Seattle Bindery Newsletter: Issue #23. We welcome your comments.

1. Graph Expo. I felt just like a kid in a candy store with no money, but returned from Chicago with visions of new equipment and products dancing in my head. While we didn’t purchase anything, I certainly had a great time networking and checking out the latest and greatest new equipment. Lots of homework awaits us as we investigate which fits our current configuration and which will bring us the best ROI. (We ex-CPAs just love this stuff!)

2. Hot off the press! Seattle Bindery’s new Tips for Tabs booklet will soon be appearing in your mailbox. Chock full of useful information about tabs and how to order them, the updated guide is a great resource to keep on hand. Of course, if you’re not on our mailing list, just ask for Judy. She’ll make sure you get your very own personal copy.

3. Quick printing projections. Our favorite print pundit, IAPHC’s Kevin Keane, predicts the cost of digital printing will go down, the quality will go up and the number of digital color printers will soar. Since the new digital presses are also being designed for direct mail, flyers, brochures,
catalogs and stationery components, we should expect to see a growing chunk of commercial printing being redirected to digital printing. Oh, and the wide-format digital color printing market is expected to reach over $21 billion by 2004. What was that about scaling down to the cellular level?

4. Speaking of tabs. A reminder that two of our tabbing machines run at a clip of 10,000 tabs per hour. (0ur other has a throughput of 6,000 tabs/hour.) We can crank out customized tabs that are cut, reinforced, collated and drilled . . . for any project, on any deadline. We can run tabs
that are printed on one or two sides, tabs in a range of sizes and configurations, and tabs with Mylar reinforcement in 16 designer colors. If you have questions about tabs, give us a call, we’ll be happy to consult with you on design.

5. Paper pearls. In Britain’s Printing World, Jefferson Smurfit Group’s deputy chairman Dermot Smurfit warned us that paper industry “Shareholders will no longer tolerate the returns they are getting from [the paper] sector.” Citing negative returns for nine of the past ten years, he says
“papermakers will not produce paper unless they have prior demand.” Viewed alongside the continuing M&A activity in this industry sector, we’d better strap in for a bumpy paper supply and demand ride.


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