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In-Plant Printing Defined
InfoTrends/CAP Ventures uses a consistent methodology in tracking establishments. To provide consistency with other standardized market data sources, our definitions of the industries and types of establishments are based almost directly on the U.S. Department of Commerce industry classification standards.
An establishment is a single physical location at which business is conducted. It is not necessarily identical to a company or enterprise, which may consist of one or more establishments. This definition contrasts with "firm" or "company," which define all establishments at all locations under common control.
Our definition of an In-plant includes departments within an establishment that are primarily engaged in reproducing text, drawings, plans, books, brochures, presentations, directories, or other copies by blueprinting, photocopying, mimeographing, offset printing, digital printing or any other methods. The primary business of the establishment is anything but printing or print-related services.
InfoTrends/CAP Ventures has identified 10,067 in-plant printing establishments that produce the equivalent of $12.6 billion in revenue in the U.S. Our definition of a production establishment is one that has a dedicated operator who primarily prints the work of others. We do not limit it based on the type of installed equipment.
Why the In-Plant Market Is So Critical
The In-plant market helped drive the adoption of black and white digital printing and has been the target of facilities management and outsourcing firms. InfoTrends/CAP Ventures estimates that in 2002 the In-Plant segment accounted for 43% of POD cut sheets installations in the US, 28% of the convenience color copier/printer placements, 36% of the production color devices from 24-59 ppm, and 21% of the production color devices in excess of 60 ppm.
In 2002, almost $2 billion of the in-plant revenue was under a facilities management agreement. This segment has been a primary target of outsourcing companies.
Project Objectives
This study will examine the full range of corporate printing services, from Central Reproduction Departments to the mailroom that also performs production copying and printing. It will determine what is really transpiring in the world of corporate printing services, define the various segments of the corporate printing services market, and gain insight into what is produced on-site versus off-site and why. It will also probe the speed and nature of the migration to electronic distribution of internal and external corporate information at the expense of overall print volumes, as well as the impact of the proliferation of distributed multifunction peripherals on print volumes in centralized corporate print services facilities.
The study will determine the current penetration and volume of digital printing and the expected future share of both monochrome and color volumes. The study results will help our subscribers better define opportunities in the market and formulate a vision of the in-plant shop of the future.
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