PEiR Member In Print: Oregon StatesmanJournal Finds Our David Fox

You're a multi-talented bunch, PEiR has always known that, and periodically someone else discovers what we already know - as with this recent story on member David Fox in the Oregon StatesmanJournal.

David owns Fox Blueprinting Co. in Salem, Oregon and is quite a talented musician, serving as the front man for a San Francisco Bay Area punk band called "Coffee and Donuts" back in the day.

Fox has been at the helm of his namesake company since 1993, but has been in "the business" - the reprographics business, that is - for 23 years.

You're an interesting bunch, we've always said it!

Paradigm Imaging Group Home Theater Giveway

Paradigm Imaging Group is offering a Sony Bravia home theater system to PEiR Group members who sell the imagePRO line of large format scanners. The more you sell, Paradigm says, the more chances you have to win.

Sell one or more of these...

imagePRO Gx 42E HD PLUS
imagePRO GxT 42E HD PLUS
imagePRO Gx 42C HD PLUS
imagePRO GxT 42C HD PLUS

...by December 18 to qualify for a chance to win the $2,200 system. Paradigm says the more you sell, the better your chances of winning.

Note:
Dealer Demo units, Multi-Unit and Dealer Serviced purchases do not qualify under this promotion. Dealer account must be in good standing to qualify for this promotion. Deadline the for Home Theater Giveaway is December 18, 2009. All P.O.s must be received by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on December 18, 2009 to qualify. Drawing for the Home Theater Giveaway will be held on December 21, 2009 and the winner will be notified via email. Paradigm Imaging reserves the right to substitute brands or items in home theater system if necessary due to product availability.

INDUSTRY NEWS: ABI Index Slightly Up, Still Below Break Even Levels

The American Institute of Architects Architecture Billings Index (ABI), which measures the number of architecture firms with increases in billings minus the number with decreases compared to the prior month, registered 46 in October, up from 43 in September and a 14-month high, but still below the breakeven level of 50, the American Institute of Architects reported Monday.

Subindexes by practice segment, which are calculated as three-month moving averages, rose from 45 to 49 for institutional practices but were virtually unchanged for residential, commercial/industrial and mixed practices. The index is a rough indicator of future demand for building construction.