Bob Neubauer |In-plant Profiles
When you ask Martin Schneider why Careington, a provider of dental, vision, and other health and wellness-focused savings plans, runs an in-house printing and fulfillment operation, he sums it up in five words: “Flexibility, reliability, accountability, security, and service,” lists Schneider, assistant vice president of Print, Production and Logistics for the Frisco, Texas-based company. Those are important words, though.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
inplantimpressions.com | In-plant Profiles
Kristen Hampton, division director of the State of Michigan's Department of Technology, Management and Budget, has been elected president-elect of the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association (IPMA) board of directors. “As we look forward to an exciting future, I am thrilled to welcome Kristen Hampton as our new president-elect," says John Cruser, IPMA's international president. "Her commitment to excellence and innovation in the in-plant industry will be invaluable to IPMA.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
inplantimpressions.com | Gabby Houck |In-plant Profiles
Continue to your page in 15 seconds or skip this ad. Scroll Down To Continue ▼ Scroll Down To Continue ▼ Some people wind up in printing because they grew up with a family business or one day saw the inner workings of a print shop and fell in love. Al Goranson, director of Campus Printing and Mailing Services at Western Carolina University, wound up in print simply because he owned a computer back in the late 1980s.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
inplantimpressions.com | Bob Neubauer |In-plant Profiles
As election day nears, one Ohio in-plant’s crucial contribution to the election process is gaining recognition. Not only does the Montgomery County Board of County Commissioners’ Graphic Design, Printing & Mailing Services operation print important communications for voters, in-plant employees are directly involved in making sure their votes count. “We pick up the [absentee] ballots when they are mailed back,” says Paul Jones, material services manager at the Dayton, Ohio, in-plant.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
inplantimpressions.com | Kalie VanDewater |In-plant Profiles
For nearly 45 years, Dale Johnson has put his heart and soul into Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, working himself up from storeroom clerk to his current position as Graphic Services manager. “I started working at Woman’s Hospital in 1980, in March, and they had a new machine that they had purchased,” he recalls. “There were no copiers at that time.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
inplantimpressions.com | Bob Neubauer |In-plant Profiles
Michael F. DiMario, former head of the U.S. Government Publishing Office, passed away on July 5th in Annapolis, Maryland, at the age of 87. On November 22, 2002, as Mr. DiMario prepared to leave his post as the 23rd Public Printer of the United States, Congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland presented a tribute to Mr. DiMario before Congress. Here are his remarks, as they appeared in the Congressional Record for that date.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
inplantimpressions.com | Gabby Houck |In-plant Profiles
Kenneth Stopinski’s journey in print began one day in high school when he went on a field trip to a local print shop. “I remember standing next to a small duplicator and watching the operator,” Stopinski recalls. “And I was so fascinated by the ink rollers turning and going back and forth, oscillating, and then the blank sheets of paper going through the impression cylinder.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
inplantimpressions.com | Kalie VanDewater |In-plant Profiles
One of the biggest concerns across the printing industry is the lack of young people interested in learning the trade. To address this predicament, the in-plant at Great Crossing High School in Georgetown, Kentucky, has taken steps to bring Gen Z into the fold. When Great Crossing opened its doors in 2019, Dewayne Hancock, information technology (IT) instructor at the school, was among its original staff members.
