State of the Industry

Traditional business forms products still hold a viable spot in the market, accounting for a significant percentage of sales. However, a recent report from Printing Industries of America (PIA) projects a decline of 5.7 percent in business forms shipment to occur between 2000 and 2003. Such forms include pre-printed forms, unit sets and internal forms—including memos and travel reporting forms, checks, stationery, letterhead and business cards. The report also indicated that multipart unit set forms, once an industry staple, have been replaced with database systems, where information is entered into PC databases and automatically distributed where required.