SUNY Press Selects IBT as New Book Manufacturing Partner
Director says decision "forward-looking and sensible"
Albany, New York, USA, October 31, 2003 - State University of New York Press
(SUNY Press) has announced it has chosen Integrated Book Technology, Inc. (IBT or IBT Global) as its
primary book manufacturing vendor. Following a rigorous competitive bidding process, SUNY Press
determined that IBT could best meet its needs.
Priscilla Ross, SUNY Press's Director, said, "IBT's pricing and quality are excellent. Their recent
production expansion improves our scheduling and their commitment to technology fits very well with
SUNY's mission to capitalize on the latest advances in printing and publishing. It is a very
forward-looking and sensible business decision."
IBT's President, John R. Paeglow III, said, "We are thrilled. SUNY Press adds another prestigious
publisher to our client list. They are a great group of professionals who we are proud to work
with."
Paeglow acknowledged that recent installations of a state-of-the-art Kolbus binding system along
with a Delphax high-speed web press were instrumental in capturing the SUNY Press work. SUNY Press
is expected to utilize IBT for casebound and paperback books in quantities up to 2,500 units.
SUNY Press publishes scholarly and trade books in support of the State University of New York's
commitments to teaching, research, and public service. With an editorial board made up of SUNY faculty
from throughout the state, SUNY Press has a large catalog, featuring authors from around the world.
It has become one of the largest public university presses in the United States, with an annual output
of around 200 books and a backlist of more than 2,800 titles. The Press publishes chiefly in the
humanities and social sciences, and has attained national recognition in the areas of education,
philosophy, religion, Jewish studies, Asian studies, political science, and sociology, with
increasing growth in the areas of literature, film studies, communication, women's studies,
and environmental studies.
Integrated Book Technology, also known as IBT Global, manufactures books in the United States
and Europe for over 250 of the world's leading scientific, technical, medical, professional
and scholarly publishers, including more than 40 university presses. Since being formed in 1990,
IBT has been recognized as a pioneer in the development and evolution of digital book manufacturing.
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