Printing
is Americas third largest manufacturing industry employing
more than 1 million people in 42,976 establishments, and selling nearly
$161 billion of products in 2005. The industry is dominated by small-
and medium-sized businesses, most employing fewer than 20 employees.
Printing Industries of Americas
(PIA) is the premier source for information about the state of the
printing industry, providing printers, suppliers, consultants, and
others with in-depth information. One way of doing so is through
their annual Print Market Atlas. The numbers, compiled through
a statistical formula created by PIAs Economics Department
using four key data sources, represents the most comprehensive estimates
about the size of the nations printing industry.
New Englands Printing Industry
Twenty-five New England Metro areas made
the Top 300 U.S. Metropolitan Print Market
Areas in the 2006 Print Market Atlas with Boston, MA,
making the Top 10 coming in sixth. Springfield, MA, comes in second
highest at #32.
Below is a side-by-side comparison of shipments
vs. number of establishments for the five New England states. For
more information on individual states, use the following links:
Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Vermont.
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