Chuck Rollins

THE GOOD NEWS is, United States printing shipments grew at a robust pace over the first quarter of the year, up 4.2 percent ahead of last year’s first quarter, and total U.S. printing industry production could reach more than $170 billion for 2006, reported Ronnie H. Davis, Ph.D., vice president and chief economist for the Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF), Sewickley, Pa. Printers’ prices were also up an average of 2.2 percent from last year’s levels—the highest rate since before the 2001 to 2002 recession—indicating a strong print market is providing printers some pricing leverage. The bad news is, operating costs such

THE GOOD NEWS is, United States printing shipments grew at a robust pace over the first quarter of the year, up 4.2 percent ahead of last year’s first quarter, and total U.S. printing industry production could reach more than $170 billion for 2006, reported Ronnie H. Davis, Ph.D., vice president and chief economist for the Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF), Sewickley, Pa. Printers’ prices were also up an average of 2.2 percent from year-ago levels—the highest rate since before the 2001 to 2002 recession—indicating a strong print market is providing printers some pricing leverage. The bad news is, operating costs such as

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