Top 100 Manufacturers Analysis

Dr. Joe Webb, director of Lexington, Kentucky-based WhatTheyThink’s Economics and Research Center, reported printing industry profits for the last four quarters, Q3-2006 to Q2-2007, were $5.15 billion on an inflation-adjusted basis, compared to the same period a year ago, when profits were only $3.86 billion—a 23.4 percent increase.