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Article: Printing Industries of America reports on printing industry structure.(ink Market)
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- Ink World
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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According to a report by the Printing Industries of America (PIA), the population of printing plants in the U.S. has been undergoing a dramatic transformation over the past decade. This transformation involves both the changes in the total number of plants and in the size distribution of plants.
The total U.S. printing plants peaked in 1993 at 54,462. Since that year the total number of plants has declined every year, reaching 45,964 at the end of 2001. This marked a decline of 8,498 plants or 15.6 percent.
PIA reported that an even more dramatic change has taken place in the size distribution of printing plants. The decline in plants has occurred ...