Seattle Bindery Newsletter: Issue #9. We welcome your comments.

 1. Several newsletter recipients have asked me for an update on printCafe. Well, guess what? printCafe announced this week that it just filed a registration statement with the SEC for an initial public offering of its Class A stock. The number of shares to be sold and the price weren’t revealed. Last month, printCafe signed a deal with Moore Corp. (better known as Moore Business Forms, the third largest printer in the U.S.) to build a Moore-branded website that will enable online business and custom printing for all Moore customers.

 2. A new and improved Pacific Printing Industries appears to be recovering from its bout of malaise. Under new leadership, PPI is generating renewed interest in the organization coming from our regional graphic arts community. Goodness knows we can use all the help we can get, given the many tough issues confronting us these days!

 3. Two is better than one . . . This is certainly the case with our two folder-gluers. Our brand new state-of-the-art Moll Marathon folder-gluer joins our Haskins equipment to give double the capacity for projects with wide-ranging requirements. The Moll Marathon, in particular, offers incredible flexibility in terms of size and number of folds. No more trying to make the job fit the equipment, our folder-gluers can handle any job!

 4. Whew! We just finished a job running 24,000 Wire-O© books. The job came in Tuesday and was out the following Monday morning, despite the fact that thirteen spools of wire were delivered to us three days late. Just goes to show, the Seattle Bindery team can turn on a dime and will do everything humanly possible to make a deadline! Other noteworthy SB news: Our Tabbing equipment runs at a rate of 28,000 tabs per hour! And job listings, along with an employment application, are now posted on our website.

 5. Publishing tidbits: The TrendWatch Business Conditions Index reports that book publishing is at its highest level ever, “fueled by their investments in digital workflows, easier distribution via the Internet, reduced costs due to e-commerce activities, and a buoyant U.S. economy with emerging e-book technology and markets.” In contrast, catalog publishers are at their lowest levels, due to retail competition and lower profit margins because of required e-commerce investment. Looks like the e-commerce pendulum swings both ways.

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