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In an age of industry consolidation, LPT—a family-owned commercial printer—is bracing for the competitive, digital challenges of printing in the year 2000. BY MARIE RANOIA ALONSO Hello January 1999! Quite an interesting time for a privately held commercial printer. How does a family-owned operation position itself for growth and stability in a time of massive industry consolidation? What expansion strategies can aid a traditional offset and digital printer to compete in an increasingly more on-demand, service-oriented environment? How are mid-size commercial printers bracing for the technological challenges of printing in the year 2000? The L.P. Thebault Group of Companies (LPT), of Parsippany, NJ, is ready to answer those