Printing Industry Demographics
Printing Industry Demographics
When the IAPHC held its fabled Cruise Convention (Vancouver to Alaska via the Inside Passage) the featured speaker on board was "himself" as the Irish like to say, the omniscient, and self styled "curmudgeon" of the global graphic arts, RIT Professor Emeritus Frank Romano. And our members were able to take part in many side bar discussions (maybe even beside the sea side bar!) and learn from a funny, wise, opinionated, memory enriched, and utterly amazing fellow.
The news that Prof. Romano has authored along with David Broudy a new study about the printing industry was welcome, as we very much appreciate the intellectual rigor brought to the inquiry.
From the RIT Printing Industry website news release:
An Investigation Into Printing Industry Demographics--2009
Area: Industry Studies
Document # PICRM-2010-04
posted on: March 1, 2010
What is the printing industry? The goal of this study is to update the 2003 study that defined the printing industry universe. There are about a dozen major sources of information about the printing industry, only one of which is the Federal Government. Although printing is one of the most documented industries in the United States, source arrives at a different view for the size and scope of the industry. This report investigates the challenges in developing a meaningful set of criteria for defining and quantifying the printing industry based on the 2003 report. Using the criteria from over 15 points of definition, all relevant data sources will be reviewed. The goal is to understand the demographics of all services that reproduce information on paper.
Frank Romano
Professor Emeritus, School of Print Media
Rochester Institute of Technology
David Broudy
M.S. Printing Technology, School of Print Media
Rochester Institute of Technology
Here is the link to the PDF of the monograph; if you are a vendor, educator, supplier, or participant in the industry, its well worth taking the time to absorb the data compiled and shared by these two gentlemen:
www.iaphc.org/images/iaphc/Documents/rit%20printing%20indst%20ctr%20monograph-romano.broudy.pdf
