In conjunction with Middle Tennessee State University, this is PIA’s second attempt to shed more light on what makes profit leaders the profit leaders. In March 2016, PIA distributed the 2016 Strategic Planning Survey. Two hundred and seventeen printing companies completed the survey. The aim of this study was to find those strategic management practices (SMPs) activities engaged by upper management to develop and implement strategy, and the implications of each SMP on success.

The 2016 Print Market Atlas marks the fourth year we have used data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the County Business Patterns database (which has a two-year lag in data output) to develop this report. In the 2016 Atlas, we have reported data from fiscal year 2013 and 2014.

The 2019 State of the Industry Report provides a detailed outlook of current conditions within the printing industry from an economic, legislative, and regulatory perspective. Prepared by the Printing Industries of America’s in-house experts each year, the report consists of an overview from the Center for Print Economics and Management as well as Government Affairs and Advocacy along with a potential forecast of what to expect over the course of 2019.

The scope and objective of the Printing Industry ChartBook is to provide a short, graphic presentation on essential information on current trends and future developments in the American economy and printing industry. For the most part, the graphics speak for themselves, so the text is limited.

While it is obvious that a dollar spent on print translates to the overall economy, what about the subsequent spending such as paper and supply purchases and spending by printing employees? Printing Industries of America’s conventional tally of print’s national economic footprint is impressive. In this report we look beyond the conventional direct footprint and measure print’s economic reach—the indirect and induced economic contributions.