Colorado State Plans to Close Printing Unit
Budget cuts resulted in 23% drop in the printing revenues over three years; $256,000 loss predicted this year.
Lisa Cross, Senior Editor -- Graphic Arts Online, November 10, 2009
Colorado State University is proposing to close its printing operation. Printing revenues dropped 23% over the past three years, and the captive printing plant is expected to lose $256,000 this year. The closure of the printing operation, proposed to take effect Dec. 31, will eliminate eight full-time positions; two others will drop to part time.
Colorado State University administrators report the school would need to invest more than $1 million to upgrade obsolete equipment. "Digital printing technologies are rapidly replacing traditional offset for many forms of print marketing," administrators say. University units have been forced to reduce their marketing budgets and are investing in less expensive ways to communicate. Use of e-mail and electronic publications has dramatically dropped the amount of print work produced.
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