Off will be uniformed security apparel and sign work since the Transportation Security Administration and its private derivatives are completely fitted out.
Home improvements ($907 billion, +25 percent; with $7.5 billion to print, +1 percent), with disaster demand, needs no new print, and falls to Number 14. Floors, walls and windows ($1.8 billion to print, +37 percent) are ratcheting up web and screen work along with home appliances ($2.1 billion to print, +11 percent), furniture ($0.8 billion to print, +24 percent), and tools and materials ($1.8 billion to print, +29 percent). Remodeling services ($1 billion, +25 percent) will demand sheetfed, duplicator and digital output.
Vincent Mallardi, C.M.C., is a the chairman of the Printing Brokerage/Buyers Association International (PBBA) and is a Certified Management Consultant in the paper, printing and converting industries. He is also an adjunct professor in economics. Contact him via email at vince@pbba.org