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The Value of
PRINT
By the Numbers
Total Printing Shipments
$ in Billions
147.5
147
146.5
146
145.5
145
144.5
144
143.5 2010
2011
2012
143
144.6 145.1 147.2
$ in Billions
A
merica’s Largest Small Manufacturing Business
In contrast to many American manufacturing industries that are
concentrated in large plants located in a few cities or a state,
printing is composed of virtually all scales of operations: small,
medium, and large plants scatted throughout the country.
more printing plants
In fact, there are in the United
States than McDonald’s outlets, making America’s
printing industry the most geographically
dispersed manufacturing industry
with plants located
in every state and sizable city.
By the Numbers
By the Numbers
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