Quarterly Index of A/E/C reprographer sales revenues from "plans printed on paper" (Q2 2010 update)

This is the 2nd quarter 2010 update to the index of the U.S.A. A/E/C reprographics industry's sales revenues of "plans-printed-on-paper".

The A/E/C Repro PPoP Index .....

This index does not attempt to track "total sales" of A/E/C reprographers. It attempts to track only sales of "plans printed on paper," which, traditionally and even nowadays, is the core (main) revenue generator for all A/E/C reprographers.

And, by "plans printed on paper", I mean A/E/C "plans", large-format, b/w and color, unbound or bound, full-size, half-size, whatever l/f size.

There will be a recovery in the A/E/C industry and thereby in the A/E/C reprographics industry. However, some are saying that even though there will be a recovery in the A/E/C industry, the recovery of sales revenues from "plans printed on paper" may not mirror the A/E/C industry's recovery, since some are expecting (I guess I should say, some are saying) that revenues from printing plans on paper are being negatively impacted by customers distributing CD's (or files) instead of distributing "hard copy" plans.

For this index, Q1 2006 is the ground-zero (base) point.

YR-- 2006-----2007-----2008----- 2009-----2010

Q1-- 1.00-------1.09-------1.10------0.65------0.55

Q2-- 1.06-------1.18-------0.98------0.65------0.60

Q3-- 1.08-------0.97-------0.85------0.57------

Q4-- 0.89-------0.93-------0.64------0.49------

This index indicates that the sales volume of "printed plans on paper" was off 40% in Q2 2010 compared to Q1 2006.

This index also suggests that the volume of "printed plans on paper" during the first half of 2010 is down just over 10% from the first half of 2009.

Your comments and questions are invited.

(This index is based on A/E/C Repro Vendor sales to A/E/C Reprographers)

[UPDATE COMMENT ON JULY 14, 2010:

HEY, WHAT I FAILED TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE Q2 2010 INDEX, .60, IS NEARLY 50% OFF THE "PEAK INDEX" IN Q2 2007.]