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Originally Posted by 5/0
Spence,
I invested 12 yrs. in a printing Co.right oughta college,I worked in electronic pre press we had 12 Guy's in our Dept as computer tech industry grew at such a rapid rate we advanced to stay w/ the Jones's (back in da day)we went from courier to T1 then T3 then email proofs to dirtect to Plate,I was flying to N.Y & PA. every year for soft ware upgrades just to keep up w/ the Jones's!Also not to mention we mostly printed for investors like Fidelity,Pioneer,Eaton Vance,Putnum,Sun Life ect......
We went from 12 to 3 of us we still outputed better quality,higher volume because we had more automation tighter tolorances & had less man power........
The enevidable fell apon us we closed  |
A lot of this is just the natural cycle of globalization though. High-speed networks make it easy for this sort of work to be done anywhere and at a lower cost. The companies that stay alive are the ones that innovate to deliver new services at higher margins so they don't fold when the technology becomes common.
It obviously hurts when it happens to you, but without this cycle we'd see no new technology!
This is why our government needs to get into the game of incentives for new energy technology. We still have a lot of cheap energy on the planet and it's clear that industry will bleed it dry before we see a real sea change towards sustainable methods of living.
-spence