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Article: Printing trade association grows along with industry. (Printing Industries Association Inc. of Southern California) (Industry Overview)
- Article from:
- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- April 13, 1992
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WHAT INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTES $5.5 BILLION TO THE FIVE-COUNTIES THAT MAKE-UP THE LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN AREA, AND PUTS THE EQUIVALENT OF 60,000 PEOPLE TO WORK EVERY DAY?
ANSWER: THE PRINTING INDUSTRY--AN INDUSTRY LARGER THAN MOST OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INDUSTRIES (6 OUT OF 20) IN THE REGION. MOREOVER, WHEN THE ALLIED INDUSTRIES OF PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ARE ADDED TOGETHER, THEY PUMP OVER $9 BILLION IN THE LOS ANGELES BASIN AND EMPLOY WELL-OVER 100,000 PEOPLE. TRULY, PRINTING, BOTH ALONE AND COMBINED WITH PUBLISHING, PLAYS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY, A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE REGION'S (AND STATE'S) ECONOMIC WELL-BEING, IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH, ECONOMIC ...